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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
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Yeah I've been using Gnome exclusively for about 3 years. Every time I help someone with their Windows desktop I'm always as surprised with the performance and general bad UX. Why is something hidden behind a 3rd hidden menu? Billions are being paid in licensing for this.
Shame.
After using GNOME, i absolutely hate how Windows 10 settings are setup. Random places, random UI, some hard to get to unless you already know what you want, some greyed out by an option in a totally different UI dialog. It is a goddamn mess. Windows 7 had it figured out in the central Control Panel
The performance is what surprises me. I had someone complaining about a computer being slow so I offered to reinstall Windows.
Moral to the story is Windows is slow. I even had to try to explain why Nortan is generally not advisable. (They were paying a lot of money for it)
I game with friends online, so I've always had windows on a second drive. Compatibility has gotten so good though that it's actually kinda rare that I even need to boot windows anymore. It's better than ever to be a gamer on Linux.
Unless you want to play games with anticheat (thanks Riot) (:
Well linux can be janky too, my arch install for example feels like it's held together by ductape and some silly string. It does work tho! ~~for now~~
Ah yes but is it fast, minimal, and bloat-free?
Fast? Yeah it's Linux you gotta try to make it slow
Minimal? Only optically
Bloatfree? Hell no. That's like the main reason of my problems
Well technically it's not really bloat cause i need all that
Yeah it is way to often we forget how good we have it on GNU/Linux. I also had to work a lot with the two proprietary OSes a lot during the past year or so at work where our software is cross-platform so I had to test it everywhere. Oh and boy the closed proprietary options are even worse then I remember them from 5+ years ago. So dumbed down so much spyware. One is also very bloated and don't get me started how hard it is to properly support them when programming and it is so hard to debug when something goes wrong. Just terrible experience for things I take for granted while using GNU/Linux every day.
So yeah thanks to all people developing libre and opensource software and GNU/Linux especially, just love it how it gives me the choice of which desktop to use, or if I do not want to use GUI desktop at all, thanks for keeping everything deep down event to the center of the kernel accessible, and just hidden behind a very nice GUI desktop, thanks for being so open it is much easier to see things when they go wrong and see where it went wrong and is so much easier to debug. Thanks for keeping and strengthening our 4 essential freedoms and for actually caring about our privacy instead of just bullshiting and talking like you care. And thank you for not adding more stupid corporate bloat into your OS and apps. You are the real unsung heroes of the digital world, unlike this GAFAM/BigTech exploitative mafia making their products ever more closed and shitty in general just to exploit you more.
I'll drink to that! 🍻
After well over a decade since I had to regularly use Windows, I can't last 5 minutes before I'm in a lathered up rage.
I love that with Linux and somewhat older/underpowered computers, I can always find some software that makes it work. Things might take longer and I might have to budget myself with browser tabs a bit, but it is doable.
It runs well on new hardware too
Win 10 or Win 11? Win 10 works great for me, but Win 11 is a fucking nightmare.
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Let's not pretend Linux isn't without its own jank. Currently broken on my install
/proc/acpi/wakeup after every boot or the nvme ssd immediately wakes the system up from sleepI know I'll get down voted for saying this because lemmy is a Linux circlejerk. But if we want Linux to proliferate we can't keep ignoring its problems. And sure, if I could be bothered I could probably fix most of these things with enough time. But I don't want to spend my limited free time fixing stuff that really should just work out of the box
Mate, your gonna get downvoted because these absolutely aren't universal problems lol. Chrome can't update? USB file transfers are broken? Ssd waking a system? These are not problems I've experienced in years of Linux distros across a rainbow of hardware..
Ssd wake is a bios issue. Monitor issue has happened on every distro I've tried. Vpn cert import is a distro issue as its been fine in other distros. Idk what's going on with chrome. It's not bothered me enough to look into yet. When I do have to use windows there are non of these issues.
It sounds like you need to jump over to [email protected] (disclaimer: I'm the mod)
I'm going to try to respond to each of your bullet points. (I don't know everthing)
Thanks for trying to help. I have already managed to import the ovpn certs using the CLI. It's just the Gnome import wizard that was not working. I suspect one of my monitors is incorrectly reporting its native resolution and refresh rate as its an issue that occurrs with both nvidia and AMD gpus. I'm on vacation now but I'll visit linuxquestions when I'm back because it's a really annoying issue lol.
You are saying these like it is every Linux OS. Mine has been good, even hibernate and nVidia work great when others complain about this stuff.
I've been dailying Linux for 6 or 7 years with a variety of hardware configurations and there's always been something that's broken or not working correctly
Have you tried OpenSUSE? I have been running since 2017...everything is working, all distro upgrades have been fine. Either I'm super lucky or SUSE/OpenSUSE has things figured out
Chrome updates just fine for via dnf repo on Fedora 39.
Yes indeed. I used to work in IT but due to a change in my life I'm doing something else now. Which means I only use Linux at home and only see Windows when I need to print. I keep Win10 in a VM, disconnected from the net, just to print. Which is rare.
But I remember well how crap Windows is, even on good hardware. The issues I had with Surface laptops at work was painful. I stopped ordering those for management because I'm the one who had to fix the issue they inevitably had. And that's MS' own hardware.
Even powerful graphics orientated HP machines would need regular rebooting to fix freezing issues on Win10.
Meanwhile the few Win7 and XP machines we had still in use, ran just fine, even though the hardware was 10+ years old ...
I'm on Linux Mint Debian Edition on a Mac Mini and it runs flawlessly.
Linux is really great, considering it's free of charge, and I wouldn't ever voluntarily run Windows again.
I've used unix/linux desktops since the mid 80's. I actually ran and developed apps on X10. I have to use Windows at work in varying capacities, It was relegated to a VM until 2017. The last two jobs since then, the IT departments lock things down and I've had to have Windows host with linux VM. I only use the Windows host for non-development work -- email, IM, word docs, etc.
It’s incredible how Linux is both free and a more stable experience, even as a nvidia+wayland user.
Yes, I agree with you generally speaking until... I've to use MS Office and the alternatives aren't up to it when it comes to collaboration with other MS Office users. Same goes for Adobe and Autodesk.
Been using OnlyOffice for years in multiple companies, haven't had any problems. Word, Excel, PowerPoint presentations, no issues at all collaborating with other MS Office users.
And if you must have 100% MS apps, just use the browser-based apps. My current company is all Microsoft, I just do everything through the browser on my Debian 12 system. Teams, Email, SharePoint, Onedrive, etc. No issues whatsoever.
And if you must have 100% MS apps, just use the browser-based apps.
True, but that doesn’t work for everyone as online MS Office has limitations.
This totally. Every oss office suite I've tried is either incompatible, glitchy or has weird workflow for some things. But ms office is available on the web for free so it doesn't bother me
But ms office is available on the web for free so it doesn’t bother me
True, but that doesn't work for everyone as online MS Office has limitations.
WPS Office isn't FOSS, but I've never had any sort of compatibility issues with what it produces. And it's UI is way better than LO or Only.