My fave.
No lie, it’s got to the point that it’s more convenient to use Linux. Windows has become very intrusive with trying to help, privacy issue landmines you have to navigate, it’s not unpleasant to use Windows. It’s just more work to do it.
The windows 11 settings menus are complete abominations, and the search function is about as much help as just screaming what you’re looking for at the screen.
I think the big difference is that linux actually has tools and communities to help you fix your problem. It’s just that linux’s tools (and their communities) aren’t always the most friendly
Thing is, I use Linux cuz it allows to have simplicity and convenience where those things are of value to me.
Not having an online always connected local user account is simplicity to me.
Having file permissions changeable with a simple command rather than having to fuck about a ui and registry is simplicity to me.
Having an os that’s under my control is convenient for me.
Having a user interface that suits my wants/needs and has ample options for customization is convenient for me.
I like Linux, I hate the app names. It’s confusing as hell, especially if you are looking for some app that functions the way you imagine, then they name something weird like Nautilus instead of file explorer lmao.
For some reason people get all ways extra fabulous when they make open source Software and need a fancy name instead of a great descriptive one…
Or they could name it atleast nautilus the file explorer or something.
lol, thaat is so true. It’s never just “File Explorer”, is it?
But there are many file explorers availiable so if you install multiple then it will be a bunch of file explorers. Well pre installed one can be shown with the name “Files” like gnome does
It’s actually called “GNOME Files” nowadays. And it’s had the moniker “File Manager” for ages in the desktop entries for most distros, even if the official name was “Nautilus”.
I actually feel the other way around… if they had just called it “File Explorer” it’d come off as if they are getting “extra fabulous”, because it implies the other file explorers are not really THE “File Explorer”.
Imagine if when Google launched Chrome they had decided to name it “Web Browser” instead of “Google Chrome”.
It doesn’t exactly help that there’s like 5-10 of each kind of thing.
For me personally, having 5-10 of everything is good. I find what I like the best and you find what you like best. It can make extra work, but if you subtract out all the time I’d spend fighting the windows UI or looking at ads and “recommended content”, I think we may actually come out on the better end of things.
I believe both Xfce and Cinnamon have a setting for generic app names: i.e. “Firefox” becomes “Web Browser” & “Nautilus” becomes “File Manager”. I always thought this feature was great.
Don’t worry guys, I know how to fix this. I’ll just create another package manager!! That should do it
Package manager vs rogue EXEs and kernel drivers alone make things easier in Linux compared to Windows.
Never heard of chocolatey eh?
Chocolatey is … meh. Better than nothing I guess. Now WinGet is an official MS tool, not to bad, but not much in the repo either.
I use chocolatey on Windows when I’m on windows, the slight issue is a lot of stuff just isn’t on it. That’s rare for me on my main OS where everything is on pacman or the AUR.
Oh I use arch btw.
As a disclaimer, I didn’t make this myself, and I lovingly use Linux for all my computing needs.
But when I selfhost nextcloud to avoid google, or use proton, I am aware that I don’t allways choose the easy way.
I am aware that I don’t allways choose the easy way.
We don’t do it because it’s easy, we do it because we thought it would be easy.
I love simplicity and convenience. I just don’t like giving up control.
Things that are simple are often not simple to use. Things that are simple to use are often complex. Although, hammers also exist so it’s not exactly an universal rule…
And hammers are also the best tool to deal with a Windows machine!
Meme creator has obviously never used Linux Mint.
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Apparently Windows users just want something that never works, is unsupportable, and required re-installation 3 times a year.
This meme was made by not a real Linux user actually.
Once you set things up properly, linux is incredibly convenient. Installing something literally takes 5 seconds. Updating everything is a single command instead of manually checking the websites for every piece of software.
I disagre. But don’t want to downvote.
I disagree, and I will downvote.
I mean that’s just not true.
