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Linux AND meditation? Not both at the same time, surely?

Yep, at the end of the day it's about using the best available tool for what you want to do

I'm with you on two out of three, but I respect your choice to be a vegan. When you say no Photoshop, you're right - but there are acceptable tools available that can read and write PSD files; and there are some decent graphics tools. The learning curve is easier with more derived OSes like Mint, Kali, or PopOS.

While they might find themselves running command line stuff sometimes, I think anyone who's looking at moving to Linux from Windows should have a vague knowledge of a command prompt or Powershell. If they don't, that's actually where I'd start - teach them the uncomfortable thing (command line) in a comfortable setting (Windows). Have them install from winget, chocolatey, or something like that. Teach them to set up a virtual machine. If they can do those two things, they're 90% of the way to daily-driving Linux.

"Libs hate Linux Mint"

"Nazis hate Fedora"

Now all your bases are covered. Now we can put aside political ideology and fight about the real issues...... the distro wars.

I don't know what that means and frankly I think that's a blessing.

League of Legends is a popular game that has a reputation for having toxic players, as well as requiring kernel-level anti-cheat, which is intrusive and so disliked here, and also does not work on Linux.

Thus, by switching to Linux, you can avoid the unwanted chance of playing League of Legends.

it means league of legends blocks itself from being installed on linux

Interesting choice of instance in that case.

Many developers use Linux, so Jetbrains makes sure all their IDEs work on it.

I'm pretty sure in general there are more development tools that don't work on windows (or only work through WSL, which is Linux), than development tools that don't work on Linux.

I have used JetBrains software for years on Linux with no issues.

Mostly used IntelliJ, but they all seem to be built on a common base so I think it should be no problems.

Try in a VM!

Have you tried posting in the Linux community and having them tell you that it's your fault for closing the laptop in the first place, it's clearly that's an insane thing that no human should ever be doing?

• Can play the top games that most of your friends will be playing, thus allowing you to game with your friend group, unless you happen to be friends with people who play games that use Kernel level anti cheat.

I know LoL is popular, but I also don't personally know anyone who plays it. And even if I did I wouldn't play League with them because I don't like the game. Not everyone is in the same boat.

Also, this meme is a joke and not meant to be taken seriously.

It be a joke

TL;DR - Linux is free, it's easy to use, works out of the box (when choosing a distro like Mint), and it can make your old-trusty computer work again. But I'm also too wordy, so...

Ehh, I think the point is that there's a lot of people who don't play "top games" on their pc, if any games at all (non-gamers/console gamers). A lot of people just need file management/storage, a browser, an office suite, and (oftentimes) an email client. Most everything else is done on a "smart phone" and a "streaming device/smart tv". And Linux has come a long way that those types of users wouldn't need to touch CLI any more than they would Powershell

The selling point is that it's free and it works, with (more recently) just a small learning curve... and you don't have to throw away a perfectly good computer because of "planned obsolescence". Hell, people switch between iPhones and Android all the time, just so the family is all on the same system. It's a small learning curve, but manageable for many people

If you feel like you would be alienated from playing games with friends because you use Linux, then that would put you in the other half of the population that don't want to switch. And honestly, is that any different than being "locked-in" with a console or phone? Even with cross-platform-play becoming more common, that still doesn't cover every "top game"

I'm really just saying that a large portion of people don't have an interest in gaming like that. They maybe have a console, a steam deck, or don't game, and their "home computer" is for personal computing

Now Adobe and AutoCad are another issue when it comes to "business computing" and a harder sell (even though there's good alternatives). But a vast majority of home users just need a computer that works, and they don't have the money to suddenly buy a new pc that's "compatible with Microsoft". Just give them a free OS that they can click around and figure out, and they'll probably want to keep their current pc if they can. One of the hardest things is teaching people "how to install a new OS" and how easy it can be, instead of just "updating" or buying a whole new device

Conspiracy time: Companies are trying to lock people into proprietary software and move home-computing to their phone, so that the average user's overall computing power is diminished and monitorable (plus the profit incentive). Easily controlled and exploited. "Free and open = Viruses and incompatibility... stick with what you know/trust and 'keep your information safe with us'"

If you're a pc gamer or power-user, you're probably already going to be acquainted with your hardware and use an OS that suits those needs. But most users are just browsing the internet and editing/storing files

https://lvra.gitlab.io/

Monado + WiVRn is what I use, when using ny quest while traveling. Works reasonably well :)

Might need to swap the compositor between Xrizer (default now) and OpenComposite for some games or functionality.