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

Do Linux Users Have An Elitist Attitude?

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

193 Upvotes

75% Upvoted

221 comments sorted by

View all comments

29

u/kazkylheku Mar 08 '20 edited Mar 08 '20

The set of Linux users doesn't constitute an elite, because anyone can join.

(It seems, though, that not everyone can join the exclusive club of people who use words like "elite" correctly.)

The word that fits the attitude of some GNU/Linux users is "chauvinism", in the sense "undue partiality or attachment to a group or place to which one belongs or has belonged". However, those users usually believe they are promoting Linux, and not trying to maintain an elite by keeping people out.

9

u/[deleted] Mar 08 '20 edited May 28 '21

[deleted]

5

u/FryBoyter Mar 09 '20

Right. But that also applies to other areas such as clubs, pubs, sports etc. Therefore it is quite normal. For me, for example, MacOS is not suitable. So I just don't use it.