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    This is totally wrong for most users I think. On Windows I had to worry about drivers. On Linux I never think about it. They just come with kernel updates and I never have to put any thought into it.

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      HP does not even have a driver for my printer on their website anymore and it’s not just working ootb either. On windows that is. Of course it just works on linux.

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    Linux users who haven’t had a driver issue have simply gotten lucky but they confuse this result with technical skill. Sometimes your hardware works fine, sometimes it isn’t supported. Unless you’re writing the drivers yourself you didn’t fix the problem you merely avoided it by happenstance.

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    Cycling these days has gotten much easier. You can even sleep in and skip breakfast; once out on your ride you can get food from the universal cereal bus.

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        Hi Susie! 🥰 Your mom also says hi and reminds you not to RAM any drivers on your pizza run or your stack might overflow.

        Did you get the linter we sent for your birthday? Auntie Linu says you can use it when you compile your route to spot red flags.

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    The only time I ever have to even think about drivers is when I’m cursed with something from work that has to be written for, or done in Windows. Drivers on Linux are great if you don’t need something like an obscure piece of hardware, and even then, your odds are probably better than on Windows. .

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    Linux does have plenty issues.
    But in the Netherlands, you can cycle without worrying much about cars

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        Ubuntu with all the additional servers and quality of life features enabled. But no firewall, and it somehow runs from a ramdisk.

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          Here are some of the tools, with input from the GPT (90% was not funny, these might be but I don’t speak Dutch).

          Package management:

          bami -opdienen <pakket> # Install a package

          bami -opeten <pakket> # Uninstall a package

          bami -doorroeren # Update all installed packages

          bami -keuken <pakket> # List available packages

          bami -smaaktest # Check the details of a package

          bami -restanten # Clean up orphaned or unused packages

          Process management:

          vla -aanzet # Start a new process

          vla -proeven # Check the status of a process

  • Literally was a school bus driver for a few months. Quit because it was too stressful dealing with all them kids at the same time as driving a big ass vehicle. Still got a Class A and can legally drive pretty much anything on wheels that isn’t carrying chemical or biological hazards, if any trucking companies paid well enough.

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    Me a few yeas back: cycling in the evening on the highway in black clothes while its raining. In hindsight, I’m shocked the only time I’ve got a concussion was while riding in the forest of all places.

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      To be fair I’ve never seen Linux cut between cars in standstill traffic while going twice the speed limit

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      What? It’s hard to hear anything with all that noise.