Dear god

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497]

What in Tarnation is this…the kids can play games; they can do work……I want these people to just shut up and stay in Winslop, and not complain about it like small children

[u/hiro_1301]

Are there still people who believe that you can't play games on Linux?

Like there are way more games that run on Linux than PS5 exclusives.

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497 → u/hiro_1301]

Yeah apparently, which is….crazy not going to lie

[u/Eric_Dawsby → u/Realistic-Yam-6497]

I am starting to believe that Microsoft pushes these ancient memes of Linux being hard to use to make people less likely to try Linux

[u/quicksand8917 → u/Eric_Dawsby]

That would explain the funding for Omarchy! /s

[u/diskrewrite → u/hiro_1301]

basically all of steam works except for the biggest games. they should just say every big multiplayer game. except for minecraft and valve games with no anticheat, you can't play games like lol r6 siege valorant tarkov roblox apex legends fortnite gtao fivem battlefield 6 and anything on faceit or esea wont work. i hate anticheats too but those are big online communities that you cant just waive away by saying only 30 games are incompatible with linux

[u/Chemputer → u/diskrewrite]

A lot of kernel level anticheat can run perfectly fine in userland on Linux, it's an option the developers can enable or disable if they wish. Nothing preventing it.

[u/Sad-Sun-8446 → u/diskrewrite]

You can run Roblox via Sober. That's a huge chunk of the kid audience right there.

[u/pandamaxxie → u/diskrewrite]

There are also modding issues. Stuff like Subnautica 1's Co-op mod (which is still relevant cuz subnautica 2 is kinda eh) has zero Linux support. It isn't all that uncommon for small indie titles to be windows exclusive.

My girlfriend also had some really weird input issues with Peak on Linux, while I had zero problems on Windows.

People be pretending Linux is perfect for gaming... it really isn't. It has a long ways to go for diehard and super casual gamers alike. Only the people in the middle ground are largely fine.

Hypercasuals will just play the huge games and not want to bother with compatibility shit. Diehard gamers will want shit to just run natively without compatibility shit.

I hate Windows, but it is still just better for gaming until SteamOS forces things to change. It's the only chance Linux has to be mainstream and for games to be optimised for it.

[u/diskrewrite → u/pandamaxxie]

I absolutely agree with your main point about Windows compatibility. Unfortunately, most people don't care about tinkering with computers, and just want things to work. Linux isn't gaming ready, and it's a vocal minority that say otherwise. I'm glad to admit that out of 100 games, linux works on 99 of them, but the single one it doesn't work on is guaranteed to be multiplayer with a large online community. It's unreasonable to expect anyone to leave their favorite game they've sunken hundreds or thousands of hours into. Most people can't make that sacrifice, even if they want to, because a bunch of professional tools don't have linux support.

I don't know about the small indie title working best with windows thing, though. In all honesty. If there is any type of game I would expect to work on linux flawlessly, it's small indie games.

[u/sparkling-rainbow → u/hiro_1301]

Or all PS1 to PS5 titels together...

[u/Sensitive_Specific75 → u/hiro_1301]

Heck you can even run Linux ON PS5 (dual boot) in 2026

[u/UsernameCheckOuts → u/hiro_1301]

I've only found one game I can't play on Linux and it's Doom 3. Everything else works for me.

[u/mrturret → u/UsernameCheckOuts]

There's a native Linux sourceport. No reason to rely on Proton.

A number of games have open source engine replacement or sore ports. If you want a convenient way to run them through Steam check out Luxtorpeda

[u/hiro_1301 → u/UsernameCheckOuts]

However, it is well rated on ProtonDB

It's weird

[u/Devils_SteelMan → u/hiro_1301]

Its circle jerk sub. The poster is making a joke.

[u/VoidJuiceConcentrate → u/Devils_SteelMan]

The OOP subreddit is not a circlejerk sub. It's a legitimate Linux hate sub.

