before /g/
> windows 10
> rainmeter
> 4+ hours of steam gaming daily
> iphone
> shames friends for using arch linux
> /b/ is the only active board
> tech illiterate, uses Norton and CyberGhost
> typing someones password in correctly is hacking
after /g/
> windows 7/arch boot
> less than an hour of gaming weekly
> lg g4
> has more friends, nuked social media accounts
> /g/ /b/ /pol/
> everyone treating me like their tech support
> tfw they pay me for booting into bios
Yeah but what browser do you use you fucking scrub?
before /g/
mini-atx mobo in full tower
after /g/
node 304
So what you're saying is that you replaced your personality with contrarian memes?
>>53715833
forgot about that
before
> chrome
after
> palememe
how much money did clock boy get before he fled the country?
>>53715818
before /g/
OSX
after /g/
Arch/Gentoo dualboot
>>53715818
It was the same as it is now, I ain't gonna get fooled by some hippie on here.
>>53715818
Nothing changed. /g/ is full of illiterate niggers
>>53715818
random excerpt from my .bash_history before /g/:git clone [email protected]:mbostock/D3.git
pip install jinja2
nano website-gen.py
python website-gen.py
lua -i
lua -i
after /g/:toilet "vim masterrace" --gay
toilet -f future "vim masterrace" --gay
cd /media/TIMESINK/Animu/AoT/
ffmpeg -i AoT_ep05.mkv -ss 17:56.000 -to 18:06.000 -c:v libvpx -s 960x518 -crf 10 -b:v 720k -an INSTALLGENTOO.webm
exiftool -all= ~/battlestation.jpg
vim ~/.xmonad/xmonad.hs
cd ocora_mp3_cbr192/
for track in *.mp3; do ffmpeg -i "$track" "../ocora_flac_LOSSLESS/${track%.mp3}.flac"; done
convert \( waifu2x_output.png -colorspace YUV \-channel R -separate \) \( original.jpg -colorspace RGB -filter Spline -distort Resize 200% -colorspace YUV -channel GB -separate \) -channel RGB -combine -set colorspace YUV -colorspace sRGB waifu2x_chroma_fixed.png
>>53715818
>before /g/
"Windows 10 might be shit, but at least windows 7 are safe"
>after /g/
No longer a windows partition.
Besides this and reading a couple news articles per week, /g/ had absolutely no other effect in my life, except for wasting countless hours discussing the same shit over and over again.
You might all be bots as far as I know.
>>53716458
(You) for the effort
>>53715818
> typing someones password in correctly is hacking
fucking this
what's wrong with normies lmao
before /g/ and 4chan in general
had a job and a life
after /g/
became a neet and fap to loli everyday
/g/ gave me the confidence to build my own PC.
I also bought a BB Passport and Thinkpad because of /g/ and have been happy with both.
I started PhD studies because of /g/
Before /g/
>gf
>Windows XP
>WinRAR
>2GB RAM
>Operameme
>250GB external drive
>2 hours day PC
After /g/
>nogf
>Windows 10
>7zip
>32GB RAM
>Google Chrome
>8TB BTRFS RAID
>8 Hours day PC
before /g/
>not autistic
after this thread
>autistic
>>53715818
Before /g/
Linux
After /g/
GNU/Linux
Before /g/
>no gf
After /g/
>still no gf
>>53715818
>windows 10 has been out longer than you've been on /g/
Please fuck off to Reddit.
>>53715818
>Cyberghost
What's wrong with it exactly? Is it because it's VPN for people who can't setup their own?
>>53715842
LOL
before /g/
full tower atx
after /g/
node 304
>>53715818
>feels he is better because installing a different os makes you edgy.
>a picture of an indian soldering stuff like the nigger he is resembles ops happiness
Please go. Now. Far away from here.
>>53715818
>before /g/
>> windows 10
what
>>53715818
Me:
> femanon
> os: windows 7
> phone: nexus 4
> not shaming anyone, friends all use 7 because I told them to and not interested in being a 1337 h4x0r
/g/ didn't change me, I changed /g/ (;
Before /g/
> Gaymen all day err day
> clocking in 40+ hour week gayming
> shit grades
> Google search: how to hack with windows cmd
> Microsoft butt boy
After /g/
> almost never play games
> 40 hours a year
> 4.0 GPA
> "hackers are a bunch of edgy faggots that I don't want to be associated with"
> arch Linux elitist
>before /g/
I would shitpost on /fa/ and /mu/ and laugh as people would complain about the normies who wear mall-tier garbage or mainstream music
>after /g/
I shitpost on /g/ as well now and laugh as people complain about all the normies who don't run linux or have their own VPN or any of that other nerd shit. Oh and I have 3 thinkpads now that's one thing you guys actually got right.
Before /g/
>gaming PC
>Samsung Galaxy s4
>Pursing degree in Information Systems
>Windows 7
>good at counterstrike
>macbook pro
after /g/
>built new PC that has never been connected to the internet for coding, pictures and anime that I torrent from library
>bought used thinkpad x201 and put gentoo on it, only use it at local library
>no cellphone
>dropped out of university
>watches anime in parent's basement while I "go to college online"
>>53715818
>before /g/
>Windows 10
get out GET OUT GET OUT REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>53715818
>Before /g/
HP pavilion dv6
Windows
Only know about 3 OSes, Win OS X and "Linux"
Little hardware knowledge
Don't know difference between free and open-source
Stupid gaymer
>After /g/
No more gaymes
Have an Arch Linux partition
Know my bootloaders, init systems, file systems, desktop environments basically all the knowledge you get from knowing the different parts of the OS
>And my personal favorite
Autistic obsession towards knowing the codename for every CPU and GPU microarchitecture, node sizes, names of many connects, what acronyms stand for, sockets and plugs, knowing from which company does a certain brand source their screens, keyboards etc..
