If you're ditching more popular social medias for less popular open source ones, you're probably already a Linux User.
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not true. here i am using lemmy and i use windows and dont have any linux installed.
I'm not saying all who use lemmy use linux, I'm saying most who use lemmy are probably using linux.
Why are there no closed source communities on open source reddit?
This is like asking "where is White Culture?"
My sibling in Christ, its called the Mainstream.
Or "Why isn't there a straight community? Are the gays winning?"
"But when is white history month??"
Found the person reddit banned.
I’ve been using both for about 20 years. I can honestly say most people can and should use both.
I just wiped a trash celeron pc that ran windows awful. I put Ubuntu 24 LTS on it and it screams. Took about an hour.
If you have old hardware that you want to extend the life of or repurpose, consider Linux before buying something new.
I don't understand. Why should people run windows?
Most of the corporate world runs mixed operating system environments. If you plan on working at a company, and will use a computer, chances are it’ll be Windows. Being able to use both is an advantage. In my 25 year IT career across all spectrum of industry, more Windows is used and Linux is niche. But the Linux users typically really know their shit. There’s a lot of skills carryover between the two operating systems. I could get into specifics if desired.
bec its easy to use,and has all software without "fixes" (wine). atleast those are my reasons for not using linux
because they want to see ads in their start menu, send their pictures to some MS servers and have their notepad.exe crawl and crash because of AI.
you know, all the fun stuf...
Also if they want malware infections through notepad.exe - I can probably accomplish that on Linux with Wine, but it would take more effort.
Edit: I might give up and just send the Malware author a few bucks, out of pity.
Or I want the hardware/software I paid for to work
There's a variety of reasons. I run Windows because my hardware doesn't work on any Linux I tried. I don't like it, but I don't really have a choice
It’s like, there is a vegan community, but there isn’t a meat eaters community. We don’t need to spend a lot of time boring people telling them we use Windows, and how good Windows is.
Yet, you just felt the need to put 'Windows' and 'good' in the same sentence. Interesting 🤔
Sorry, threw out some bait and wanted to see what I caught 😉 🎣
No one has ever gone out of their way to run windows. At least not in 25y.
Why is a MacOS related screenshot posted in a Linux community for a question about Windows?
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Idk how many people I have met who don't know what windows is despite using it for years. For them it is Mac and PC (pc meaning windows), anything outside of that is black magic or hacker stuff.
Goddamnit, I installed librewolf on my office pc and changed the theme of slopOS-11 “oh he’s a hacker!”.
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