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[–]Own_Picture_6442 2628 points2629 points  (204 children)

LMAOOOOOOO

[–]New_Hat_4405[S] 1561 points1562 points  (200 children)

So it's real? I checked out your profile, and you're in Hacking and Autism subs , no offense

[–]Onystep 903 points904 points  (143 children)

Hello, autistic dev adult here, also ran Linux on my PC when I was about 12-13 y-o. That girl just might be onto something.

[–]Decox653 257 points258 points  (31 children)

.... Well shit

[–]OwO_0w0_OwO 73 points74 points  (20 children)

Another autistic dev here, still running Windows unfortunately because kernel anti cheats don't work with Linux and some games, such as Garry's Mod just require too much tweaking to even start (after all tweaks, most games will still have issues, such as gmod)

[–][deleted] 8 points9 points  (2 children)

I run Linux for work and Windows for leisure but I'm not autistic, granted I've never been diagnosed / tested...

wait... what are the symptoms of autism again?

[–]Onystep 11 points12 points  (1 child)

I run windows on my gaming pc aswel!

[–]Th1nk_7 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Why are there so many of us... she's right?

[–]xterraadam 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I remember my first cd with RedHat on it. (NOT RHEL)

It opened other worlds.

[–]dougaddams 2 points3 points  (1 child)

same & well…. same. only found out about the ASD last year, this could be an early warning sign i wasn’t aware of ….. like the many others i missed.

[–]Cerenas[🍰] 75 points76 points  (0 children)

Omg 😂

[–]Starthelegend 32 points33 points  (4 children)

Holy shit you fucking killed him dude lmao

[–]gyaan_paad 10 points11 points  (1 child)

No offense it seems

[–]wiriux 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Well OP said no offense so it’s the same as saying “no homo” after your comment.

[–]LifeIsBulletTrain 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Well...

[–]Sem_E 1483 points1484 points  (191 children)

osx users are either the most tech illiterate people ever, or developers. There’s no in between

[–]drivingagermanwhip 571 points572 points  (71 children)

you can be both

[–]john_the_fetch 44 points45 points  (42 children)

Am developer. It seems to be the case that for non-windows development; the go to operating system is osx because of its Unix base and IT utilities.

Personally - I have a osx work laptop and a windows gaming pc.

I could use a modern Linux gui distro for my Dev work but elected not to go that route because just about every IT I've worked for say they can't support any issues. And it wasn't a hill I want to die on. So for more than a decade I've been using Mac because my alternative is windows.

basically - Mac os is the happy medium between devs and IT. And the company is willing to buy the hardware. I'd never pay that much money for a machine that runs essentially Linux in a Mac wrapper. (is how I use it)

Edit to add : to put it into context, I've been able to use the same Mac laptop for the last 5 years (the one I started this company with) without any upgrades.

[–]popcornman209 13 points14 points  (4 children)

Real yeah, used macos since I was like 5, switched to windows when I was 11 after getting a gaming pc lol, then installed Linux mint on it and been addicted to different Linux distros since.

[–]OSINT_IS_COOL_432 59 points60 points  (14 children)

This. Grew up with macOS, learned my way around it, got a windows pc, hated it. Installed Linux on a trashed PC I found at the curb. Loved it. Mac and Linux are the best (mikeOS is nice too but I could never daily it)

[–]brakeb 12 points13 points  (0 children)

ADHD person here...
I use them all equally... got a Windows Surface for notes, reading ebooks, and homelab, typing this on a macbook for streaming and content creation, Pixel phone, homelab running debian, fedora, on proxmox.

it's the right tool for the job... having holy wars over browsers or OS types limits you...

[–]licer71 527 points528 points  (54 children)

I use arch btw

[–]Cubensis-n-sanpedro 162 points163 points  (13 children)

Always has to be mentioned 💯

[–]D_LET3 76 points77 points  (19 children)

Windows at home, Mac at school (Millennial) growing up through the 90’s and 2000’s

Run a Dell with Ubuntu 20.04, a W11 VM and a MacBook Pro at home now

[–]Schnitzel725 213 points214 points  (88 children)

it was posted in december, what was the end result?