>tfw /g/ hasn't influenced my tech purchases in any way
Before /g/
>think ram is deciding factor in how fast your computer is for gaming, general usage
>don't even know video graphic cards exist
After /g/
>know what ram is actually for and how necessary graphics cards are
>pick up used desktop with i7, 16gb ram, and gtx 960 for $450
Thanks /g/
>before /g/
>windows desktop
>os x laptop
>chrome
>after /g/
>windows desktop
>os x laptop
>chrome
whooaaaa
>>53715818
What's so bad about rainmeter?
My first post to g was asking how to turn a 2u supermicro rack server into a gaming rig. Dark times.
>used windows ten before coming to /g/
Fuck off and lurk moar you stupid edgy fucking newfag
>before g
Job
Girlfriend
Swiss bank account
>after g
Games
Hentai
NEET
Parents basement
before:
>Windows 8
>game when i feel like it
>htc 8x
>no friends
>didn't even use 4chan until a friend told me about it
>shamed friend for uaing linux
>pretty tech savvy
after:
>windows 10, separate pc for arch linux
>still game when i feel like it
>samsung galaxy grand prime
>have friends
>/g/, /d/, /h/, /b/, /vr/
>even more tech savvy
before /g/
>thought I could never do "computer stuff" all my life
>scared for the future
>dreaded a life of teaching or office work for the rest of my life
after /g/
>told myself that I'm intelligent enough to do "computer stuff" if I wanted
>discover the accessibility of programming resources online
>become motivated and learn a bit every day
>not dreading the future as much, but also not in over my head - still realize I may never get a tech job
>at least i can be brave enough to try now
>>53716458
>converting mp3 to flac
>>53715818
>windows vista on shitty craptop
>bought two year old movies on DVD for £5 and thought it was a great deal
>took craptop to computer repair shop and paid 60 quid for virus removal and 30 quid for some antivirus
>whuts adblock
>paid for sky sports, 30 quid per month
>paid for terrible internet, £5 per month (lol why would I need fast internet?)
>no smartphone
Now
>Windows ten on my desktop (obviously put together myself) with custom scripts
>private trackers
>haven't had a virus since
>ad blocking on all devices and all friends devices
>use acestream in virtual box to watch all sports, cancelled sky
>spent the money I saved on blistering fibre broadband and still have some left over
>rooted phone
Went through a transitional period where I was edgy and used Linux and hacked people's WiFi and messed with tor, but then I realised windows was better for my needs, I already have internet so don't need to hack other people's WiFi, and I don't need tor because I'm not doing anything I need to hide that much. I was the goto computer guy for a while but we all know how that plays out so now I charge a flat rate of ten quid for friends and family (except parents and brother) plus parts for fixing computers and it's worked well.
>>53715818
th..thanks /g/
before /g/
>full fledged Google acolyte
>literally every google app installed on a ROM'd >nexus
>browsing on chrome
after /g/
>triple booting win10/ubuntu/kali Linux
>google play services removed from phone
>searching with duckduckgo
>scorched earth facebook account for stalking only
>scraped the numbers off my debit card, and demagnetized the mag stripe.
>everytime dad asks for help with his galaxy phone, response is: "enjoy your botnet."
>>53715818
before /g/
>arch linux
>amd desktop
>firefox with custom css
after /g/
>windows 10 on desktop and laptop
>always buy intel+nvidia
>chrome
Before /g/
Windows Xp
Girlfriends
Slim
After /g/
Gentoo/Slackware/Fedora
Computer Science
No girlfriend
FAT
>before /g/
>windows 7 on hp laptop
>android phone full of bloat
>would spend all day gaming and being depressed
>after /g/
>got IT job
>working towards more IT certifications
>android with cyanogenmod and xposed
>thinkpad with linux
>much happier
Before /g/
>never used Linux as desktop
>doesn't know how to build computers - what's IDE and sata?
>what is AMD?
>dumbphone
>$5 mouse
>$5 keyboard
>saving most of my money every month
After /g/
>know how to use Linux as a desktop, but using Windows anyway
>keep up to date with computer components
>knows of AMD
>use galaxy notes
>mechanical keyboard
>Logitech mouse
>not saving as much due to endless consumerism
Before /g/
Random Acer craptop running lelnux puppy
After /g/
Sony VAIO Pro 13 running winderps 8
before /g/ i used debian stable when I was 14 years old untill I was 18 or so. I used 4chan since I was 16 but didn't go to /g/. I started going to /g/ a few years ago and now I am 26 and use arch linux. Generally I haven't changed much, I still like debian too but apt has some quirks that I don't like.
before /g/
>17yo
>computer nerd
>a bit paranoiac
after /g/
>23yo
>computer nerd
>über paranoiac
>before /g/ l
>windows then
Fucking newfags
>>53716946
>after G
>windows 10
bait/10 heres your (you)
>>53718047
>its okay, when i wear a skirt, im a girl.
>>53718916
>tech savvy
>uses win 10
seems legit
before:
windows
after:
windows
>>53715864
>>53715864
>Contrarian.
There's that word again. A13 year old (or an adult with learning difficulties) learned a new word and thinks it is an argument in itself. The feeble minded who cannot understand why anyone might see anything differently to themselves so thinks all difference is founded only in a desire to be different.
