then you stick your fricking finger in it, oh wait someone poured sugar in both, or you're blind and deaf and a moronic, now what??? OH MY GOD I MUST KNOW HOW YOU SOLVE THIS PUZZLE OH GREAT WIZARD OF THE MIND
it feels closer to how humans should interface with computers. When I think about it, I only use [Redacted] because it's popular and everyone uses it but Linux is way cleaner, minimalist and open source so you can fight capitalism
>it feels closer to how humans should interface with computers
you interface with it the same you way you do with nearly every other OS.
You're quite moronic
I'd drink the right one. The bubbles indicate it's soda while the lack of bubbles on the left mean that's probably the Windex.
I have a Mac but macOS didn't impress me that much. It has a few nice things like being able to drag an app anywhere and then just double click it instead of installing, and the expandable tree view in Finder. But for the most part, coming from Windows it's confusing, and coming from Linux it feels like a somewhat less modern and complete Gnome.
Speaking of taking forever to shut down., if you run sddm and plasma wayland, your shutdowns will take forever due to sddm being garbage abandonware. Recommend switching to lightdm
sddm is abandonware? Thats funny because it might be what systemd is referencing with these random stop jobs. Ill try out lightdm, and yea I'm on plasma/xorg
In 2004 my sister brought home a Knoppix disc from college, and she showed me some of the stuff she was learning in her networking class.
I thought it was cool as frick.
There isn't a reason that's not Windows-related. I wasn't so much attracted to Linux as I fled Windows. (this was in 2015 or so when W10 was released)
Also on the subject of Mountain Dew I'd like to note here that the "throwback" flavor with sugar instead of corn syrup is quite possibly the most disgusting beverage to ever be devised.
Fricking updates wiped my Windows installation along with my data twice, luckily I keep backups but I started getting into the penguin, where I can choose whenever I update or not and actually control my own stuff.
I'm a linux noob and I learned about this file system to install on a 16GB netbook, It's really helped me save some space. learning new stuff all the time is why I'm playing around with linux. Installing Kubuntu kinetic kudu as we speak.
1. linux will literally expand your brain by making you suddenly understand operating systems and computer shit all of a sudden cause its open source so like you just learn everything about it and shit. i took an iq test after downloading linux and it actually increased by 238% from my pre-linux score.
2. it's open source meaning you got better privacy and shit, cause if there was anything that was bad for privacy you could just like find it in the source code and replace it.
3. Hackers use linux so if you use linux you can become a hacker
I had a really shitty cheap laptop for school and it ran well despite that while using ubuntu, and using ubuntu made me realize that linux was the nicer programming environment so I eventually made it my daily driver.
I have the opposite story: >Own Macs for years >Buy an m1 Mac studio >Half the applications no longer work properly >Programs crash unless they come from the app store >Update pushes, figure it'll make things better, does slightly but fricked my configs up >On vacation, need a laptop, go to Walmart, buy a "Gateway" with Windows 11 >All my applications work 1000x better >End up buying a gaming laptop for better performance >Windows 10, I upgraded to 11 and it just flies. Nothing crashes, everything is golden. >Make 2 USB drives 1 with Windows 11 install, 1 with Linux mint cinnamon >Everything is buggy and nothing does what you expect it to >Lacks even the most basic tools, installing anything not in the app store is a nightmare >Immediately reinstall Windows 11 >Everything is running really smoothly
I guess I'm using Windows until Apple works their shit out. I actually like Windows 11, it's really fun to use.
I want to continue my thought
I own an apple watch, iPhone pro max, I forget the generation either 12 or 13. Apple TV 4k and I think I'm over Apple, I've had Macs since childhood with the iigs, in college I used a powermac g5, I had the tangerine iBook. It was right around snowleapord that Apple began losing it's magic for me. 10.7 was total horseshit, 10.8 was fine, 10.9 was stable again. But the damage was done. They flattened their UI to follow Google and Microsoft. I've hated Mac os since big sur. Monetary is total bullshit. iOS is basically Android now. We need another Steve Jobs or I think Apple is done. I'm also sick of the homosexual bullshit that began 4-5 years ago. Apple just isn't Apple anymore. I've listed all my Apple hardware on eBay for very cheap and it's selling. I'll use the money to buy a cheap $400 Android phone and watch. I can no longer support a company like Apple.
