Tough choice

Plot twist: The right side is actually just Linux furries having Vim vs Emacs and X11 vs Wayland debate/fight.
- And systemd vs other init systems, FOSS vs open source, GNU or not, Pipewire and PulseAudio, Windows...
  
  Pipewire and PulseAudio
  What is pipewire? Shouldn't this be alsa vs pulseaudio?
- People are fighting over Wayland vs X11? I thought X11 wasn't dropped specifically for compatibility?

Plot twist: the "wolves" are just furries going to a major infosec conference, and will also talk endlessly about Linux
- And about how they penetrated disney so hard with their hairy giant cocks, lol
  
  Do you realize you could simply not type a comment about hairy giant cocks?

Definitely next to Linux guy. I've been working on Linux since very early days, so I don't talk about it because at this point it is as core to my life as knowing how to brush teeth. Nothing would entertain me more than to spend a flight giving that guy the ole "ummmm...actually".
- No, you're the Linux guy this image macro is about.
  
  Oh, I'll bore you to death talking about stuff, just not Linux.
- I would love to sit next to you gaining Linux knowledge!
- Could you give us your opinions on what you would change about bash if you could go back in time and just decide how it was?
  
  Me, avoiding that hornets nest.
  
  Add a 30-second delay after every command to make it harder for hackers
- You convinced me; “Pack of wolves, please?”
- Emacs or vi?
  
  nano
  
  Obviously vi.

I'll sit beside him, put in my IEMs so I can't hear him and reimage my steam deck with windows 11 just to make him squirm.
- Oh, hi Satan.
- So You Have Chosen Death
- Wait, you carry Win11 installation media with you? Who let you out of Arkham Asylum?
- This might be one of the few scenarios where the wolves feel bad for him and eat you anyway.
  
  The wolves are the ones that gave me the windows installation media.

- Amos was goated

Seat 2. The guy in seat 1 already uses Linux, so someone ought to tell the wolves.

Oh, when I entered the plane side 1 was still empty

Well this is lemmy, nearly everyone is the Linux guy. Personally I would definitely sit next to the Linux guy because I would love to nerd out with someone else about Linux for 10 hours.
- There’s an easy way to solve the hungry wolf problem. Which also solves the other.
  Feed the Linux bros to the wolves.
  *I use BSD, btw.
  
  I thought it would've been for you and the Linux guy to grab the people in first class to feed to the wolves...
- You say that, but what if they use Manjaro.
  
  Then they won't be able to talk because their SSL cert has expired

Hear me out.
The Wolves got through the airport checkpoints without any issues.
- And what do you imply?
  
  It was an argument in favor of the wolves. In fact, there is no implication at all, it was very blatant.

I'll sit next to 1, and I'll spend the entire flight talking to him about my .NET setup on Windows and how to date Visual Studio is still the best IDE available for any mainstream programming language.
- The good old lying approach, I see.
  
  Name an IDE that is better.

Depends what distro he runs
- He runs arch btw
  
  I’ll ride on the wing
  
  If you need me I'll be sky diving Minus the parachute.
  My homies use gentoo
  
  I feel like that has been superseded by Nix these days. Arch is now boring stable tech.

Totally next to the linux guy. In fact, I was in such a situation on the train before. I was just there working and the person sitting next to me noticed I had a linux desktop (in fact, GNU/Linux, btw). They were curious and vaguely interested in switching to linux for a while, so we had a nice conversation about this.
I would not bring this up myself, but it's cool that this happens sometimes (i.e., once in a few decades of life so far)
- Totally next to the linux guy. In fact, what you're refering to as Linux is GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX. Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
  
  Thank you. In that sense I find OP's question misleading: Option 1 should be "guy who really likes to talk about the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project"
  
  I bet I could convert a hundred people to Linux.
- This is the good interaction, I had the bad version:
  Long ago in highschool I was interested in Linux but was thrown off it by the "Tech" group of kids who, even though we went to the same nerdy Star Trek club, told me I would be able to understand it.
  I get that hurt people, hurt others; but duck those guys from 20 years in the future.
  I'm getting back into interest for Linux cause I just got a Steam Deck and I'm curious as to what else I can do with a full desktop.
  
  Good luck! The way I see it: Linux has its issues, but so do Windows and Mac OS (and others). The cool thing with Linux though is that for many problems you can create/find some form of error logs, google them, and someone online will help you. In most cases they have solved that problem already.
  Windows problems often feel like black magic: Something doesn't work, but all you can do is knock on your laptop, turn it off and on again, and pray. Unless you're lucky and find a shady program online that you can download and install, hoping the programmers mean well.
  With Mac OS, you can often solve problems by throwing money at them. But sometimes that doesn't work and then you can't do anything about them and just have to accept the one way to use your computer correctly.
  So in that sense I don't think Linux is "harder". There are problems of course, but you learn to think differently about them and are often able to solve them.

what do the wolves smell like?
- Trick question, it doesn't matter since the plane reeks of kerosene with a faint hint of vomit.