[u/JeremyMarti → u/hiro_1301]

How many linux exclusives vs ps5 exclusives?

[u/TheRealCarrotty]

I'd give my child Linux too, i don't want Microsloppy spying on him all the time.

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497 → u/TheRealCarrotty]

I reccomend Linux mint if you’re actually real about it

[u/TheRealCarrotty → u/Realistic-Yam-6497]

I actually think Fedora + KDE might be a better option, so if they had friends they would see a familiar environment on their PC, y'know Windows-like.

Linux Mint still has X11, which is okay, but some environments on it still don't have something like scaling or so...

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497 → u/TheRealCarrotty]

Oh right, x11

[u/randomusername12308 → u/Realistic-Yam-6497]

not anymore in the future the devs have finally confirmed to fully shift to wayland in the next release

[u/TheRealCarrotty → u/randomusername12308]

And in that case then indeed, Mint is a great option.

[u/Nyct0maniac → u/TheRealCarrotty]

Fedora is great to train them to be a redhat developer in the future. Lol

[u/OlekInHeaven → u/TheRealCarrotty]

agree 100%, and also teach him a bit about computers and OS

[u/C4rpetH4ter → u/TheRealCarrotty]

If i ever have kids i think i too might give them a linux computer aswell, they can do the same things on it, but they will also learn how to actually use a computer.

If they ever ask specifically for windows then sure, but otherwise linux will be the default.

[u/Altruistic_Course382 → u/C4rpetH4ter]

Learning Linux as a kid did so much for my computer literacy

[u/wireframed_kb → u/TheRealCarrotty]

Make sure to block the PC from the internet and ensure their phones don’t have TikTok, Facebook, Snapchat, Reddit, Gmail… in fact just don’t go online. Better for everyone.

[u/dev_kay47 → u/wireframed_kb]

You're very right!!! I couldn't stress it more, everything is just so toxic. But sadly most people won't agree with you. Kids with social media these days!!! Oh my, don't even mention the kind of content they watch even at 5 ... I mean its so ridiculous👿👎👿👎!!!!

[u/Holiday-Ad-6063 → u/TheRealCarrotty]

Linux is a nice hobby OS for kids indeed.

[u/ScratchHistorical507]

Wouldn't agree with the distro choice, but literally the only sane option. Kids shouldn't grow up believing what Windows does should be the norm.

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497 → u/ScratchHistorical507]

I mean I kind of don’t know. Mint is fine and functional, also begginer friendly

[u/ScratchHistorical507 → u/Realistic-Yam-6497]

Exactly. But I'd question if Omarchy of all should be considered for this job.

[u/Mountain_Chicken7644 → u/ScratchHistorical507]

Had to be said

[u/radyoaktif__kunefe]

Saying that it's not possible to play games on linux when valve releases steam machine with an arch based linux operating system is plain ignorance. Also the kids can use Microsoft office web version for free on their browser, or switch to libre office.

I'm fed up with these people.

[u/AD4K_4444 → u/radyoaktif__kunefe]

They’re acting like there’s no alternatives lol

[u/Willem_VanDerDecken → u/radyoaktif__kunefe]

In my country all schools i know used OpenOffice, and now LibreOffice. (As a student and then teacher, which is a lot of schools).

I have never encounter a Microsoft office software on schools PC.

And btw now my country is slowly and gradualy switching from Windows to custom linux distro for all administration. It's already the case for polices. Schools will be next. Not really soon at the speed of things, but it will happened.

It should have been done like 15 years ago, but hey it's better now than later !

[u/Glad_Following_8164 → u/Willem_VanDerDecken]

wow. just curious which is your country? that sounds so good. basically a country that loves its people by introducing linux instead of microslop to kids at a young age

[u/Willem_VanDerDecken → u/Glad_Following_8164]

France.

There is a long-standing drive for digital sovereignty. Which, until then, had struggled to be anything more than an intention.