>I have been a [redacted] admin for such a long time that it's refreshing to use my Linux computer and not deal with the bullshit I had to at work
yeah, bit of this for me too
Well I'm a mac user and realized I wasn't editing video as much as I used to and played games mostly. I don't like windows so I went with Linux for a ground up pc since it haS proton now
installed mint. fell in love how it feels like im using an OS that just uhh. has this warm feeling of 2008 and does exactly what i want and nothing else. really feels like an old paradign "you control the computer". also a proper settings menu without control panel frickery
Shell scripts. I have an entire couple hundred line shell script that automates every menial task I did on my PC, mostly matroska file manipulation of mkvtoolnix, image manipulation with imagemagick, and other media related thing.
Also Windows makes your download almost a third party tool for everything I want to do which feels like shit. Gone are the days of figuring out what real image viewer, video player, ftp client, document reader, etc to install, everything like that is implemented sanely in most desktop environments.
At this point imagine how it feels for wingays when they're first switching to windows, and thats how I feel everytime I try to switch back to windows.
>Windows makes you download a third party tool for almost everything, which feels like shit >everything [worth using] is implemented sanely in most desktop environements
I'd argue against this part. What you like that comes pre-packaged in your preferred Desktop Environment could easily be something someone else considers to be on the same level of useless-trash as what comes pre-packaged in with Windows. Honestly, I prefer the ones that do come with nothing but the basic utilities and then downloading those programs myself, since otherwise there's usually SOMETHING you gotta gut out.
Of course, I will acknowledge that it's at least possible to find a DE you prefer with everything you need and no required replacements, whereas nobody ever prefers what comes out of the box with Windows
1. Needed it for work
2. Package managers / ease of installing packages
3. KDE
4. Ease of changing keyboard shortcuts
And I keep using it because of:
1. Virtual desktops
2. Native support for a variety of file systems like Btrfs
3. Good environment for CLI applications
4. Ease of changing locale on a per-application basis so I can more easily play shitty Japanese RPGMaker games (unfortunately some Japanese games will give you trouble if you use WINE though)
5. I already have a Thinkpad from 2012 and it still works
6. I already have a bunch of PS3 controllers and they work out-of-the-box with Linux
7. I bought an ARM SBC to build my own NAS and it only supports Linux
8. Full control over software updates
I switched over during the XP days. Not because I hated XP, I just heard there was this thing called Linux and I was curious. I liked what I saw. Ubuntu looked beautiful and I liked the workflow of Gnome 2 and learned to appreciate the terminal.
I kept XP on a second partition for many years, until it was too old to use and keeping it was pointless. I still have fond memories if XP and if it somehow became a viable option again, I would probably dual boot again.
it was almost 3 years ago in my holidays, was drunk and wanted to try something different just for fun, installed ubuntu.
totally forgot about it the next day, booted the pc and was wondering what the hell this is.
am still using linux nowadays, thanks alcohol lmao true story
>use Seven mostly for gaymes >like freedom >hate ~~*corps*~~ >hate m$ >start browing IQfy >hear about loonix >tedious but at least you learn and own your tech >hate ~~*corps*~~ >normies ask me to repair their Windows 8 computers >it's horrible, way worse than Seven >think "is this the future?" >hate ~~*corps*~~ >need a simple laptop for studies >prices are inflated and laptops suck more and more, so settle for an old laptop >windows uses 3GB or RAM on fricking rest >hate ~~*corps*~~ >use loonix on old laptop, need to write my thesis >office suits are bloated as hell, laptop keeps crashing and overheating
i learnt that botnet, bloat and ~~*corps*~~ = Satan
freesoftware and minimalism are the way to freedom
I had to write c code for a university project. The professor provided instructions how setup the environment in GNU/Linux. He also refused to help Windows or MacOS people.
I tried it, noticed that my shitty laptop was faster and never switched back.
