Comment by wrs
19 days ago
"I'm still a _______ guy, and I always will be."
No matter what trademark you put in the blank, this is not a healthy thing to say.
19 days ago
"I'm still a _______ guy, and I always will be."
No matter what trademark you put in the blank, this is not a healthy thing to say.
Yeah, not sure how people form almost "relationships" with their tools and refuse sometimes to even explore options. I'm always open to switching almost anything. I never end up doing, because things are usually not better, but maybe 1/100 times something is better, and then I switch. Initially did that around Ubuntu 9.10 before, and I'll switch away from Arch in a heartbeat if anything better comes around.
Edit: I realize now that the article author, the person in the video and the quoted tweet are all the same person, and they seem to work/run windowscentral.com, so I guess that kind of explains the motivation.
The opposite isn't good either, if you're always flitting between different products and never learning any one deeply, you'll never get anywhere.
> if you're always flitting between different products
But that's not what I suggested. I suggested use the best thing, try other things, switch if they're better. I don't think that's "always flitting between different products and never learning any one deeply", unless you happen to rely on tools that have new solid (and better) competitors every single month, but I'm not aware of any industry/space that is like that.
At least with distributions of Linux, most of the knowledge is easily transferred.
e.g. I tried out Arch for a while and discovered that its Wiki has some of the best information around. Luckily, Arch tends to use standard Linux tools such as systemd, so the information is applicable to almost any distribution.
Honestly as a deeply antisocial person the Linux cult has always rubbed me the wrong way. Same reason why I don't have an iPhone.
What do you use then?
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This is especially bad when “GUI only” goes in the blank. In the early days I mostly worked with folks that were terrified of CLIs. Windows shops typically.
I still run across it sometimes, and it’s such a limiting form of identity.
What about "Linux"? It is also a registered trademark.
For Linux as well. In my opinion you shouldn't remain blind to the benefits of other operating systems
Linux is the objectively best choice for a significant number of use-cases at the moment (not all of them). Using Linux and communicating that doesn't necessarily make you a "Linux guy."
Obviously, using Linux when a better solution exists for whatever you're trying to solve equally applies. While it may not be unhealthy, it certainly isn't a good idea.
"I'm a guy using Linux" - Ok. "I'm a Linux guy" - Bad.
This is very much an imprecise abstraction, more like a rule of thumb. Just be careful how you think of yourself.
"I ride bicycles" - Fine. "I'm a cyclist" - Getting weird.
"I voted for X" - Ok. "I'm team X" - Dangerous.
Same problem. You shouldn't ignore BSD for example.