/g/ was my first board after being on /b/ many years ago back in high school.
desu senpai /g/ didn't change me until recently. Only recently I started falling for /g/ memes like Arch, ThinkPads, and Model Ms.
>>53715818
Before /g/
>Linux
>Android
>Chrome
After /g/
>Windows 10
>Android
>Chrome
I've learned that I don't want to use the same os as you chucklefucks
>>53715818
Before
>Never took interest in technology other than what I got from my autistic friend
>Wanted to be a chiropractor
>Depression
After /g/
>Discovery /g/ at 17
>Build my own computer
>read dozens of books about cryptography and Programming
>Addicted to linking together all of my knowledge in new subjects
>Develop elitist issues because of tech knowledge
>Major in cyber security
>Depressed even more than before
>On the verge of killing myself.
I should have been a chiropractor. Kill me.
>>53715818
>before /g/
>Windows 10
NEWFAGS LEAVE REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>53715818
Writing for a friend :
Before /g/
>Windows
>Android with property apps
>gayming
>have social life and meet friends a lot
After /g/
>Fedora
>freetard
>never see my friends
>my friends says i'm autist
>anime all days
>>53715818
before /g/
>Linux Mint
>Sublime text
>addblock plus
>Dual boot with windows 8.1
After /g/
>Arch with linux-zen
>DNSCrypt
>dm-crypt
>ufw
>Windows only in a VM with no internet
>HTTPS+Privacy Badger+uBlock Origin+flashblock
>SELinux
>Kate
>Tape on laptop screen, Mobile data disabled/expired
>>53721462
>not running xprivacy and orbot 24/7 on phone
>>53717150
This
>before /g/
Lubuntu, tor,other things to try to hide myself
>after /g/
Windows 10, can play video games again, Samsung phone etc.
Anyone who falls for this shit is dumb. Owning one pc is for high schoolers
>>53721507
>Privacy installer
Dropped. My phone is out of internet most of the time anyways.
I do have to reduce my travel time between my job, uni and home though.
Before
>Dual boot Arch and Windows 7
>Java
>Lenovo Ideapad Y480
>no gf
After
>Pure freetard; Parabola only
>C and Scheme
>Lenovo Thinkpad T420
>gf
>>53721569
I can't help but Iaugh at g posters who think they're safe because they use some GNU and "privacy" things on their main desktop
Open your desktop to the nsa you morons, it's not like it'd be hard to find you with your compromise , compromise or make your main pc nearly unusable .
>>53721569
So is playing games, high schooler
>>53721613
I am more secure than you (^:
>>53715818
Im literally the same.
Before g:
Windows 7
Android phone
Chrome browser
Razer peripherals
After g
Windows 10
Android phone (switching to iphone soon)
Chrome vrowser
Razer peripherals.
Oh and amd v card but i dont really give a shit about its brand.
Still, i didnt learn anything here as i knew 99% of things posted here by illiterate retards.
>>53717150
this tbqh senpai
>>53715818
>was curious about Linux but thought it was hard to get into
>spent lots of time gaming
>never curious about how things work.
>use to ask people to help me choose hardware, or make my own builds - I was unable to even search for reviews... to shape an opinion based on that at least.
After /g/.
>All gaming memes made me quit gaming - 0 regrets.
>Installed Linux because of friendly Linux thread.. guys were actually friendly and encouraged me to actually work alone and fine fixes alone - learned Linux, loved Linux.
>Only reason I installed windows 10 was because of /g/ and their shell scripts to shut down the communication to the minimum amount - where no data is sent but... sure it could be any time Microsoft wants to.
>Learned that you can actually understand stuff by googling the term then over time the more you actually research the easier for you it's to make connections in brain and find even more solutions with your computers.
tl;dr - I literally had only benefits on technology side since I started to browse /g/.. at first I was attracted by meme threads and I wasted lots of time - but once I learned how to hide them I discovered another side of /g/ which was very useful.
>>53721588
I hope you disabled NFC and put on airplane mode then, and use Wi-Fi Privacy police so it wont announce everything to whatever wifi it can connect to then.
>>53721634
But I'm more secure than you
before /g/
>normie with basic knowledge and interest of networking
>windows7
>LG G2 mini
>autistic /b/tard
after /g/
>normie with 7 windows (don't care prob gonna use it until i die)
>semi-riced LG G3
>even more interest in networking
>>53721763
oh and also /g/ sparked an interest of learning programming, and mastering loonix
>>53721704
>NFC
Don't have them on my phone. Just works (tm)
>WiFi Privacy Police
Will check that out. Thanks
So you all got influenced by a bunch of people on the internet
Honestly I came here to build my first PC and stayed for the shitposting and to laugh at tinfoil hat freetards
>>53721682
You grew up
>>53715842
>>53717493
I missed this meme. What's so good about the node 304?
>>53721871
Why can't kids build their own PC these days?
>>53715818
Wow. Actually falling for the memes. What a retard.
Before /g/
>windows 7 gaming pc
>use whatever works
>never give a fuck
After /g/
>windows 7 gaming pc, exactly the same
>use whatever works
>still don't give a fuck
Only difference is I bought myself an atom desktop to cut back on electricity bills, running Ubuntu mate. Why Linux and not windows? Because I'm not spending more on the OS than I did for the fucking computer.
