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what do you think of people who use linux but use non-linux related stuff as their wallpaper?? (discuss.tchncs.de)

submitted 23 hours ago by adrihii@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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like for example,, one time i was browsing through some neofetch screenshots and i found out that a lot of them have anime or furry stuff as their wallpaper or profile picture,, but they use linux. hmm or maybe they even have proprietary videogame images!! i used to think that was bad but now i realize that even if you have proprietary stuff as images like,, furry fanart of some proprietary videogame, it's like just a picture, a jpeg. but still,, younger me would've freaked out by the idea of having proprietary files, but i still enjoy linux. what do you think?? please

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[–] Karmmah@lemmy.world 34 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

TIL there's people thinking about stuff like this. Honestly a wallpaper is just some image that you chose to make your desktop nice to look at to me. I think I even used Windows XP wallpapers on Linux for some time.

[–] data1701d@startrek.website 2 points 5 hours ago

Every time I work with a Mac, Hackintosh, etcetera, the 5K upscale of XP Bliss is my default as a joke (except I think near the end of one school year, where I set the background to something from OS 9).

It was even my iPhone background for a while, though right now, it’s a random James Webb image.

[–] HumanPenguin 15 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

I think I even used Windows XP wallpapers on Linux for some time.

Well now I suddenly care.

Why the hell do you want to watch the world burn?

;)

[–] Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca 2 points 15 hours ago

Did you know my profile picture is a Windows Vista background? I didn't until a few months ago.

[–] Karmmah@lemmy.world 7 points 22 hours ago

If I remember correctly I got them from this collection on archive.org and honestly they are just really nice quality pictures. But probably also a bit of nostalgia. 😄