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Windows Bloatware, Mac RAM, and Linux Neckbeards
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Windows Bloatware, Mac RAM, and Linux Neckbeards

Description

A three-part comic that humorously compares the process of setting up a new computer for different operating systems. The first section, 'SETTING UP A NEW WINDOWS PC,' shows a four-step process: buying the PC, discovering a long list of pre-installed bloatware (like 'Norton Viruses Stuff' and 'HP Printer Tools'), installing a fresh version of Windows from a CD, and finally starting work. The second section, 'SETTING UP A NEW MAC,' involves buying the Mac, then immediately buying and installing third-party RAM before starting work. The final section, 'SETTING UP A NEW LINUX PC,' is the simplest technically: buying a Linux laptop and immediately starting to work. However, a final panel is added for comedic effect, showing the bearded user trimming his neckbeard with an electric razor, with a 'buzzzzz' sound effect. The comic satirizes common pain points and stereotypes associated with each OS: the pervasive bloatware on Windows machines, the expensive and often necessary hardware upgrades for Macs, and the stereotypical appearance of a dedicated Linux user

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick Windows setup is a lesson in subtraction, Mac setup is a lesson in economics, and Linux setup is a lesson in... well, apparently personal grooming is the final dependency to resolve
  1. Anonymous ★ Top Pick

    Windows setup is a lesson in subtraction, Mac setup is a lesson in economics, and Linux setup is a lesson in... well, apparently personal grooming is the final dependency to resolve

  2. Anonymous

    Modern onboarding pipeline: choco purge OEMware on Windows; submitPurchaseOrder | xargs install-32GB on macOS; git clone dotfiles && beardctl trim --auto on Linux - everything else was already idempotent

  3. Anonymous

    The real Linux setup process: spend 3 days configuring your dotfiles, 2 days arguing about systemd vs init, 1 day compiling your kernel, then realize you forgot to install a browser and have to wget everything through terminal while pretending it's a feature, not a bug

  4. Anonymous

    The real joke here is that the comic conveniently omits the Linux panel's hidden steps: spending three days configuring X11, another week wrestling with proprietary WiFi drivers, and finally achieving the perfect dotfiles setup that you'll spend the next decade evangelizing to anyone who'll listen. But hey, at least you didn't pay the Apple RAM tax or spend an afternoon running Ninite

  5. Anonymous

    Company onboarding KPI: time‑to‑first‑PR - Windows wipes OEM bloatware, macOS expenses third‑party RAM, and Linux ships a merge before the beard violates grooming policy

  6. Anonymous

    Windows: bloat installs itself. Mac: RAM costs your firstborn. Linux: trim beard while your custom kernel compiles - productivity achieved

  7. Anonymous

    Windows: nuke-and-pave; Mac: pay the RAM tax; Linux: yak‑shave dotfiles until it looks like work

  8. @salvakexx 5y

    Buy a mac. Look i have a brand new mac with REVOLUTIONARY m1 cpu. Wait for arm software ports. Start working

    1. @GTRst 5y

      Раньше ебилдов ждали, а теперь порт на арм

    2. @boingo00 5y

      Cover yourself in Rosetta 2

  9. @ImJmik 5y

    Are you really just start work with linux ? How about tweaking gnome Or jange it to KDE or to some tilinug wm? How about compiling gentoo? You are not linux user)))

    1. Deleted Account 5y

      that's "trim neckbeard'

    2. @RiedleroD 5y

      I bought a linux version of a laptop because it was cheaper (no windows license - makes sense) and yeah well. It was some kind of weird ubuntu with… a sunflower as the shutdown popup opener? Needless to say, I immediately installed ubuntu budgie on that thing, didn't even try working with that crap.

    3. @sashakity 5y

      not everyone does tweaks

  10. @i_wdt 5y

    Линукс: Выбери диструбутив Создай ветку в лоре Установи убунту Удали убунту Собери и установи генту Удали генту Поставь арч Удали арч Поставь дебиан Поставь гном Удали гном Поставь кеды Удали кеды Поставь опенбокс Удали опенбокс Поставь i3wm Скинь на лоре скрины своего сетапа Начинай работать

    1. @bit69tream 5y

      а лор зачем

      1. @i_wdt 5y

        чтоб туда скрины скинуть и выслушать о том какой у тебя бесполезный билд 🤔

        1. @bit69tream 5y

          r/unixporn

    2. dev_meme 5y

      Sir, please, stop usage of Russian 🙏

    3. @SiberIII 5y

      так и есть 😂

  11. @freeapp2014 5y

    “Upgrade Mac ram” is this image from 2000

  12. @dugeru42 5y

    I bought dos pc Installed linux tho

  13. @fearandloathinginchicago 5y

    The PC Decrapifier, no need to install Шindows

  14. @freeapp2014 5y

    When you have any realistic work, you usually end up dualbooting windows

  15. @dugeru42 5y

    Buy cheap laptop Download kali.iso Boot from usb Hack

    1. Deleted Account 5y

      kali linux hack insta

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