I went from not owning a proper computer for nearly a decade (just my phone and Xbox, literally nothing else) to buying a used Thinkpad off of eBay, upgrading some parts, and installing Linux mint onto it in under a year. Now I'm looking at building a Linux gaming PC. Y'all indoctrinated me

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Linux PCs are... for lack of a better word, Swiss army knives for computing.

Need a media center? We got you.

Need server software? Bro. Who are you even asking?

Need a desktop? We got you.

Need to open that hard drive? The app is in the repository for absolutely free, just works and the hard drive opens.

Corrupted?

No prob, fam, here's a suite of recovery tools. We'll get those photos of gran-gran back no prob.

Need to burn that disk? The app is in the repository for absolutely free, just works and you're burning a disk for the family.

It just never ends. With Windows I always felt like I had to play "dodge the scam" with literally everything, even shit as mundane as ninite has that sense of "well, are they spying? Is everyone?"

[–] Smokeydope@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

[–] GhiLA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

"What is my purpose?"

You serve files now...

"my god..."

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago

One of the most prestigious purpose a computer can have!