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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

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Apparently, the mods at Linuxsucks are really sensitive? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Saw a post without noticing the community and commented a genuine comment with good intentions.

Apparently it was against the rules of that community and I was banned.

Original post:

My (removed) comment:

And yeah, the last comment was sarcasm.

I just don't really understand why is there a community for shitting on Linux? Like I can get not liking it, and hating the Linux die hard fans, but it really is an amazing thing that is integral to almost all modern computing... Kind of like hating social media by having a facebook page for it.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm not sure if it's related but there was an annual symposium called "Linux Sucks". It was a gathering of mostly Linux developers. The idea was to find the ways Linux sucks and develop ideas to fix the suck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

Nah, this seems like a community to dunk on Linux

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

You should also take into account the animosity against lemmy.ml in general from some instances and communities. Something to do with the moderation here or something else.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Tech people are always sensitive and unfair. You should get used to it or start seriosly fighting them if you're not afraid of getting in a legal trouble. As someone already said, it's probably good that you got banned because the community could hurt you more. Trust me, you don't want to get banned on a community you've spent years and made friends on.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago

Nope, I just checked. Apparently, you can't say anything good about Linux. Seems like a useless waste of time but, whatever. If I got banned from that site I would consider it a blessing.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

As light rises, so does darkness to meet it

[–] [email protected] -3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I read it as a jokey community and maybe you took it too seriously. Regardless that's a kinda silly comment to leave. That's a community for, ironically or seriously, hating Linux, so obviously it's not in the spirit of the community to leave a serious comment defending Linux.

I see a lot of Windows hate on Lemmy. If someone made a post here complaining about how much they hate Windows, and a Windows fan replied explaining why Windows is so great, I would say it's kinda heavy-handed but not totally ridiculous for a mod to ban them, since a Linux community is probably not for this person.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

The guy made 3+ pages of posts shitting on linux, all while nobody else posted and 95% of the posts were downvoted to shit. Nobody was laughing, the guy made real arguments, and genuinely seemed to have an issue with linux. I never detected any satire presonally.

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