Tell me one (1) reason to use GNU/Linux now, your imaginary "freedom"

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for a cute desktop

>>56064868
freedom

>>56064904
Gay

It's lightweight.

Package managers, full open source OS, drivers in kernel, full custizatipn, god tier ext4 and no defrag bullshit, secure, no malware (if you catch some you are incredibly stupid), choice, no Candy Crush and bullshit like that, it's free so you don't have to pay for it.

Because its fun to do things the hard way.

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cygwin's fork() is painfully slow
You'll also have trouble building certain software and you'll have to patch it manually to get it to build. I think libcaca comes to mind, and I never could get compiz to build either.

Virtualization is the correct way to use *NIX tools on Windows, or even Microshaft's new Ubuntu on Windows deal.

cygwin really sucks, you have to recompile everything against its dll and can't run native Linsux binaries.

source: long time cygwin user that eventually got fed up!

>>56064868
Its free

>>56065038
hi jordan!

config files that you can edit in a text editor

for the most part they are found in sane locations, no need to go through 5 gui windows or mess with the fucking registry

also much better compatibility with my [spoiler]macbook[/spoiler]

>>56064868
It works!

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You can't do this on Windows

>>56064868
also your setup doesn't allow you to use kvm/qemu or xen, two of the best hypervisors available

Free, faster, safer, more stable, always up to date.

>>56064868
I would say bash, but I guess I can't really say that anymore. If you take out the primary reason, FOSS, then it really does become pointless to me.

>>56065059
Actually you can, but you already knew that and just wanted an excuse to shitpost.

>>56064966
>he doesn't know the joys of being gay

>>56065039
Windows is free if you steal it

>>56064868
Ye freedom is pointless. Fucking faggots who think freedom is important amarite.

Hello desktop thread!

Ask Reddit or something, they'd be able to actually convince you by kindly explaining every single bit to you.

Now stop posting the same thing every single day for fuck's sake. Don't make /g/ make your research for you.

>>56064868
"Freedom" is literally the reason GNU/Linux exists, you cuck.

Tell me one reason to use Windows now, but in a world where GNU/Linux has more applications, games, and users.

>>56064868
>your imaginary "freedom"

It's free and unlike Windows / OSX you're given full control over your computer.

>>56064991
These are all pretty good reasons, all of them valid too. seriously consider them, OP. It's also nice to not have to restart my computer fucking ever. I can also use my computer while it installs updates, instead of "please wait while Windows installs updates..." Before you can even log in.

>>56065204
Also: no viruses ever, no need for an antivirus. And my computer actually boots up in less than ten seconds. I log in, and everything is ready. Now with Windows, it takes at least a minute to get to the login screen, and a while for it to actually load the desktop because it has to start all that fucking spyware and telemetry or whatever the fuck it's starting. That's why Windows is always so sluggish for the first few minutes after you log in. None of that shit on Linux.

>>56064904
>>56064868
nice PS1

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>>56065320
forgot image

>>56065204
I tried today to update Windows 8.1.... For fucking 7 hours. Tried everything. I had this problem before, even with Windows 7. Windows Update is one of the buggiest things ever. I will wipe that fucker from my laptop tomorrow, I wanted to be a switch to Windows but I can't deal with this shit anymore. I don't want to use outdated and vulnerable shit.

It's free

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>>56065320
>>56065342
I legit think it looks pretty alright. I dunno what the + is for, but mine is set up pretty similarly.

I hate having a huge prompt, and you only ever really need the current directory name to remember where you are. You can always pwd for the whole thing.

>>56065468
>do not continue if we are not in a bash shell
>we
linux faggots personifying bash scripts lol

>>56065105
You mean download it? Software piracy isn't a theft.

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Windows would be good if I didn't have to reinstall the audio drivers every time I boot the operating system. Linux just werks

>>56066389
For the love of holy cow... Put that bar on the left.

>>56064868
what's this theme op? how did you get it?

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>>56066410
moo~

>>56064868
Because Microsoft has backdoored windows 10 and has admitted to randomly reading your files, accessing your microphone, or monitoring your typing.

>inb4 nothing to hide
If you think this you're the biggest cuck imaginable.

>>56066460
Omg..better...thanks... Good cow

>>56064868
Because i don't need bloat on my kernel + i like not depend on 1 big Corporation

>>56066512
After this thread I'm gonna make a fuckibg good setup tomorrow. Arch + libre grsec kernel on my laptop and all the security and privacy shit. Windows 8.1 + Arch on my desktop. Can't fucking wait.

>>56066460
>refurbished Windows XP background
Fuck windows indeed!

Fkin freetards can't come up with anything original ever.

>>56066681
Windows took our bash. Comment about that. Is Microsoft a freetard corporation?

>>56065695
>do not continue if we are not in a bash shell
>not just using a #!/usr/bin/env bash shebang

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>finally unbanned :)

>>56064868
I'm a Linux developer, it makes the most sense to use Linux.

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>>56064868

>>56064868
My Windows computers would always grind to a halt for no visible reason, and take forever to load a browser window or log on or some other innocuous thing. Once you try Linux and get used to a login taking 3 seconds, it's hard to go back.

>>56066681
at least we have an updater that doesn't take 20 hours to update

>>56064868
When you don't have a legal copy of windows laying around and don't want to deal with/risk sketchy keylogger ridden keygens/cracks.

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>>56064868
Yeah freedom. Not getting cucked by pajeet is called freedom. Fuck off with your adware OS

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I like penguins. They are funny.

>>56064868
Simple. If everything you do can be done in Linux, there's absolutely no reason to use Windows.