as a longtime luser (linux user), this is chicken soup / validating to hear. it sounds like you speedran so many of the joys of linux.
i'm the Sickos going "haha yesssssss"
seriously: cowsay, compiz, ssh messages, these are da CLASSIC joys.
You should also look into sl, meant to "punish" people who mistype ls :)
idk im just saying this is very enriching and ive never had this much enjoyment using a computer before. im going to change my kde theme to look like windows 95 later this week because why not. i can go anywhere i can do anything.
yessss
also u can turn your workspace INTO A ROTATING CUBE and make the windows wobble when you move them.
YESSSSSS
one warning though...
i always feel like i accidentally downloaded a trojan
there used to be a myth that you can Never Ever get Malware on linux. but
you can absolutely get malware on linux. plus other hacks, e.g. if your ssh is misconfigured, (say, open ports + password auth), someone can come into your machine and do evil mischievousness. so, normal caution, etc
Oh wow, yeah. When I first hear the song I thought she included presents and Christmas trees as things she did not care about, but instead she was disavowing the presents underneath the tree, which I was uncritical of when reviewing the lyrics.
Most every sentence here is a further disillusionment! The reader (mee) will be happy to hear they divorced in 1998 and she has a net worth of $250 million (yayy)
Long, twisting, winding roads, nestled between barely-there rolling hills, stretching into the atmosphere and fog. No elevation except in the furthest periphery. In retrospect, this reminds me of how 3D SNES games worked with flat landscapes.
I had a series of recurring nightmares involving a river in the woods where cement stairs descending into. this was based off a place i saw irl
just_post. i often dream of just_post
important question: the "free floating escalators", what does this mean? they must be attached to two floors if they can lead you to other floors
twovests OP wrote
Reply to comment by oneviolence in Nestled in valley of the Harz, it is Halloween. The wizards dance around the campfire, just as they did last year, and the year before that. They all use Linux. They're so cool. You wish you could be like them. by twovests
[10 minutes awkward smiling and not knowing what to do with my hands]