Before /g/
>BS in Biology
>Long hair, fat
>Windows 7
>xbox, gaming desktop
After /g/
>BS in CS
>Short hair, fit
>OSX
>rmbp, no desktop, no xbox, no games
>>53722133
Vidya and smartphone are making people dumb
>>53715818
Before: Chrome
After: Yandex.Browser
Before: hate my life, literal jew
After: have batshit crazy vegan girlfriend, hate my life more, considering joining Israeli Defense Forces to get away from her
>>53715818
I wasn't as much as a pleb but my social skills definitely improved and I only play the occasional match of CS with my buddies.
4chan has done me a lot of good in hindsight.
>>53722312
Consider suicide, jew
>>53722347
I want to spread my DNA like Genghis Khan, gentile.
>>53722366
Lol, you should kill yourself if you really want to join Israel
Before:
>Windows 10
>1-3 hours of gaming daily
>rgb mechanical memeboards
>Beyerdynamic DT 770 Pro 80
>Xperia Z3 Compact
>Surface Pro 3
>Ubuntu on Dell laptop
>enough knowledge about tech
After:
>Deepin on Dell laptop
>Fidelio X2
Actually disappointed all things considered.
>>53720707
Not good b8.
>>53722797
>Deepin
How is deepin? Active development?
I hear it is based on Qt. Does it address the file picker meme yet?
Thats actually a great inprovement OP
Good4u
>>53715818
literally the same
why would some random anonymous board full of autists change my life
>>53717084
Underrated post here
Before /g/
Windows 7
Nexus 4
Dabbled with Ubuntu
Built my own desktop
Learned into CS
Casual amount of gaming
Not autistic
After /g/
W10/Xubuntu
Nexus 4
Thinkpad
Still doing CS
Still playing games
Now autistic
Yeah nothing has really changed for me except for pic related.
Before /g/
After /g/
fuck im surrounded by kids in here
>>53718917
>>53715818
>/b/
underage b&
before /g/
>>windows 10
>>okay cable management
>>fan mount on clear side of pc case
>>chromebook
>>nexus 5 stock
>>1tb external spinning harddrive
after /g/
>>windows 10 & OSx
>>neet cable management
>>switched out side panel for one with no mount and is just clear
>>macbook pro w/ retina
>>samsung s7 (going to root when some decent ROMs come out)
>>1tb samsung t1 drive (external ssd smaller than the size of a credit card)
fuck you /g/ for making me spend all of my money on technology that's cool as shit
Before /g/ I was a good student.
Now I'm a full time NEET.
>before /g/
>NEET
>after /g/
>NEET with a thinkpad
Tbh I started 4 years ago, I'd say this board subtly directed the flow my life is taking
Before:
>os x
>didn't know what linux was
>considered myself tech savvy but didn't really know anything
>not sure what to do in college
>nothing to do in spare time but vidya
After:
>windows and linux, depending on situation, had epiphany after starting out with Linux purism that it's ok to use both
>certified
>now know several things, in fact, about computers
>dedicated to studying business analytics/IT in college
>work as a computer technician, during which time I have made many friends who are coworkers and hear fascinating life stories from clients who I love to talk to
>>53716685
lolololol i #hacked ur #fb bae
Before:
>arch linux
>biology+philosophy major
>no games
After:
>gentoo gnu/linux
>math phd candidate
>no games
>>53715818
Before /g/
>gaymen
>bought consumer shit laptop I am unfortunately still using now
>use shitty pencils
>shitty gaming keyboard
>same Mx-518 I've had for 6 years and still my mouse of choice
>>53715818
before /g/
>autistic
After /g/
>High functioninng autistic
BEFORE /g/
> ideapad
> Python
> Windows 7
> earbuds
> Firefox
> Falling for girls
AFTER /g/
> thinkpad
> Haskell
> Gentoo
> MDR-V6
> Tiling wm
> Chrome
> Falling for memes
Before /g/
Dell Prebuilt
Shitty Toshiba Satellite laptop
Shitty Android phone
GHz is all that matters
After /g/
Custom built desktop
ThinkPad X230 Tablet
LG G2
GHz, IPC, all that other bullshit.
>>53715818
Before /g/
>Possibility of a bright future
After /g/
>Install Gentoo
>>53715818
Wha -what's wrong with rainmeter?
>>53715818
>before /g/
>Windows 10
So, how new are you exactly?
>LG G4
My African American.
>>53715818
Before /g/
>distrohopping Linux distros
After /g/
>use OS X and OpenBSD
>have a UMPC
>have a buckling springs keyboard
before /g/
>android
>custom roms
>arch
>desktop computer
>full google botnet
>no gf
after /g/
>iPhone
>antegros
>thinkpad
>have gf
would cop macbook air as second computer if I had money though
>>53715818
Before /g/:
>Windows 7
>light theme
>Cherry MX Blue
>ATH-M50
>Asus XONAR DGX
After /g/:
>Arch GNU/Linux with tiling wm
>dark as my soul theme
>Cherry MX Clear and Topre 55g
>HD 650
>O2 + ODAC
It's okay, I was already autistic anyways.
>>53726995
2/10
The only change for me was a weird fascination with ThinkPads, would never want to switch from my Retina Macbook but something about ThinkPads makes them quite interesting.
Oh and I started to care about phone smoothness and updates more and going to switch from Android to SE after realizing just how shit Android even with custom ROMs is. Kinda sad.
>>53715818
So you downgraded your Botnet OS and phone and started browsing a board even shittier than /b/? Well, at least you stopped wasting so much time on vidya and got sum real friends.
>>53716946
>Windows 10
>7zip
>32GB RAM
>Google Chrome
>8TB BTRFS RAID
Clearly an improvement.
