Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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If anything happen to Linux today, like what happened to Windows, most of the internet would be dead. (lemm.ee)

submitted 1 month ago by sag@lemm.ee to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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[–] pelya@lemmy.world 26 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (2 children)

Don't forget that ftp.cdrom.com , the biggest server on the Internet at it's peak, was running on FreeBSD.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I have no idea what the hell that is...

But Netflix runs on some BSD too

[–] pelya@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It's where you would download your anime and Quake 2 installer twenty years ago.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Interesting!

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 4 points 1 month ago

Freebsd, as does whatsapp and PlayStation

[–] bluemite@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

There's a free blue screen of death? All of these people paying for Windows for no reason /s