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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 year ago (10 children)

heres the thing: as a decade+ software dev, I never want to even think about my distro.

I just want Linux terminal style commands, and Linux style ssh shit to just work in the most middle of the road way as possible. I'm trying to get a job done, not build a personality.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

This is why I got a MacBook (unpopular opinion here)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Macs are not really what I think of when reading "middle of the road linux"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I interpreted "middle of the road" as doing nothing special, just normal tasks done a normal way and therefore hoping everything just works so you can focus on work

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