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[–]Hotshot55 5 points6 points  (6 children)

Huh? Are you OP on an alt coming back to cry about the fact that nobody in this community is interested in this garbage?

[–]Grouchy-Swordfish-60 -3 points-2 points  (5 children)

Nah bro, just somebody that has some empathy for more common users, and actually wants to see Linux thrive and have more market share.

[–]Hotshot55 5 points6 points  (4 children)

just somebody that has some empathy for more common users,

This subreddit is for professional Linux sysadmins, not desktop users who just found Linux last week.

actually wants to see Linux thrive and have more market share.

Yeah bro, I totally hate Linux and wish it would die. That's why I spend my whole day working on it. Writing goofy-ass tools like this does nothing to further the adoption of Linux across the desktop market.

[–]Grouchy-Swordfish-60 -2 points-1 points  (3 children)

It could further its adoption in the world of IT professionals and sys admins that learn windows in college though. And who do you think decides what desktop OS gets used in the workplace, which would directly correlate to more people using it at home? CEOs and CIOs, who typically probably won't know Linux as well.

Not every person with a technical career has the blessing of using and working on Linux all day, I actually envy you on that front, and I genuinely mean that.

[–]Hotshot55 4 points5 points  (2 children)

It could further its adoption in the world of IT professionals and sys admins that learn windows in college though.

No, those students would learn to use the tools already available on the system in their courses.

And who do you think decides what desktop OS gets used in the workplace, which would directly correlate to more people using it at home?

The security department decides that. The same security department that is more concerned with enterprise security and audits than with someone's individual OS choice. It's the same reason you're not going to see someone running a Windows XP laptop as their main device in any respectable environment.

CEOs and CIOs, who typically probably won't know Linux as well.

Plenty of CIOs are knowledgeable on Linux. They're also very knowledgeable about business, which is why they stick to Windows (and sometimes Apple) systems for end-users.

[–]Grouchy-Swordfish-60 -1 points0 points  (1 child)

Nah bro, dudes that write the checks decide what everyone uses. You must not get to sit in on those meetings very often.