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Man, watching people try to push Linux on someone who is Just Not Having It is always so awkward.

(This is referring to a conversation I saw on Tumblr - won't link because honestly, the specifics aren't really necessary.)

Like... I do use Linux. I love the little netbook I have with Mint installed on it. It's great. But for a lot of people, it isn't the best solution. They want something that'll work out of the box with 0 tinkering, or they need software that doesn't work on Linux (or maybe they need a program that'll technically run with WINE but not very well), or - etc etc etc. You get the idea.

My experience with Mint so far has been good, but I also haven't run into any troubles (aside from some tricky bits at the beginning when I was still figuring stuff out). If it was a more complicated distro, who knows. Installing Mint pushed me to like, the very edge of my abilities. Which, considering it has a reputation as one of the more beginner-friendly distros, well....

Also: My Linux install is on my travel computer. This isn't my main machine. For my primary? Sorry man, but I am old and boring - I'm not going to use a system if I can't run my tax software on it. That's it.

So when I see someone pushing and pushing and pushing Linux at someone who's just looking for a system that they can do their work on, it's kind of exasperating. Yeah, it's great! It's not the best solution for everyone all the time, though!

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Came across this blog post about Twitter users moving to Mastodon (and then a lot of them having a difficult experience with Mastodon): Why did the #TwitterMigration fail?

Thought it was interesting. I'm unlikely to use Mastodon for a whole lot of the reasons outlined in the post. I gave it a look for half a second, and thought, "Nah". I can see why some people might like it, but it's not for me.

Right now I'm kind of thinking, though - some of the same stuff might apply to attempts at moving from Tumblr to DW. I see it happen a lot, and it rarely sticks. I wouldn't be surprised if the reasons for that are similar: harder to find things due to the format, smaller amount of stuff going on, more tinkering required, etc. Though there is a major difference - with Twitter and Mastodon, you're going from one microblogging system to another. With Tumblr and Dreamwidth, you're going from an image-based microblogging site to a text-based longform journal site. That's gotta' be quite a change for someone who's not used to it.

It's also why Tumblr fandom is unlikely to jump from there to here. I've seen some stir-ups and attempts recently due to some UI changes Tumblr is experimenting with, but as always, I'm like... "Good luck, and I'll believe it when I see it".

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Maaaannn....

I'd signed up for a fitness class for tomorrow, but I just checked, and it turns out it's cancelled.

On the one hand, I'm kind of bummed - I was looking forward to it.

On the other hand, I've been kind of strapped for time, and this means I'll be able to use that time to tackle something that I otherwise would've had to shuffle to Sunday.

Too bad, though, I was really anticipating it... Ah, well. I guess I'll just have to make sure to use my time wisely!