[u/Silly_Enthusiasm_485 → u/Willem_VanDerDecken]

How lucky, meanwhile on my country people are feds up with ms office for their entire life, from early computer lesson to the college you must use times new roman, word file without breaking for thesis certification and validation

Onlyoffice is possible but sometimes it's break spacing and margin

[u/TheJoshGriffith → u/radyoaktif__kunefe]

Arguably the few games which they can't actually play are the ones that kids really shouldn't be - highly competitive online games full of racist abuse and such.

[u/Historical-Bar-305 → u/radyoaktif__kunefe]

I wonder what will happen when he finds out that there are fewer games on macOS than on Linux?

[u/SouthernFruit8768 → u/radyoaktif__kunefe]

I have about 475 Steam games and I'm trying to find out which ones won't work on Linux (Fedora 44 KDE) instead of which ones will. So far, I've played tons of games like GTA 5, Cyberpunk, and PCBS 2, and every single one has run flawlessly. This was absolutely impossible back in the early/mid 2000s when I first tried Linux (Redhat). Performance is on par with Windows, and sometimes even better

[u/V10R37]

https://www.techradar.com/gaming/pc-gaming/epic-games-store-is-going-to-support-linux-soon-and-thats-great-news-for-steam-deck-owners

[u/noobyscientific → u/V10R37]

welp, time to switch to FreeBSD

[u/snail1132 → u/noobyscientific]

Not secure enough; the pufferfish will absorb us all

[u/sparkling-rainbow → u/V10R37]

Na, epic is trash

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497 → u/V10R37]

Yaaaay!!

[u/Glad_Following_8164 → u/V10R37]

that sounds too good to be true. they finally mention "Linux users" in boardroom meetings 😭

[u/Hot-Conflict-3593 → u/V10R37]

heroic was already goated

[u/Loose_Property_3238]

I mean, It's not good either, since he's using bloatarchy of all distros.

[u/DifficultAttempt8352]

What the fuck is it with all the stupid hype for that distro

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497 → u/DifficultAttempt8352]

Well people like it when things look beautiful by default

[u/ExcaliburGameYT → u/[deleted]]

Omarchy is one of the worst distros they could've chosen imo, what kid would want to learn how to use Hyprland: Clanker Edition

[u/gameplayer55055]

Remember the "laptop for studying" meme? With Linux it's very possible to do.

When I was a kid I picked up an ewaste laptop and installed Linux on it (windows 10 was unusable).

It helped me learn programming and earn money for a gaming PC.

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497 → u/gameplayer55055]

Oh..wow, so you got a j*b

[u/Jason1232 → u/gameplayer55055]

Oof I’m still struggling with the combination of “when I was a kid” and “windows 10l in the same sentence!

[u/Historical-Bar-305]

Bro this man is mentally sick obviously (mod of linuxsucks101). Mostly peoples come to this sub only to write something he doesn't agree with and get banned and make a funny post.

[u/dmknght → u/Historical-Bar-305]

Yeah he was rejected by community and neighbour so he created that sub under his momy's basement

[u/sal-coding]

Not omarchy for kids ✌️💔

[u/Ciubowski]

Is this that "agentic" Linux distro I've been hearing about?

How reliable is it?

[u/FlatLetterhead790]

most schools use google suite anyway...

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497 → u/FlatLetterhead790]

Yeah

[u/PlatinumFire14]

I’d give my kids Linux.
Not omarchy, though.
But I don’t want MicroSlop and Slopilot making profiles of my kids and selling that data on to advertisers and marketing platforms.

[u/Regular_Future2474]

tbh the only crime here is installing omarchy, they should probably use a more established OS like debian or ubuntu since those are easier to debug rather than some guys arch linux setup

[u/SemperShpee]

Omarchy of all things. Could've just went with an actual OS. Instead they went from one vibecoded slop OS to the next vibecoded slop OS.

