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Cake day: August 9th, 2023

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  • Depends on their specific needs, so they should probably jump into some Linux community and ask for themselves.

    My anecdotal evidence includes vastly different experiences.

    I have a friend who hates Linux desktop and exclusively uses it for running dev related stuff via WSL.

    Another who uses Linux desktop primarely, but dualboots Windows for certain games.

    And I am on Linux single boot and rarely use KVM (without GPU) for running my CNC or other software.




  • As far as I can see it is just Debian with LXDE, firefox ESR and some other packages preinstalled.

    If they respect the license, you as a user can ask for the source code by e-mail.

    But from my point of view, you can just install plain old Debian and all the same software and get a long term proven OS that will not randomly disappear and a huge userbase for support questions.





  • My point is not about seperation, but about conscent.

    If you come to me at work and ask “Can I tell you something work unrelated, that might interest you?” then I have the option to choose.

    Maybe at the moment I am stressed, or doing some heavy mental lifting and don’t want any distractions - then I can decline and not be force educated on some topic.

    Maybe on another day I have a free mind and not much to do - then I can accept and listen to it and potentially find it interesting and worthwhile to try out.

    An email leaves no such choise and thus the message could be not only unwanted but also anniying.

    I’d say in general, suggestions only work, when the other party is receptive to it and may do the opposite if they are unwillingly shoved down the recipients brain.


  • I am the last person to have anything against libre software, but if I’d see that preachy line in a work email I’d roll my eyes and groan.

    I don’t mean to be rude or shut down your idea, but I think recommendations like these need to be appropriate to the situation for them to have any effect - instead of being blasted per email at the “wrong time”.

    I feel like a generic work email, especially if the topic is not even related to software, is the “wrong time”, because I’d hate spending my work attention on somebody’s oppinion (even if I agree with the opinion) and I can’t see that it is not work related until I have read it and understood the meaning. Which would be quite an anniying situation for me personally.

    Cheers!