I have drawn myself as a chad and you as an ugly wojack so my position is clearly the correct one.
Windows users hate this one neat trick.
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I feel like I'm going to get flak for taking a position that's not completely anti-Windows, but please try to hear me out before casting judgment. I use both OS and think they both have merit. Linux- for the reasons listed in the meme, and windows- for those without the technical know-how, patience, or time for the better alternative.
That being said, if anyone thinks like how this Ed, Edd, N' Eddy looking mofo in the meme does I'll be the first to say that's a horribly bad take lol
Of course it is. There's 0 reason to come after anyone for choosing Linux as any, if at all, of the extra effort incurred is only going to affect them personally.
Edit: Not even a single flak in the comments, the happiest I've ever been to stand corrected. We've done it, world peace achieved.
I think the problem is preinstalls. No one was born understanding how Windows works, we had gathered that experience over time. If the computer you were introduced to was a Linux system (with X11 and KDE or GNOME), then that would be what you would get used to. Unfortunately, getting Linux preinstalls on laptops is basically impossible. Vendors love that preinstall money.
Companies that sell "enterprisy" laptops (like Dell and Lenovo) usually sell a few models with Linux. And while not a laptop I wouldn't be surprised if almost half of Desktop Linux users today have a Steam Deck.
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I use both. I've tried using Linux on desktop and there's always been a few handfuls of minor but annoying enough issues that make just want to go back to windows on my main computer. For my laptop that I don't use often, Linux is fine. For hosting services on my local network, Linux is fine. Neither are prefect but Linux definitely has come a long ways.
How fucking DARE you. People should be forced to learn how to compile their OS, like Gentoo allows, and then have it crash and burn in front of everybody in social studies when you have to present your LibreOffice presentation about why Teddy Roosevelt was objectively the best president and spent a lot of time on making a slide with Abe the soyjack and Teddy the chad.
/s in case somebody needs it
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For me the main issue is the time effort and the incompability with other people and my work that work with Microsoft products.
Linux is slowly getting there, it's developers just need to drop the "git gud" and "special club status" mentality and concentrate more on user experience.
Some people clearly are! Some distros are clearly focused on getting a friendly interface for everything, and proton finally made Linux gaming possible, despite all the grumbling from “purists”
Yeah like I switched and love it and I think the gap is closing fast, but whether linux closes it or windows closes it is still up to chance. The easier Linux gets for everyday users who don’t want to learn command line the more people are going to use it. The more software that just works on Linux the more easily you’ll convince people. It’s not about getting to where your coworkers or your grandma can use it. It’s about getting your in laws to not need your help to use it after a friend recommended it
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He says, while using a command that brings a little convenience at the price of control and security...
I love yes it is an amazing tool. I never had an actual use for it since any tool I might want to use it on (like apt) already has some kind of command line switch for it already
But I just once in a while stumble across yes again and run it for half a minute and have a chuckle.
Just like every time I read: https://www.gnu.org/fun/jokes/ed-msg.html
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Terminal has plenty of convenience benefits over GUI as well. For example you can queue up long-running commands to go one after the other, something I didn't realise how useful it was until I was using Linux full time.
I use this one all the time for archiving stuff and moving it from my PC to my file server. Tar archive a folder, generate a checksum, move the new files over to the server, and then delete the original folder:
tar -cvf folder.tar folder && cat folder.tar | sha256sum > folder.tar.sha256 && mv folder.tar folder.tar.sha256 /path/to/remote/file/server/ && rm -rf folder
The && part stops execution if there is any error so the folder is only deleted once everything else is done without issues.
Can't do that with a GUI. Just make sure to proofread before you press enter.
Powershell, released in 2006: Am I a fucking joke to you?
Linux users: Ehhhh, kinda?
Wsl is proof powershell is a joke
for this part yes, automated process often better runs on terminal not GUI.
but that terminal is not exclusive to Linux right? and Windows is not always about GUI.
Sha256 doesn't protect your files when bits flip and they are corrupted. If you want that, add a par2 checksum.
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A bit of convenience. Right, and a liiiiiittle bit of time as well
Just a little.. Turns into a few hours or a whole day sometimes, not that I hate it though.
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The price of convenience is always high.
Sometimes it is justified, sometimes it is not.
However, trading basic privacy protections for “but it’s so easy” is how the dark times happen.
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yes linux is definitely only "slightly" more convenient than windows, and also definitely more reliable
in unrelated news i'm now into my 5th hour trying to get 2077 to run without freezing, and my system has only hard-crashed about 3 times during the process
Ngl... if it wasn't reliable, it wouldn't be the industry lead
it might be reliable for running a mainframe, but running a mainframe isn't really what i want to do in my free time
But then again, is it Linux' fault that publishers refuse to make Linux versions of their games, requiring the users to use hacks to make windows executables work on Linux ?
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Ah yes, linux supremacy
yes \
If windows 12 is a subscription like the rumors say, it might finally push me to Linux. Right now I haven't moved over just cause there hasn't been a particularly annoying thing to do it yet
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