It's a neat operating system for programmers, most stuff just works™ and CLI anxiety disappears in ~2 months and, after that, you become a god.
hahaha i thought C was so hard and confusing until I tried it on linux. maybe it's different today 20 years later but back then you'd spend the whole course getting a working IDE instead of programming if you picked windows. I double macos is as bad but i've never tried using macos for anything productive.
He was pretty based but sometimes was a bit too edgy. He frequently told students to RTFM and KISS. He refused to answer stupid questions and made us write assembly and turbo C to understand C.
I kinda miss him. He deleted my code once and told me to rewrite it from scratch because it was a mess. I ended up having a very good grade in that project. He also had a portion of the projects grade attributed to contributions that helped the class. For instance, if you have writen a bash script that helped your colleagues testing their work in the cluster and them cited your script as helpful in their final report, you would have extra points.
because i was a kid with no money on a windows 98 computer with dial up. slackware came with all sorts of cool software that i'd have to beg my parents hundreds of dollars to get on windows, but instead i spent a week downloading slackware, a day installing it, and i had way more games than solitaire and minesweeper, GIMP instead of paint, etc etc etc. Then as I grew up I realized people spend years learning linux for web development purposes when I knew it from having fun as a kid.
These days? I use NixOS because I can copy 90% of my config to any shitbag computer I pick up and have a bulletproof system that is already configured exactly how I want with no adware, antivirus, or bloatware. my current laptop im typing from, i got for free because it was "broken" after someone installed windows, it looked fine to me, I downloaded my nix config and boom now it's my primary mobile computer, after like 10 minutes of having it download and install my setup.
When I set up a new server it is a similar process. In fact most my servers run a netboot nix setup that can propagate so a cluster doesnt even need any centralized operating system configuration.
meanwhile I see people shelling out thousands of dollars on shit computers every couple years.
I just wish pure linux was ever possible on the phone, i'd love having the same experience instead of the hell of google and apple. i can imagine getting any shit phone, logging into my server once and after a few minutes of automated downloads it works exactly the same as any other phone i use. it's just a dream but maybe we can hope one day.
I saw an Ubuntu Unity screenshot back in 2014 and it seemed beautiful to me, I didn't know it was a linux or anything, just installed it on my laptop because of the look.
I think that's an unfair question. Windows is the norm. You even use the term "switch over" because you know that virtually everyone starts with Windows.
If using any other PC operating system is considered "switching", then obviously the reason is dissatisfaction in Windows to the point where you're at least willing to try out other options.
Great software like bash, KDE and yt-dl, and I loved the fiddling.
Mostly though I switch due to Linux being slightly more convenient than Windows.
I think I deleted my Windows partition when my email program stopped updates (Opera Mail) and The Witcher 3 wouldn’t load anymore after a Windows update. It still worked on Linux though.
i used both linux and windows since i was a kid. windows had some hits in the 90's and 00's but gradually over time it became apparent windows has gotten a lot worse, and linux has remained about the same level of moronic it has always been. because of this linux has become comparatively better than windows. now days the only thing windows really has going for it is the occasional proprietary software, directx, graphics drivers, etc.
I would disagree. internally windows is fairly solid and consistent. especially with backwards compatibility and their eventual efforts moving drivers to stop many of the BSODs. but everything user facing is a slow motion car wreck
on the other hand user facing components are better than ever on Linux but internally its shit and abandoning small effective tools in favor of complex assemblies leaving the os increasing vulnerable both from within and outside
* I can run the software I want, how I want. (Can pipe two programs, use/write scripts, etc)
* No stupid forced changes to the desktop/GUI. If they make a change I don't like, there's likely an option/mod somewhere to fix it, or I could learn how to make the mod myself or even just switch desktops altogether if it's that bad.
* Tends to run well on older hardware (Can use some old cheap piece of junk and don't need to buy expensive ass new computers).
* Runs on all sorts of architectures.
* Accidentally took a RHEL admin level 1 class (thought it was some kinda general Linux 101 type class but SURPRISE) so now I'm more comfortable/competent with Linux (Especially Redhat distros) than any other OS.
