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    I still like this meme (sh.itjust.works)
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    [โ€“] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    Awesome

    If you wanna put your qualitative hat on: how much better is todayโ€™s easiest distro than Mint was circa 2010?

    [โ€“] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

    The big thing that changed side 2010 is that most distros are perfectly usable on most hardware.

    I keep tossing Linux onto random stupid hardware I have lying around, and lately it just goes spectacularly well.

    I should be ashamed of even asking if Linux will run on it, but Linux ends up running well on it.

    Around 2010, I used to tell people that if they did their research and used Mint, for simple web stuff, they're going to be fine.

    Lately I end up telling people "I don't know how to do that advanced thing you're debating which Windows product to pay for, because, of the last three random Linux distros I tried, all thee provided it for free and pre-configured with sensible defaults".

    I'm sure there's still plenty of interesting reasons to need a paid operating system. But for the simple practical stuff, I find Linux so much easier, even on my random poorly researched distros and hardware combinations.

    I might well have just had an incredibly lucky streak, of course.

    [โ€“] brbposting@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

    provided it for free and pre-configured with sensible defaults

    Nice :D

    I find Linux so much easier, even on my random poorly researched distros and hardware combinations

    Oh heck yeah - I think Mint is coming out on an ancient machine over here :) thanks!