this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2025
101 points (91.7% liked)

Linux

10200 readers
326 users here now

A community for everything relating to the GNU/Linux operating system (except the memes!)

Also, check out:

Original icon base courtesy of lewing@isc.tamu.edu and The GIMP

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
Ategon@programming.dev
anzo@programming.dev
dwraf_of_ignorance@programming.dev
101
What are the silliest reasons people have given you for not wanting to try Linux? (no.lastname.nz)
submitted 2 days ago by cm0002@no.lastname.nz to c/linux@programming.dev
61 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

The best one I've ever heard is they like the Microsoft wallpapers. Yes i told them you can use them on linux too. But they argued with me that they wouldn't be compatible.

OQB @lordnikon@lemmy.world

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

One guy told me he plays Mario Kart. As a reason to not install Linux.

[–] CaperGrrl79@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Snerk, show him TuxKart. I haven't played it myself yet, been meaning to.

[–] ApertureUA@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh yeah, gotta love that. Some people have "Minecraft phases", I have "STK/hedgewars/teeworlds" phases. Proud owner of an AUR package for a QoL client for Teeworlds, was dead simple to make that. Unless you mean the original TuxKart (not super), in which case that's dead. And WarMux is dead (albeit still mostly playable), same with that one game that is also like a Worms clone but real time. I wish those were brought back...

Oh, and I forgot the name but there was this one tron clone that still mentions modem preferences and has some really really really low default graphics options but still has quite a few online players, I wish I didn't suck at the game...