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Cake day: July 8th, 2023
  • meathorse@lemmy.worldtoLinux@lemmy.ml•What distro do you use and why?
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    2 days ago

    Began moving all my hardware to Linux this year since none of them will run win11 without fk-about-ing - and I just don’t want to. So my server, media box and laptop are all cut over, only my main desktop left on windows a bit longer but it’s goose is cooked too.

    I’ve tried dozens of distros over the years but I’ve settled on Fedora KDE.

    The why:

    • Skipping x11 and head straight into Wayland so I don’t have to worry about that in the future.
    • I wanted something more up to date than debian-based and less cutting edge then Arch-based.
    • Stability and support of being in the RHEL family
    • Flatpaks
    • Tried to get on with gnome to get away from the ‘start menu’ paradigm but ended up getting on with kde better.
  • meathorse@lemmy.worldtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why does the media print rags to riches stories?
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    2 months ago

    Can I assume by that comment that you’re also a self-made millionaire?

    No? Oh, why are you so lazy? After all, it just requires hard work. There are over a thousand self-made millionaires in my small town alone. The media call us a “statistical anomaly” but they just don’t see how easy it is if you just put down your 9-5 and get to work.

    /s

    Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely believe that hard work can get you there but it is very, very uncommon. I work bloody hard, have a good paying job, no debt and investments but will only have enough for an ok retirement.

    Friends with their own business who are more driven, work even harder and longer than I do and are absolutely better off, but they’ll never earn the level of money like this article suggests.

    My issue is with the disingenuousness of the article. This sort of success requires a huge amount of work, a once in the lifetime (for most people) idea or market to kickstart and even then often still requires a bucket of 7-leaf clover levels of luck. But it’s sold by the media as others have detailed “if you just work harder…”