merci3
Brazilian π§π· he/him
FOSS and art enthusiast, chilling in the fediverse.
Also me in the fediverse π @gustavomercier@pixelfed.social @merci3@mastodon.social
Latin America is NOT USβs space. This imperialist view of the world that some west nations show is the reason why Latin America is distancing from them
I use Linux for about 2 years
Up until February this year, I was still using a 14 year old DDR2 desktop. Windows 10 started to get quite slow and had some annoying crashes (mainly the fault of my goofy old hardware, of course)
I learned about Linux as an alternative through a Linux Tech Tips video about gaming on Linux, and Valveβs announcement of the Steam Deck, I was also interested in FOSS apps as alternative to proprietary ones.
Decided to try Linux Mint. With no prior experience with Linux, lack of luck finding good tutorials, and some weird thing happening with my games not launching, I had a very rough start.
But thanks to Mint, suddenly my DDR2 desktop got a lot smoother :D also, all of my drivers worked out of the box, and I got very surprised with Linuxβs plug-and-play hardware capabilities.
So I decided to learn how to use it, tinkered alot with my system, and broken it alot! It was kind of frustrating, but fun at same time.
And without noticing, I had already learned lots about Linux from a more technical, and then, philosophical point of view.
Now Iβm a great fan of Linux and FOSS, and have been helping friends to move to it by giving support with issues I had in the past.
Thatβs because Linux is meant to run Linux softwareβ¦ Wine should only be used as a last resort. When it comes to production software we should focus on improving our open alternatives and making them suitable for more users to migrate to our ecosystem, thus, creating demand for Adobe software or MS Office to be ported, or they might not even be needed by then
I thought the joke would be that it was gonna sting itself π goofy ahh me
Now they are fight attendants