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    OP doesn’t like Linux (lemmy.world)
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    [–] ddplf@szmer.info 1 points 12 minutes ago

    I love this copypasta, I love my linux, I hate my windows. But let's be honest with ourselves for a second and completely ignore the punchline of this meme.

    Those ARE valid criticisms of linux distros. Arch is not for casuals so you should be aware what you're getting into before stepping in, however your everyday-consumer-facing distros like Mint are still far from providing a fully comfortable day to day experience.

    I love my Mint, I'm never going back to windows, I'm a technical person and I had to use AI to help me run my nonograms game without it injecting cocaine into my CPU.

    [–] spacesatan@lazysoci.al 12 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

    Man that subreddit is a trip. Really funny to actively hate FOSS on ideological grounds because you just love corporations and markets so much.

    [–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 9 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

    There’s one here on Lemmy too. I got banned this morning for sharing this post lol.

    Here’s a post from it defending Telemetry of all things.

    [–] spacesatan@lazysoci.al 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    Yeah I was just about to edit my comment to mention that. Like bro why are you here it's built on the same ethos you hate in linux.

    [–] madthumbs@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago)

    Then why do people pretend that being 'downvoted to hell' means anything here? Why would they point and say 'echo chamber' hypocritically?

    The truth is that Reddit is shady AF with their shadow bans, control of information, inconsistent rule following, etc. I'm actually trying to get more users here.

    I tried on Gab. -What happens when I correct someone on Gab about Linux? -They upvote and thank me for it! A community there for "Linux sucks" served no purpose.

    edit: I'm also against religion (worse cult) and didn't want to support the owner's evangelism. -But the site is ran pretty decent, and it's not bad when curated (another shady thing about Reddit is the limitation on blocking users).

    [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

    Lol the guy talks about linux like it's his job or special interest.

    [–] madthumbs@lemmy.world -1 points 1 hour ago (2 children)

    You got banned for breaking the rules. Integrity isn't common among evangelists.

    [–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 1 points 58 minutes ago

    There he is! Evangelism, sure. Idk man you got some weird shit going on, but you do you. πŸ‘

    [–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    Oh my god not the rules!

    [–] madthumbs@lemmy.world -2 points 48 minutes ago

    Imagine correcting me on anything. Everyone criticizing the community has the opportunity and NEVER does. Maybe because I'm right and not deceiving people and turning them into hardened Microsoft fans.

    [–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

    It makes more sense if you see capitalism as a game and these folks as gamer fanbois.

    [–] madthumbs@lemmy.world -4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    "love corporations"

    How about I despise communism and how it only works when workers are forced to work at gunpoint. Or, I haven't seen any legit gripes against Microsoft.

    Politically, I'm centrist, because both pure extremes fail. -China isn't 100% communist.

    Linux takes the position of 'competition' for Windows while being an eternal loser. They squash other great projects by taking their ideas and making them work with then objectively shitty (for desktop) kernel.

    Linux is a 'best case scenario' for Windows. (Yeah, you're actually helping Microsoft by being an evangelist).

    [–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    Communism literally never had a chance to evolve as a system because USA systematically fucked it over and fought it at every step, in the process committing horrific crimes against humanity along the way. Would you like some historical examples of what capitalism has done to humanity and democracy worldwide for centuries or are you just more of a "see the thing with communism is... It just doesn't work!" kind of guy?

    [–] madthumbs@lemmy.world -2 points 1 hour ago

    Please read what I wrote again. I'm not about arguing with someone who glazes.

    [–] Ganagaja@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 hour ago

    I think we should also have a community with name bigtechsuck

    [–] Planchette_Phantom@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

    I'm a basic Linux Mint/ZorinOS guy–I sometimes switch between the two–and even I know that it's dumb to install Arch unless you're REALLY good with computers.

    [–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

    Ngl file explorers on Linux suck some massive ass unless you use like Krusader or ranger or terminal based stuff. Dolphin, Caja, nemo, Thunar, Nautilus, all of them are so fucking convoluted that it feels like they are consciously designed to do the things you least expect and in the most roundabout way at all times.

    [–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 17 points 2 hours ago (2 children)

    The performance comments were a dead giveaway.

