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Serious question for /g/, pertaining to the culture of /g/. It will take some explaining, so bear with me.

I've been visiting 4chan about six years, mostly as a /b/tard, but I get involved with other boards as well.

I frequented /g/ quite a lot over the years, because while I'm reasonably tech-savvy, I'm not a coder or a builder or a CS student or anything like that, yet these elements have always been in the background of my life.

So about two weeks ago I get a free PC, not new, not ancient, and install Mint MATE on it, so I can have a dedicated GNU desktop so that I can envelop myself in Linux and git gud. Lacking any formal training, that's the only way I have learned about systems, by just using them and solving problems as they arise.

So these last two weeks I have been visiting /g/ every day, mostly just to use the wiki, but I browse through the posts on my way through.

Is it just me, or do I notice a definite change in this board from even a few months ago? I mean the Friendly Linux Thread is good, but there's just something else wrong with this board compared to the way I remember it as a casual lurker.

I used to be SCARED to post my tech-help problems, lest I be b&. Now there are tons of faggots making "help me" threads with apparent immunity. (Whatever happened to lurk moar and fgi?) Even three months ago, I would never have created a thread about /g/ culture.

And all this shit about Windows being superior to Linux? When did that start? I happen to think Windows 10 is fine, I've got 2 machines running it, I think "don't upgrade" is a meme, but who cares? Use whatever windows you want. Windows is not better than Linux, however, because they serve different functions. (Disclaimer: I also think free software will triumph.)

tl;dr I'm annoyed that /g/ isn't as good as it was very recently.