When you say you don't like linux on Lemmy

It really brings back that classic internet feeling.

I'm genuinely laughing out loud, such a wild comment out of left field caught me totally off guard. I don't think I've seen such stupid malice in actual years

Anyone who has this strong of a reaction to something so inconsequential must be a deeply unhappy person. It sucks to suck.

Also, anyone who calls someone a 'fag' is a complete fucking moron. I doubt things will improve for them with so few brain cells to work with.

They are a huge racist and a MAGA and trolled you
- In what way did they troll me? Did somebody call them a fag or not? If so, I don't care what their justification was, that person is an asshole.

I'm guessing it's actually because you're Republican

A right winger misrepresentating a situation to appear more sympathetic? Say it ain't so.
- Also really unlikely that a linux nerd would call you a "fag"
MAGA... "Free thinkers." Lol.
FTFY: "When you say you don't like linux and Mexicans and that black ppl should go back to africa"
More likely the reason, indeed.
So cool, I love that marker you put on me. Makes it easier to round up people you don't like ;)
- You mean like ICE is doing right now?
- Awwww, is the widdle MAGAt upset they can't blend into the crowd and lie about why they received mean messages?
- Man, nobody can put "a target" on you for something you say on a public forum that people get mad about.
  You guys want freedom of speech? Freedom of speech is also getting shit on online for something you say. You have a right to speak, not a right to be liked.
- It says a lot that you were trying to keep it hidden. Why? Not proud of it?
- I really wish you people were as oppressed as you think you are
- Lol says the ice supporting Nazi
- Nobodys rounding you up bub, we just want you to go away
- Must feel great then for this to be the top level comment and everyone seeing through your bullshit :) <3. Makes it easier for people to know to avoid you, while you pretend like you're not actively rounding up people who aren't the same color as you <3.
- Beep.

I would also like to have nice little messages in my inbox. I run Linux though. Debian Stable to be exact. If you run anything else you are wrong and stupid.

Check your inbox

It says shitpost, but I 100000% believe this is a real thing.

" well that may be true but I have some assholes I want to outlive"

I’m currently in the process of converting over; have a dual boot and will probably leave it that way for the next year.

It is NOT, by any measure, that Linux is annoyance free and perfectly designed. It’s that Windows has been building up its annoyances in competition, so that going penguin takes a considerable measure of bloat off.

We’re at a point where some games are just performing better through Proton than running right on Windows.

I dual boot as well, and the only thing I've booted my windows install for was to work around a driver issue where my headset mic was no longer detected. Other than that, and troubleshooting why flat packs weren't launching, my install of Bazzite has been rock solid.
Good plan. You'll definitely find things you don't like along the way and struggle. And having something to get things done in a crunch is useful. Just keep learning and in the end you'll have all the tools you need and it'll be great.

Now say that you don't like Firefox

I don't like Firefox. But I use it anyway
- Don't we all
- I don't like it either. But I use LibreWolf side by side with Vivaldi

Arch enemy.

The slur there is uncalled for and absolutely not okay.

But you did talk shit about Linux so...

Ignore the 12 year old edgelords, just like any other forum.

Both of them are edgelords, check OP’s history
Lemmy is nearly 100% 32 year old edgelords
- Hey, some of us are 35-year-old edgelords
- Hey, I'm a 59 so perhaps the average means there are 12yr olds as well :)

Well that's just straight mean to fags.

Tbh Linux got me into gay porn.
- Linux the Groomer

I mean sure, but imagine being that guy. With those brains, its hard to even cook pasta.

We should all celebrate having the good fortune of not being like that guy.

@tane@lemy.lol

(They’ve been banned forever)

Forever = 2 minutes it takes to create a new account, because who the fuck cares.

Jesus christ! What the hell is wrong with people???

I'm on ZorinOS, but I gotta say, this is the dark ages of PC. Windows is full on dog shit, Mac always has been expensive as fuck, and Linux just doesn't have the userbase to rely on companies making their programs available for the format.

On top of that linux has ALWAYS has had a very terminal based culture.

I've always said and continue to believe that linux CAN BE good for the average nontech minded folk. The way this happens is Flatpak becomes the dominant format in program installation. Terminal doesn't have to change, it can still be used exactly as it is, but it takes a backseat in terms of how the system is presented to newbies.

If I look up how to fix X problem on linux, I should by default find a GUI based solution. YOU can still use terminal to do whatever you do. I myself don't get it. The average user doesn't get it. I find solutions online. They say "Put this command in terminal". I do that, it goes as expected. And then "ok, now run these commands" and the first few go as expected. And then it will spit out some error that I don't understand. "ERROR THE L LISTS AREN'T COMBOBULATED TO THE FCAP COMPORRIUM" or some shit. What the hell??? What am I supposed to do with that??? So you copy the error, ask online what it means, and they say "Oh, your L Lists just need to be updated to the new repository. Just sync your flabarts to the chukchuk."

