The obsession with Linux and privacy. Every post it seems like anyone using windows is committing a cardinal sin. I have had to use linux in the past, and let me tell you, I don’t intend to go back to it unless forced to. I still have mental scars of trying to update my gpu drivers
This! I use Linux on my laptop but also have a desktop that runs Windows 10. Some people here act like windows is completely unusable when in reality it’s much more user friendly than Linux.
Some of us are poor. Windows is quite literally unusable for me because the laptop I have it on can’t make it past the “pin” screen, I had a choice between steal a new PC or learn linux.
And now that I’ve learned I can never go back, there was a slight adjustment period but the ability to control everything on the system, the way it handles updates, the lack of bullshittery and candy crush ads, and ads in the file manager I hear they’re pushing now on windows, the terminal which scared me when I started is now probably my most frequently used “app,” the few windows only programs I need with no alts work in wine well enough, and if I reaaaaally wanted to I could upgrade PCs when I do have money and dual boot so I can still pop into windows if need be. And to top that, I was able to boot into a liveusb on the windows pc, mount the windows drive (bypassing my pin, btw) and rescue my files!
That’s great! I’m glad you found something that works for you. Like I said, my laptop is running Linux (Arch btw) and I’ve had fun learning a new OS and I do enjoy the lack of bloatware.
I guess what I meant to say is that people act like windows is unusable, as in, they can’t figure out how to use the OS like it’s something very complex.
I guess what I meant to say is that people act like windows is unusable
I guess what I meant to say is that it is when it won’t load my desktop. And I mean I tried, left it “logging in” for a week before I finally gave up, and that was the last time after previously giving it “a few hours” and “a day” and I wanted to see if it would ever load. It didn’t, so I’m calling that “unusable,” at least for me and my hardware/budget.
Which is completely fair to say but does not mean that people here should shit on windows users in general.
If it works for them, let them do their thing.
For sure. Of course, that doesn’t mean I can’t talk about why I like linux, or that in my opinion windows and microsoft suck, and they’re free to do the opposite. Plenty of “PC master race” type communities and folks also do exist btw.
I would love to tell you that today things are much easier with Linux and that it’s a seamless plug and play experience. And honestly,a lot of the time it is.
But not always. Right now I’m waiting for a live USB to finish flashing so that I can chroot my corrupted GRUB.
Still, at the end of the day it’s probably 95% hassle free, and I can play AAA games just fine, without having to deal with Windows pushing me to use Bing on Edge. I understand that’s not something a lot of people care about, so carry on. I just get excited about how good Linux is these days and like to share it with people.
I feel like people were saying this exact same stuff back in 2008 when Ubuntu really started taking off. I used Ubuntu for years but it was always full of little quirks. The very basic stuff did feel simpler than Windows, but the moment something would go wrong it felt like you were stuck in the deep end.
The obsession with Linux and privacy. Every post it seems like anyone using windows is committing a cardinal sin. I have had to use linux in the past, and let me tell you, I don’t intend to go back to it unless forced to. I still have mental scars of trying to update my gpu drivers
This! I use Linux on my laptop but also have a desktop that runs Windows 10. Some people here act like windows is completely unusable when in reality it’s much more user friendly than Linux.
You have a computer made after 2015, huh?
Some of us are poor. Windows is quite literally unusable for me because the laptop I have it on can’t make it past the “pin” screen, I had a choice between steal a new PC or learn linux.
And now that I’ve learned I can never go back, there was a slight adjustment period but the ability to control everything on the system, the way it handles updates, the lack of bullshittery and candy crush ads, and ads in the file manager I hear they’re pushing now on windows, the terminal which scared me when I started is now probably my most frequently used “app,” the few windows only programs I need with no alts work in wine well enough, and if I reaaaaally wanted to I could upgrade PCs when I do have money and dual boot so I can still pop into windows if need be. And to top that, I was able to boot into a liveusb on the windows pc, mount the windows drive (bypassing my pin, btw) and rescue my files!
That’s great! I’m glad you found something that works for you. Like I said, my laptop is running Linux (Arch btw) and I’ve had fun learning a new OS and I do enjoy the lack of bloatware.
I guess what I meant to say is that people act like windows is unusable, as in, they can’t figure out how to use the OS like it’s something very complex.
I guess what I meant to say is that it is when it won’t load my desktop. And I mean I tried, left it “logging in” for a week before I finally gave up, and that was the last time after previously giving it “a few hours” and “a day” and I wanted to see if it would ever load. It didn’t, so I’m calling that “unusable,” at least for me and my hardware/budget.
Which is completely fair to say but does not mean that people here should shit on windows users in general. If it works for them, let them do their thing.
For sure. Of course, that doesn’t mean I can’t talk about why I like linux, or that in my opinion windows and microsoft suck, and they’re free to do the opposite. Plenty of “PC master race” type communities and folks also do exist btw.
You should re read my reply and try again…
I’m just saying, unusable can mean multiple things.
That’s why I clarified in my reply…
You get that in any early adoption of technology. It tends to be techies who jump on first, whom tend to value those things.
I would love to tell you that today things are much easier with Linux and that it’s a seamless plug and play experience. And honestly,a lot of the time it is.
But not always. Right now I’m waiting for a live USB to finish flashing so that I can
chrootmy corrupted GRUB.Still, at the end of the day it’s probably 95% hassle free, and I can play AAA games just fine, without having to deal with Windows pushing me to use Bing on Edge. I understand that’s not something a lot of people care about, so carry on. I just get excited about how good Linux is these days and like to share it with people.
I feel like people were saying this exact same stuff back in 2008 when Ubuntu really started taking off. I used Ubuntu for years but it was always full of little quirks. The very basic stuff did feel simpler than Windows, but the moment something would go wrong it felt like you were stuck in the deep end.