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I feel like I've been gaslit into running FOSS but every success only brings me closer to fighting god

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[–] GameGod@lemmy.ca 77 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (4 children)

Your post couldn't be more true. Decades ago I was sold on MythTV, this PVR software but it only ran on Linux and you had to compile it yourself. So I gave Linux and MythTV a shot. As it turned out, both MythTV and early desktop Linux were a buggy, frustrating mess. X broke all the time. Incomprehensible, ungoogleable compile errors all the time.

I spent so much time troubleshooting MythTV and compilation problems that I ended up learning Linux inside and out and the C programming language to be able understand the compile errors. I went on to lead a major open source project and have had a long career as a programmer, using all the knowledge I gained that started with fighting MythTV.

[–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 15 points 11 months ago

MythTV was an amazing nightmare.

[–] Thorned_Rose@kbin.social 14 points 11 months ago

Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long time...

[–] Caboose12000@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] GameGod@lemmy.ca 2 points 11 months ago

I don't want to dox myself so I'd rather not say, but it was some time ago and I'm no longer leading that project. I do still do development in the same field though!

[–] jackpot@lemmy.ml 3 points 11 months ago