All my trans sisters use Linux
Linux kernels are claimed by the trans community
LOL
>only gays use macs
>only pajeets use windows
So what's left then?
TempleOS for white men
>white men
So, trannies?
I compile my won kernel so you can blow me, trannie.
Not her but I am one of the transistors and I also compile my own kernel. I've written one before as well
>Linux kernels are claimed by the trans community
Not all of them homosexual
I swear to god everyone that uses linux is a leftist trans woman or a libertarian man, there's no inbetween
It runs smoothly even on older laptops.
mountain dew is on the right
fizzbuzz
What if the mountain dew was flat; would you be able to tell then?
Yes by smell
you have a cold
then you stick your fricking finger in it, oh wait someone poured sugar in both, or you're blind and deaf and a moronic, now what??? OH MY GOD I MUST KNOW HOW YOU SOLVE THIS PUZZLE OH GREAT WIZARD OF THE MIND
settle down, you're sick
yeah sick of the trolls on this board
that pic makes me want to fill an empty windex bottle with blue mountain dew and go around in public spraying it in my mouth
>autism
I like the modularity. I can customize everything to be how I want it.
Based.
it feels closer to how humans should interface with computers. When I think about it, I only use [Redacted] because it's popular and everyone uses it but Linux is way cleaner, minimalist and open source so you can fight capitalism
>it feels closer to how humans should interface with computers
you interface with it the same you way you do with nearly every other OS.
You're quite moronic
I couldn’t afford a Mac
>Mac
Good
unironically looks awesome. why do gays ruin everything
>transracial colors
>awesome
Frick no
I'd drink the right one. The bubbles indicate it's soda while the lack of bubbles on the left mean that's probably the Windex.
I have a Mac but macOS didn't impress me that much. It has a few nice things like being able to drag an app anywhere and then just double click it instead of installing, and the expandable tree view in Finder. But for the most part, coming from Windows it's confusing, and coming from Linux it feels like a somewhat less modern and complete Gnome.
Buy a used one, you colossal homosexual
I’m not poor
I don't care
it's comfy
If Windows 7 not broken don't downgrade to homosexual Linux or malware botnet Windows 11.
Just cause I wanted to learn more about other operating systems.
Because I like it when my pc doesn't take decades to shutdown...oh wait I use systemd, nevermind
Speaking of taking forever to shut down., if you run sddm and plasma wayland, your shutdowns will take forever due to sddm being garbage abandonware. Recommend switching to lightdm
sddm is abandonware? Thats funny because it might be what systemd is referencing with these random stop jobs. Ill try out lightdm, and yea I'm on plasma/xorg
You also seem to be using a shitty monitor
In 2004 my sister brought home a Knoppix disc from college, and she showed me some of the stuff she was learning in her networking class.
I thought it was cool as frick.
Works on my machine.
>Zyr shutdown zyr PC.
Cringe
I'd rather drink window cleaner than mountain dew
I like the look of MacOS 9 windows, and linux is the only choice to achieve that.
Also the way it deal with C libraries and headers etc is just nice.
I fricking hate windows update
There isn't a reason that's not Windows-related. I wasn't so much attracted to Linux as I fled Windows. (this was in 2015 or so when W10 was released)
Also on the subject of Mountain Dew I'd like to note here that the "throwback" flavor with sugar instead of corn syrup is quite possibly the most disgusting beverage to ever be devised.
>likes corn syrup over cane sugar
Fricking moron.
Fricking updates wiped my Windows installation along with my data twice, luckily I keep backups but I started getting into the penguin, where I can choose whenever I update or not and actually control my own stuff.
>that's not windows related
Forgot to read this part, whatever.
I've built my own PC to learn programming and Linux had everything I needed.
I can read and have the patience to do so.
It wasn't a switch. I started on loonix, almost 2 decades ago
Btrfs
I'm a linux noob and I learned about this file system to install on a 16GB netbook, It's really helped me save some space. learning new stuff all the time is why I'm playing around with linux. Installing Kubuntu kinetic kudu as we speak.
