im a windows user myself,i dont like linux nor use it. but i did use it before (pop os).
so im intersed in knowing why some people like it.
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Linux is an operating system. It handles your system resources and makes them available to your applications. It was built by devs who tried to make the system good.
Windows is a marketing tool. It is designed to get the user to subscribe to the cloud services that make Microsoft money.
It was built by devs who tried to make the system profitable.I only have to reboot when I want to, not when a corporation wants me to.
windows never forces me to reboot even if i have to update.
Neat. Maybe they’ve changed it since I last used it. Still not going back though.
They have not changed it. You still just can configure a range of time where its not allowed to reboot. So OP is simply no power user, or is just lying. I sadly still need to use Windows on my working machine, and the forced update happens minimum once a month.
i do see the update icon but it doesnt just restart the pc by itself.
but it still restarts at all.
I like the way Linux handles updates. I like the way it handles privacy (opt-in instead of opt-out) I like the fact that I’m never forced to do anything (going to windows 11, keeping bloat software, updates) I like that it is light and quick. I like to be able to choose a desktop environment and distro. I like that it is open-source and I don’t want to use US big tech corpo. I like that it does not try to sell me anything.
I don’t like not being able to play some games and printer setup.
Because it just works. I don’t have to worry about new features being pushed out that break prod
And because it does what it’s told
Why are you guys downvoting this post?
proabply bec i said i dont like linux.
And because you type like that.
I will say it’s weird to actively not like Linux. It’s OK to think it isn’t for your daily driver PC, but disliking it is weird. It’s undeniably useful as a server OS, and you yourself probably interact with it frequently, even if you don’t know it.
I love Linux but it seems childish to dislike this post. The guy wants to know why people like Linux and is actively asking the community to tell him…
Looking at which comments the user is ignoring completely, the handful he actually replied to, and what he’s said in those replies, combined with the fact that the account is new, makes me question the sincerity.
I didn’t downvote though.
I like being able to choose my desktop environment.
I like knowing I’m not being spied on (although I did set my telemetry to max telemetry).
I like how Linux will keep supporting my hardware near indefinitely.
(although I did set my telemetry to max telemetry).
Why?
I prefer Linux audio manipulation over windows. I despised plugging in say… a PS4 controller and having to redo my audio because microsoft thinks it knows better then me.
I shake the mouse,l on Linux when I lose it and the cursor gets big.
Linux doesn’t try to think for me… it does what I tell it too.
I can just drag windows out if full screen… windows I gotta double click then drag away.
there’s so many small qol features from people that actually use PCs. microslop…I swear their employees have never used a computer before
microslop doesn’t introduce features unless they can somehow make you get funneled into some space with ads.
no ads…screw all ads
it’s not microslop
creators of Linux aren’t working at every turn to make my experience worse in order to sell me some garbage cloud solution
Linux doesn’t try to sell anything.
Linux just works…
I can just drag windows out if full screen… windows I gotta double click then drag away.
Oh, oh. You can drag a window from a screen you can’t see to a screen you can. Doesn’t sound like a big deal til you are in bed and forgot to put a window on your big tv to pick your next item to watch
i like not having to have a microsoft account to utilize it.
you know whats really awesome? being able to decide if i want updates. or a tightly-integrated piece of shit llm.
being able to modify literally every aspect of the shell.
windows 3.1 was more theme-able than win11.
linux works out of the box for all the old people i repurpose machines for and i dont have to think about cloud-connect bullshit. fuck, half of them dont notice its not windows until i mention it.
better question is why the fuck would you use windows without being paid to?
i use it bec i like it,i like that my cracks work there without effort. that i dont need to update my system to download an app. i like the ui,that any app will work. i never have to use the terminal. a lot of stuff. and about being paid,i didnt even pay for it i used massgravel (or whatever its named) to active it
haha wow its been awhile for you hasnt it?
explain what changed if its that radical.
im not going to bother you seem trollish… your rep precedes you
g’day!
So wildly off topic question.
How are you seeing a reputation score?
their instance is using mbin, not lemmy
host instance is using mbin, not lemmy. its more reddit-like than lemmy but has access to all the same content…also natively connects to the the twitterverse (mastodon).
say what you want i just have unpopular opinions and dont care about karma like reddit since it doesnt affect anything here.
There is a difference between being a contrarian troll and having unpopular opinions.
i just have unpopular opinions
Sure, but you chose a weird place to strut around yelling them loudly.
Linux distros nowadays are fully working and usable without the need of the terminal. Terminal is mostly used in online guides. Because it is easier to write a commandline than making 5 screenshots about where you have to point in a GUI.
Haha. I don’t believe in destiny, but the things you like about Windows are the things I liked about Windows before I switched to Linux.
You’ll find many other fans of cracking / Liberating software, here. It’s where the “Libre” we talk about comes from.
Anyway, keep asking questions of you’re curious.
I’ll just add that I haven’t used the command line for anything basic on Linux in several years. Command line is really not necessary anymore, unless I’m doing something advanced like modding my games. Actually, I guess I haven’t modded anything in awhile that didn’t come with a graphical kit. But I’m sure I still might, for the right mod.
since you switched to linux. how do you use cracks? or did you stop using them?
use cracks
Did I accidentally time travel to 1999?
why?
I dunno, I thought most gaming pirates these days just use re-packs.
i do use repacks. but cracks arent only for games,i have cracked software.
Depends on what you’re cracking, but for games there’s tons of cracked games that work great on Linux.
What’s your point?
It works.
Which is a quality of standard that Windows does not maintain. I wouldn’t wish that garbage on my worst enemy.
Linux is Communism. Need I say more?
Honestly, in terms of the actual system architecture, I prefer NT’s object-based approach to the the file-based design that Linux (and other Unix systems) use.
The best part of Linux is the license. The OS can definitely be rough around the edges and have some maddening problems. But it still feels like something that is built and maintained by actual users rather than by a corporation that’s slowly trying to milk you for all you’re worth.
Mac guy… I’ll say desktop environments. It’s an advantage over both macOS and Windows. The ability to choose your desktop environment. I prefer GNOME.
It doesn’t hide what’s under the hood and permits to fix/modify it. Yes, I’m a nerd.
I like having a system I know the internals of and can control.
But honestly, nowadays the software quality of Windows is just… Bad.
