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What's something that seems obvious within your profession, but the general public seems to misunderstand? (lemmy.world)

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[–] xilona@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

Try Linux! Fast and reliable!

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 months ago

Doesn't help with the bloated web and local webapps, though. Also, you'll need to choose from a set of desktop environments that were made with lower resource usage in mind. Also don't forget that while linux is often faster, a slow drive is still a slow drive and it can help only so much if you keep your OS and heavyweight software on a HDD.