I’ve been bombarded with Shit about Linux ever since I signed up here.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME THE CRAZE BEHIND THIS DAMN OPERATING SYSTEM?!!! I just dont fukin get it! Whats so special about it😭😭
Lemmy generally attracts the same kind of person that would also use Linux. Both of them are open source and community driven alternatives to software otherwise provided by large corporations and milked for every last cent. Both of them require just a bit more knowledge in order to comfortably use them. Linux with all the distro’s and desktop environments, Lemmy with all the instances and apps/front-ends. We’re very much a bubble here.
Think about why you joined Lemmy. Reddit has been getting greedier and greedier, so you left to a place where the grass is greener. The same thing is true with Windows and Linux (and Linux is also much more big and mature than Lemmy). It attracts the same kind of people.
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Windows is a privacy nightmare. The OS is constantly sending data to Microsoft while being used.
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Windows hogs resources. If you don’t shovel money out for new hardware every few years, your computer will run like shit.
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Windows is full of ads.
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The majority of malware is written for Windows. Not really a selling point for me, but it’s a bonus.
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Linux is free.
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Linux doesn’t force updates. You update when you want to, and it takes less than a minute to do.
Oooh… okey, noice noice…
How similar is the interface to windows?? Im mostly interested in how customizable it is. if theres more customization features (I lake to change the colors n fonts of stuff and all my themes are an eyesore on purpose uwu) then im sold.
Also the amount of fucking data lost on games/programa cus of forced updates…
There is no single desktop environment on linux. Your customization begins with choosing your desktop environment/window manager.
To get a feeling for the things people like to do, you could take a look at !unixporn@lemmy.ml or !unixporn@lemmy.world
ok it looks cool but all that code looks hella fuckin scary(･◠･;)
Do I gotta learn to code ALL THAT??? Do I even need to learn whatever tf that code stuff is to even change the settings/wallpaper??! Oh god now I know how Apple users feel when I ramble off about Android lets me Sideload apps that aren’t in the app store…
Im hoping to god I dont even have to touch whatever all that block of text is just to personalize my system
Yeah don’t worry, you’ll mostly be copying and pasting stuff from the Internet. Not much mental exercise, just follow instructions.
The Arch Wiki is an amazing resource, It contains tons of useful info that isn’t specific to only ArchLinux.
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I swear Linux users are borderline jehovah’s witnesses going door to door
hey!.. We’re clearly tech vegans
Isn’t cruelty against animals - specifically one self - a key part of the Linux learning journey?
Cruelty to oneself is part of the Arch journey.
Windows user:
*Complaining about ads on their desktop
Me, a linux enjoyer:
*inhales*
Linux user complaining about having to add repositories manually in order to get a piece of software to update or to add a tool they need.
Me as an any operating system user. Both have draw backs that aren’t for normal people.
I use EndeavorOS which draws from Arch repositories including AUR. I’ve never once had to manually add a repository.
Not knocking you but there is also a reason the “I use Arch memes” exist.
Because we want everyone to know how SUPERIOR arch (and derivates distro) is so they can get in the fun? 😁 /j
I would always start all conversations with my friends with “Hey Windows peasants!” If I had any friends. These two things have nothing whatsoever to do with each other.
You people are coordinated in your recommendations. You are more efficient than the KGB
It might look like that when the topic is Linux vs windows, but if you ever wanna see that coordination fall apart just ask “which distro?”
…Ubuntu.
Definitely start with a nice beginner friendly distro, like Gentoo, NixOS, or LFS.
Lol evil
I met a vegan who uses vim and arch linux. I’m that guy. I use vim and arch linux, and I’m a vegan.
Have you considered CrossFit?
Why is your username blue?
Edit: sorry. You’re OP
vegoon btw
we be vegooning all night
“We are all vegooners on this blessed day”
-Ken M
are those real? I don’t believe anyone ever said “it’s like linux but it works.”
it does work though, on windows i can see ads and intrusive crap all the time. Linux distros don’t bother you at all, it’s like linux is not even trying at this point.
This makes me want to make a Linux addon just for ads
Like make it entirely transparent Download this is you miss having ads lol
don’t forget to activate your linux distro
I’m going to argue that it’s very unlikely any of those people are friends or colleagues. It didn’t ask if you recommend Windows on social media or forums.
We’re not friends? 🥺
Sry, who dis?
Betrayal.
Given your name, I think it’s for the best.
Windows 11 has changed this, many many people now warn other people about not using Windows 11 because it is such shit. Doesn’t matter what you run, just don’t run Windows 11.
No one outside of tech communities does that
windows 11 isn’ all bad. It made my mother ask me to install linux on her computer.
Now that I think about it, that original meme was not true either. My friends always argued about windows vs. Mac, and continued to Android vs. iPhone
Like, people talk about OSes in general conversation