And thats about the time I lose my temper and decide to just get really drunk and watch the big bang on over the air tv, because what the hell does any of this matter anyways if I can't even install a simple program, and update some drivers?

Now. Let's rewind. What if linux, regardless of distro had the same flatpak store, the same interface for it, and some under the hood settings that are standard across the board? The rest of the distro can be whatever, but you should have a reliable way to change and update basic shit.

And for those of you like the guy in this threads photo, who are going to bombard me with death threats and insults, just consider this. People have been saying Windows is unusable dog shit since the 90s. Mac has always been unaffordable for most people. And Linux is free, and supposedly 1000% more stable in every way. Yet last time I looked, Linux, on the rise, had an all time high user base sharehold of 5.49% of the PC market. If you think I'm wrong, explain why Linux isn't not just the leader, but the dominant leader. Being free AND better should make it the obvious choice, but it's clearly not. There's a reason for that. And it's terminal.

Right now we're living in the dark ages of PCs. We got windows at it's all time worst, mac expensive as always, and linux still pushing users away by far.

He's a huge racist and a trump loving MAGA. He isn't getting hatemail for not liking Linux
- Welp. That part I didn't know.
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Windows just fucking works. Bitch all you want about every other aspect of the OS. It just fucking works. And that's all 99.995% of users give a shit about.
I install Windows, I expect every driver to work. Far cry from how it was back in the day! Linux? Well, good luck. The most basic shit will work, but you got weird problems to sort out.
And almost all of the Windows problems bitched about on here? I get downvoted every time I say, "Uh, I don't have those issues." Probably because I'm running a plain-vanilla ISO? I honestly don't know.
Lemmy: "Fuck you! You DO have those issues! I read about it in a Linux-loving forum like lemmy!"
- Nobody gives a shit, you fucking nerd.
- Guess what, just like you dgaf about all the windows issues i have that you don't; i also dgaf about all the linux issues that you have that i don't.
  It should be a mater of choice, but it isn't. I don't get a choice about windows for 7.5 hours a day because too many humans are fucking cunts - plus a lot of anti-competitive business practices and grooming lncompetence in corpo procurement . I don't really blame ms for that i blame people who keep paying them to make their shit worse, and the procurement rules that they come up with to bend themselves over that barrel.
- Anyone can buy a computer that comes with Linux or a computer known to work well with Linux and have the same experience
- Windows just working! Lmao

That's your alt, right?

I really learned to appreciate the Linux people after meeting the FOSS crowd. These people literally make me want to pay for software.

those are the same people, sir
- There is definitely an overlap but I think Linux users are more like vegetarians, they cut out the commercial OS from their diet and are content with that. FOSS people are more like militant vegans ... they won't be happy unless everyone else has to use the shitty software they do.

Should be enough to get banned, eh. Good riddance.

They don't have to like Linux.
- 😆 Oops, I suppose I wasn't actually clear who I was referring to!
- Hey, you're also heading the right way for a ban... Not liking Linux on Lemmy smh

I don't dislike linux, I dislike all the work people mention to me when I say I don't use it because I'm as lazy as futurama's lazy moon man. The response to that is usually a long list of taks they claim to be a very easy way to install Linux. I don't care how hard or easy it is. I only do one thing. If I have to do two things, that's too many things to do.

Call me when someone makes a distro that is as lazy as an android phone: press a button, all gets done on its own.

There's a difference between being lazy and being unwilling to learn. I'm not trying to proselytize at you, but Linux can be as hard or as easy as you want it to be. Shit, I'm lazy too lol.
I'm running Cachyos because everything worked right out of the box with my hardware and it plays all my games without having to configure anything besides clicking on the "install gaming packages" button. It's based on Arch though so you could install that instead and set it all up yourself to tweak it to your heart's content. That's kind of the beauty of it.
Most of it is habits
You’re used to windows so it doesn’t seem like that to you
If you do simple normie stuff, it’s super easy. For more advanced users, yea it’ll require some knowledge
I’m pretty sure you can use some distros without extra steps. Ubuntu is pretty mature.
I rather leave you as a windows user to suffer. :)
Because if you want a computer to be a tv, then windows is the best.
ZorinOS
For real, I am even calling over friends for help to set up a Windows PC or a printer. I have absolutely no idea about technology and computers. I want something easy and mainstream because this way I have an easier time getting support. Two steps are one step too much. I have a lot of strengths but understanding tech is definitely not one of them. And frankly, I neither have the time nor interest to learn anything about it. I have a great respect for linux and I have fond memories of playing a game on my dad's computer, but it's not something that's for me.