Having run out of my previous set of late night easy viewing media, I recently started watching The Next Generation. Was surprised to discover it is actually a fun show (even the supposedly terrible first season), provided you enjoy the veneer of mild campiness inherent to television of the 80's-90's.
The show is also giving me hope that societal progress can never be stopped, since people were able to imagine this sort of reality in much more restrictive times than we have today. I just hope they're wrong about World War 3 beginning in 2026 🥲
Why are you so fixated on what others want to see in their Lemmy feed? I see politics everywhere else, I don't want to see them here, I may start blocking as well
Ok I’m not a nerd. Grew up in the 90s and started on windows 95… switched to a Mac in 2007 as I went into design work. I always wanted to try Linux and I was gonna install it on an old windows based laptop during covid for fun but couldn’t find the charger for it.
What’s the big fuss about Linux? Is it just an alternative to the big two or is there something special about it that the other two can’t do?
Not the person you replied to, but I do use Linux (arch btw).
Linux is a free (as in freedom) and open source software that basically powers the internet.
A vast majority of servers on the internet are running Linux. It's powerfully but that's a double edge sword. It's easy to cut yourself too if your unfamiliar with the edges.
Because it's completely open source, there are endless customizations and optimizations you can make. The art is knowing what, how, and where. But that's true of windows and macos.
It's vertically less creepy with AI and logging garbage compared to apple and Microsoft.
It's popular with nerds because it's free and customizable. IMO that can come at a cost of user-friendly experiences. But it's all about learning the edges. The other two have plenty, most are just used to it.