“As a Linux user…”
Yeah yeah, you’re right. But can you maybe shut up about it for just a minute?
USE LINUX
LINUX IS BETTER IN EVERY WAY
MICROSOFT SUCKS APPLE SUCKS GOOGLE SUCKS
THIS IS THE YEAR OF THE LINUX DESKTOP
Windows user: I use Windows! It’s the best!
Apple user: I use OS X! It’s the best!
Windows and Apple users: Which do you use?
Linux user: Linux.
Windows and Apple users: OMG shut up, nobody asked!
As a Linux user (who uses Arch btw), most Linux users at least care about what OS they use. To everyone else, they just wanna get work done and aren’t just having conversations about what they’re running. It’s a computer, not their personality.
What windows user says that lmao
You’d see that a lot on Reddit, on subs like r/pcmr or r/gaming. But not much of that here, presumably because Lemmy has a higher ratio of FOSS-friendly folks.
Windows user: I use Windows! It’s the best!
No not really no. This doesn’t happen. Not even remotely close to as often as Linux users say Linux
I’m not even saying Linux users should say it less, I’m fine with whatever, it’s just that this isn’t true at all
Yeah cus maybe it is the best 💀
This happened with XP, 7, and 8.1. 10 wasn’t bad either at first, but they’ve gradually enshitified it. 10 now and 11 are spyware masquerading as an OS.
This kids a prick that says shit for attention. don’t feed them. (The original post, not the person I’m replying to)
Kiddo thought I was “flexing” because I don’t really watch much mainstream media, lol. Dude obviously has issues.
As a Windows user, just keep your Apple away from me. I can’t do shit with it. My wife stepped away while we were zooming with someone the other day, and the Mac got pulled to another desktop (or something). I had no clue what to do. Apparently, it’s a three-finger swipe on the trackpad, because of course it’s a three-finger swipe.
Workspace switching is also a three finger swipe on windows 10
Then maybe it’s just that I don’t have a clue what I’m doing on laptops these days.
I don’t care much about what other people are comfortable in using, but please don’t expect tech support from me. Every time I have to use Windows I get frustrated at how it forcibly feeds me stuff I don’t want. Although I admit that sometimes I joke to people to switch to Linux when they get frustrated with Windows as well, but that’s about it.
And also, some popular memes about Linux are probably just that, memes. Don’t take it too seriously.
The force feeding of news and shit is fucking enraging! Why on earth did they start pushing that, and why is it so hard to turn off? Why do they turn it back on at every opportunity? I have a Surface Pro that I use for digital painting. I’ll be happily just painting along when I misclick the system notification area and all of the sudden “Trump! Trump! Trump! Outrage! Doom! Gloom! Global catastrophe!” gets shoved in my face. I’ll open a fucking browser if I want to see the news. Ugh! Fuck off! That’s honestly a huge part of the reason I finally switched to Linux as my primary OS.
And also, some popular memes about Linux are probably just that, memes. Don’t take it too seriously.
Try going to a Linux community and telling them for what reason you wouldn’t use Linux in a specific case or to whom you wouldn’t recommend Linux. You’ll quickly see a lot of responses that aren’t just memes.
But for real? Linux is actually so great. I’m running a shitty old PC as a media server and learning Linux as I go. It’s so light and nimble compared to a Windows machine. For anyone considering Linux, I highly recommend trying it out even if it’s just for funsies.
I never tell people I am a linux user.
I tell them I use Kubuntu.Telling someone, you love drinking pop is unhelpful,
Telling someone how obsessed you are about drinking MOUNTAIN DEW*, is way more informative.FYI: I rarely ever drink pop.
*choose your own fizzy water
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I mean, next year is definitely the year of the Linux desktop.
I would wait until Windows 10 is out of support (2025).
It’d only be out of support by then if they don’t release new updates. Not to mention the versions with longer life.
have you tried linux? its really cool
What a coincidence, so are vegetables!
i know ;)
What is a good distro for an absolute noob? Like me.
Linux Mint is pretty good, it has a Windows 7 kind of feel to it. Fedora is also nice, it great for tablet, also with touch. Both work pretty well and consistently out of the box.
mint! its popular for beginners, ubuntu based, user friendly, lots of tutorials/troubleshooting help
Depends a lot on use case, certainly!
Also, do you like a “bottom up” or “top down” approach? Grabbing a raspberry pi and setting up a headless (no monitor) home server is a great bottom up way of getting familiar with things — learn to configure various services and whatnot from the command line. Or, just start with a user-friendly distro with a GUI you like, and gradually work your way up to looking under the hood.
Mint is great for beginners. I never had any issues with it and the cinnamon desktop is very nice.
Pop!_OS is the absolute best for beginners. Pick KDE if you want a Windows experience and Gnome if you want a Mac experience.
Watch a few beginner tutorials on YouTube and see which one appeals to you most.
There is quite a bit of truth to this.
I wouldn’t say it is “Year of the linux desktop!” But I do think eventually it will take up much more of the market of OS use. Maybe years and years away.
Linux has come a very long way. I found it is actually easier in many ways to Mac and Windows, more complicated in others.
For general use, and even gaming, it’s actually in a really good state for general users right now.
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Then what are Apple users? Meatheads?
Omg shut up 💀💀
Linux users are vegetarians while free software users are the vegans.
Yes.
