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| why are linux users the most friendy* loving pieces of stuff on the planet? |
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| Mr.Noßody:
See, it's kind of like a social club or fandom that people with nothing else going for them need to attach themselves to for validation. Otherwise they would off themselves or call in bomb threats to the local schools. These kinds of things are all over too, You know, like your avatar. |
| Ipquarx:
Linux fits most of my needs, is very lightweight compared to windows, uses less battery, and has the added benefit of being free & open source. (I won't even mention the career-related benefits) Say what you want about whatever company but I will always trust something that's free & open source to something that's closed source. It's not about demonizing everything else or seeking validation for "nerd cred", like some people will inevitably say. It fits my needs, so I use it when I can. If I need something windows-exclusive, then so be it, I use windows that day. The joys of dual booting! |
| SWAT One:
--- Quote from: Nal on June 18, 2017, 05:27:18 PM --- --- End quote --- This doesn't matter, though. The broader consumer market demands ease of use and doesn't care if something loads some negligible amount of time faster. The time you take to learn the command-line and execute it will quickly fill that once advantageous gap. And furthermore, most people ask WHY should it be this complicated? What is the need for these complicated processes. |
| Pecon:
--- Quote from: Ipquarx on June 19, 2017, 08:39:25 PM ---Linux fits most of my needs, is very lightweight compared to windows, uses less battery, and has the added benefit of being free & open source. (I won't even mention the career-related benefits) Say what you want about whatever company but I will always trust something that's free & open source to something that's closed source. It's not about demonizing everything else or seeking validation for "nerd cred", like some people will inevitably say. It fits my needs, so I use it when I can. If I need something windows-exclusive, then so be it, I use windows that day. The joys of dual booting! --- End quote --- Pretty much all of this. --- Quote from: SWAT One on June 19, 2017, 08:55:00 PM ---This doesn't matter, though. The broader consumer market demands ease of use and doesn't care if something loads some negligible amount of time faster. The time you take to learn the command-line and execute it will quickly fill that once advantageous gap. And furthermore, most people ask WHY should it be this complicated? What is the need for these complicated processes. --- End quote --- Do you actually think the goal of linux is to be intentionally harder to use? The Gnome community would like to have some very terse words with you, as they're one of a number of very long projects whose sole purpose is to make Linux distros easier to use, they still continue to improve it to this day. It shouldn't come as any surprise that the open source community is slower at making these tools than huge companies, but they have made incredibly impressive progress. |
| Juncoph:
he never said he thought linus was intentionally harder though |
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