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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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[–] beepnoise@beehaw.org 48 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

I think OP is trying to say:

  • There was the Reddit API catastrophe
  • That led him to lemmy/ActivityPub
  • Which gave him exposure to Linux
  • Which he used to give Linux a shot

And he seems to be having a great time with LInux

[–] dino@discuss.tchncs.de 12 points 11 months ago

Okay, thanks for clarification. really didn't get it. :D