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[–] [email protected] 94 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Huh? Isn't this about Microsoft changing out a button with a well established use, in order to take advantage of muscle memory and the unobservant?

Don't think it's much to do with people opposing technological advancement, but rather with opposing another company wanting to making a fool of them.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 10 months ago (2 children)

More over being a luddite on Linux is like a fish trying to breathe in a public swimming pool; it works until the chlorine poisoning sets in.
Linux adopts new technology constantly.

[–] [email protected] 83 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The difference is that Linux generally adopts new technology because it enhances the user experience in some way, and not because it maximizes ad revenue and telemetry.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 10 months ago
[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ehn, one can survive pretty long with a stable distro.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Yes, but eventually that LTS goes EOL and you'll have to move from that abandonware.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Ubuntu LTS versions can last 10-12 years before EOL.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yes, 10-12y to swim, slowly in-taking chlorine overtime...
Then when you do finally switch, you find yourself in a similar yet vastly different swimming pool and the cycle starts over.
Imagine when eventually the LTS goes Wayland only and Luddites go : "I'mma just stay with my abandonware forever."
Luddites hate adapting to new technology as a character trait, it's what makes them a Luddite.
Luddites will often choose to deal with decrepit, vulnerable, abandonware then change to something new because they don't want to spend a week learning new "muscle memory".