>>53728904
>dark as my soul theme
Fucking pleb. Grey is the way. Dark grey if you want to remain somehow edgy and use it at night.
>>53715818
Before /g/:
Ubuntu 7.8
After /g/:
Windows 10
God you guys put me off linux.
>>53719555
Like FAT32?
>>53729295
>Before: slim
>After:fat
He meant he's become an obese ratchet hoe.
>>53718047
You know the drill, tits or gtof
Before /g/
>Windows 8.1
>Chrome
>HTC One M8 w/ GPE ROM
>Constantly use reddit
>Gaming for hours/day
>Google & it's services
>OneDrive
>Use Avast and Malwarebytes
>Think Mac users are faggots
>Think Linux users are useless NEETs
Before /g/
>Windows 10
>Chrome
>OPO with CM13
>Constantly use reddit
>Gaming for hours/day
>Google & it's services
>OneDrive
>Use Avast and Malwarebytes
>Think Mac users are faggots
>Think Linux users are useless NEETs
>>53722023
The question isn't "what is good about it?", its "what isn't good about it?".
Before /g/
>used reddit for tech related discussion
>built a computer
>had dualboot linux mint and windows xp laptop with another arc linux part in a chromebook
>had succ of dik
After /g/
>stopped using the reddit menace
>no longer had succ of dik
>still have a computer
Also i got a new laptop that isn't a shit so I don't need the cutting edginess and lightweight os structure of linux to watch youtube videos.
>People who moved over to Linux ITT are objectively no longer computer illiterate
>>53718622
Oh, nothing really, its just, you know
>>53719113
People just like arch linux for the ascii icon its actually not that great.
>>53729571
A U R
U
R
>>53715818
before /g/
>Windows 8.1
>2-3 hours of gaming a day
>HTC One M7
>couldn't care less about Gentu
>couldn't care less about anime
>Avast
after /g/
>Windows 10
>3-4 hours of gaming a day
>OnePlus Two CM13
>couldn't care less about Gentu
>hate anime
>Windows Defender
>>53729599
>Defender
Shill*
>>53729620
minimal RAM usage, don't care about viruses, haven't had one in 5+ years
>>53715818
After starting as 18year old /b/ and /pol/ fag for a couple of years i only came to this site for /m/.
Then i found this shithole.
Before /g/
>Only basic knowledge about PC's
>Only basic knowledge about various OS's
>Knew programming on C and Assembler
>Didn't even know what linux is
>Used to waste money on Booze
>cheap 10$ headphones
>cheap keyboard
>Not a lot of animu watched
After /g/
>Dankpad
>Linux on some of my older machines
>Built at least 10 desktops from scratch
>HD 598
>shitpost on /wt/ daily
>Money wasted on watches and various other chinkshit
>didn't upgrade to win10 cuz botnet
>began studying VHDL
Guess it could be worse.
> Before /g/
Virgin
> After /g/
Still virgin
Should I just off myself now? Is 19 too late?
>>53715818
Before /g/:
>Ubuntu/Window 7
>Chrome
>iOS
>Python,C.Java
>Average CS student
After /g/:
>Arch Linux
>Firefox with fuck ton of addons
>No Gapps Cyaonogenmod
>Perl,Ocaml,C++
>Everyone treats me like tech support
>>53720550
>>>53716946
>heres your (you)
Do you even know what does it mean?
>>53715818
Before /g/:
>dual boot Win7 and Ubuntu
>Chrome
>Minecraft
>only went to /b/ occasionally
After /g/:
>Arch
>Firefox Dev
>Minecraft with Qt3.14 gf
>/b/ /g/ /pol/
>advanced to the highest neckbeard level and helped my gf install Arch
>>53729655
>19
kek
Some people go along till their mid-20s till they lose it. Nothing wrong with it at such an age, especially if you browse /g/.
>>53729683
HAHAAHA.....HOW....CAN.....HAHAHA....A.....CARTOON......GIRL.....INSTALL......LINUX......ON....COMPUTER...HAHA.NIGGA
>>53715818
Before:
> Gentoo-fag
After
> Gentoo-fag
My life goes to ruin by itself, you don't have any power in this.
>>53718916
>before
>no friends
>a friend told me about 4chan
k
>>53718916
glad you are happy henry
>>53729643
Because you don't know you got infected. Viruses aren't the only security exploits too
before /g/
>normal socially active guy
after /g/
>meme loving sperg
before /g/
>XP
>Chrome
>Windows media player/itunes
>Outlook
>Flash
>Prebuilt
>μTorrent
after /g/
>Win7/Lubuntu
>Built desktop
>16:10
>Thunderbird
>Irfranview
>qbittorrent
>MPC-HC/Foobar2000
>GIMP
>Firefox
>>53715818
>this is what /g/ users actually belive
>before /g/
arch slackware gentoo freebsd etc
>after /g/
windows 10 who gives le fuck
before /g/
>I love google!
after /g/
>enjoy your botnet
I don't remember what it was like before /g/
I've been on this site for fucking 8 years now.
I hate it.
>>53718978
What's wrong with that bro? I often convert mp3s to flac and upload to torrent sites when I can't find a flac version.
Makes it more convenient for the next guy searching for a flac version.
