Operating System User Philosophies: User, Admin, or Unwilling Developer

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A three-panel meme that humorously contrasts the user experience philosophies of major operating systems. The first panel shows the Apple macOS Finder logo with the text 'In MacOs, you are user'. The second panel displays the Microsoft Windows logo and states 'In Windows, you are admin'. The final panel features Tux, the Linux penguin mascot, with the punchline: 'In Linux, you are literally fucking developer'. This meme captures the classic stereotypes of each OS. macOS is presented as a polished, user-friendly but restrictive environment. Windows is known for historically granting administrator privileges more freely, giving the user more control but also more responsibility. Linux, with its open-source, highly customizable, and command-line-centric nature, is famously depicted as requiring the user to take on the role of a developer just to configure and maintain the system, whether they want to or not

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Anonymous ★ Top Pick macOS is a walled garden, Windows is a suburban neighborhood with an optional HOA, and Linux is being handed a shovel and the deed to a plot of land

Anonymous ★ Top Pick

macOS is a walled garden, Windows is a suburban neighborhood with an optional HOA, and Linux is being handed a shovel and the deed to a plot of land
Anonymous

Sure, Linux makes you a "developer" - right up until you `chmod -R 777 /` and learn why stack traces are called that
Anonymous

The real joke is that in Linux, you're not just a developer - you're also the QA team, the sysadmin, the package maintainer, and the person who has to explain to your non-technical friends why your audio stopped working after a kernel update
Anonymous

This perfectly captures the OS privilege hierarchy: macOS treats you like a guest at a dinner party who needs permission to use the bathroom, Windows gives you the house keys but still calls the landlord for major decisions, and Linux hands you the blueprints, a sledgehammer, and says 'good luck, you're the architect now.' It's the difference between 'sudo make me a sandwich,' being told you can't, versus compiling your own sandwich from source while simultaneously rewriting the recipe in assembly
Anonymous

macOS treats you like a tenant, Windows assumes you’re facilities, and Linux hands you the deed - plus a pager for when the boiler (kernel) panics
Anonymous

macOS: SIP says no; Windows: UAC asks twice; Linux: sudo assumes yes - congrats, your laptop is now prod and you’re on-call
Anonymous

Linux turns every developer into a reluctant SRE - one 'sudo rm -rf /' away from enlightenment or enlightenment
@bubblechuk 5y

Ubuntu or Debian?
1. @RiedleroD 5y
  
  arch linux
  
  @dugeru42 5y
  
  btw
@Johnny_bit 5y

Gentoo user: I feel seen.
1. @dugeru42 5y
  
  windows ameliorated user: i don't
2. @p4vook 5y
  
  gentoo's nice
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  arch has lots of nice guys.
  
  @p4vook 5y
  
  s/u/a/
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  ?
  
  @sm1Ly 5y
  
  go learn sed
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  no thanks, don't need it rn
  
  @sm1Ly 5y
  
  xDDD
3. @sm1Ly 5y
  
  what about lfs user?)
  
  @p4vook 5y
  
  well, he's not a user, he's usually a masochist
  
  @sm1Ly 5y
  
  why?) in some prod envs its a good idea. also its a good tutorial
  
  @p4vook 5y
  
  1) that's an absolute pain in the *** to maintain 2) yeah, it is. but it's not so delightful to actually use, not install it.
  
  @sm1Ly 5y
  
  no its not pain)
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  I'm assuming you don't mean the popular game life for speed.
  
  @p4vook 5y
  
  Linus From Scratch
@p4vook 5y

nice, thanks for meme
@cheburgenashka 5y

A meme from 20 years ago.
@cheburgenashka 5y

It's amazing how people don't realise that Ubuntu is the best OS for elderly people. My elders do not bother me with problems for 15+ years. The only reason to reinstall Ubuntu is dead PC being replaced with a new laptop.
1. @RiedleroD 5y
  
  only if you can disable those nasty "update now or die" popups
  
  @cheburgenashka 5y
  
  I just set for silent auto-update
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  not a good idea mate
  
  @cheburgenashka 5y
  
  🤷‍♂ works fine for 3rd year in a row, no problems found.
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  I had ubuntu budgie running for a custom emulation PC for my little bro - it broke after half a year while updating from 19.10 to 20.04 or somthing. It forced some new DM onto me which lutris didn't like.
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  and of course all of my configuration for the previous DM was just gone
  