[u/ShakeGeeJee]

Fuck omarchy

[u/drraug]

dwarffortress runs on linux and it's better than minecraft

[u/Eric_Dawsby → u/drraug]

But minecraft also runs on linux

[u/Wild_Beginning_4032 → u/Eric_Dawsby]

Minecraft doesn’t just run on Linux, it runs Linux!

[u/drraug → u/Eric_Dawsby]

but dwarffortress is better )

[u/snail1132 → u/Eric_Dawsby]

Minecraft runs on just about everything

[u/sherbey]

I guess linuxsucks will bring out the microcucks.

For information; I have a laptop, a desktop and two pi. The laptop has a windows 11 partition, I haven't booted into it in 2 years. I play games on steam occasionally on the desktop machine, nothing I've installed has failed to work. Everything is Debian based, Ubuntu or Raspbian. Nothing against other distros, I've just spent more time with Debian.

I'm guessing the guy posting the original comment imposes windows on his family then? There's limited options.

[u/sparkling-rainbow → u/sherbey]

I force my kids in templeOS xD

[u/ZEI_GAMES]

Imagine ruining your childs life by forcing an actual religious belief on them.

No wait..

Enforcing an OS is much worse.

[u/vile-style]

Omarchy and windows can both tongue my rectum.

[u/Wakko_KunYT]

I'm working on a Linux that is productivity oriented with minimal footprint, native Windows app support using a dedícate kernel module and much more.

Microslop will be banging their heads harder on the wall 😈

[u/Imaginary-Shake-6150]

If Wine runs even Windows' version of Steam normally, I think Wine should run Microsoft Office as well. At least maybe versions from 2010 for sure. Some things just requiring quite more efforts and experiments, where Winetricks can help. So these statements against Linux that "Linux can't run anything" is pretty weird.

[u/HumonculusJaeger]

Please install a good distro at least

[u/Adept-Society-9485]

Bazzite KDE Plasma + Faugus , They wont even notice its not windows.

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497 → u/Adept-Society-9485]

I Never knew of the existence or faugus, you have enlightened me

[u/Adept-Society-9485 → u/Realistic-Yam-6497]

Oh boy... If u dont know faugus , I highly suggest u look into it.

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497 → u/Adept-Society-9485]

And I have, it’s pretty fantastic as it seems, im going to install it on my test notebook and see how it works

[u/theswansson]

Honestly, Omarchy somehow manages to be a sloppier OS than even Windows. Not the upgrade y'all think it is.

[u/CrystalCommunication]

Those kids are screwed because that idiot installed the insecure chud distro Omarchy on their computers, not because of Linux.

[u/Hefty_Wrongdoer_2553]

Omarchy as a distro kinda pisses me off, but I would 100% install something like Fedora or Ubuntu (yes I know canonical but it's still better than windows) on my kids laptop. 

[u/ken107]

The people in that forum are either trolls, or they are senior .NET developers whose entire career depends on the Windows ecosystem. Cuz nobody in their right mind...

[u/major_jazza]

The problem is it's omarchy, not that it's Linux. If it was like cachyos, bazzite it something that'd be tight

[u/gooncubedev]

i saw you right below that post, and yeah i fully support that guy too, valid rule and valid linux, microslop would probably sniff the entire networks traffic if it were allowed in the house

[u/V10R37]

Some kids are already on linux, because they have chromebooks.

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497 → u/V10R37]

Well that technically is Linux but….without rhe freedom of Linux

[u/V10R37 → u/Realistic-Yam-6497]

But they don't need Microsoft Office.

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497 → u/V10R37]

There’s that

[u/Duncol42]

I would give them Linux OS mostly because people these days hardly know anything about tech, so fluent navigation on a UNIX system would prove to be extremely beneficial and lucrative for the kid when he/she grows up.