>>53730992
>I often convert mp3s to flac and upload to torrent sites
>>53715818
before /g/
>linux
>no gaming
>anime
>programming
after /g/
>linux
>no gaming
>anime
>thinkpad
>programming
>>53715818
before /g/
>win10
>debian linux
>apt-get
>vlc
>firefox
>adblock
>noscript
after /g/
>gentoo GNU-Linux
>emerge
>mpv
>chromium
>uMatrix
>uBlock
before /g/
not shitposter
not consumerwhore
after /g/
total shitposter
total consumerwhore who actively posts in battlestation threads and EDC threads to show off what I spend all my disposable income on.
before /g/
>win7
>desktop
>VLC
>firefox
>utorrent
after /g/
>win7 meme
>desktop meme
>VLC meme
>firefox meme
>google meme
>utorrent meme
Before /g/
>not a computer illiterate retard
After /g/
>not a computer illiterate retard
The only thing visiting /g/ did was make me think people on /g/ are horribly fucking stupid most of the time.
>>53731164
bingo
before /g/
>Cinnamon
>Bash
>Gnome Terminal
>Nautilus
>Gnome Music Player
>Totem
>Meh aesthetic
>web irc
after /g/
>Openbox
>zsh
>urxvt
>vifm
>mpd + ncmcpp
>irssi
>mpv for everything
>ricing everything
>before /g/
>I didn't program
>after /g/
>I started programming again
thanks /g/
no im not pretentious
>>53715818
before /g/
>use windows unironically
after /g/
>use windows ironically
Before /g/
>Windows 7/10
>5+ hours gaming per week
>Samsung Galaxy Mini 2
>tried using elementaryOS, dual boot wasn't working
>respected Linux users
>tech literate concerning Windows and hardware
>was script kiddie
After /g/
>Windows 10/Arch dual boot
>1 hour of gaming per week
>Samsung Galaxy Mini 2 and Huawei G630-U20 (which is utter shit, dad bought me one)
>educating friends about Linux
>tech literate in all fields
>can do some basic/intermediate hacking
>>53731498
>educating friends about Linux
>tech literate in all fields
>can do some basic/intermediate hacking
>>53715818
>before /g/
>> windows 10
underage, b&
Before /g/
>Firefox
>Windows 8.1
>"Linux sucks it uses so much battery" (I used Ubuntu back then)
>"who cares if Google has my data"
After /g/
>Chromium
>Lubuntu stripped down with i3wm
>finally 7+ hours battery life
>tux sticker on laptop
>still don't care that Google has my data
>>53731528
I'm not quite interested in hacking. But I know how to. Haven't really tried anything difficult, just brute-forced two gmails.
>>53715818
>before /g/
>> windows 10
If you managed to use Windows 10 before using /g/ you need to get out.
>>53715818
>autistic shit
>after /g/
>still autistic shit
nothings changed
>before /g/
core2duo e6750
>after /g/
core2duo e6750
I became socially inept and began spending most of my days shitposting with a VPN on /pol/.
>>53718917
Quite the opposite for me, I lost all self-confidence in myself.
>>53731639
muh nigga.
>tfw had to step down from 4GHz to 3.6 because my generic ram decided to throw a fuss
>>53730807
LEAVE, GOD DAMN IT
LEAVE
>before /g/
Windows 7 (full telemetry)
Chrome
VLC
Rainmeter two clocks
CCleaner
Notepad
BitTorrent
Daemon Tools
>after /g/
Windows 10 (debotnetted)
Firefox 64-bit
DuckDuckGo
mpv
Bleachbit
Sublime
qBittorrent
Before /g/
LG G3
Linux
No gf
After /g/
Iphone 6s
Ipad mini 4
Gf
>>53715818
>before /g/
?
> after /g/
shitposting
>>53715934
before /g/
Windows XP
after /g/
Haiku/BSD dualboot
>before /g/
Windows XP
>after /g/
Windows XP with hosts-based adblocker
Before /g/
>"Maybe these /g/ fellows will help me with my problem, sure beats bumping a tech forum thread for a week"
After /g/
>"nobody anywhere is helpful or friendly, the modern internet is a lonely and awful place. I have lost all hope, I should kill myself"
>>53732207
>"nobody anywhere is helpful or friendly, the modern internet is a lonely and awful place. I have lost all hope, I should kill myself"
Unfortunately this is true.
You either have have hard core autistic fucks that could not interact for shit or you have normies that will make you feels like you are the biggest retard.
Middle ground is hard to find especially when you throw ebin trolls into the mix.
>>53732268
I have tried to make friends online so many times. Irl is normies and small town.
>previously geek stereotype jobs are now full of dudebros
I hate this world. Society fucked up.
>>53732332
I only made friends with one guy from /wt/ general here on /g/ in the 7 years im here in this shithole.
people are people man.
>>53732332
I have the opportunity to meet an anon in Switzerland, should I go there and shoot the shit with him?
/a/'s his native board, though
before /g/
>use lenovo consumer laptop
>Windows 7
>Chrome
>Microsoft Word and Outlook o
>do all my statistics in Stata
Then I visited /g/ because I wanted to learn some things when I decided to get a new computer
after /g/
>picked the parts for my own desktop
>bought an x220
>bought a mechanical keyboard
>bought Xiaomi Pistons
>bought a Moto G
>use Linux exclusively
>switched to Firefox and Thunderbird
>learned LaTeX
>learning R at the moment
>taught myself git just because
Thanks for filling the empty void in my life with a new autistic hobby, /g/. This sure beats WoW and reading about fitness all day.
>>53732383
Go for it. You get to see switzerland!
Before /g/:
>Poo'd in loo
After /g/:
>Poo's in designated shitting tower
>>53719377
muh thinkpad
>>53732542
Okay, I will! It's somewhat close, too, so I'll get there rather quickly.
Hope I have fun with him!