I like it
using it for another os that is viable
I switched in 1994 and switched to BSD in 1998 and now run OpenBSD. Why would I use Windows? LOL
1. linux will literally expand your brain by making you suddenly understand operating systems and computer shit all of a sudden cause its open source so like you just learn everything about it and shit. i took an iq test after downloading linux and it actually increased by 238% from my pre-linux score.
2. it's open source meaning you got better privacy and shit, cause if there was anything that was bad for privacy you could just like find it in the source code and replace it.
3. Hackers use linux so if you use linux you can become a hacker
Best post.
My first OS was DOS (4 I think, then MS DOS 5 after my father bought me the disquettes) with Counterpoint GUI. That was nice.
Assuming no foul play is in effect, the Mountain Dew is clearly the glass on the right. I would not test this theory out though.
nothing a sodastream can't fix
Frick me, I have one of these things. wish I thought of that before april 1st
I had a really shitty cheap laptop for school and it ran well despite that while using ubuntu, and using ubuntu made me realize that linux was the nicer programming environment so I eventually made it my daily driver.
I have the opposite story:
>Own Macs for years
>Buy an m1 Mac studio
>Half the applications no longer work properly
>Programs crash unless they come from the app store
>Update pushes, figure it'll make things better, does slightly but fricked my configs up
>On vacation, need a laptop, go to Walmart, buy a "Gateway" with Windows 11
>All my applications work 1000x better
>End up buying a gaming laptop for better performance
>Windows 10, I upgraded to 11 and it just flies. Nothing crashes, everything is golden.
>Make 2 USB drives 1 with Windows 11 install, 1 with Linux mint cinnamon
>Everything is buggy and nothing does what you expect it to
>Lacks even the most basic tools, installing anything not in the app store is a nightmare
>Immediately reinstall Windows 11
>Everything is running really smoothly
I guess I'm using Windows until Apple works their shit out. I actually like Windows 11, it's really fun to use.
I want to continue my thought
I own an apple watch, iPhone pro max, I forget the generation either 12 or 13. Apple TV 4k and I think I'm over Apple, I've had Macs since childhood with the iigs, in college I used a powermac g5, I had the tangerine iBook. It was right around snowleapord that Apple began losing it's magic for me. 10.7 was total horseshit, 10.8 was fine, 10.9 was stable again. But the damage was done. They flattened their UI to follow Google and Microsoft. I've hated Mac os since big sur. Monetary is total bullshit. iOS is basically Android now. We need another Steve Jobs or I think Apple is done. I'm also sick of the homosexual bullshit that began 4-5 years ago. Apple just isn't Apple anymore. I've listed all my Apple hardware on eBay for very cheap and it's selling. I'll use the money to buy a cheap $400 Android phone and watch. I can no longer support a company like Apple.
>Half the applications no longer work properly
Name 10 that don't work.
>Programs crash unless they come from the app store
Name 10 that crash.
he won't even be able to name 3
bash is better than command.com - yeah I'm so old I ran DOS.
Based
both drinks will kill you
No ads
Boots fast
Doesn't neet 16gb to run decently
Smaller install size
No forced updates
Customizable
I have been a [redacted] admin for such a long time that it's refreshing to use my Linux computer and not deal with the bullshit I had to at work
>I have been a [redacted] admin for such a long time that it's refreshing to use my Linux computer and not deal with the bullshit I had to at work
yeah, bit of this for me too
already used to linux from sysadmin shit
and i like how well all the dev tools i use run on it
Well I'm a mac user and realized I wasn't editing video as much as I used to and played games mostly. I don't like windows so I went with Linux for a ground up pc since it haS proton now
Piracy and building a home media box
installed mint. fell in love how it feels like im using an OS that just uhh. has this warm feeling of 2008 and does exactly what i want and nothing else. really feels like an old paradign "you control the computer". also a proper settings menu without control panel frickery
Shell scripts. I have an entire couple hundred line shell script that automates every menial task I did on my PC, mostly matroska file manipulation of mkvtoolnix, image manipulation with imagemagick, and other media related thing.
