Post #2920959
2026-05-20 00:21 UTC
@lenzgr@mastodon.social My first computer experiences were Apple 2, and I became competent in DOS. Yes, I had to type cryptic shit to play my games... but nothing stopped me from doing anything I wanted aside from my skill level and how much computing power I had. I learned batch files and DOSShell, and made my games launchable with a click.
Mainstream modern computers, and how locked and restricted they are, disgust me.
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@hellomiakoda@pdx.social 2026-05-20 00:23
@lenzgr@mastodon.social Linux has kept this power usage alive, but... there are issues I just live with because of it. I get locked out of things that won't allow non-locked software, for example.
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@lenzgr@mastodon.social 2026-05-20 06:28
@hellomiakoda@pdx.social sounds familiar. This is what brought me to Linux. Compared to Windows, it felt much more like being in control and understanding how things worked. The first time installing it and seeing that login prompt was a powerful moment I still remember.