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That is certainly one use of the word gatekeeping. Another common use of the word is:

“when someone takes it upon themselves to decide who does or does not have access or rights to a community or identity”.

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The gatekeeping I was referring to is giving people shit for being weebs, furries, etc. etc. Feels skeezy and moralistic. One of my favourite things about the Linux community is how openly eccentric so many people are. Even if it isn’t my aesthetic it’s way less contrived than the bland wastelands that corporate culture generates.

It wasn’t really relevant to your question, but you do you, weeb OP.

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I feel like every larger open source project that doesn’t have a Tyson Tan designed mascot doesn’t have one because they refused to let him make one for them.

I agree that this is a sad thing, but I guess not everyone in the Linux world is into furry waifus.

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Sway is just well made, solid and reliable. It does what you need it to do, and it does it properly.

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My approach has been to slowly learn how to play to the strengths of Linux and not pine after anything on Windows because ultimately I’ve gained a lot more than I’ve lost.

The one piece of software I haven’t been able to avoid keeping around is Sigma Studio, so I have a 10 year old shit top for running it, but it also runs in a VM if I need it. Thankfully I only need to use it once or twice a year.

If you rely on multiple pieces of software for important everyday activities and they aren’t usable in wine or a VM, you probably have no choice but to use the operating system that is the best vehicle for those tools. Doesn’t stop you from also using linux for other stuff, but I can understand how that’s not the same as going all in.

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Not really partition related but in terms of backups, state replication and reliability:

State of Systems: NixOS configs. Art: Borg + Borgbase. Code: Git + Sourcehut.

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I feel like microsoft’s gameplan is less “everyone must use windows” these days and more “we want to gatekeep tech on as many levels as possible”. I’m wary of relying on anything they put out. I think we’ve all recently seen what big tech companies do when they decide its time to monetize more aggressively.

Right now helix is pretty good for what I do with it.

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