Nobody tell him that Bruce Wayne is Batman!

To quote Abed, cool, cool cool cool.

https://screamintothevoid.com/

I just go here everyday and tell it, the void doesn’t judge, it just accepts and disregards.

I use Mint btw.

I switched 10 years ago, started on Ubuntu and hated it, switched to ZorinOS and gained understanding, then switched to Mint and found a home. I now recommend Mint to all windows refugees, it’s layed out similar enough to be intuitive and let’s you learn Linux at a comfortable pace.

Tl;Dr - switch to Linux Mint when leaving windows.

I was a windows only guy most of my computing life, 10 years ago I got sick of it and gave Linux a shot. After trying Ubuntu and hating it I tried ZorinOS and started getting comfortable then switched to Mint.

I’ve been running Mint exclusively for 9 years on all my machines and I love it. It’s close enough to windows to be intuitive while still letting you use and learn Linux.

Hey thanks. I had always heard the joke that the majority of tech support was knowing how to phrase Google searches, but thought it was a joke…I get the sense it’s more a funny fact.

Funny enough, I’ve done the poking around bit too, both in person and more commonly now remotely. And yeah nobody has demanded anything… so far, lol. If I’m busy, or just have no clue what they’re talking about, I just say that to them and tell them to call our outsourced help desk. So far everyone just drops their head and accepts my answer then makes the call and spends the next 2 to 3 hours deciding if they really need this job.

I’m considered tech support for my team at work, their always saying things like “well you’re the Linux guy so you know how this stuff works”. And then I have to explain “I just use Linux, I don’t write the code, plus these are windows machines so it’s completely different issues, and lastly I just type the problem into Google read the results and then tell you what I read”

Them: well you are still tech support because I don’t know how to do that.

Me: wait you don’t know how to type into Google…no you know what fine, I’m tech support, tell management so I can get a raise.

Nix is the new Arch, instead of “I use Arch by the way” it’s “I use Nix by the way”.

One of the podcasts I listen to was all in on Nix and it got to the point where they had to take a shot for every mention of Nix, they eventually gave up the punishment because they were getting drunk on air. I’ve considered asking that they bring back the punishment because they are really bringing everything back to Nix lately.