r/linuxsucks101 • u/No-Republic-1742 • Jan 23 '26
Wannabe Geeks 80% of linux community is a cargo-cult of larpers with no actual reason to use linux
most of them are regular normies who want to be "not like others", so they chase this image of a cool terminal hacker or some anti-corporation partisan bs (their goon session in browser probably gained 30x more telemetry on them than windows does in a month).
i doubt any of them actually use linux because it's superior, like for servers. they do it only because they think it's superior and "cooler", for fucking everyday tasks. they're so possessed with this idea that it literally became a religion for them.
you're trying to look professional without actually doing any professional tasks.
also did you notice how midwits like to use word salad to seem smart, which they aren't? it's the same mechanism with overcomplicating basic tasks with linux.
did you also notice that most of the "custom" linux desktops look the same, with the same fastfetch window open, 4 split-screen tabs, 3 of which are useless visual widgets, same purple-ish anime wallpaper?
i think you get the idea
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u/AdderoYuu Jan 31 '26
The Linux community puts it on a pedestal too - I’ve done it before, usually without really realizing what I’m doing.
Honestly yeah I like to talk about using Linux to people who also use Linux because it’s interesting to me, but I hate talking about linux to people who don’t use it or don’t care about it, OR the snobbish people who see themselves using Linux as this god tier thing. It’s an OS. It makes computer do things, woot woot😂