Linux Boomers

Great, do whatever you want. Just shut the fuck up about it, nobody cares.

You should really take your own advice on this one. That "article" was juvenile.

I’m going to start this article off by saying that you don’t have to be born in the boomer generation to be a boomer. You can be a boomer by acting like one. Hate new stuff? boomer. Run a desktop from the naughties? Boomer

Why even bother having words at all if we’re going to redefine them for clickbait?

This is so incredibly cringe that its downright unreadable. Take your own advise, use whatever you want and shut the fuck up.

"I wrote a 30 paragraph article using only 60 words"

Uncharitability to those you disagree with, style without substance, and all built upon thought-terminating cliches.

This isn't helpful or enlightening or informative, it's entertaining but not in an interesting nor original way. It reminds me of 2010s Reddit memes where everything was about adding as many "fucks" as possible because our moms aren't supervising our internet time anymore. It espouses a consoomer mindset of "gotta have bigger numbers and shinier visuals because all that matters is appealing to lizard-brain."

And it's all couched in the obvious mindset that any criticism will be met with "ok boomer" (I'll almost be insulted if I don't get one) because being superior is more important than being right. Y'know... like a boomer?

You've got a point, focus on that: you can make the case that Linux fits your use case, or that certain mindsets within the Linux community are hindering progress. But please do so in a way that doesn't just lend itself to more infighting and drama. That shit is for shallow people who have nothing to contribute and only serve as the cultural detritus that destroys communities and community-driven projects.

Totally useless "article". You learn nothing, you have to navigate between poor writing with high usage of explectives. It's like reading a 11 years-old rebel child blog.

tdrl: he use Arch linux, boomers...

Great, do whatever you want. Just shut the fuck up about it, nobody cares.

Then next paragraph…

I switched from Linux to macOS for a number of years and it was fucking awesome. Then my Macbook Pro became defective and I bought a PC and …

Well, okay. Great, why not write a whole article about your personal taste in software.

What do I use? Arch Linux.

BTW

Wow edgy.

For someone who hates these "Linux boomers", you're using Wordpress, which uses the good old PHP.

Shouldn't you be working on your own minimal Gopher website or something like Rust-SWC, with all that fancy hydration and hybrid SSR-SSG framework?

People can have opinions. You, on the other hand, need to mind your business.

And yes, I'll take your advice and move over to Guix. Shepherd and Guille looks pretty fine to me.

I'd argue running a laptop from the 00s is the least boomer thing to do. Buying a new Macbook every two years while complaining that you don't have enough money and joking about how you're spending your kid's inheritance is the boomer thing to do.

This article is an example of the "appeal to novelty" fallacy. "It's newer, therefore it MUST be better."

So yeah, Xfce looks the same as it did 10 years ago.

And?

Desktop environment is meant to launch apps and give me windows and maybe have a file manager. Xfce does that. It's a desktop environment.

Hey, "modern" desktop environment enthusiasts, if you bring Compiz back from the dead, give us luddites a call, will you? Ohhhh you kids should have seen it back in the day. Windows and Mac users saw Compiz in action and were, like, "wat." You don't get them to react that way to modern Linux desktops, no. And all that is lost now. Thanks Wayland.

This has already been deleted once. Reported as spam.

Your dissapointment about your own existence bleeds into the article, just shut the fuck up at this point :/

This is satire, right?

Old things bad, new things good. I write article that is satire about it.

I’m strong. I’m no boomer. Please love me.

cope cope cope

I mean, even my mother who runs kde 5 has a better desktop than the sad one this silly wannabe post. lol

I really hate this usage of the term, Boomer. Words mean things!

hey u sound a bit angy, is everything allgoods?

To quote the author himself:

Great, do whatever you want. Just shut the fuck up about it, nobody cares.

But then he proceeds to do the exact opposite and posts a vitriolic rant about how everyone who doesn't use what they use is, in their words, and idiot.

I've tried GNOME 45 extensively and I just don't see how it's better.

Even looking at the screenshots I don't understand how GNOME 45 is better than GNOME 2. It doesn't even LOOK better. You need extensions to get basic functionality like a window list and tray icons.

Then there's the bad parts, like every window now has different decorations, doesn't work with nvidia, etc.

There's nothing wrong with angryposting, but it needs a kernel of truth which this is missing.

Username checks out

Seems like you just found an excuse for your unnecessary invectiveness. You probably think you're funny or you're trolling. This is not even trolling, not even fourth-class bait material. Maybe you should try Kali, suits your attitude more.

Naughties...

Damn, you're a hateful piece of shit. Have you considered getting some fresh air and contact with real world humans?

Read about half the article before getting tired of it. This is just complaining about people while doing the same thing but instead of “Old good, new bad” its “Old bad, new good”.

Just kind of contrarianism under a very thick layer of edge.

Hope this is satirical, cause otherwise I hate to say it but you're also a boomer.

It's not hip to hate on things.

Read through the article. Well... words were said sure. Were they well written words? I'd argue not. I get the sentiment, use what works for you. This article isn't informative, it just calls the reader a fuckface among a slurry of other lame insults. If it was supposed to be funny, the humor isn't my brand.

I like using arch, and I like using and testing out what's new.

Stable doesn't mean old, and it doesn't mean better or worse. Stable is stating that it has been tested, arguably thoroughly tested.

This article did nothing but waste the readers time. Nothing was gained from this.

I think a boomer wrote the article.

ITT: lots of angry boomers

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