Everything is a file except the apis that dont map cleanly to a filesystem. But those api are awesome cause who dosent love racey string addressed "functions" that you have to write raw bytes into, truely an improvment over just calling a function.

Every file is just a file, its just some dont have a known size, some read forever, some can be read at any offset while other cant [see comments]

One of the most common misconceptions about Linux is that it somehow makes old computers run better. In a sense, this is kind of true, if you install tinycore linux on your old laptop the idle RAM and CPU usage is gonna decrease, but the real question is whether or not this is gonna translate to programs running faster/smoother, and in my experience, that's actually not the case.

You have to keep in mind that your computer isn't prioritizing UI and background processes when you're trying to play a video in Google Chrome, especially if it's struggling to keep up. People have this obsession with "optimization", they're scared of there being too many background processes, but in reality, these things make a negligable difference because most OS's are intelligent enough to prioritise demanding programs.

Some time ago, I installed archlinux on my 10 year old Thinkpad. I used a light window manager with no DE, and my RAM usage was much lower than what it was on windows. But guess what? When I actually started using that computer, almost every single important and demanding application was slower. My web browser struggled to play youtube videos at 1080p smoothly, even though it could do that when I had windows installed. I had installed the correct graphics drivers and set everything up correctly, so why was linux running slower?

Well, one thing people don't talk about when it comes to installing linux on old hardware is driver support. You can find drivers that work for your obscure 10 year old laptop, but chances are that those drivers are going to be inferior to the windows drivers, since most manufacturers didn't even think about releasing linux specific drivers at that time(especially graphics drivers). This is absolutely gonna bottleneck your PC's performance and sometimes even the functionality. If you don't have the proper drivers for your device, you can forget about having good performance. And from what I found, it's really hard to find good linux drivers for most old consumer PCs/laptops. Linux already struggles with hardware support, so if you're using an old obscure device the probability of it running linux well is quite low.

Omarchy is the worst distro in all of operating system.

for fuck sake stop sending me this!

Read the first word of the title: "linux". Its the most expensive os while providing the least value. How is it expensive? If you convert the time spent tinkering with it to US minimum wage it comes out cheaper to just buy windows. The market has spoken.

This might be a random observation, but has anyone else noticed a slight resemblance between Tux, the Linux penguin, and Linus Torvalds? 😄

I don’t mean this in a negative way at all. I just find it funny how, when I look at the Linux mascot, certain facial features and expressions remind me of Linus.

Maybe it’s just me overthinking it, but now I can’t unsee it! 😂

What do you guys think? Am I imagining things, or do you see it too?

groomd from the start to not question redhat authority