But I don't want to tell anyone. I just want to fiddle with things and people not asking what I'm doing, as I asnwer just waving my hands in the air (mostly because I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing)
I don't tell other Linux users that I use linux because it almost always leads to a bunch of questions that I don't know the answer to. So let me assure you, that awkwardness is on both sides of that conversation you're describing.
even the linux-from-scratch snobs are usually pretty decent (really it's only when it's their first time out of the server room in too-long a time). I usually try to switch it up to something like "have you tried playing The Battle for Wesnoth. (it's a turn based fantasy strategy game that's... uhm. surprisingly good.)
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Im_old@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 2y
But I don't want to tell anyone. I just want to fiddle with things and people not asking what I'm doing, as I asnwer just waving my hands in the air (mostly because I'm not entirely sure what I'm doing)
yum@lemmy.eco.br · 7 pts · 2y
"Are you a hacker?"
Zidane@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 2y
"sike" :^(
s08nlql9@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 2y
dadarobot@lemmy.sdf.org · 15 pts · 2y
Lol no
Sorse@discuss.tchncs.de · 12 pts · 2y
Why couldn’t just tell people that you use linux an*way?
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 2y
mostly... I tell people who are using linux that I use linux, too.
The sudden moment of awkwardness when you realize they're using ubuntu and might run back to microcrap because you came on to strong is real.
KoboldCoterie@pawb.social · 17 pts · 2y
Hi - I'm a Linux newbie.
I don't tell other Linux users that I use linux because it almost always leads to a bunch of questions that I don't know the answer to. So let me assure you, that awkwardness is on both sides of that conversation you're describing.
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 2y
I promise... it's just enthusiasm!
even the linux-from-scratch snobs are usually pretty decent (really it's only when it's their first time out of the server room in too-long a time). I usually try to switch it up to something like "have you tried playing The Battle for Wesnoth. (it's a turn based fantasy strategy game that's... uhm. surprisingly good.)
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y
I've been on both sides I still tell people and inquire about it when I spot it in the wild.
acockworkorange@mander.xyz · 19 pts · 2y
Anusway?
cheddar@programming.dev · 7 pts · 2y
This is the way.
4oreman@lemy.lol · 3 pts · 2y
Is this real?
Cethin@lemmy.zip · 12 pts · 2y
No, it's a comic.
4oreman@lemy.lol · 5 pts · 2y
I believe.
HarmlessCake@discuss.tchncs.de · 3 pts · 2y
Then everybody will just argue what's the best distro/desktop environment/kernel etc. instead xD