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  • 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.















  • Honestly no, and that’s okay?

    Early web2 websites like MySpace did become “popular”. But IMO one of its layckings was trying out web2 by evolving something from web1’s static websites.

    Where Facebook is the platform that popularized web2 in a way that worked with what web2 was and fundamentally build something new off of that.

    I think Lemmy/mastatdon/most current federated clones that exist today won’t last all that long. Something that is built with federation to its core and instead of just being a feature, is central to its offering.

    What is that? Not a god damn clue.

    But I’m excited to try it out.

    Disclaimer: not a historian. Born in the early 90s so a lot of my judgement above is bassed off of foggy memories and are my opinions and only opions.