I completely disagree. Experience in Ubuntu and Windows is drastically different:
* Both systems have some problems, but in Windows they are difficult to investigate and fix.
* The problems are different.
I'm wondering where FreeBSD falls on this scale? I know that it should be no life at, but more so than Arch. Also, you should have Gentoo where Kali is.
After using arch I am 'lucky' I haven't got any major issues.
Set up in 2 days, have a system I want & paru does everything I need. It's a bit buggy but it's KDE & not the distro.
But Fedora kept me kernal panic every 3 months, easy fix, but annoying, Ubuntu had weird network problems in the past.
Linux in wrong hands easily the _most_ insecure OS, because among viruses, supply chain attacks, exploits, etc. there are designs flaws in some of remote access technologies and legacy protocols. Like one could obtain superuser rights just by creating some files in user directory,then deleting some.
Sorry, this diagram makes no sense to me - it should be the opposite.
I use Linux BECAUSE I don't fear technology.
Windows users usually "fear" technology.
Apple users are the same as Windows users, but have more to spend and prefer to be told what to do.
Windows is a high maintenance system that sometimes require you to do research, if you want to keep it work well without reinstallations on every weird problem.
People who don't want to have problems and do troubleshooting use MacOS.
Don't think for a second that MacOS systems don't crash.
And, i0S - especially iPadOS - are incredibly inefficient and more like a type of fascism - particularly, file management. I've NEVER experience a more faulty file manager than Files app for both.
They used to cash if there is just one bad time node in network. And somehow that's not a warranty case. Was quite a prblem here,because legacy hardware of provider would reset to 1980 year after reboot and won't sync for a couple of minutes. If iPhone "spotted" that ,the kernel will die. A brick.
1. MacOS and iOS -- different OSes.
2. Subjective UX-inefficiency is not a way to express how maintenance heavy something is.
3. Every complex system crash once in a while. But I'm yet to meet at least one MacOS user (in the circle of people I know) who would not have confirmed rel. low maintenance.
*By extremely little differences. In fact, the primary difference IS the file management system.* I know this because I also owned a MacBook Pro before (and I actually liked it). But it also crashed many times as well.
Imagine the difference between Android and Ubuntu. And now imagine some person in the internet says "different by extremely little differences; in fact, the primary difference IS the FS management system". What would you answer on that?
My last experience of Linux (albeit long ago) was struggling to partition and realising that installing each game I enjoyed was going to be a "project".
I imagine Linux has evolved... I hope so at least.
yup! and i've found the heroic game launcher (https://heroicgameslauncher.com/) to be the most convenient thing to automate the process. deals with gog, epic and amazon stores seamlessly, integrates with steam, can use steam's proton and other wine gaming builds, and all in a few clicks.
They are so called Linux distributions meaning that they are all basically Linux but all have different software and packages they come with. For new users I would recommend Ubuntu as it is very easy to install and it even downloads all the needed drivers for you for the most part.
Or different software would be a drag to say. Packages makes more sense but packages are basically software. But the good thing about Linux in general is that the main idea is that it is modular and if you want a package from a different distribution then the one you have you can get it if you want.
Meh. Just follow this old Unix Gal's Guide to all things OS.
Go here. https://distrowatch.com
Start and Rank 1.
Keep installing every time you find something that irritates you, until you get to the bottom of the list.
Then go to whatever made you most productive.
IDK, I use Linux since 2003. So far so good. What are your problems with Linux except for an obsessive need for specific closed-source programs written for Windows/MacOS (a-la Photoshop, Final Cut)?
for those who lack any kind of software on linux, try switching to arch, its aur repositories has almost everything anyone would ever need (not adobe stuff tho), i even run microsoft teams port on my arch desktop (absolute ohio of a software, but i need it for work)
I agree with parts of this but I disagree with the assumption that apple users are rich. I run macOS X on older hardware because it is based on Unix and offers all of the benefits of Linux distros plus decent drivers and peripherals out in the box. It is accessible to novices but extensible to pros
I use a 2015 MacBook Air for work. It’s ten years old now but it still does what I need it to do. When it breaks down I’ll get another 4-5 year old used Air and use it for another 5-6 years.
Idk, I've been on arch ever since I switched to Linux.
Nothing else really worked with my near brand new Nvidia card at the time. I haven't switched because for me at least, nothing else works quite as well.
It's basically like an installer but text based and you choose every aspect of your system.
