Linux is used by serious businesses as well as silly cat-boys. Just like Windows and Macintosh... and the 30+ other operating systems you've never heard about.
Its just another tool in the toolbox. Its just built differently than all the others. That doesn't make it "bad" or a psyop. I suspect the psyop theory came from the upper management of Microsoft, but we can dive into that another day.

Failure is caused by the same few guys creating endless level 0 accounts trying to disrupt this place.

Originally posted by DarkCrystalMethod:

Linux is used by serious businesses as well as silly cat-boys. Just like Windows and Macintosh... and the 30+ other operating systems you've never heard about.
Its just another tool in the toolbox. Its just built differently than all the others. That doesn't make it "bad" or a psyop. I suspect the psyop theory came from the upper management of Microsoft, but we can dive into that another day.

im mainly focusing on desktop linux, i know servers have Always used it.

Actually I heard Linux is a terrorist group now.

Originally posted by Apollo702:

Failure is caused by the same few guys creating endless level 0 accounts trying to disrupt this place.

yeah true this Forum is full of people like that, they should do something about it.

Gotta laugh at those wokes trying to "police" the community.

All my old gear becomes my latest Linux workstation once I get some upgrades...

There is absolutely not a single reason to not use Linux as its current state -- even your mom can use it.

t. Ventured forth into the marvelous world of the "fweedom" after used ZorinOS -- a literal "Windows on linux" distro.

It's just an operating system, you should only try it if you're into IT or programming, it really offers no benefits to the average user

Originally posted by agu:

It's just an operating system, you should only try it if you're into IT or programming, it really offers no benefits to the average user

Aside from not letting the NSA watch you masturbate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010s_global_surveillance_disclosures

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON

The real psyop is trying to dissuade people from using Linux with posts like these

Sounds like Antifa is trying to recruit you.

Originally posted by GustavoM:

even your mom can use it.

true becuase she doesnt play any games.

Originally posted by Rain :):

Originally posted by agu:

It's just an operating system, you should only try it if you're into IT or programming, it really offers no benefits to the average user

Aside from not letting the NSA watch you masturbate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010s_global_surveillance_disclosures

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON

The real psyop is trying to dissuade people from using Linux with posts like these

the NSA can anyway. if you have an intel cpu newer than 2006 (with Intel management engines) or amd processor newer than 2013 (platform security processor) you have a potential entrypoint your OS cant do anything about anyway.

i would find linux maybe more more tempting if hardware level surveillance wasnt a thing ^^

Originally posted by Gina Sellberry:

Originally posted by Rain :):

Aside from not letting the NSA watch you masturbate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010s_global_surveillance_disclosures

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON

The real psyop is trying to dissuade people from using Linux with posts like these

the NSA can anyway. if you have an intel cpu newer than 2006 (with Intel management engines) or amd processor newer than 2013 (platform security processor) you have a potential entrypoint your OS cant do anything about anyway.

i would find linux maybe more more tempting if hardware level surveillance wasnt a thing ^^

fedora/cent has much more mitigations than microsoft

Originally posted by Gina Sellberry:

Originally posted by Rain :):

Aside from not letting the NSA watch you masturbate

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010s_global_surveillance_disclosures

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Snowden

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_surveillance

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ECHELON

The real psyop is trying to dissuade people from using Linux with posts like these

the NSA can anyway. if you have an intel cpu newer than 2006 (with Intel management engines) or amd processor newer than 2013 (platform security processor) you have a potential entrypoint your OS cant do anything about anyway.

i would find linux maybe more more tempting if hardware level surveillance wasnt a thing ^^

There are plenty of other companies who make CPUs. There's also plenty of markets which sell modified brand-name CPUs

The people who are mega concerned about stuff like that will be selective about their hardware. I wasn't advocating for plug-and-play systems; I was protesting global surveillance

Originally posted by Rain :):

There are plenty of other companies who make CPUs. There's also plenty of markets which sell modified brand-name CPUs

The people who are mega concerned about stuff like that will be selective about their hardware. I wasn't advocating for plug-and-play systems; I was protesting global surveillance

plenty? then you should have no problem suggesting me a good affordable, easily obtainable x86-64 CPU with excellent modern performance that doesn't have any equivalent of ME/PSP and is not made by a chinese company we've never heard of. even ask chatgpt.. i'll wait.

lets be realistic, you either use Intel or AMD or you sacrifice compatibility even more by using something terrible like ARM which nobody wants to use on their desktop pc.

thus, if you want "uLtImAtE pRiVaCy", switching to linux alone isn't going to do a thing if you're concerned about the nsa.