Also Windows makes your download almost a third party tool for everything I want to do which feels like shit. Gone are the days of figuring out what real image viewer, video player, ftp client, document reader, etc to install, everything like that is implemented sanely in most desktop environments.
At this point imagine how it feels for wingays when they're first switching to windows, and thats how I feel everytime I try to switch back to windows.
Meant how it feels for wingays when they're first switching to linux*
>Windows makes you download a third party tool for almost everything, which feels like shit
>everything [worth using] is implemented sanely in most desktop environements
I'd argue against this part. What you like that comes pre-packaged in your preferred Desktop Environment could easily be something someone else considers to be on the same level of useless-trash as what comes pre-packaged in with Windows. Honestly, I prefer the ones that do come with nothing but the basic utilities and then downloading those programs myself, since otherwise there's usually SOMETHING you gotta gut out.
Of course, I will acknowledge that it's at least possible to find a DE you prefer with everything you need and no required replacements, whereas nobody ever prefers what comes out of the box with Windows
it doesn't overheat my decade old laptop
the galaxy screensaver
1. Needed it for work
2. Package managers / ease of installing packages
3. KDE
4. Ease of changing keyboard shortcuts
And I keep using it because of:
1. Virtual desktops
2. Native support for a variety of file systems like Btrfs
3. Good environment for CLI applications
4. Ease of changing locale on a per-application basis so I can more easily play shitty Japanese RPGMaker games (unfortunately some Japanese games will give you trouble if you use WINE though)
5. I already have a Thinkpad from 2012 and it still works
6. I already have a bunch of PS3 controllers and they work out-of-the-box with Linux
7. I bought an ARM SBC to build my own NAS and it only supports Linux
8. Full control over software updates
I switched over during the XP days. Not because I hated XP, I just heard there was this thing called Linux and I was curious. I liked what I saw. Ubuntu looked beautiful and I liked the workflow of Gnome 2 and learned to appreciate the terminal.
I kept XP on a second partition for many years, until it was too old to use and keeping it was pointless. I still have fond memories if XP and if it somehow became a viable option again, I would probably dual boot again.
It's free and I don't have to download russian patch and live in the fear of OS updates invalidating my license. Last I used windows was windows 8.1.
Performance, much higher framerates under Linux.
This mostly. The few games I play run better on Linux under proton.
it was almost 3 years ago in my holidays, was drunk and wanted to try something different just for fun, installed ubuntu.
totally forgot about it the next day, booted the pc and was wondering what the hell this is.
am still using linux nowadays, thanks alcohol lmao true story
>use Seven mostly for gaymes
>like freedom
>hate ~~*corps*~~
>hate m$
>start browing IQfy
>hear about loonix
>tedious but at least you learn and own your tech
>hate ~~*corps*~~
>normies ask me to repair their Windows 8 computers
>it's horrible, way worse than Seven
>think "is this the future?"
>hate ~~*corps*~~
>need a simple laptop for studies
>prices are inflated and laptops suck more and more, so settle for an old laptop
>windows uses 3GB or RAM on fricking rest
>hate ~~*corps*~~
>use loonix on old laptop, need to write my thesis
>office suits are bloated as hell, laptop keeps crashing and overheating
i learnt that botnet, bloat and ~~*corps*~~ = Satan
freesoftware and minimalism are the way to freedom
I had to write c code for a university project. The professor provided instructions how setup the environment in GNU/Linux. He also refused to help Windows or MacOS people.
I tried it, noticed that my shitty laptop was faster and never switched back.
It's a neat operating system for programmers, most stuff just works™ and CLI anxiety disappears in ~2 months and, after that, you become a god.
hahaha i thought C was so hard and confusing until I tried it on linux. maybe it's different today 20 years later but back then you'd spend the whole course getting a working IDE instead of programming if you picked windows. I double macos is as bad but i've never tried using macos for anything productive.
>The professor provided instructions how setup the environment in GNU/Linux. He also refused to help Windows or MacOS people.
holy based
He was pretty based but sometimes was a bit too edgy. He frequently told students to RTFM and KISS. He refused to answer stupid questions and made us write assembly and turbo C to understand C.