  @cheburgenashka 5y
  
  I had once such experience, but it was so long I don't even remember what it was. Anyway—OS must be a commodity and be treated like so. Just don't forget to handle your data to Google or pay for some crypto private storage
2. @sm1Ly 5y
  
  cause it suxx)
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  ubuntu is pretty bad, but good enough if you want entry-level linux
  
  @p4vook 5y
  
  And because of shitty snap package maintained by canonical your system breaks without you even knowing what happened
  
  @sm1Ly 5y
  
  if u want use linux, start from lfs and "THE DESIGN OF THE UNIX OPERATING SYSTEM" by Maurice J. Bach, and not this crap with so fucking much custom bash scripts. its dead not born
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  that's the attitude with which you drive people away from linux
  
  @sm1Ly 5y
  
  so they mousehands and no need linux
  
  @p4vook 5y
  
  Linux is not a f****ng shop no need to drive people into it
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  yes need because otherwise, we'll never get good software support from money-driven companies.
  
  @p4vook 5y
  
  Ha ha ha
  
  @sm1Ly 5y
  
  ibm laughting on u
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  ibm?
  
  @sm1Ly 5y
  
  yes
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  why ibm specifically?
  
  @sm1Ly 5y
  
  redhat, ibm, centos
  
  @p4vook 5y
  
  Unix is a hacky pile of crap but that's exactly why it's so popular
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  Unix is a hacky pile of crap, but damn, I don't wanna see the windows codebase.
  
  @p4vook 5y
  
  Windows fixes some unix problems
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  like what
  
  @p4vook 5y
  
  Crappy syscalls
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  bro, you seen windows syscalls?
  
  @sm1Ly 5y
  
  see it! and get ur eyes bleeeeed
3. @AmindaEU 5y
  
  I have been hearing about Fedora Silverblue
  
  @cheburgenashka 5y
  
  LOL, I switched to Ubuntu from Fedora back in the day. Now I am working from MacBook pro (corporate lappy.) Anyway I am addept of APT and a RPM hater (so not intrested in RPM based distros apriori.)
  
  @AmindaEU 5y
  
  Actually Fedora Silverblue uses Flatpaks and if you seriously wanted to use an rpm, you would need to use some separate command which is heavily discouraged and it would rebuild your system
  
  @sm1Ly 5y
  
  lets fight)))
  
  @cheburgenashka 5y
  
  sudo killall sm1Ly
  
  @sm1Ly 5y
  
  system: sudo not found.
  
  @cheburgenashka 5y
  
  You see? This kinda things you fight with LFS but not in Ubuntu 😆.
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  well I don't have sudo either – I use opendoas
  
  @cheburgenashka 5y
  
  Black is the new orange, doas is the new sudo. 🤷‍♂️ Do not keep a track of the fasion matters since I’ve tried JS in 2016.
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  It's not fashion per se, I just like to use the newest software so I can report bugs to the devs sooner.
  
  @cheburgenashka 5y
  
  That’s totally fine, I did it too. Just most of the time I am on the corporate machines, and companies do not like to try untested things.
  
  @RiedleroD 5y
  
  understandable
@cheburgenashka 5y

Just don't allow updates for prerelease
@sm1Ly 5y

u looks like mousehand man, not console man
1. @RiedleroD 5y
  
  I use a touchpad, but ok. I do like my shortcuts and console tricks though.
2. @p4vook 5y
  
  Please join our group
3. @RiedleroD 5y
  
  t.me/devs_chat
@sm1Ly 5y

google for the last changes in world)
1. @RiedleroD 5y
  
  oh nuts
@Daler_XYZ 5y

Love Mac os and Windows for games
1. @feskow 5y
  
  So what do you love Mac os for
Deleted Account 5y

this is, sadly, an outdated oic
@Strangerx 5y

In Windows Russian Edition you are “Администратор”, btw
Deleted Account 5y

I'm using Linux and for working, and for gaming (through SteamPlay and Lutris) without any problems, and absolutley no need on Windows What I'm doing wrong?
Deleted Account 5y

Yeah, I've heard about it, but mosly works fine. I'm playing CS:GO, WoT, UT3, etc. without problems. A lot of people are playing GTA online using wine+dxvk, too. The trouble seems like exception, not the rule
Deleted Account 5y

Yeah, you are right about Valorant. I've just read, that this issue are in progress, they are implementing more functions of NT kernel's API to be able to launch apps like that advanced anti-cheat systems. Possibly it will be resolved in win 6.x.x version

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