I'M GONNA PET THE PUPPIES :D
and feed them ._.

Can I choose the bear?
- The bear uses Arch, BTW.
- You need vodka

Logically speaking, I would sit with the wolf pack. Airline seatbelts are not made for wolves and I fully believe they would not be held by such paltry restraints. This leads me to the conclusion that my demise is not only certain, but an inevitability. With this in mind I would much rather be the first victim, for my death will be quicker while they are hungrier, and I shall save myself the mental trauma of seeing them devour the poor linux user before I reach my untimely end.
- Umm, akshually, there would be a number of options to try first, depending on the circumstances:
  never get on in the first place
  the bathroom or the cockpit
  an emergency door
  threaten whoever is forcing you into this mess in the first place so that they hopefully put you to an even quicker end.

Ask the guy to hold down the wolves while I teach them how to install Debian

Linux guy. My time here at Lemmy has acclimated me to his kind.

1, just switched to Linux.
- You should sit in 2 then, to tell the wolves how superior your OS is
  
  its too expensive...

Can't answer, as I am the guy on the left (plus 10 years and 50 lbs).
- I’ll sit with you bro
  
  Any more seats left?

Looks like meat's back on the menu, boys!
Either that or sit in 1 and tell him one of the wolves is violating the GPL.

Sit beside one and talk about the BSDs being the superior race LMAO
- Even the wolves groan.

if it's the laid back linux guy, simply very enthusiastic, I'll gladly sit next to him
some kind of fanboy, who thinks in terms of us vs them and who makes it his personality then nope
- If it's somebody who's pure Gnu, then no thank you. They'll probably take offense that I'm using "non-free JS" or something.
  Anti Commercial-AI license

Throw the Linux guy to the wolves, enjoy an empty row just for yourself
- You kidding. They raised that guy.
- You still have the goat and the cabbage...

In my designated seat...
- Exactly! Why would I sit next to myself?

I use linux too so I'd get a more diverse range of conversation material with the wolves.

Super happy to be that Linux guy sitting by myself with no one to bother me while I'm getting things done.

Fortunately, i own earplugs
- Good call, wolves can get pretty noisy.

It's wolves, i'm sitting besides the pack, cause it's impossible for me to sit beside ME!

Depends if the guy has social skills. There's someone who recently joined at my work who seems to have some social development issues. He's perfectly intelligent, but has no apparent filter and discusses topics that aren't appropriate to discuss with people you don't really know (about his feelings in awkward ways). If it was someone like that, I'll take the wolves. If it's someone who can sense when I want to take a break, Linux guy and I probably have some common interests.

Is number one an Arch user?

"You are inside 2 wolves"

Who tf let a pack of wolves on to a plane?
- Sequel to 'Snakes on a plane'
- Dunno, but I'm looking to find out. Give me 2 all the way.

Well, as long as it's just a hungry pack of wolves and not a pack of hungry wolves.

Only 10 hours of talking about linux?
- That's barely enough time to talk about best editor. Then there's best DE, best distro, best shell, Wayland vs X, systemd, whether sudo needs to be replaced, Nvidia vs AMD etc.

14 werewolves...
it's just suspiciously perfect

There must be an alternative, hmm...

Inside me:

Shouldn't they get back to their job of being inside people, in pairs?
- That's why they're on the plane; they're working overseas.

What distro, terminal emulator, shell, and text editor does this person like? We might have stuff to talk about. If the answers to any of the above are Fedora, XTerm, Bash, or Pico then we have nothing to talk about and I'll take the wolves
- Slackware, console, sh, ed.
  
  Ah. Someone who found what worked for them a long time ago and has developed an expertise in something esoteric. I'm sure we'll have much to discuss

What OS do the wolves use? And are they there to crank their hogs?

So I get two seats to myself? Sweet!

Im gonna sit next to him with my headphones on so I can't hear him crying as I use chrome on my windows 11 laptop.
- Laptop tries to reboot for 5th update of the day
  I can't connect to the internet, Dave, I'm afraid I cannot allow you to start me up again
  You try to ignore helpful tips from the guy next to you, pretending your headphones are still active.
  You choke back tears as Windows had enough from your feeble attempts to boot and the power button stops doing anything.
  
  I know whats wrong. Its this stupid adblock. Ill just turn it off.

I guess I'm not that guy. I use arch Linux (had to say it for the memes)but I like coding, drawing, learning new languages, photography, and I'm thinking about picking up calligraphy someday.
- Only masochists run Arch.
  I run Gentoo BTW.
  
  Your among friends here. I just didn't have time for Gentoo
  
  Only masochists use Gentoo. I use KISS Linux

It'll be an Arch user so all I have to do is mention that I use Mint. That'll just make him glare at me angrily for the rest of the flight.

Well, as a feminist, I’m choosing the wolves.

I've been meaning to get into Linux, I'll have to solo 13 wolves another day ;(
- Do you want advice on switching? Not to be the guy in the meme i just dont have enything to do rn