It is against the rules but but what is it exactly?

  • Caveman@lemmy.world
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    2 years ago

    That Linux is a single OS where OS means a distro. They end up thinking that there are 3 systems in the world, Windows, Mac and Linux.

    They’re pretty close, there are three types of kernels used my majority of modern computers but they since they aren’t really into different OS software they equate it with “there only 3 types of OS GUIs”.

  • The Ramen Dutchman@ttrpg.network
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    2 years ago

    Spreading Linux misinformation is saying things about Linux that aren’t true.

    Examples:

    These can be jokes or trolling like “You can save space by removing the system’s pre-installed French language pack by running sudo rm -fr /” (disclaimer don’t do this!)

    Or misconceptions, such as “You probably don’t have a virus even if you suspect it, due to Linux’s nature viruses aren’t possible” (you absolutely can)

      • technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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        2 years ago

        How are communism and fascism the same? What definitions are you using?

        AFAIK communism advocates for a stateless, classless, moneyless society, while fascism advocates for imperial nationalism and the violent class hierarchies of capitalism, racism, misogyny, xenophobia, etc.

        They seem much more like opposites under the standard definitions. I don’t understand doublespeak.

        • mkuznetsoff@lemmy.world
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          2 years ago

          as a Russian who has studied the history of the USSR, i can say that Stalin’s regime might seem like a kind of fascism now, but by no means am I saying that Stalin’s communism was anything like Marx’s or Lenin’s.

          • comfy@lemmy.ml
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            2 years ago

            When things get extreme they get similar.

            ‘Extreme’ is a vague word, but when you’re talking about communism and fascism (or more generally ‘far-left’ and ‘far-right’ ideology), that’s a false generalization known as ‘horseshoe theory’.

            There are many clear counter-examples when talking about communism, like the entire school of anacho-communist ideologies and the existing societies stemming from them (including the Zapatista territory in Mexico with a population of around 360,000, or the FEJUVE federation in Bolivia, or the many anarchist communes around the world).

            As for the more authoritarian versions (Stalinist, Maoist and related ideologies), despite their strong one-party systems, they are still extremely different to fascist ideologies in their goals and how they use their strong state to achieve them. To say ‘they are the same in many respects’ would apply just as equally to liberal capitalist states like the USA and allies, with their infamously militarized police, constant wars and imperial militarism, strong cult of nationalism (for the US, it’s centered on the Founding Fathers), mass imprisonment and state interference in bodily autonomy.

  • ReallyZen@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    That you can “do everything that windows does”. You can’t. You can do similar things, you can do different things, you can do basic things, yes, but Linux can’t do everything that windows does.

    disclaimer: on linux since 2006