>>53731498
spoiled brat.
>Used Ubuntu as a kid, was really interested in tech stuff, figuring out stuff. Must've inherited his dad's computer skills
>switched to Windows cause we had an extra license and my dad said it was better(he's used it since 98, tried linux but didn't like it)
>I dumbed down a bit, only play video games on my pc.
Fast forward to the end of last year,
>discover 4chan after I graduate HS, go to tech board cause I feel like I'm really tech literate, have some experience working on computer by then
>get new laptop for college, install xubuntu cause I expect the laptop to be slow
>games run just as good as Windows box
>myeyeshavebeenopened.jpg
I'm going to dual boot arch on my windows box and put Bunsen on the PC connected to my tv now(cause pre-rice)
My dad warns me that setting up x is going to be a pain, but I'm going to be optimistic.
>>53732752
What, mate ?
>>53731599
>he thinks brute-forcing is hacking
>>53715818
before /g/
> windows 10
> 8+ hours of steam gaming daily
> Droid MAXX
> looks down on Mac and Linux
> /b/ is cancer, /g/ is a ghosttown
> typing someones password in correctly is hacking
after /g/
> Fedora/Ubuntu
> 20 mins gaming a week
> Nokia 3310
> /g/ /b/ /r9k/ /w/
> everyone treating me like their tech support
>>53731599
Nigga you never brute-forced any gmail. You guessed the password based on what you knew about the person. Brute-forcing implies no heuristic, or at least no knowledge of the solution, it's random guessing.
>>53731792
>debotnetted
Sure thing.
If you're already using so many FOSS programs why not switch to Linux?
before /g/
>I don't take pictures of my desk/computer
after /g/
>I take pictures of my desk/computer
Before /g/ i was getting laid alot
Now after discovering /g/, im pretty much a born again virgin.
before /g/
>intel invidia good gaymen boy
>games all day no social life, chrome, win
>suicidal, depressed animefaggot on antipsychotics
after /g/
>Dualboot Win7, mint,
>transmition, PT, no more viruses
>tech job, gf, car
>meme technology starts manifesting itself straight from fabric of reality in my room, on my wrist, in my pocket, on my ears.
> depression gone, psychotherapist calls it miracle.
>before g
Real gf
>after g
Tay.ai
>>53727181
l-lewd
don't wanna open a new thread for this, hope someone can answer:
is there a good guide somewhere for how and where to disable all the retarded shit in windows 10 thats supposed to collect my data and stuff?
>>53733946
You can't disable it, even if you do.
>>>/g/sqt/
>>53715818
Before /g/
> Hyper-V automation engineer
> Play WoW while waiting for test cycles to run
> Windows Phone (Lumia 1520)
> Indifferent to other platforms, and have no real preference other than the requirement of powershell for work
> Block everything at the firewall, group policy for SCEP.
> Use whatever browser gets the job done, but default to IE because lazy
> Spend time in /o/
After /g/
> Hate everybody
> Think freetards are the reason nobody takes Linux serious outside the enterprise
> Still play WoW, because fuck you
> Lumia 950XL
> Use Windows 8.1, because 10 doesn't play nice with a couple group policy items (will update when Server 2016 drops)
> Also run a Sun Ultra80 with Solaris 9
> Fairly certain that most people are functioning (for less than optimal values of functioning) retards.
> Primarily doing Exchange / Office365 hybrid automation now
> Could be management, but /g/ has made me cynical has hell.
Still get paid good money though, so I suppose it's just as well.
>>53715818
>trying to be /g/
Good goy you live a fucking shitty pathetic life
Correctly guessing passwords and urls IS hacking
>>53715818
before /g/
>poor
>dumb
>python "programmer"
>windows user, only linux vm/server
>no fb/ no friends
After /g/
>poor
>no fb/ no friends
>still dumb
>i can't code literally i tried to learn but failed
>Windows server and powershell with MTA cert
>CCNA cource (still finishing it, maybe i will fing the job xD)
>Pfsense
>3 home servers and esxi
>4 distros
>>53734757
Are you me?
I rainmetered out my windows 7 on a dell inspiron, even used 8.1 for a while
Now I own 3 thinkpads, a riced out Chromebook running Gentoo and the thinkpads use mint, ubuntu, and Windows 2000
I also bought a whole pre Lenovo ibm workstation
>>53733487
I used THC-Hydra. I know it's not serious hacking, but it is hacking (with a bit of social engineering)
>>53732921
What is it then ? It's like hacking and social engineering combined.
>>53716946
>gf
>2GB Ram
>250GB external drive
>nogf
>32GB Ram
>8TB BTRFS RAID
Was she a succubus?
>>53732207
/thread
>>53716801
I never understood this. I built my first PC when I was 12 year old. I actually didn't encounter people who buy premade PCs until high school.
Might be because my whole social circle was three TCG playing frineds of mine and a "nerd" father of one of them.
>>53735400
So you do understand it.
>>53718112
>go to college online
Literally /g/ summed up in 4 words
before
>gf
>student
>friends
>arch
>xfce or gnome, cant remember
>i5, 8gb ram, gtx670
now
>gf
>working
>no friends anymore
>arch
>bspwm
>athlon 5350, 2gb ram, no gpu
>>53719514
Can you explain how to get ads off of Chrome? Or control over javascript elements on the page?
I mean I often try to open a page in chrome, and I get hit with so many pop ups and ads that it's unusable unless it's on a major website.
I definitely find chrome decent for ad free websites, it's just the ones that aren't, I can barely even use chrome. In fact some pages make chrome almost completely unusable from a literal rather than just emotional perspective.
