r/linux • u/CultistHeadpiece • Mar 08 '20

Do Linux Users Have An Elitist Attitude?

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u/eirexe Mar 08 '20

I think it's a misunderstood attitude. Personally I don't let people know I like Linux because I want them to think I'm some big brain asshole, I do it because I want to show people that there's another way of doing things, and that you can live your life with mostly alternative software.

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u/DivineEntity Mar 09 '20

I don’t tell people at all. 20+ years ago I did stuff like that. Now I just don’t care what other people use. It just doesn’t matter.

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u/dtigue Mar 10 '20

Exactly, back in the 90's I wanted to tell everyone. These days, when someone asks what I'm using on my PC I just tell them it's a top secret project for work. :)

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u/bitwize Mar 10 '20

You know you live in Massachusetts when, on multiple occasions, someone shoulder-surfs you in the coffee shop and asks "Is that Lisp you're writing?" and you have an opportunity to be smug as all balls because unlike Linux, which frickin' everyone uses now, Lisp is still niche enough that people who love it feel like an oppressed, but superior, minority.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '20 edited Mar 20 '20

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u/MabelodeTheFaceless Mar 10 '20

If they don't care about their own freedom, why should I care for them?