People used to say that Linux is for people who don’t value their time. Those who are still convinced of this haven’t experienced the pleasures of Windows when logging into an old computer and then having to wait through the few minutes of auto-start programs before anything can be done with the operating system. It’s completely dysfunctional. The faster boot and load time has saved me the needed configuration time multiple times over.

On the other side is Linux. It’ not perfect. It has it’s own quirks, but it’s amazing to see how far the software has come in the past few years. Between the Wine and Proton compatibility layers, when Linux works it’s a pleasure to use. It’s highly configurable. It’s resource efficient. It gives you the keys to your hardware. You can do whatever you want. Multi-monitor, multi-cursor, crazy animations, opacity. Sure. Delete your whole file system? As you wish. None of the fisher price toying around here.

Linux is like a precise blade. It’s powerful, but you have to know what you’re doing. Otherwise you’ll just cut yourself.