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@nixCraft@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

Here's an unbelievable fun fact:

The legendary creator of Linux and git, Linus Torvalds, once admitted in an interview that he had never used Debian. Why? Because he found it too difficult to install!

To this day, he reportedly still hasn't switched. Linus famously uses Fedora as his primary Linux distro. He further clarified that he is not the system’s guy i.e. IT professional who knows how to deal with different OSes. At least he is honest and wanted something that allowed him to do his job.

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@eons@mastodon.gamedev.place replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@nixCraft he'll have to learn soon because Fedora is accepting vibe-coded packages 🫠

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bazkie 👩🏼‍💻 bitplanes 🎵
@bazkie@beige.party replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@nixCraft gotta love that guy

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@RandamuMaki@mstdn.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@nixCraft Fun fact: As someone using Debian, I still don't understand how git works... There's a version of Linux for every user. Nobody should force anybody else to use what they can't understand. :)

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@transicorn@mastodon.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@nixCraft There's a lot to be said for having a stable #linux #OS / #Distro.

I've used more distros than i can count or easily recall in 26 years but am on #Fedora because it works, consistently without issue... even through major OS upgrades.

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Milly
@aanee@mastodon.online replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@nixCraft Many programmers are not sysadmin/system people. They want to stay in their tower of abstraction and never look down.

Now Linus founded the building of many of these towers, so he definitely earned his position and right to not care. Also just seems to be a cool guy (source: Linus Tech Tips video).

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Nazo
@nazokiyoubinbou@urusai.social replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@nixCraft Funny thing is, Debian is super easy to install today...

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Draken BlackKnight
@draken@masto.nyc replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@nixCraft
This was covered in the interview Linus Tech Tips did with him.

That's right. Linus interviewed Linus.

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Peter Nikolaidis
@nikolaidis@infosec.exchange replied  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

@nixCraft I can’t believe I’ve never seen him having a conniption fit over RPM.

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