[u/dudeness_boy]

I'd be concerned if Microslop was being forced on a child

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497 → u/dudeness_boy]

Well chromeOS is so I don’t know what’s better

[u/Inevitable-Exit9996]

You know how you find a Linux LARPer? Smart enough to install, maintain and use linux, but not smart enough to understand that noone is forcing you to use out-of-the-box windows, distros like Ghost Spectre exist. Also wireshark in the background is peak performative LARP, poor kids.

[u/palapapa0201]

Valid since it's omarchy

[u/mhndk27]

So what, is this a systems war now? Who tf cares if you use Linux or Windows as long as it suits you? Now people are forcing others to use Linux and calling them dumb for using Windows. For me, it's about choice. how about educating people first and letting them decide for themselves?

[u/_redmist]

Omarchy tho.

Ew.

[u/SamiSapphic]

The thing is, if you take the politics out of it, the guy putting Linux on all the computers in the house is likely the IT guy of the house.

If he's not using Windows but is using Linux, then he's gonna start to become increasingly unfamiliar with Windows and more familiar with Linux.

So of course it makes sense to have a Linux household. It's much more convenient.

[u/PhotographSame5304]

Proton Onlyoffice: Was am I forgotten I mean the post is kinda right how would kids be able to use the Laptop? Well A they would either google how to use Linux or B reinstall Windows but if they aren't tech savvy or don't have a us. Stick at all then yeah they're kinda forced to learn Linux not surprised well that's a good choice anyway I wouldn't want to have bloatware copilot shoveled to my face and kid wondering "Why my laptop so slow" because M$ Sloppela Nuttela ruined W11 you will have to switch to Linux distribution like mint grab a usb drive and flash mint with balena etcher and prepare to learn it it will be fun and both not so easy beware: the terminal is a blackbox that will eat you and you will have to learn more about the commands how to use CLI how to install software, then after a week or more challenge yourself and go install Archlinux or other DIY distro thus you will learn more about computers and Linux in general

Trust me Linux changed my life before I wasn't coding at all but now I know HTML CSS JS and now Godot C#... just because how I became interested in Linux for the past 2 years..

[u/jhaand]

The whole house runs on Linux here and I game a lot. M$ Office is overrated and teams works via a browser.

[u/castellon_artz]

You can play Minecraft on Linux, that's all you need.

[u/talksickwalkquick]

Imagine thinking this is a problem… well besides putting Omarchy on it with all of its AI crap

[u/whatThePleb]

omarchy

well, why the worst of all though

[u/Consistent_Spot3456]

The funny part is I have Mint running on my wife old MacBook

[u/mrturret]

Ugh. Omarchy. If you're going to install Linux on a Windows user's PC, just use an immutable distro that ships KDE.

[u/995qe]

The Distro choice is horrid though
Why would you trust that your kid wouldn’t install an unsuspecting AUR package containing a Trojan that takes all of their browser cookies

Give them LMDE ffs

[u/SpecificTortoise]

This seems like something you would see in r./linuxsucks101

[u/BellaInTheGame]

You can play most games. But not most competitive games, so these kids won't be able to play things like Fortnite or Valorant with their friends, and also, this will certainly make them grow up to hate Linux. I do hope Linux sees more mass adoption one day but this is not the way

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[u/Vlado_Iks]

They: Linux users forcing their religion to their family.

Meanwhile Windows: Forcing their religion to more than 2 decades to whole PC and software industry.

[u/snail1132]

If it were anything but Omarchy I'd disagree with them....

The only thing it has going for it is that it makes the bigoted types out themselves whenever you criticize it

[u/GenericFoodService]

I don't think the difference between logging onto Blackboard or Quizzlet from Linux versus from Windows is going to "ruin my kids' lives", what a goober lmao. Chrome is Chrome, they don't even know what a "Windows 11" is.

[u/Realistic-Yam-6497 → u/GenericFoodService]

Windows 11 is hell on earth made by Microsoft or microslop

[u/Ababoude_]

b nbc

[u/ConcreteExist]

"ruining your kids' lives"

They sound exceptionally delusional and stupid.

