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A long-time Linux user and content creator reflects on growing toxicity within the Linux community, coming from both veteran users and newcomers alike. The catalyst was a blog post by a new Linux user who publicly complained about someone kindly offering help on Mastodon, then wrote thousands of words criticizing the community for it. The core message is a call for mutual kindness: new users shouldn't take out frustrations on the community when Linux doesn't meet expectations, and veterans shouldn't be gatekeeping or condescending. The author admits the irony of ranting about someone else's rant, but expresses genuine concern that the two-way hostility is making community participation feel exhausting and not worth the effort.

This Isn't Fun Anymore

I agree. We have to be open to other users and help them out. Linux is supposed to be a big community of both beginners, and the technical. Gatekeeping is needed, but when it’s used in a way to prevent newcomers from trying new distros…

Good Day,
It appears there’s a deeper layer at play. Outside of tech there has been evidence of this form of conflict between the young and the old.
The young think they know it all, the old think they know enough, and the handover process has been distorted.
This appears further, to be a problem as old as time.
Looking forward to seeing how it will play out in the perceivable future across the layers of societal conduct.
I agree with the authors efforts by-the-by.

Today there are enough tools to solve everything with Linux, one of the “toxicity” sources is not in the questions that are asked, but in reaction to the things that were not asked, kind of “you are doing it wrong” on the topic that was not questioned at all and where it was “everything fine” and works as expected.

Community health is a two-sided problem, entitlement on one side, gatekeeping on the other. Without mutual respect, even the best ecosystems become exhausting to participate in.