I kinda miss him. He deleted my code once and told me to rewrite it from scratch because it was a mess. I ended up having a very good grade in that project. He also had a portion of the projects grade attributed to contributions that helped the class. For instance, if you have writen a bash script that helped your colleagues testing their work in the cluster and them cited your script as helpful in their final report, you would have extra points.
because i was a kid with no money on a windows 98 computer with dial up. slackware came with all sorts of cool software that i'd have to beg my parents hundreds of dollars to get on windows, but instead i spent a week downloading slackware, a day installing it, and i had way more games than solitaire and minesweeper, GIMP instead of paint, etc etc etc. Then as I grew up I realized people spend years learning linux for web development purposes when I knew it from having fun as a kid.
These days? I use NixOS because I can copy 90% of my config to any shitbag computer I pick up and have a bulletproof system that is already configured exactly how I want with no adware, antivirus, or bloatware. my current laptop im typing from, i got for free because it was "broken" after someone installed windows, it looked fine to me, I downloaded my nix config and boom now it's my primary mobile computer, after like 10 minutes of having it download and install my setup.
When I set up a new server it is a similar process. In fact most my servers run a netboot nix setup that can propagate so a cluster doesnt even need any centralized operating system configuration.
meanwhile I see people shelling out thousands of dollars on shit computers every couple years.
I just wish pure linux was ever possible on the phone, i'd love having the same experience instead of the hell of google and apple. i can imagine getting any shit phone, logging into my server once and after a few minutes of automated downloads it works exactly the same as any other phone i use. it's just a dream but maybe we can hope one day.
I saw an Ubuntu Unity screenshot back in 2014 and it seemed beautiful to me, I didn't know it was a linux or anything, just installed it on my laptop because of the look.
I think that's an unfair question. Windows is the norm. You even use the term "switch over" because you know that virtually everyone starts with Windows.
If using any other PC operating system is considered "switching", then obviously the reason is dissatisfaction in Windows to the point where you're at least willing to try out other options.
Great software like bash, KDE and yt-dl, and I loved the fiddling.
Mostly though I switch due to Linux being slightly more convenient than Windows.
I think I deleted my Windows partition when my email program stopped updates (Opera Mail) and The Witcher 3 wouldn’t load anymore after a Windows update. It still worked on Linux though.
i wanted to learn something new
My dad first introduced me to Linux, specifically SUSE, when I was young and I've been using different distributions since then, really.
I use both.
I hate both.
Kill me.
i used both linux and windows since i was a kid. windows had some hits in the 90's and 00's but gradually over time it became apparent windows has gotten a lot worse, and linux has remained about the same level of moronic it has always been. because of this linux has become comparatively better than windows. now days the only thing windows really has going for it is the occasional proprietary software, directx, graphics drivers, etc.
I would disagree. internally windows is fairly solid and consistent. especially with backwards compatibility and their eventual efforts moving drivers to stop many of the BSODs. but everything user facing is a slow motion car wreck
on the other hand user facing components are better than ever on Linux but internally its shit and abandoning small effective tools in favor of complex assemblies leaving the os increasing vulnerable both from within and outside
* I can run the software I want, how I want. (Can pipe two programs, use/write scripts, etc)
* No stupid forced changes to the desktop/GUI. If they make a change I don't like, there's likely an option/mod somewhere to fix it, or I could learn how to make the mod myself or even just switch desktops altogether if it's that bad.
* Tends to run well on older hardware (Can use some old cheap piece of junk and don't need to buy expensive ass new computers).
* Runs on all sorts of architectures.
* Accidentally took a RHEL admin level 1 class (thought it was some kinda general Linux 101 type class but SURPRISE) so now I'm more comfortable/competent with Linux (Especially Redhat distros) than any other OS.
got a virus from something, so I ditched windows and switched. Never looked back.
Better integration with my servers.
Having them be just another folder instead of hopping between Explorer and WinSCP is just better.
better C devel
You say that as though it not being Windows isn't a fantastic reason
Work, curiosity and fedora being my first distro.
im a poorgay surrounded by 2013s hardware. and distro hopping was way more fun than i anticipated.