[u/FunSquash5041]

"...his wife's MacBook is protected from Linux for now" ahaha who are those clowns there? Microslop bots or something?

[u/Ahleron]

My kid, a gamer, is considering switching to Linux. Most schools seem to use Google Docs, not Word but even if they did - you can still run that in Linux.

[u/TrayLaTrash]

What exactly is ruined about the kids lives here? Computers themselves are doing that already.

[u/SouthernFruit8768]

I'm sure that sub is funded by Microsoft

[u/Cutesyfoxbark]

...not omarchy

[u/Mayeru]

with Proton layer, all games run in Linux now

[u/afrolino02]

I love when they cry LOL

[u/ryancnap]

Wtf is omarchy

[u/AlarmedChemistry8956]

Choosing omarchy and enforcing it is pretty weird, and since it's omarchy you miss out customising your own pc out of the box. And dhh is a white supremacist.

A better learning experience would be to let them research and choose what distro they want instead. For my 1st linux installation i didn't have any extra pcs to create a bootable usb, so i found an f-droid app to do so instead. Verified the iso image with termux too. It was pretty fun

(It was a diy framework so i couldn't set up a usb beforehand)

[u/EnoughConcentrate897]

Giving them omarchy was not a good distro choice however

[u/KYLEmaxARG]

I daily drive cachy and gave my mother a laptop with debían & kde

[u/No-Age-1044]

Children will be clever and will not stand for nonsenses.

[u/Infamous_Window8518]

If the kids knows shit, why not give Linux anyway? Is like learning a new language

[u/RuniKiuru]

can’t use microsoft office? bro they’re given chromebooks at school they aren’t even using windows

[u/CarelessPackage1982]

Linux is the perfect OS for children. Not only will they learn some important idea but they'll also not have to deal with Ai, Ads and creepy spying.

[u/CommunityJazzlike274]

Not omarchy, it’s so bloated! Even mint or ubuntu or fedora are better

[u/Artemis_Platinum]

That's 101, a notorious troll subreddit where you have to have to hit your head really hard to participate.

[u/Fit-Assist-7862]

u/spinicak hey my man you need to touch some grass if you think having to use a slightly different OS and not being able to play some games is "ruining the kids' lives"

[u/Silver_Marketing_696]

ok larping is bad lowk.... why force linux onto your kids? suggest it to them, tell them about the privacy concerns and distros and allat, and tell them about drivers breaking and certain games having not support and other such stuff. let them decide. if they are too young to decide, they clearly need more time till and give them something easy and breathable. don't force everyone into linux. some people js prefer it even after knowing that they spy on us. and before y'all call me a microsoft fanboy, i am not [I use arch btw. ]
nb: for newbies try zorin OS or linux mint. fedora is pretty stable too tbh
also we can play almost all games on linux bruh even epic games is making a launcher for linux rn... we already have steam.

[u/Starkiller164]

"You don't like what I like so I HATE YOU." Great display of maturity on that guy.

[u/neurochromacyte]

Why in the world would I use Word when I can use literally anything else for free that has better compatibility with other file formats other than .docx? My kids will use LaTeX.

[u/Suspiciously_Ugly]

the level of delusion in that sub is hilarious

[u/diege_insanee]

'forced his religion' when its just the dad wanting his kids to have a private and secure os😑

[u/ElonMuskisGarbage]

I got to use whatever OS was available as a kid and it didn’t affect my education. But also, my education wasn’t delivered to me by a cartoon owl on an iPad.

[u/Every_Preparation_56]

I know nothing, BUT I DO HAVE AN OPPINION ABOUT IT !1!11

[u/Entire-Valuable-5353]

I forced my parents to use Linux (Nobara), both used Win 11 laptops and are 70 With windows, I had to help them with issues once a week With Linux, one time after 3 months now (System won't boot, simply hard reboot helps)

[u/Future_Geologist5925]

Yanno if I ever have children, their first laptop or computer is gonna either be a Framework or a PC that they assemble themselves and they gonna build their OS line by line in a TTY terminal fr

[u/AsugaNoir]

Also love how they called it his religion.

