Windows users, why don't you use/try Linux? (hexbear.net)

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I'm curious as to what everyone's reasons are! The Linux desktop has came quite a far ways in the last few years and is improving every day. I'd say for most people, Linux could easily replace Windows as their daily driver nowadays.

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[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Not op but it's just a pain in the ass to learn esoteric, poorly documented commands and navigate a string of cryptic error messages just to access my slop when I'm too tired to exist after work

[-] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I guess that's fair, except the bit about "poorly documented". It's one of those things though, where you look back and think "yeah that was definitely worth learning".

[-] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

You are doing your handle justice lmao, respect

Idk I just can't be arsed to learn what sudo rf | -m --po "pigpoopballs" -f does, sudo is gibberish, rf is gibberish, | is gibberish, - is gibberish, -- is gibberish, m might as well stand for "meaningless", and I don't want to spend an hour on stackoverflow reading a five-way argument written at a technical depth that is several university-level classes beyond my understanding, just give me a gui that works and has nigh-universal support. I look at my computer and I'm like "English mfer do u speak it???"

If I was setting up a hardcore coding environment or like doing a project with a raspberry pi then I see the utility, but not to connect to my projector at 11pm

Just my ignorant ass opinion tho

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