    Nobody's complaints with setting Linux up are that it runs slowly.

    It may not run much of anything until you sort out your drivers properly, but it will do everything incorrectly LIGHTNING fast, compared to Windows.

    [–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 1 points 44 minutes ago

    I thought Debian was as sluggish as Windows until I was forced to use the LXQt desktop environment instead of the default GNOME on an old Compaq laptop since that's all it could handle. Turns out, GNOME looks nice but it kept my old laptop's mid-2000s i386 CPU churning at 50% 24/7. LXQt? Barely a blip. Sure, it couldn't run Firefox quickly, but at least its fan was silent when idling or when I was simply using the laptop as a dumb SSH client into a much more powerful remote server.

    I now use LXQt on my main workstation because I don't need fancy tilΓ­ng windows or Wayland.

    [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

    Nobody’s complaints with setting Linux up are that it runs slowly.

    I mean, really depends on the device. I've got a machine running Mint and it kinda chugs along. But it's... I want to say at least 15 years old? Probably due for a RAM swap at the very least. Takes about five minutes to fully boot and if I run more than a few apps it drags.

    At some point, there's only so much an OS can do for you.

    The bit about incompatible drivers and the mess of third-party installs necessary to get it in a comfortable state also rang true. Plus all the minutea of configuration, so you're not typing in your password every time you sneeze. Windows does tend to come fully loaded out of the box, even if you're using a bunch of their mediocre native apps. And the desktop instance tends to be pre-configured to satisfy your average desktop user.

    Of course, Apple takes all of this to the next level. Really straight jacking everything you can do so that it's a unform experience from device to device. And I hate that shit, too, even if my machine boots face out of the box.

    [–] LightDelaBlue@jlai.lu 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    but... if you are new why.. arch? jsut use idk mint?

    [–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

    Some people like to make it hard on themselves. Or someone recommended it and they don’t know any better

    [–] taiyang@lemmy.world 42 points 5 hours ago (12 children)

    The most obvious bait to be was 1 hour install time. Windows 11 took 2 hours to install, CachyOS took like 5 minutes. I imagine Arch is similar, there is simply no way. Lol

    [–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 47 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

    The biggest fucking lie

    [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 hours ago

    "...in geological terms."

    [–] untorquer@quokk.au 22 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

    Updating. Do not turn of computer.

    100% complete

    Also: "Update and shut down"

    [–] Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

    I use win only at work anymore, no choice. Uodate and shut down is the biggest fucking lie. I press it every time, it never did shut down.

    [–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 11 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

    Did you say "update and shutdown while also rebooting?"

    Coming back to my PC and it being on when I expect it off, along with the notification that I hadn't used notifications in a while, is what pushed me over the edge to running linux for everything.

    [–] untorquer@quokk.au 1 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    Solidworks/PDM at work. πŸ™„

    No it won't be changing until Win11 actually breaks or dassault scraps PDM(actually as much or more of a trashfire as windows). I'll just find a new career eventually.

    [–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 1 points 40 minutes ago

    It took me a bit to figure out, but winapps might work for you. A couple of applications I use at work require me to have a windows VM, which is still way less of a headache than straight windows.

    [–] djdarren@piefed.social 9 points 4 hours ago

    I remember installing Arch on an ancient MacBook I've got. Set the installer going then put it to one side knowing it was going to take a while.

    It took about 7 minutes.

    Of course, I then spent two hours trying to get the fucking Broadcom drivers to work, but that's by the by.

    [–] timestatic@feddit.org 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

    I mean if you dont know jack shit about linux or arch and try to follow the guide I'd imagine it could take you quite a while. It took me a while at least.

    [–] taiyang@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

    I did hear Arch is a bit more trouble, yeah. CachyOS was pretty straightforward from desktop environment to automatically detecting hardware and such. Pretty much the same features you see with Windows, just a lot faster.

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    [–] Jestzer@lemmy.world 110 points 7 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

    [–] Bristlecone@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

    I just got banned from a community called Linux sucks this morning πŸ˜‚ what a weird community! Like if you don't like Linux just don't use it? People are so strange

    [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 13 points 5 hours ago

    The second issue was too blatant, I knew I was getting the old 4chan bait and switch

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