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Duamerthrax ,

Might be thinking of TempleOS there.

FriendBesto ,

The Church of Emacs would like to have a word, and for you to open your heart to Emacs.

www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ChurchOfEmacs

And for those who already get the joke:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gnnb6sjgk3A

homura1650 ,

I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

jol ,

Amen.

pbsds ,
@pbsds@lemmy.ml avatar

The Linux source, coc and governance continues to be improved upon, while the religious scripture and institutions mainly stay fixed

phoenixz ,

If Linux is a religion like Christianity then I expect Jesus to appear in front of me right now and double my fishes.

Linux works, Christianity does not.

Moshpirit ,
@Moshpirit@lemmy.world avatar

Replace Bash with Fish. Open two terminals.

echo “Check mate”.

CCF_100 ,

mate

fish: mate not found 😔

Moshpirit ,
@Moshpirit@lemmy.world avatar

TIL it’s actually checkmate lol (I’m not a native English speaker).

BTW, loved your response hahaha

avidamoeba ,
@avidamoeba@lemmy.ca avatar

God doesn’t work. Linux does. Prayers to God are left unanswered. Prayers to Linux are accepted via well defined interfaces and answered if you have the correct permissions.

GiveOver ,

God actually does answer prayers but they get blocked by ufw

MonkeMischief ,

Tbf, God might consider prayers based on how they’ll affect the underlying system as a whole, because any human being with sudo rights would be a massive problem in no time.

Linux might be more appealing to some because by default it assumes you’re a god and fully understand the ramifications of whatever you’re asking of it. We’re wired to enjoy instant gratification, even if it leads to disaster. :p

z3rOR0ne ,

https://lemmy.ml/pictrs/image/1b91deb3-1698-4b41-bced-72a73a3e8a8b.png

Landless2029 ,

Holy crap that’s actually a fantastic image in my head…

Some people would think it’s a religion cause linux isn’t a household name.

tubaruco ,

no, linux is the kernel. “free software” is the religion

(but seriously, theres nothing here that could be called a religion, that would be like saying d&d is a religion or a cult because a lot of people like it, or like calling any community a religion. it makes no sense)

avidamoeba ,
@avidamoeba@lemmy.ca avatar

Even free software isn’t, because free software delivers objective, non-placebo benefits to people, whether they “practice it” or not. Even when they don’t consciously participate or are even aware of it.

dudinax ,

The difference between Linux and a cult is that Linus Torvalds actually did what he said he’d do.

snek ,
@snek@lemmy.world avatar

Religion is about shit that is not real. Linux is about good engineering and open source software.

Big fat downvote for this pathetic attempt st being provocative.

tigerjerusalem ,

Religion is about shit that is not real

“Year of Linux on Desktop”

“Better than Windows”

“Linux is easy”

“You never need to use the terminal”

“Everything you need runs on Linux”

“Android IS Linux, therefore is the most popular OS”

Yeah, sounds like religion to me.

snek ,
@snek@lemmy.world avatar

Except all of it is true and tested. :/

Ps: have you ever heard anyone say “Islam/Sikhism/AnyOtherReligion is easy”?

No. Because it’s a really dumb comparison.

tigerjerusalem ,

Talking like a true believer, thank you for making my point.

snek ,
@snek@lemmy.world avatar

Whatever you need to say to make yourself feel better.

tigerjerusalem ,

Sure, whatever. I have no horse in this race, I just enjoy watching the meltdown over an OS.

snek ,
@snek@lemmy.world avatar

The meltdown is over really crappy logic.

Titou ,

Talking like a true believer, thank you for making my point.

Remember kids, don’t hesitate to use the “elitism” card when you’re loosing an linux argument

ArcaneSlime ,

Naw

Yea

Get gud

Terminal is the shit

Well it could, fuck adobe

Ehh no not really

Moobythegoldensock ,

Year of Linux on Desktop

More of a meme than anything else

Better than Windows

Well yeah, it is in almost every way.

Linux is easy

It’s not particularly hard.

You never need to use the terminal

Yeah, that’s just a lie.

Everything you need runs

Depends what you need

Android IS Linux

Well, it is.

Waffelson OP ,

I mean, people’s attitude towards linux here is similar to religion

avidamoeba ,
@avidamoeba@lemmy.ca avatar

Nope.

The attitude here is the same as the attitude towards anything that really works and it works really well so people love to recommend it. This happens to many other things and products.

Voyajer ,
@Voyajer@lemmy.world avatar

This is a meme community, I’m not sure what you’re expecting.

snek ,
@snek@lemmy.world avatar

Sure, but then your meme format isn’t reflecting that so clearly.

cloudless ,

If it is a religion, then it is a very fragmented one.

IsThisAnAI ,

My brother in Christ, have you seen the history of the 3 major religions on this planet?

tigerjerusalem ,

So, exactly like a religion.

esc27 ,

Do you have any idea how many denominations of Christianity there are? And most of them are open source.

Sonotsugipaa ,
@Sonotsugipaa@lemmy.dbzer0.com avatar

I would rather say that Christianity is open source, but it’s distributed with the MIT license and every relevant implementation is closed source and plants DRM software all over the system

FuglyDuck ,
@FuglyDuck@lemmy.world avatar

Torvold’s is still alive right?

Cults are religions whose founders are still alive.

user224 ,
@user224@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Not rather Richard Stallman (if we’re not talking about the kernel)?
https://stallman.org/saintignucius.jpg

Rustmilian ,
@Rustmilian@lemmy.world avatar

Where’s the Linux orgy’s guys? Cult’s are supposed to have orgy’s.

towerful ,

You have to become a 4th level sysadmin, and donate at least 3 accepted PR to the kernel in chief in order to get an invite

KISSmyOS ,

Prepare to be disappointed. This is how Linux disciples have sex (SFW).

Diplomjodler ,

Stop it! I can only get so hard!

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