You are required to change some things, others have defaults.
Mint or Zorin base. OSBoxes with containers/distros based on needs or strengths of distros. Something goes sideways: blast the distro and do another. Have heavy duty encryption for the ones you want to keep - multi layered encryption system. Single encryption layer is for amateurs!
I had so many problems getting games to run when I tried to switch to Linux that I just gave up. I don't wanna have to do 3 hours of research just to try and get something to work right.
I only recently started using Fedora, but it is growing on me with its cleanliness and speed. There were few rough edges, but they were easy to address.
Funny how much of my life I've wasted trying to fix issues in Ubuntu and fedora compared to arch.
I really do wish fedora didn't nuke itself every time I try to run it on my desktop. I still haven't figured out how the init corrupts itself every kernel update.
FreeBSD needs to be placed in that chart somewhere. I have built much of my life around FreeBSD and its venerable UNIX heritag. And yes, I do have a life!
I would say that macOS belongs to both sides. Shiny desktop and freeBSD (derivative) under the hood.
Makes it easy to switch back and forth to Ubuntu/Debian/whatever console when programming.
On top of that some kick ass silicon.
Some limitations choosing specific processor core etc.
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There should be:
Do you wish to suffer?
Yes: Ubuntu
Canonical somehow managed to repeat Windows experience on Linux in all the bad ways.
* Both systems have some problems, but in Windows they are difficult to investigate and fix.
* The problems are different.
The closer to the left, the more your nephew likes you.😂
Warn somebody before you spring something like that on them!
Sheesh!
Set up in 2 days, have a system I want & paru does everything I need. It's a bit buggy but it's KDE & not the distro.
But Fedora kept me kernal panic every 3 months, easy fix, but annoying, Ubuntu had weird network problems in the past.
I use Linux BECAUSE I don't fear technology.
Windows users usually "fear" technology.
Apple users are the same as Windows users, but have more to spend and prefer to be told what to do.
People who don't want to have problems and do troubleshooting use MacOS.
And, i0S - especially iPadOS - are incredibly inefficient and more like a type of fascism - particularly, file management. I've NEVER experience a more faulty file manager than Files app for both.
2. Subjective UX-inefficiency is not a way to express how maintenance heavy something is.
3. Every complex system crash once in a while. But I'm yet to meet at least one MacOS user (in the circle of people I know) who would not have confirmed rel. low maintenance.
https://theapplewiki.com/wiki/IPod_Software
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darwin_(operating_system)
*By extremely little differences. In fact, the primary difference IS the file management system.* I know this because I also owned a MacBook Pro before (and I actually liked it). But it also crashed many times as well.
Imagine the difference between Android and Ubuntu. And now imagine some person in the internet says "different by extremely little differences; in fact, the primary difference IS the FS management system". What would you answer on that?
I imagine Linux has evolved... I hope so at least.
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Do you care about freedom/privacy??
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Yes No
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SteamOS Windows
Can you install Proton outside of SteamOS??? That would be amazing
Interested
Setting up rpmfusion is kinda silly but you don't have to think about it once it's set up.
I’d recommend Debian > Ubuntu > Fedora from those, but personally Mint might be much smooth transition
Go here. https://distrowatch.com
Start and Rank 1.
Keep installing every time you find something that irritates you, until you get to the bottom of the list.
Then go to whatever made you most productive.
Youll thank me later.
Or, do you use Linux as a hobby?
Nothing else really worked with my near brand new Nvidia card at the time. I haven't switched because for me at least, nothing else works quite as well.
It's stable and boring if you don't tinker and from what I hear, the new install script makes it trivial.
Trivial? How so?
You are required to change some things, others have defaults.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Archinstall
I really do wish fedora didn't nuke itself every time I try to run it on my desktop. I still haven't figured out how the init corrupts itself every kernel update.
Ubuntu is my fault, I hate snaps.
Linux had all the software I needed to do my work and it ran the games I wanted to play.
I kinda jumped ship back when Microsoft was resetting my default browser and trying to get me to switch to an online account.
https://techhut.tv/how-to-dual-boot-fedora-and-windows-11/
I thought I lost years of photos and projects.
Python doesn't work on my windows for some reason.
What Linux should I use
FreeBSD and all the*BSDs
Makes it easy to switch back and forth to Ubuntu/Debian/whatever console when programming.
On top of that some kick ass silicon.
Some limitations choosing specific processor core etc.