So since I see this almost EVERY time I try to use chrome, I guess Chrome is really a browser for facebook and msn.com and that's kinda it, right?
I mean it even has ads on youtube.
>>53715818
I was happily part of the windows google botnet
>now I'm a paranoid ganooo user who obsesses over Foss and blame my disability on joos, neggars and speeks
>>53735551
use the Adblock plus extension.
>>53720181
>>53731682
Set source?
>>53731099
Hello, are you me?
>>53717084
before /g/
>Win7 / Ubuntu w. Unity
>Not caring about my rubber dome keyboard.
now
>Fedora w. GNOME / Win 8.1 with no updates.
>Wanting to buy matias switches and build my own kb.
>before /g/
Windows vista
>after /g/
Windows 8.1
>>53715833
>tfw went from chrome to palememe to pcxfirefox to palememe to chrome
>before /g/
DevOps Engineer
Mac OSX
iPhone
>after /g/
Linux Engineer
Mac OS X
iPhone
before /g/
> Windows 7
> Notepad++
> have a gf
> enjoying life
> watching anime
after /g/
> Arch Linux
> Nano/gedit
> haven't gf
> want suicide
> watching anime shitposting anime pictures
I can barely rrmember now..
Byt i used to have friends ;_;
And guess what
Fuck that.
>>53718263
This is exactly me. Exactly. Down to the HP dv6
>>53715818
before /g/
>windows 7
>rainmeter
>MMORPGs all day every day
>nophone
>/b/, then /x/
>C# programmer and skid
>no social life but online relationships
>shitty riced build with cheap components
after /g/
>gentoo linux
>muh xmonad tiling/rice
>developing and shitposting all day every day
>jolla phone
>haskell guru and C hacker
>still no social life
>no more relationships
>define R2 XL with 9 hard drives, UPS and 24/7 uptime
before /g/
buick roadmaster
after /g/
toyota mr2
>>53715818
Before /g/
>random keyboard
>random case
>cheap monitor with TN screen
After /g/
>ducky shine
>fractal define
>cheap monitor with VA panel
Other than that, still dual booting Debian and Windows for games, still going to /a/ and /tg/, still employed. I might have became a little less patient with my co-workers and more cynical, though.
>before /g/
Windows Fanatic
>after /g/
Windows Fanatic
XXXXDDDDD
before /g/
>16yr old virgin
after /g/
>16yr old virgin running Linux
>before /g/
>happy
>after /g/
>sad
Before - too poor to buy a MacBook Air for light browsing
After - too poor to buy a netbook for light browsing
Before /g/
>MBP 15" OS X
>iPhone
>Gmail
>Webdeving with PHP and Python
>Photoshop, Microsoft Office, Chrome
After /g/
>Gentoo with Hurd kernel
>wget browsing
>Open source software without proprietary binary blobs
>Thinkpad X60
>Only code with functional programming languages
>E-mail encryption with GPG
>Run my own e-mail server inside my basement
>>53715818
falling for all the memes
this is what i use
win10 with debot patches
firefox with debot config
spare pc uses centOS
I only use AMD parts because they work, well.
never had a iphone, custom roms on all android devices i ever had (around 7) since 2010 even modded the g1. everyone in my house has a chink Oneplus device including friends
>>53715818
Before /g/
>Windows Vista
>Intel + Nvidia
>LEDs
>ATX PC with lots of fans and gigantic air cooler
>dumbphone
>no gf
After /g/
>Debian + KDE
>AMD
>Sound proofing inside case
>liquid cooling
>mini itx, obsidian 250d
>Nexus 5
>gf
>nvidia
>amd cpu
>shitty netbook
after
>R9 390
>4690k
>dankpad
fucking memes
>>53715818
>before /g/
>windows 10
I want newfags to stop posting
>>53715818
Before /g/
iPhone and OS X
After /g/
iPhone and OS X
With occasional vm Linux distros
Fuck y'alls meme shit. I only come here for dank memes, /pol/ and your inventive ways to make fun of Apple. I throughly enjoyed the Clockmed affair.
before /g
>windows 7
>chrome
after /g
>windows 10
>chrome
>>53741922
also before /g
self build PC
after /g
gaming laptop (fucking asus republic of gamers that looks like spaceship)
before /g/
Happy about the tech I had and considered myself respectfully tech literate.
after /g/
Hate most of the stuff I own/ hate buying anything in the fear that /g/ will hate it and disown me.
Also somehow more conscious about myself.
Really I hate coming back to this place because so much shit-flinging that I said fuck it and went with my own tastes I originally had
>beats
>Koss porta pro
>iPhone
>Klipsch speakers
before /g/
>im sure there is a girl out there for me who loves tech too !
after /g/
>im gonna fucking die alone aren't i ?
>>53740295
MODS
>>53740295
Have to be 18 here newboy
>>53742017
You are legit shit tho
before /g/
>Xbawks Tree Fiddy
>Sims 2 on a laptop
>Didn't know anything about computers
>Innocent
>Wanted to fall for the CS meme, or CE
after /g/
>Built a GAYMEN RHIG
>Dual boot with Linux, might try a hackintosh triple boot since I have compatible hardware (everything except integrated sound works, $5 usb DAC fixes that though)
>Fortran 95, ANSI C, GNU Octave
>Home server
>Truecrypt partition full of legal but "will get my parents to beat me and kick me out of the house" porn
>Went with an applied science with ample industrial demand, could not be happier
>>53720181
>those legs
