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r/unixsocks on fediverse

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About r/unixsocks on fediverse:

Unixporn + ThighHighs

Rules:

1.Thigh high socks

All non-meme pictures must contain a human wearing thigh high socks.

2.Unix-like OS

All non-meme pictures must contain a device running a unix-like OS. Android and WSL are not permitted.

3.Hate Speech

No Bigotry, Cissexism, Transphobia , Homophobia, Enbyphobia (anti Non-Binary Gender), Anti-ND (Anti-Neurodiversity), Sexism, Racism, etc. Non-compliance with this rule will result in a ban. The ban may be revoked after a plead.

4.NSFW flag

NSFW post must have NSFW flag.


unixsocks in elsewhere

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

If you don't become a femboy from installing Linux, then you become a bear like I did.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I was a hairy twink before linux ๐Ÿฅฒ

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

A smarter hairy twink ๐Ÿซฃ

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not to mention Ultrakill on that side monitor :3

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Haha I was wondering if anyone would notice!

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

So, honest question. Where does the association with becoming trans or cross dressing come from when it comes to Linux? I always see the memes and appreciate the pictures but I'm ootl on this.

Edit- lot of interesting takes on my question. Thanks for the info everyone ๐Ÿ’œ

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

As a trans woman using Linux, imo it's using something beyond it's original design. Similar to how we 'hack' our bodies to go beyond our AGAB, a lot of us run Linux (on machines that come with windows) or hack consoles such as a 3ds we take machines with inferior software and make them better.

Or a may just be reaching and it's just that security concious and nerdy communities are also largely queer ยฏ_(ใƒ„)__/ยฏ

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

This sounds a lot like how one of my friends describes it. She's a riot โ€” she jokes that she came out as trans because as a chronic tech nerd, she reached a fork in the road where it was either "libertarian tech bro" or "anarchist cat girl".

Unrelated to that anecdote, as a queer cis woman, certainly a lot of the joy and catharsis I get from tinkering with tech feels like the same fulfillment I derive from queer community. I think there's a lot to be said for how a person's perspective influences how they approach problems. Like, as a scientist, there are definitely areas where I feel like being a queer, autistic woman affects how I approach a problem.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's natural as a queer person to seek to protect yourself, because the world is more dangerous for us.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Isn't there something also about expressing oneself in here? With the limited freedoms society gives our bodies and behaviours, hacking our hardware to get it to do as we please is a form of liberty, and of self-expression. With a healthy dose of show-them-the-middle-finger to everything oligarchic, capitalistic and conservative that dominates the world around us.

That, of course, with the desperately needed privacy on top.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

I think I've read once that niche communities tend to have notably higher rates of things like trans people. It might be that it's because these niche communities are more welcoming, so those people like LGBT+ who feel unwelcome in more mainstream places find a home there and bring their friends.

I don't remember the source and I'm half-remembering the point anyway, so make of it what you may. The context was actually speedrunning (like AGDQ).

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

There seems to be large overlap between queerness and nerdiness. Although that just replaces one question for another, and idk why it is what it is.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

"There you are, installing Arch Linux on your computer, and all of the sudden, you're a femboy. You didn't ask for this. You didn't choose this. Yet there it is."

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Didn't happen to me. I guess it's because I only installed it in a VM.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I think doing it on a physical host is probably more of an interesting experience. I did luks with mine which caused a couple issues but I was able to figure them out.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

It's so confusing. I installed Manjaro (caused the mindset) and then Endeavour (pushed me farther).

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Yeaaaaahhhhโ€ฆ well now Iโ€™m dating a guy soooโ€ฆ

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

I should introduce my friends to Linux so I can turn them all into femboys.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

What happens on the second arch install

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

You turn into a blahaj

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Is there a big difference between linux distros? I plan to swap to Linux (still unsure of which one to use) but is Arch more fem with it's ui or interfaces? Or more so why has it been seemly mostly fem people use it? /gen

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Itโ€™s mostly the package manager, but a lot of distros share the same package manager. Like Debian and Ubuntu both use APT. Arch and Manjaro both use pacman. Most distros you install a traditional way with a graphical installer, but arch you actually install and configure the components manually from the command line. I wouldnโ€™t recommend it for beginners because it is pretty technical, but rather try something else, and come back to arch when you think you might be able to handle it. I think Linux mint is a great starter distro personally. Also you can change the desktop however you like on any system, so choose something that functionally works for you, and then you can mod it to be what you want.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@snowsynth @wafflez I would add "Linux Mint Debian edition" . I recommend avoiding Ubuntu and derived distros. Canonical is trying hard to be a Microsoft wanabe. It's sad, because Kubuntu and Ubuntu were especially beginner friendly.

Also, have in mind that you can use different desktops. For beginners, I recommend to use KDE/Plasma desktop or Cinnamon desktop. Both have a very similar look&feel to classic Windows.

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)

If only... ๐Ÿ˜ฎโ€๐Ÿ’จ

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

If only I could become cute femboy by installing Arch for real. ๐Ÿฅบ

[โ€“] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I installed Debain and now I'm Trans :3

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Debian is for lesbians prick

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

@kittenzrulz123 @snowsynth me too, also I come as a non binary variant.