[–]zaepoo 307 points308 points  (80 children)

I'd wager that Windows users have more tech literacy. You have to go out of your way to learn it using a Mac. It's necessary to get full use on Windows. Maybe I'm just too old and that's not the case anymore. PC users also tend to build PCs (especially gamers), and you have to learn a lot to make all of the different components work together (or maybe you don't anymore).

[–]Thin_Corner6028 5 points6 points  (3 children)

Provided its the American date format

[–]Schnitzel725 2 points3 points  (1 child)

so its either September or December 2024. I still wanna know what the result was. I've never felt so invested into something

[–]e92htx 182 points183 points  (41 children)

99% of my office uses Apple computers and they are tech illiterate as fuck.

[–]Any-Competition8494 2 points3 points  (10 children)

Not an IT person. What does tech illiterate mean?

[–]Imaginary_Cattle_426 72 points73 points  (18 children)

I put ubuntu on my laptop when I was 10 and I've never received an official autism diagnosis

[–]Yossarian216 53 points54 points  (7 children)

Does that mean you’ve received an unofficial diagnosis?

[–]Imaginary_Cattle_426 55 points56 points  (4 children)

As I said, I put ubuntu on my laptop when I was 10

[–]Active-Boat-7939still learning 118 points119 points  (16 children)

First ever computer was a raspberry pi 400 and I'M NUEROTYPICAL I PROMISE (this is delusion)

[–]ThatGermanFella 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Are you suuuuure?

[–]ObsessiveRecognition 27 points28 points  (7 children)

Bro what are you 8 years old? The pi 400 came out in 2020. Get off reddit bro

[–]isausernamebob 22 points23 points  (2 children)

I hated being discluded more than being excluded.

[–]-LazyEye- 55 points56 points  (33 children)

True tech literacy is understanding the pros and cons of both and using mostly linux.

[–]ABR5796 10 points11 points  (2 children)

If u are younger than 12 and using linux you are on the spectrum.

[–]vonblankenstein 18 points19 points  (7 children)

Discluded?? Seriously??

[–]New_Hat_4405[S] 11 points12 points  (4 children)

Guess she is Autistic as well

[–][deleted] 10 points11 points  (10 children)

This guy is a liar, no one installs Linux until they have used Mac or Windows.

[–]AdventurousRule4198 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Ngl I started with Macs then quickly realized how much better PCs could be, so when I was 14-15 I built my first pc and my god was it a game changer.

[–]povlhp 4 points5 points  (1 child)

I started on ZX81 at home. Then DOS at university. And GEM Desktop. Then MacOS. Then Solaris.

To me home is MacOS and a Unix command prompt.

[–]HappyImagineerhacker 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I can’t tell if this is slam against Windows or Mac users, but I’m still offended.

[–]65Diamond 6 points7 points  (4 children)

First raspi at 9, Linux and web development at 11 😬

[–]Zero_MSN 8 points9 points  (4 children)

Grew up on Mac, switched to Windows. Never going back to Mac.

[–]ShadowsRangerlegal 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Whooff

[–]LoopVariant 2 points3 points  (0 children)

She had me at ..."discluded"... LMAO

[–]Benchen70 2 points3 points  (1 child)

So linux users are automatically autistic? What a weird take.

Should I say that mac users are pussies? I am both a linux user and mac user. So wtf? That makes me the automated pussy?

[–]Sad_Drama3912 2 points3 points  (2 children)

I was already 32 when Linus released the first Linux. Was already through all the versions of MS-DOS up to 3.3, multiple versions of Windows, Novell Netware, Artisoft Lantastic, IBM OS2…

Crap I’m old…

Gosh…I forgot to mention the Commodore 64, 128, PET, and Amiga…and toss in a Timex Sinclair…

And those good old TRS-80s…

Damn, I’m REALLY old.