My main reason for running Linux is the Terminal. I'm 35. Began with computers ~10. Spent my first 10 years using Windows, followed by 10 years of the Mac. I'm (hopefully) in my 10-year Linux run?!
Doesn't Windows have a decent terminal nowadays?
Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
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Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#52Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#53Earlier quoted context omitted.
Performance No telemetry No forced upgrades No intrusive ads
I'm out of the loop - are there intrusive ads in the Windows OS? If so, what kind of ads and when/where?
running windows 11 - no intrusive ads in the windows OS. Not sure what malware these people have on their computer.
Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#54Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is why I moved to Arch. Debian rolling release is a good way to go as well.
After using Arch for years every other package manager enrages me because it is so hard to rollback/undo bad changes or to pin versions. I use MacOS for reasons but I still miss pacman :(
My employer foists MacOS on me, I'm undeterred. VMware is worth the hassle.
Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#55As someone with RSI who uses speech recognition to control most software on my desktop, X11 -> Wayland has been a massive roadblock. Ad-infested Windows isn’t great, but at least it doesn’t feel like I’m fighting any devs just to be able to use my computer in an accessible manner.
>Ad-infested Windows I don't see any ads from windows. Not sure what you're talking about.
Perhaps you disabled them all after you installed it?
Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#56The real reasons I use Linux are mostly out of convenience. For example, updating all my software and OS using one command rather than clicking on 50 updaters.
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Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#57The first point I think is one of the main arguments. I've been using Ubuntu on a computer I bought in 2007. Worked like a charm (until the PSU blew up a few months back). Linux is a system that outlast its hardware!
One can also turn the argument around. What would be the reason to use Windows instead of Linux (if, like most of the people on HN I assume, you are computer literate) ?
Games I guess.
Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#58Aren't these reasons (even if they are convincing) apply to Mac systems as well?
Good point, there are some specific places where Linux really excels over MacOS:
- 32-bit app support
- Nvidia GPU/CUDA support
- Encryption without a question mark at the end
- I can hide my topbar (or ostensibly move it wherever I want)
- I don't get a popup asking me to try Safari every week
Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#59You will learn a lot about kernel when your wifi, graphic card and hibernation does not work!
Never had problems with any. Ok, hibernation was a tough nut to crack, but you just have to make sure that your swap size matches your memory size... then it's just
$ sudo systemctl hibernate
Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#60I don't disagree with switching to linux, but this isn't a great list. Points 1 & 2 are the same (don't buy a new PC), and quite a few of the rest are fixed as you can run all Linux software in the Linux subsystem for Windows.
The fact that those clowns insist on calling it the "Windows Subsystem for Linux" because marketing tells you everything you need to know about whether or not you should invest your time in it.