Arina Artemis, Codecrafter

Just as much hard work goes into writing an essay or collecting a hundred puns or curating your best photos as it does learning how to write CSS so you can make text fly around the screen. You don't have to have tech skills to post real good, you just gotta truly give a shit about something and let your passion speak for itself.

you only see people running Linux talking about operating systems, people don't talk about Windows unless Microsoft changes something Dumb

I'm here for the things that you do know. I'm here because I find you interesting.

We like Linux, but just as with our math and programming skills, it's all locked behind a wall of trauma and burnout.

Nothing wrong with using Windows. Cohost is a pretty techy platform but, like, tbh the posts we enjoy the most are those that teach us something new about life, and the little ones that make us smile.

Trust me, there are plenty of us whose "power user" status only extends about as far as "knows how to navigate a file browser and can follow a tutorial about which toggles to activate in a program's 'advanced settings' section"! Source: I use Windows 10, and the most technically advanced computer thing I've done in recent memory is, like... install a series of Blender plugins to let me import and export certain types of mesh, all of which had tutorials for each step (so I didn't even have to particularly understand what I was doing, just follow directions and navigate Windows Explorer).

I think there's definitely a widespread (and fairly understandable!) tendency to assume that the stereotypical Cohost user ("furry trans/NB communist programmer/coder") is also the majority type of Cohost user, and thus who the site is "for", but as far as I can tell, most people on here diverge from that archetype in one or more ways.

You're being very silly for even worrying about this

Don't worry about this at all! Cohost just has a large amount of programmers and tech enthusiasts whose special interest is making computers do strange magic.

I have never used anything besides Windows and DOS. It's just what I know, and I can do the things I want to do with just that. I mostly just know enough 'computer stuff' that I can run an internet search to find out anything else I need to know.

i'll say as someone who spent 8 years running desktop linux: there's a reason i've spent the last 11 years using windows and macOS instead, lol.

i occasionally get the UI customization urge when i see their screenshots, but ultimately you're not really missing out on that much, imo.

I feel the same way, for the same reasons. I also just... Dont think i have anything interesting or relatable to say.

I also hate everything about myself.

I know nothing about programming and computers (and yet I am studying computer science. Please send help), so I give like to chost that I can understand, that make me laugh, that make me think, that make me feel something, etc. So I'd say you are actually a good choster.

I'm a high-ranking engineer on Chrome and I mostly use Windows and kind of hate dealing with Linux so don't feel bad.

Knowledge is always relative. Time I spent on linux is time you spent on experimental flags and windows. I cannot help with most technical windows problems and still dont know what 99% of experimental flags do even tho ive had a chromebook for 2023-2016= 7 years.

Just post what you like, and I guarantee there will be people who think you are too technical for them

Something that helps me keep this in my mind is Maia Arson Crimew's tweet "Your idols are your peers." Just participate in life and share what you love and the experts will find you.

That's right.