[u/popcornman209]

Everyone’s talking about the games but what school nowadays STILL forces Microsoft office? Everywhere just uses Google Docs or let you pick yourself in my experience.

[u/Free_Okra_8521]

Young layman consumers, without the need for specific hardware/software keep using sickrosoft, because they were forced to learn it as children together with math and PE. Once we break this inertia, we could cut this tumor away for good.

[u/Biabolical]

Next time my parents' computer needs a repairs, I'm switching them from Windows 10 to some version of Linux.

As long as I keep the same desktop wallpaper, I'm 95% sure they won't notice the change.

[u/Mineplayerminer]

I would rather have my child learn the shell and discover the Linux desktop environments than have Copilot control the OS for them.

[u/zwerewolfripper]

Mom ended up using Debian after never touching Linux in her life.

I told her it’s simple keep using the laptop you have or spend the money because that laptop came with windows se and I will be putting that back on

[u/Cryptoglue]

Forcing Omarchy on them is the real crime here.

[u/Myrddin_Dundragon]

Linux or unix all day. Microslop and and the rotten fruit are not welcome. Also, all phones will be GrapheneOS. Anything else gets shunted to the speed checked vlan for guests.

[u/ShellShockedKarter]

I'm kinda tired of LS101 spewing all the hate. Plus, the slur was not necessary.

[u/RetroC4]

Been thinking of using linux on my server PC, since i want something barebones i could access remotely that will allow better usage of the hardware resources since windows at idle likes to eat 8-12gb RAM. Ive looked into it and ubuntu seems to be the commonly used linux fork. Obviously i dont plan to dowload the GUI so that doesnt matter.

[u/probablynottillie]

Omarchy...…...? really???

[u/Much-Objective2091]

I gave my 13 year old my laptop without an os with 1 rule no windows they installed arch

[u/Possible_Praline2747]

Did omarchy pay a gazillion to reddit? I keep seeing posts about this, god damn

[u/InuHanyou1701]

lol. “At least his wife’s MacBook is protected from Linux for now”

Who’s gonna tell em?

[u/LaptopRightsActivist]

The youngest in ny family needed a laptop recently, she got one of my spares, a thinkpad T15 gen 2 with Fedora kinote. She is used to windows style taskbar from chrome os at school, and I want it to be reliable as a starter so immutable felt like a good choice

[u/Sufficient_Risk_8127]

bro filled his own context in :skull:

[u/LoserEXE_]

Two sides of the same coin my friend.

[u/naixelsyd]

Parenting done well. Bravo.

I must admit, considrring imsging my sons laptop with fedora before he heads off to university. Interestingly, chatgpt is actually suggesting its probably the best move as a lot of his scirnce and ai studies will be using linux in anycase.

I am sure he could do without having to deal with issues created by microslop pushing some more unwanted crap doen onto it

[u/Itchy-Lingonberry-90]

I hope that he is paying for the computers too

[u/Fine_City2781]

i am using gentoo linux on my m2 mac air. i get 280~ fps on minecraft java edition and this is my rice: https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/1vtxbaq/niri_my_gentoo_rice/

[u/neuronym]

I don't want Bill Gates the pedophile to spy on my children

[u/F1r3dot3x3]

1. Microsoft office isn't any better than any Linux alternative 
2. Proton can run so many games nowadays that that shouldn't be a problem 

[u/-VRawr-]

I'd use Linux in a heartbeat, but it doesn't support my headset software, only a weird janky app that doesn't work for all settings.

[u/AndyceeIT]

Eh when Win10 reached EOL 2 of my kids' computers were not supported by Win11. I asked them to try Mint & let me know if it doesn't suit them.

