--- title: POV: How Linux found you | daily.dev description: A humorous skit depicting the stereotypical Linux evangelist encounter, where a Linux user tries to convert a Windows user by questioning their ownership,... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/pov-how-linux-found-you-gnqzovohy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: POV: How Linux found you | daily.dev og:description: A humorous skit depicting the stereotypical Linux evangelist encounter, where a Linux user tries to convert a Windows user by questioning their ownership,... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/pov-how-linux-found-you-gnqzovohy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gNQzoVOhy.png og:image:alt: POV: How Linux found you og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # POV: How Linux found you **[Programmers are also human](https://daily.dev/sources/programmersarealsohuman)** · 1 min read · 13 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary A humorous skit depicting the stereotypical Linux evangelist encounter, where a Linux user tries to convert a Windows user by questioning their ownership, privacy, and control over their own machine. The Linux user makes classic arguments about kernel access, data privacy, Microsoft's control, and system efficiency, while the Windows user ultimately just wants to run games. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@andradei** · 0 upvotes > this is gold. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [15 Signs Linux Is Not For You](https://daily.dev/posts/15-signs-linux-is-not-for-you-hbyjelxwd) · It's Foss · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [3 things I never got as a Windows fanboy that Linux users have had for years](https://daily.dev/posts/3-things-i-never-got-as-a-windows-fanboy-that-linux-users-have-had-for-years-fc12rthjc) · XDA Developers · 4 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#open-source](https://daily.dev/tags/open-source), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/pov-how-linux-found-you-gnqzovohy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"POV: How Linux found you","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/pov-how-linux-found-you-gnqzovohy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pov-how-linux-found-you-gnqzovohy"},"datePublished":"2026-07-13T14:42:28.421Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:48:27.046Z","description":"A humorous skit depicting the stereotypical Linux evangelist encounter, where a Linux user tries to convert a Windows user by questioning their ownership,...","image":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BY2nxamj5U4/sddefault.jpg","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BY2nxamj5U4/sddefault.jpg","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Programmers are also human","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Programmers are also human","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/s--_WGgBlfO--/f_auto/v1708247509/logos/programmersarealsohuman","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/programmersarealsohuman"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/pov-how-linux-found-you-gnqzovohy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":13},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"open-source,linux","timeRequired":"PT1M","video":{"@type":"VideoObject","name":"POV: How Linux found you","description":"A humorous skit depicting the stereotypical Linux evangelist encounter, where a Linux user tries to convert a Windows user by questioning their ownership,...","thumbnailUrl":"https://i.ytimg.com/vi/BY2nxamj5U4/sddefault.jpg","uploadDate":"2026-07-13T14:42:28.421Z","duration":"PT1M","url":"https://api.daily.dev/r/gNQzoVOhy","embedUrl":"https://www.youtube.com/embed/BY2nxamj5U4"}} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Programmers are also human","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/programmersarealsohuman"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"POV: How Linux found you"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/pov-how-linux-found-you-gnqzovohy","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"this is gold.","datePublished":"2026-07-13T17:31:39.903Z","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/gNQzoVOhy#c-nkL4ouqgX","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Isaac de Andrade","url":"https://daily.dev/andradei","image":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/2653546?v=4"}}]} ```