Unfortunately, Linux has the requirement that a user needs IQ > 80. That's why it's only at 4% desktop market share.
i get this is just supposed to be a joke but it really boils down to "non-linux users are stupid" and that's just sad
I hate it when people gate keep. If someone who doesn't care about computers at all but finds windows annoying can switch (my mother) anyone can.
At the same time, there is an expectation for people to try to get used to how different Linux is just like with switching to macos. It's not great dealing with people switching to Linux expecting it to be almost identical to windows. I think it's left some of us a little bitter.
Ironically, I find Windows much harder to use, but maybe that's because I'm constantly trying to stop it from doing ridiculous things like installing drivers for devices I don't own, updating in the background, and prompting me to create a le microsoft account.
The only reason I continue to use Windows 10 on my gaming computer is I've got years of regedits and gpedits invested before being introduced to Linux.
No means yes right? I'm gonna say no means yes, have 100G of smartphone games and spyware disguised as a web browser or an AI assistant!
Oh and were gonna do it now in the middle of you compiling a big project or running a fluid simulation. Also when we're done punching your dick in we're gonna ask you to try office 365, teams, and onecloud like we did the last 50 times.
Yep, so on top of the regedits, I should have mentioned the need to run additional software just to get it to behave. Things like BC Uninstaller to remove the bloat and MSEdgeRedirect to force the baked-in URLs to use my default browser.
Linux is so much easier imo. For full disclosure, I'm "only" using Mint, but still -- what an improvement!
I just love how during install you can already specify what you need and dont need on linux, and even after install I end up having more programs on windows, half of which is just programs like 7zip, vlc, notepad++, wacom software, I could go on, and this all built into kde plasma
I wish someone had told me all this years ago! I always heard people claim that you had to be super techie to understand how to use Linux, so I stayed away until last year when someone on lemmy finally convinced me to try it on an old gaming laptop of mine -- a laptop that could barely run Windows anymore. It works just fine with Linux!
People are good at different things depending on what they spend their finite time and energy on.
But 90% of people have IQ > 80
I thank you for thinking I'm smart enough to use Linux, but, homie, I'm Patrick trying to do a DIY project. I'm big dumb.
If something like KDE Neon came preinstalled on a PC they'd be fine tbh. It's the act of having to install a thing that makes it undesirable
Don't forget the uptime differences!
Windows: It's been 10 minutes, can we reboot for updates now??
Linux: Uptime- yes
Unless your on archlinux! Every once and a while you get a buggy package that makes your system a little unstable. I remember when a kernel update made the system freeze up if something tried to sleep or stop the wifi module.
It was like an infinite loop of a module failing to stop and a service repeatedly killing it.
I once upgraded my system on Arch and it updated the kernel...and deleted the running kernel and its modules. Which was annoying when I had a video conference, and I plugged in my webcam for which the module had been removed.
(I used Arch btw. But I run Debian now.)
In fairness to arch, they do tell you on the wiki that kernel updates do that and you should restart
Debian Linux running on TP-LINK Wi-Fi router with external GPU running open-source reverse-engineered version of GTA Vice city: https://youtu.be/bcjuoEZg8rI
The article: https://kittenlabs.de/real-gaming-router/
Wait what, reverse engineered vice city? Since when?! I know about Mario 64 and ocarina of time being reverse engineered, but vice city? These N64 games I thought must have been a living nightmare to decompile, but like, decompiling a GTA game!? How? That must have been so much work
PSA a bunch of distributions have dropped i386 and older 64bit cpu support.
You'd be surprised how often I have CPU compatibility issues in Linux. Completely unheard of in windows as long as you have the processing power.
its kinda how i see it. windows cuts off support if something is not enough/too slow, linux cuts support if its too niche that no one wants to support it.
Hard drive: (Optional)
CPU: (Optional)
I've seen that meme, but is the CPU actually optional?
Technically it’s required, but I saw an article where someone was able to install a form of Linux into a machine that didn’t have one!
Alas, my cursory searches are unable to pull it up right now. I feel like DDG is getting worse, it used to actually be pretty dope…
Doesn't DDG essentially act as a middle man between google? So if google search gets worse so too does DDG.
Bing, not Google
I mean you can boot Linux entirely from RAM
All systems copy the kernel into RAM before running. It needs something to store the kernel/OS when it's off so some kind of non-volatile storage like hard disk/usb disk is needed
Regularly users mostly don't give a shit about any of that. They care about ease of use out of the box and compatibility. Y'all get so pissed off at Linus because he actually understand what most people care about.
who's saying were pissed at him, I agree with him
🤷♂️ the general consensus I mostly get from the Linux+lemmy community is that he's an idiot to stupid to use Linux. And you put him as the dude above the Chad. You made that choice for a reason.
Linus is an idiot cause hes just another robber baron wannabe who got his dirt aired out internationally. We crack on him cause hes an asshole who treats his employees like shit. Use him however you like, he sure does that to his employees.
so pissed off at Linus
Who's pissed off at Linus? Linus is "unfathomably based," as the kids say
Edit: I thought you meant Linus Torvalds lmao
Someone got Linux to boot (very slowly) virtualized on an ESP32. For context, you can get a board with an ESP32 (basically a tiny computer without a power supply or interface) for around $2.
Computer is a stretch. It's usually called a microcontroller or system on a chip. It works off 1.8V input voltage and so will run off a USB supply. Raspberry pi which is a computer is called System on a board.
People call the control system of the Saturn V a computer when it is less powerful and capable by any measure you choose to compare. I'm really just calling it a computer though because a lot of people don't know what the word microcontroller means (this isn't a tech specific community)
Running any modern OS especially windows on 4GB of RAM is not a pleasent experience
Arch/Debian with DWL and Firefox should be a pleasant browsing experience with 4GB of RAM.
Facts since some peoples can install Linux on a washing machine
Psh, my washing machine came with Linux out of the box
luv linux
I kinda fuck with Linux, but I also have ADHD and don't enjoy OS tinkering enough to switch. When I find a way to make it fun, I'll do it. When I have a specific problem that only Linux can solve, I'll do it.
I just don't care enough about privacy right now. I only care about privacy in regards to critical matters. I assume all my actions online are public and try to only do things I would be willing to defend or admit to.
My one piece of advice for if you ever end up switching to Linux is to not use an Arch-based distro. I'm sure there's one that requires no tinkering, but every Arch distro I've used required me to tinker
You can get around the requires internet thing (at least the one for the OOBE, not sure if it forces the issue later) and in the same token the Microsoft account requirement. Of course, it's very difficult to do and obscure knowledge, plus they may be trying to force the issue in 12, so the point stands.
You will have a really bad time on Windows with 4GB ram and 64GB storage, though.
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