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[–] 137 points 2 years ago (8 children)

The longer you use linux excluslively, you don't think about windows or mac. You think about fedora or suse, kde or gnome, yay or apt, distrobox or toolbox.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    That is...true, actually. The longer I use Linux, the more I'm like "....but what if, man, what if I ditch Arch for Fedora or NixOS or give Pop_OS! another chance (and i very well might when Cosmic launches)?" And sometimes I do...and then always come crawling back.

    Going back to Windows full time ain't even crossed my mind for a hot minute. Partly because i have a spare driver running it for emergencies (that i barely use anyways, only because Windows literally runs one important app that I need, that I can't run on Linux), and partly because going back means being stuck with Windows 11 again, and I really dislike Windows 11's design choices, personally (and Microsoft in general, but i digress).

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    [–] 62 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    At a certain point I just feel like Linux isn't designed to let me talk to God. All that bloat like networking and hardware drivers get in the way. I need to get away from the CIA mind control and return to something pure and simple. And when I feel that way, Based Terry is always there for me.

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    [–] 58 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Nothing TBH. I find Windows too stressful, Macs are too boring, and I can't use TempleOS because I don't have schizophrenia.

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    [–] 55 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

    The fucking GTK file chooser. It's like all application developers have made a pact with each other to never use a consistent UX, with the exception of having to press ctrl-L to edit the path textbox. It's painful. And as much as I like XDP, support for it is spotty at best, and sometimes downright broken.

    I mean, who the FUCK puts the filesystem root in a submenu? Or sorts files and directories together? I just want to talk and explain why they're beyond salvation.

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    [–] 39 points 2 years ago (15 children)

    I feel like this post is guerilla marketing for "TempleOS", which I've never heard of before and will absolutely not be looking up after this.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago

    I love this reaction and how dramatically out of sync it is with what TempleOS actually is. I know it is innocent and accidental so this is in no way a shot at the poster. It is just a hilariously wrong take.

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    [–] 29 points 2 years ago

    I've no plans to go back to my abusive ex.

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

    one of these things is not like the others

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  • [–] 26 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    It is surprisingly hard to run Android apps on Linux, despite Android itself being Linux based. Being able to run Android apps quickly and natively would be a game changer for Linux, resolving long standing issues of app availability. Hell you could even then use Android version of Microsoft Office etc. This should be a higher priority for all distros.

    Until then, there are apps that are simply unavailable on Linux, even with Wine support, that necessitate using Windows or macOS.

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    [–] 22 points 2 years ago

    Nah, I'm 100% done with Windows. Even if good ol' Bill comes up with something that forces me to use Windows for whatever reason, Linux will always be in my routine thanks to single board computers.

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  • [–] 21 points 2 years ago (1 child)
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    [–] 21 points 2 years ago (11 children)

    Why the hell would anyone run TempleOS?

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    [–] 20 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    I'm approaching the point where I'm seriously considering buying a spare drive for a Windows install exclusively for VR. I'm currently dealing with 3 separate serious issues with SteamVR on Linux, one of which I sometimes can't even work around depending on how it's feeling that day. Not to mention, every new release lately seems to introduce a new problem.

    I haven't had a Windows install on my system since my previous SSD died 2 or 3 years ago, but it's getting to the point where it's more trouble than it's worth.

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    [–] 19 points 2 years ago

    The ease of buying a quality laptop without having to worry about if it will run well with my OS.

    I've been using MacOS for about 8 years at work and I never really taken to it. It's fine and I can do my work but I won't use it if I hadn't to (unless the only alternative was Windows). But one thing I really like about Macs is that you can buy one and you won't have any headaches with battery life, software compatibility etc. You get decent hardware (let's ignore the whole 8GB on an M3 = 16GB on other machine debacle) and know that it will work decently well with 3rd party software/hardware and if something breaks you can just bring into an Apple store.

    While there are dedicated Linux sellers (System76, Tuxedo Computeres, Starlabs), I'm hesitant to spend 2k on a computer just to find out that the build quality is subpar, the battery life sucks or that customer support will just ignore my requests (read some bad experiences on the Starlabs subreddit).

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Libreoffice calc does not have the functionality Excel does.

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    [–] 13 points 2 years ago

    Low performance of very specific games made by small studios on middle-aged low-budget hardware makes me consider dual-booting, but then I remember that I hate closed-source, software-as-a-service, tracking-financed operating systems.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago

    fuck windows i'm never going back to that shit

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

    Windows

    It never was free.

    MacOS

    It's not free any more.

    TempleOS

    I'm not religious.

    So, I guess I get to stay on Linux for longer. Well, damn!

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

    I never "switched". I just started using the right tool for the job. I use Linux for productivity stuff. Windows for gaming and audio/music production, mostly. I don't own a Mac anymore but if I did, it'd probably be their laptops, and I'd probably take over some of the development and creative work while on the go. I'm admittedly not very "religious" when it comes to the software I use. Whatever works best for me. I'm not married to anything. Makes it easier to switch things out down the line.

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago

    templeos

    very daily drivable!!

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  • [–] 10 points 2 years ago* (2 children)

    Nothing. GNU/Linux is fantastic. But only that but the principles of Free Software are literally the most important thing to happen in computing. Respecting user freedom is THE most important thing an OS can do.

    Only Linux offers that. In using this forever.

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago (12 children)

    Nothing, but my biggest gripe is with the fucking file explorers. All of them are super inferior compared to win10 sadly

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    I really miss interpreting the vague random words from God. Funnily enough, God via TempleOS was what told me to transition to Linux in the first place!

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    [–] 9 points 2 years ago

    I did a wireshark on bloatware windows in idle and it's nope.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 years ago

    When my Gnome desktop works perfectly, then it gets updated and my tiling extension doesn’t work with the new version of Gnome.

    Still, I ain’t going back to windows 😇

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

    Personally Linux has everything I want. Kind of per definition. If it's not available for Linux I don't care about it. I would use Windows if I had to use it for work.

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