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Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)

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Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)

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Post by MrDresden »

Who cares which is better.

If it works for you and your situation, great. Stop trying to make me change what works for me because you believe it would somehow be better.

Also can we just stop this endless bickering over irrelevant things like this.

I say this as a Linux user for a little over a decade, and someone who can not tolerate using Windows with its extreme need for bad system gui to be able to achieve anything, and lack of the software suites I have gotten used to.

You do you, and I will do me.

/edit: I am mostly talking to the comments here, not the document as I find it refreshingly non judgmental in its analysis of pros and cons.

Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)

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Post by alekq »

billyjobob wrote: post #305

Linux on desktop used to be great, but does anyone get the sense that it is going downhill? I don't even touch proprietary Nvidia drivers, all my machines are Radeon or Intel GPU and they used to work fine. But currently on Radeon I have to revert back to kernel 4.19 to get sleep to work. On Intel anything newer than 5.6 won't even boot. I don't get it. Maybe kernel devs mostly care about servers and VMs and are lett…

Yes, Linux and regressions, it is quite common and frequent annoyance. Many times I regret for not using some LTS distro, but stalled/outdated software stops me from making the switch.

Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)

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Post by Shared404 »

majewsky wrote: post #477
anonymou2 wrote: post #451

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Maybe so, maybe other people just don't know, for those who don't know it may be good to read how this all got started, so here's my two cents: https://www.gnu.org/

I understand this, and I am someone who started using free software for philosophical reasons. But if you're interested in free software succeeding, it's a better strategy to meet people where their needs are rather than push any particular selling point. If someone switches to Linux because their Steam games run smoother than on Windows, more power to them! And then we can sell them on all the free software that the…

This is the way.

Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)

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Post by Fumtumi »

Impressive that this whole list doesn't matter really on a day to day basis.

My chrome, lightroom and games (a lot) work very well on my windows desktop.

On my nas, freebsd is doing a great job.

My servers? Ubuntu doing what it does best.

MacOS on my work laptop; Also not bad.

Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)

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Post by tsukurimashou »

RMPR wrote: post #322
alphachloride wrote: post #260

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That is something I do not care about it enough to dissuade me from the rest of the windows experience. Even accounting for it, the windows experience is still superior to linux for me. I suspect this applies to a big chunk of the population as well who don't care about open source/telemetry etc. If it comes down to it, I can add some rules in the hosts file or run some powershell scripts.

>If it comes down to it, I can add some rules in the hosts file or run some powershell scripts. Beware of this though, if you really want to remove all the telemetry. Seems like telemetry is deeply ingrained in the OS. Last time I used Windows tried to enable every option in O&O ShutUp10, got a BSOD.

on top of that, Microsoft has thousands of different domains they use for telemetry, good luck trying to stay up to date with that...

Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)

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Post by scns »

billyjobob wrote: post #415
RMPR wrote: post #325

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Which distro? That's very weird because most of my drivers problems are usually solved by updating the Kernel.

I’ve tried several distros and every updated kernel up to 5.9. No distro works if it has a kernel newer than 5.6.

Please report this bug.

Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)

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Post by Nginx487 »

cryptos wrote: post #471
Nginx487 wrote: post #371

"Most people use Windows on the desktop because it's the default" That's just a stereotype, and that's not true. I keep using Windows (hardened and almost isolated Parallels instance of Windows 7), because Linux has serious lack of software I need. I need fully functional MS Office, including API bindings for data import to Excel, and no, Libre Office Calc does not have even 20% of features I need. Of course, I need…

> I need Enterprise Architect, modeling software of that class simply does not exist on Linux. That is not quite true. At least Visual Paradigm exists for Linux. I consider it to be even better than Enterprise Architect. https://www.visual-paradigm.com/download/index.jsp?platform=...

I used both. Visual Paradigm is not even close

Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)

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Post by eeZah7Ux »

einpoklum wrote: post #407
sergeykish wrote: post #220

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As Linux user the article does not resonate with me. The actual points are discarded points # Linux is more stable and reliable. I've reinstalled Windows so many times, never reinstalled Linux. System is separate from the user, I can remove all user configurations and it would work like new. # Linux is more secure and private. I have so many packages, they are free and safe. I've tried Windows recently, have to insta…

> Linux is getting better while Windows and macOS getting worse. Well, some things are arguably not getting better. > Flatpak That's part of what's getting worse: Fracturing/deterioration of the use of distribution package management, instead of improving and expanding it. > web applications Another part of what's getting worse: Instead of having compact apps you have to load a behemoth of some web browser/app framew…

> That's part of what's getting worse: Fracturing/deterioration of the use of distribution package management, instead of improving and expanding it.

Indeed, the popularity of docker, flatpak and hobby/fad distributions and language-specific package managers is leading to many security nightmares and harming traditional distributions.

There are reasons for painstakingly vet and package software:

- security

- stability AKA you don't want to force feature upgrades with new bugs on servers and workstations

- legal compliance: people are unaware of the amount of license issues in docker hub, flatpaks and most distributions

Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)

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Post by Nginx487 »

ACS_Solver wrote: post #426
TsomArp wrote: post #397

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I have to agree with you. I consider myself a geek, a fairly advanced user of software and a software developer. I have been trying different versions of Linux since the Mandrake Linux times, so about what, 20 years? I always come back to Windows, which from Windows 2000 has been getting better and better. Of course there have been sh*t moments like Windows Vista and Windows 8, but Windows 2k, XP, 7, and now 10 (ente…

I think it really comes down to what software you need, more than proficiency. Just like you, I'm an advanced user, a software developer, and Mandrake was my first serious Linux. For me though, software isn't missing on Linux, it's missing on Windows. I rarely need an office suite, and my needs are limited to simple Word/Writer documents and even simpler Excel/Calc spreadsheets, so even MS Office 97 or StarOffice 5 h…

Probably we use different Windows. Cygwin installation is simple and gives you grep, sed, ssh, any Unix utility. Windows 10 comes with complete Linux Subsystem.
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