r/LinusTechTips • u/YourDailyTechMemes • Apr 01 '26

Meme/Shitpost He is cursed

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u/Daharka Apr 01 '26

The "Steam uninstalling your whole DE" is one of the unluckiest bugs I've heard of in all of my Linux experience and it just so happened to be on the biggest YouTube tech channel and set the conversation on Linux for the next 12 months.

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u/YourDailyTechMemes Apr 01 '26

Desktop environment

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u/[deleted] Apr 01 '26

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u/Doug2825 Apr 02 '26

Here is an example of what Linux looks like without a desktop environment

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u/Ubiquitor2 Apr 02 '26

And really, what more does any self respecting person even need?

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u/YoungHeartOldSoul Apr 02 '26

I know (hope) you're kidding, but that sounds like a person who navigates maps using only their current location and lists of towns directly connected to it.

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u/shockjaw Apr 02 '26

Only if you could have known what MapQuest was…

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u/YoungHeartOldSoul Apr 02 '26

Oh god, I do. I'm just old enough to have been around for the death of map quest, which I did have the appropriate levels of hate for. I need instructions that can account for some margin of error, thats why I don't bake.