 Hello there, I'm Luke and I want to throw up in my mouth whenever I hear the term Linux community Because it's one of the most annoying terms used by really only the most annoying people Firstly, I just want to say a community. That's something in real life. There's no such thing as an online community I know people use that term, but unless you don't know these people Unless you see them in real life and interact with them. It's not a community It's just it's a metaphor and people shouldn't use it, but specifically and if you ever hear anyone Saying something about oh, we should do this for the Linux community or the Linux community is this or that Just you probably already instinctually throw that comment in the trash where it belongs But just make sure that you do that make sure to clean up that mess Because every single person who is constantly talking about the Linux community is basically just a grifter Here's what I mean by that. I mean for years for decades really, you know, Linux has always had its you know Spats there have been people debating about things, but Very recently on the internet there has emerged this new kind of grifter this new kind of character And what they do is they want to consume product all day. They want to watch videos about Linux all day They might watch my channel. I hope they don't but they might they watch all these other YouTube channels I know there's that kind of people they just want to consume product They just live and breathe Linux that doesn't mean they know anything about it They probably don't even know how to exit Vim. You know what I mean? They're those kind of people who are just they're not interested in the technology They're not interested in the ethics or the the mind behind free software They're really just interest They just want to be a member of a cult when they say community They really mean a cult and they want some kind of I don't know I'm not gonna I'm not gonna make any statements about what their real life might be like but that's often how it is Okay, so these people want to have this kind of online community quote-unquote And most importantly they want to patrol it. Okay, they want to You know make the boundaries of what you know What is acceptable in their quote-unquote community for their own ego? You know what I mean? So these are the kind of people who let's say I mean one way you can tell them if they're novices, especially is they get really touchy about distributions Oh my goodness. They can you know if you say something Like if most of them are it might be using like basic distros because again They don't it's not because using Ubuntu or something like that is bad But I'm just saying they don't know that much about Linux So they use the easy to use distros or at least easy to install distros I find Ubuntu very frustrating to use you should be using Artix Linux by the way But anyway, they'll use these distros and they will get so upset if anyone even like if you say that you use Gentoo or Arch or something in front of them that will basically give them PTSD and oh, you're an elitist Oh, you're this and that and it's just so stupid And they're constantly the worst, you know, they're always saying things like here's the real problem Okay, here's what it comes out there. You know the they have the mentality of I Don't have an identity therefore I identify with things that I do. Okay. I oh, I don't believe in who I am I believe in oh, I use this Linux distribution. Therefore. It's part of my identity. Oh, yeah I use Linux, but then I use Google Chrome and telegram and discord and all these stupid proprietary systems Therefore if you ever say anything bad about Google Chrome, you're attacking me if I if you tell me that you know Using Linux is freaking pointless if you're just gonna use a bunch of proprietary spyware. Well, you're attacking me That makes you toxic buddy. Hey, you're toxic. You bet you better not talk to me Okay, now the irony is that is it is exactly these people who are quote-unquote Touch it toxic for the quote-unquote Linux community. Okay, that that's the irony of it because most other people I mean in technology, especially on the internet the internet has united so many different people of so many different perspectives It's actually crazy. If you and I'm not talking about the grifters here I'm talking about everyone else you can talk to so many people who are Communists and furries and libertarians and coomers and degenerates and some actually very many normal people too But all of those people can be united Using Linux and and use you know doing these different things trying to figure out how to do things Technologically free software all this kind of stuff. Okay, and most all of those people get along fine There's not even an issue. Okay. What the real issue is is these I don't know there's not like a word for them They're sort of like soy devs. They're sort of like Hji W's like the overlap is actually very big In this these kind of these this whatever I need to make up a meme term for them But these kind of people they view it as their goal To start stuff even though no one else is like people have different opinions and you know They get along fine but these people want to start things and the weirdest thing is they're gonna blame it on someone else like if if you say If you not even bully them for their distro, but if you just like I don't know if you are too knowledgeable about something and make them feel inadequate. Oh, oh, that's toxic too, buddy Yeah, you offended my ego, which is actually very fragile and I get offended about all the time So that's your fault, buddy. You you got a you you're not allowed in the Linux community You're not allowed in my cult anymore. So that's these kind of people And it's actually very I don't know this archetype again. It needs a name I don't know put it in the video just the comment section if you can think of a name But it needs to be like one or two syllables. It needs to be pretty quick But they're just a kind of a grifter grifter is too, you know generic So anyway, that's pretty much all I have to say about these people in particular But I the other thing systemically these people have become a big problem, frankly it particularly for Linux because Originally, I shouldn't say Linux. I should really say GNU slash Linux because we're really talking about the GNU You know project in the GNU, you know free software is an ideal because what's happened is these people have come in These grifters have come in and they don't care. I mean, they might notionally care about open source They won't ever use the word free software or you know, because it's confusing or something like that But you know, they care about the superficialities of the technology Like they want to be involved even though a lot of them don't know what they're doing or whatever they want to be involved But Like they don't really care about the ethics behind free software. They don't really care about anything So they'll just support technologies for social signaling, right? They'll just be like, oh, this is a cool project So I'm gonna support it or I just want oh, I love I love technology, dude I'm thinking about the consequences. That's right-wing extremism, buddy. I'm not gonna do that That's how these people are. They're not interested in anything like they will they will They don't care about actual user freedom if user freedom contradicts their other views They will immediately discard it. That's how they are if they if you know If you're too concerned about privacy or data security or something like that again That's all that's like a conspiracy theory dude. That's weird This this is what I'm talking about these kind of people who and you I know you've seen them because they're more and more popular now They're not popular. They're more they're more common. You just have a bunch of people who are involved in GNU linux Who don't really care about it who are just there for I don't know They just like watching hours and hours of YouTube videos about Linux all the time because I don't know it's cool or I don't know because it's weird. I don't even know exactly what's going on But I've just seen this more and more often when I started my YouTube channel I don't know like maybe five years or so ago everyone I Ran across on YouTube like who had a comment just you know was all on the same page You know what I mean? They care about the technology. They care about getting things done done efficiently They care about free software, but as time has gone on you just have this like in sconce group in sconce group of people Who don't care about anything like they just it's just a cult for them And they want to have friends on the internet and they never think about the consequences of the things They're doing and the irony of all all ironies is that these people who are more or less They are the actual toxin in the Linux community. They are constantly I don't know trying to to guard the borders of what they want that like if you do anything to question their Moral nihilism about anything. It's your you who are the problem. You know, that's the thing that annoys me So anyway, that's the actual problem in the Linux community. Okay, that's it That's it. Get just ignore these freaking people. Don't dignify their stupid egocentric statements with a response Like just get if you feel like someone's insulting your technology preference. Hey, why do you care? Who cares like? No, who out here cares find someone who cares about Linux. No one does It's a freaking abnormal thing to care about firstly and secondly You're probably just being a little too high on the spectrum because most of that stuff It's not it's just people giving you a friendly roast. Okay Frankly, just get over it. That's what's wrong. Anyway, that's it