Experiencing low mood when someone calls you toxic can be really tough.
Experiencing low mood when someone calls you toxic can be really tough.
Occasionally it seems this way. I'm not referring to a specific person, but sometimes it appears that people view Linux as a whole rather than as a group of separate components. I don’t have any grounds to judge, but your presence here and consideration of others’ views is a solid beginning. Yes, I completely understand. I recall struggling with Windows once and being criticized for my setup—probably because I had the wrong hardware or software configuration. Something about the system setup must have played a role. It was a long time ago. My main goal was to fix World of Warcraft after it stopped working. By the way, WoW would run fine on a simple machine. Speaking of Linux, it does have its downsides... and they’re quite strong. I’m in agreement with Linus when he mentioned this during one of the webinars. We should remember that this is just a small vocal group, but they can be very vocal. Facing this Linux gaming issue really stirs emotions—I’m not sure if it’s my own troubles (like issues with Dolphin or file system differences) or if community articles are influencing me. There’s no justification for the community to treat newcomers harshly based on what some posts say.
True, yeah, there'll be some people who do. But I don't think many reasonable people do. That said - if we can start tackling the problems we've been discussing, I don't doubt we'd see Linux's reputation amongst those people improve. We'd no longer be giving them an inch, so to speak. Damn. Yeah, stuff like that just happens too often unfortunately. Yep. Like I said before, toxicity should be called out in every community. And thankfully it's only a minority who act in this unpleasant way, which makes it much easier to deal with. I'm hopeful things can improve as Linux gains more momentum in the desktop OS space, and especially amongst gamers. That could be pivotal to shaking a lot of things up for the better. We'll get there eventually. Things have improved drastically over the years already; just the fact that there are distros focused on trying to be more user-friendly and intuitive is a great step forward. And we've seen a massive amount of excellent documentation and resources posted online to teach newcomers about Linux fundamentals, principles, etc. And with prominent people like Linus bringing attention to some of the shortcomings in the Linux experience for new users / ex-Windows users, there's increased attention on these issues - and hopefully better chance of them being properly addressed now. Just remember there's still a heck of a lot to be optimistic for!