What's up with these trans-memes surrounding linux? Are they just a loud minority?
People that enjoy customizing their body happen to enjoy customizing their OS too.
That would be medics and genetical engieneers
Trans etc. are always a minority, obviously. They would not have to fight for their rights otherwise.
No idea why they are so highly visible here. Probably highly concentrated in Lemmy.
It's IT wages and being able to take a break and think about oneself. When Twitter was called Twitter and I've been there, the core population of trans, lgbt+, kink, furry, whatever communities were those who could afford a brief moment to think about themselves, these later magnfied other folks who aren't as well-off. Being gay or trans is natural as our science says, but understanding you are gay or trans means you have enough time, resources, safety to even discover you are one, not to say about presenting as one in public. Tech persons have a natural advantage here over a doordash delivery guy, but as they show it's possible, many poorer persons show up too. And it's not a coincidence Lemmy is popular in these communities, as it's not only a tech-gated space, it's also a promising safe space where they can be whoever they want without social pressure.
ed: if not for us being that fucked by capitalism, the distribution would be more even
Trans etc. are always a minority, obviously. They would not have to fight for their rights otherwise.
no one should have to fight for their right, but that doesn't change the fact that non-trans people enjoy customizing their os as well. so answer to the original question is yes, it is a loud minority.
it's just a meme. although there is perhaps a higher percentage of trans people using linux, perhaps due to the correlation with autism or because they're attracted to less opressive alternative safe spaces in general
Now I'm curious if are there studies on the demographics of linux users
Isn't that only for Arch?
Btw, what is it always with the stickers?
You're in a meeting with 16 people with identical corporate laptops. Easy way to see whose is whose if they're not open.
It is advertising for money-less projects.
I guess it's feelings of ownership/pride/community.
I have to get up early in the morning and go to a job and pay rent and bills now and it sucks...just let me keep the stickers please.
Quick and easy personalization of an otherwise generic product.
Old Thinkpads running Arch are basically the new Blåhaj
And I'm all for it!
Lenovo Thinkpad t480 with Arch running AwesomeWM. :)
OMG! Same. Well, almost. I'm running AwesomeWM, my gf has t480 and I have heard of Arch.
Congrats on exorcising that proprietary bitch out of the laptop's body!
I use Arch btw
What's the digital clock in your terminal?
tty-clock
looks like either tty-clock or
tmux clock-mode(prefix + t)
I have done this
As a ThinkPad aesthetics enthusiast, I squint.
As a transmasc demiboy I'm getting gender envy from the first guy.
Is demiboy some kind of boss from dark souls?
Roll for Arcana...
I'm still mourning for my t400 that died last week, and everything makes me remember my old friend :(
Mandatory programming socks
Ew ew to uwu >.<
My two recent $90 laptop purchases can confirm this.
I use Arch Linux btw