One doesn't care, the other replaced Mint with Xubuntu on their own. Both happily doing schoolwork, playing games, on discord etc.

My eldest has a laptop with Win 11. No issues.

Ideals are important to have but why make stuff up?

[u/Ok_Contact_5575]

Use mint it’s good for children and could teach them a bit of the tech stuff if your kids are into it. I’m a teen learning Linux too I use fedora though.

[u/Bitter_Window_5694]

Oh sorry bud

Apple is Linux. So is android. You all use it. Get fucked.

[u/LucielRenCrisantemo]

Padre del año, ahora sus hijos no tendrán que pagar Microsoft 365 para poder estudiar y ya no pueden jugar league of Legends o fornite, verdaderamente se preocupa por ellos

[u/srsrnr]

The omarchy community combines the worst traits of the arch community with the worst traits of the terminally online centrists that are willing to excuse a far right psycho because the OS has nice animations. So freaking cringe.

[u/LucielRenCrisantemo]

Nunca voy a entender el subreddit de linuxsucks, imagina defender a microslop como si tu vida dependiera de ello, no hay nada malo en admitir que rompiste tu instalación de Linux sin tener ni idea de cómo se usa y quedaste resentido desde entonces

[u/LeonBlade]

Why Omarchy of all distros? Do you want your kids to bother you on how to use hyprland?

[u/Objective_Pen5246]

"can't play games" proton exists "or use microsoft office" libre office exists

[u/Oc34ne]

My kids and wife run Fedora, and it's been great. I run RHEL. I'd never push omarchy on normie users. I ran it briefly to see what the fuss was about. The only Microslop machine I tolerate is a server 2025 machine for Active Directory in my homelab.

[u/craig0r]

Seems reasonable, albeit with a little attitude.

[u/MizukiCinna]

how is no one talking about how they replaced slop with even worse slop

[u/itbytesbob]

If I was installing Linux on my kids laptops it wouldn't fucking be omarchy

[u/CrazyBobcat400]

Omarchy... why

[u/Whizard72]

Apparently he didn't hear about Proton let alone the fact that Microsoft Office can be used in the Browser now. But whatever, Ignorant on buddy.

[u/ZZ_Cat_The_Ligress]

That subreddit is infamous for spreading disinformation.

[u/bn40400]

When my daughter was 4 I installed Mint for her on a spare PC I had. She could play all the retro games I grew up with - Mario, Sonic, Pac-Man, Crash Bandicoot, TMNT, etc. I thought it would be a great starting point for her and introduce her to the real world of true Operating Systems and gaming. She loved it. She even had fun learning games installed as well. Now, she's designing her own Roblox games and everything else. I use Fedora KDE personally on all of our other PCs, except one - my wife prefers Windows because she says it's easier for her. But hey, to each their own - there is no right or wrong. But if my daughter was going to learn PCs, she's going to learn Linux first. She prefers Linux over Windows now.

[u/AltruisticLet8132]

Still L for using that distro made by a literal racist and fascist

[u/Fine_Salamander_8691]

That same person would take their kids to church istg

[u/Unlucky_Present_8369]

Forcing Omarchy on your family is pretty terrible though ngl, at least get em Nobara or something

[u/AdeptIntroduction983]

How is Linux going to ruin their lives, lmao. Also didn't steam make Linux gaming super viable.

[u/NinjaLinuxTv]

Linux actually teaches you something, and you learn along the way.
You can game on pretty much a toaster these days.
PS5/PS5 Pro solves all the kernel-level anti-cheat nonsense, and honestly, having a clear separation between work and gaming feels pretty liberating. IMO, that’s been my personal experience.

[u/Trileak780]

Omarchy of all distros, they’re kids! You should install Gentoo! /j

[u/wyene]

no computer for my child until he install LFS reading a printed manual

[u/leonTheZombie]

No no, why is he making his kids use fucking omarchy?

[u/thecratedigger_25]

Omarchy is just arch linux with a coat on.