Upvoted not because it’s unpopular, but because I agree. I used to be very Linux curious, but joining Lenny has made me realize I’d rather put up with a kind-of-shitty OS that I never have to think about than dedicate my life to maintaining a good OS.
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agent_nycto@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Here’s an unpopular opinion for people to upvote because we’re supposed to upvote the opinion we think is unpopular:
Linux sucks more than the users want to admit and it’s fans are the worst.
If you have to learn to program stuff to fix something in your OS, then it’s not a good OS. This isn’t the case for most modern Linux, but there’s many examples of just having to learn all sorts of crap just to make it functional. With the other two mainstream OS they are plug and play. Lately they have done shitty choices with AI and everything so that’s not as much of the case, but at least there you don’t have to go in and fix the code to make something functional.
If Linux was that great, you wouldn’t have to do any of that. I find it’s a weird parallel to owning a crown vic, where you have to pile sandbags in the back so it’ll drive in literally any snow, and then when you talk about it people say it’s a skill issue because they are hardcore fans of a dumb cop car. If you have to do something special to make something functional, that’s not a feature, that’s a bug.
And then, ye gods, the Linux fans. I know of someone who was berated for almost an hour over not using Linux. The person getting yelled at was like, 7. They are the smug Internet atheists of the tech world. They won’t shut up about Linux. Their solution to anyone looking up how to fix something with their computer is to uninstall everything and switch to Linux, even if it’s unrelated. If someone has a criticism for Linux they have a meltdown. They feel smug and superior in their choice of OS, euphoric and enlightened with their own intelligence.
That being said I’m probably going to switch to Linux anyway. Because fuck the changes windows made.
square@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
FoxtrotDeltaTango@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Yeah, well said. This unfortunately
ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip 2 days ago
I am running CatchyOs default installation, had not needed to use programming or even cli for antyhing I needed to configure. Everything was clickops.
ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
If you have to learn to program stuff to fix something in your OS, then it’s not a good OS.
This is a gross mischaracterization of anything you would do to “fix” issues on linux. If you think opening a terminal is programming then you should definitely stay away from linux.
agent_nycto@lemmy.world 1 day ago
It’s the impression I’ve gotten from people who use Linux, so if that’s not the case then I feel that’s on your community for misrepresenting how the OS works.
ieGod@lemmy.zip 1 day ago
Your incorrect perception is no one’s fault but your own, quite frankly. You haven’t the technical literacy to discern what programming is.
Furthermore, this isn’t my community. That’s a hilarious statement. It’s no one individual’s community any more than you represent the community of shitposting.
agent_nycto@lemmy.world 1 day ago
See that? That’s why people don’t like Linux users.
triple_entendre@infosec.pub 1 day ago
I’ll do you one better: computers suck in general if you’re not really into tech
kestrel7_7@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I love linux (longtime debian user here) but it definitely kinda sucks sometimes and I understand why there isn’t mass adoption. I feel odd talking to other linux users sometimes.
Atomic@sh.itjust.works 2 days ago
You do not need to know coding to “fix” problems in Linux. We’re not living in 2006 anymore.
As someone that uses both Linux and Windows. Linux is by far easier to fix problems in. That doeant mean everything is easy. But it is easier. And the fixes are actually fixes, rather than a small patch you put on, hoping it won’t leak again.
The thing here is that most regular PC users have been on Windows for so long that they don’t even remember they had to learn how to use windows once upon a time.
I’ve been in IT support. And let me tell you. The ammount of times i had to create a vbs, bat, or powershell solution. (That’s actual coding and scripting) to fix problems in windows are far more frequent than you’d ever imagine. Not to mention all the times I’ve had to go into the windows registry and alter, remove, or create new regs.
I’m not saying Linux is the best. And I’m sure Linux has some super annoying fanatics. But to say that it has more problems than windows, or that those problems are more difficult to solve is just not true. At least not from my experience in IT
It’s fine for you to think Linux sucks. If that’s your opinion that’s your opinion. But your reasoning does not align with the reality of the situation.
agent_nycto@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Five minutes on the Linux memes instance where there’s posts about people breaking their os and needing to fix it with a ton of jargon kind of paints a different picture for everyone else.
Atomic@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
linux memes instance
I’m gonna let you take a minute and see if you can spot a problem with the source of your information on linux.
Tja@programming.dev 2 days ago
If you really don’t want to touch the OS, macos is fine, and used m-series laptops are pretty affordable for the performance they offer.
trxxruraxvr@lemmy.world 2 days ago
They are advertised as such, but in my experience aren’t really.
nickiwest@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I switched to Mint a year ago. I’m a fairly savvy user, but I’m far from having any kind of computer science credentials.
I find the general update process in Mint to be much easier, more intuitive, and less intrusive than Windows.
There’s a bit of a learning curve to using the command line, but software installation in Mint has been a breeze compared to Windows.