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People keep flocking to Linux, not just to escape Windows

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Re: People keep flocking to Linux, not just to escape Windows

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Post by silver_silver »

pjjpo wrote: post #56
Ciantic wrote: post #30

I switched to Linux in the past month. First, I installed GNOME based Fedora 43, that was a mistake. I got it working "somewhat" like Windows, with Dash to Panel etc. widgets, but stability was not there after all the hacks. Then I figured I try KDE Plasma, and this is so close to Windows that I made the switch permanent. Even little things like double-clicking on top, or bottom resize handle vertically maximizes the…

Made the switch recently too, I only use the windows box for gaming so went with bazzite-kde. Games were up and running in no time, though I am still noodling over getting Japanese IME working in one though haven't given it any effort yet. Other issues were Bluetooth dongle not being compatible though I happened to have one that is. Ironically the old one doesn't seem to have the same temporary connection issues I wa…

To be fair, most forks - especially of Wine - are more like testing branches. The useful stuff tends to find its way upstream eventually

Re: People keep flocking to Linux, not just to escape Windows

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Post by senectus1 »

Ciantic wrote: post #30

I switched to Linux in the past month. First, I installed GNOME based Fedora 43, that was a mistake. I got it working "somewhat" like Windows, with Dash to Panel etc. widgets, but stability was not there after all the hacks. Then I figured I try KDE Plasma, and this is so close to Windows that I made the switch permanent. Even little things like double-clicking on top, or bottom resize handle vertically maximizes the…

kde and fedora.. a thing of beauty.

Re: People keep flocking to Linux, not just to escape Windows

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Post by chickensong »

mvdtnz wrote: post #41
Animats wrote: post #7

The year of Linux on the desktop, at last. What may make this happen is political risk. The rest of the world outside the US doesn't like the excessive dependency of Microsoft systems on servers in the US, especially when that may mean snooping or disconnection. This used to be just a theoretical objection, but under the Trump administration it's a practical one.

What on earth are you talking about? There is no "excessive dependency of Microsoft systems on servers in the US", and even if there is typial consumers are not aware and do not care. And if they did what does server software have to do with end user OS choices?

What on earth are you talking about? Digital sovereignty is a growing concern, and Microsoft (as well as most corp/proprietary tech) is ever increasing online dependencies, to servers that they control. Even typical end users are starting to notice a bad smell.

Re: People keep flocking to Linux, not just to escape Windows

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Post by adithyassekhar »

JumpCrisscross wrote: post #33
Ciantic wrote: post #30

I switched to Linux in the past month. First, I installed GNOME based Fedora 43, that was a mistake. I got it working "somewhat" like Windows, with Dash to Panel etc. widgets, but stability was not there after all the hacks. Then I figured I try KDE Plasma, and this is so close to Windows that I made the switch permanent. Even little things like double-clicking on top, or bottom resize handle vertically maximizes the…

My parents run a Windows PC as, from what I can tell, a home for stray botnets. The main uses are checking email and working on Word documents. (They have a laptop and iPad, respectively, which does most of their work, so it's an infrequently consulted machine.) What Linux build would you recommend that I can fire and forget, that would be compatible with the Windows 10 machine they have running and will likely never…

How can they manage without Office suite? I really can't without teams that's why I keep coming back. PWA doesn't have the "5% feature" I need.

Re: People keep flocking to Linux, not just to escape Windows

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Post by chanux »

AuthAuth wrote: post #37

I moved over just to see what it was and one of the coolest things that instantly made me fall inlove was seeing being directed to a system file and finding out it was a text file that I could open and it had instructions explaining what the options were. It felt so inviting, like the computer was showing me how things worked and I could change it if i wanted something different.

This! When I got started on Linux way back then, this is what I noticed. I get to learn how things connect and how things work.

Yes, things breaking adds to this experience but when you are young, there is a lot of time for things you enjoy.

Re: People keep flocking to Linux, not just to escape Windows

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Post by wheelie_bob »

coffeecoders wrote: post #85

I don't know who said it, but it fits the current Windows vs Linux moment perfectly. "Most people don’t want control. They want optionally having control." Windows gives you the worst of both worlds. It restricts the control over the things that matter, and dumps unnecessary knobs on everything else. Linux flipped that. It stays out of your way, lets you change what you actually care about, and never fights you for o…

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Re: People keep flocking to Linux, not just to escape Windows

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Post by rufus_foreman »

Oh fuck. The assholes that thought Windows was perfectly acceptable until late 2025 are flocking to Linux.

Maybe get a Macbook?

Do you even know how bad Linux is? The video drivers don't work, bluetooth doesn't work, your laptop won't wake up from sleep, it's horrible. Go the fuck away. Linux is horrible.

Windows is fucking awesome. Mac is OK. Linux sucks. Don't waste your time.

Re: People keep flocking to Linux, not just to escape Windows

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Post by cmcaleer »

hermitcrab wrote: post #16

I've been hearing about how Linux is going to replace Windows for at least 2 decades now. I expect it to finally happen some time after we get 'too cheap to meter' fusion power.

I shitposted about the ‘year of the Linux desktop’ for most of my teenage and adult life only to dual boot Linux for a bit as an experiment a year or two ago and have ~never booted in to Windows for anything other than games with anticheat since.

It’s more a case of Windows getting significantly worse and feeling like malware than Linux desktop being THAT much better than the last time I tried it, but between proton and maybe 95%+ of my work being in a browser window or browser window (Electron) these days, I basically never run in to compatibility issues and never have Candy Crush advertised to me.

Re: People keep flocking to Linux, not just to escape Windows

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Post by dagmx »

AndrewDucker wrote: post #19
kylec wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What about a Mac? macOS isn't exactly Linux, but you can run a lot of Linux command line things just fine on it, and Apple will always make sure macOS works 100% on the Macs they sell.

How are they at running all of the games I own on Steam?

About the same as Linux, if you use Crossover. Which is the functional equivalent to Wine/Proton.
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