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[–] 11 points 2 years ago (6 children)

File extensions, wanting a GUI for everything, running some random threat detection software, assuming that Linux is lightweight so therefore it will make old machines have modern performance... The list goes on

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I find this list weird. I guess I'm the kind of person you're complaining about!

    I like having GUI available for standard stuff (eg. dconf editor is great for various desktop settings). And I like file extensions in many cases - eg. I like to be able to tell the difference between a .png and .jpeg just by reading the file name. ... And Linux often really does give better performance on older machines compared to Windows.

    ... So I suppose in your eyes I'm basically an old Windows admin brining bad habits to Linux. I'm just not seeing the downside of these 'bad habits'.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago*

    So I suppose in your eyes I'm basically an old Windows admin brining bad habits to Linux. I'm just not seeing the downside of these 'bad habits'.

    Yeah. Now I get the best of both worlds. First time I need a setting, I do a nice search, instant result, and click toggle.

    If I love that setting, as a power user, I can script the change to every future computer I use.

    If not, I search settings, instant result, toggle back.

    Gnome is amazing lately.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Well, at least for me...

    Yeah, I do like me some file extensions.

    I want a GUI for some things, but I'm perfectly comfortable with SSH into a machine as well. My general purpose server has a DE on it. My second server has a specific use and has no DE, nor do my IOT devices. All of them are headless.

    I have an older laptop with Arch (btw) on it. It runs well for what I use it for. I understand I'm not watching YouTube in 4K though. The CPU and GPU have their limits.

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  • [–] 0 points 11 months ago

    I don't get how any of that are negatives. I like guis, cli is good for scrupting, but what happens if/when you forget or just dont know a command or it's options? Time to open the manual and spend hours learning exactly what argument and parameters does what.

    Basic options on Linux requires terminal, last time I tried changing network settings like DNS on Gnome or KDE I had to fix their BS with nmtui, but sure linux is so ready...

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