Name one thing you do with Linux that isn't staring at your

>>57506930
The same things that people on Windows do.
Watch videos, code, play games occasionally, shitpost on here.
Basically whatever the fuck I want because it's a computer and I have that freedom.

break things

record music, fork free software, easily build and develop and don't worry about trying to get some emulator like cygwin to work right

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at least my desktop isn't starting back

>>57506930
Sometimes I like to use it to teach bitches how to swim

>>57506962
>record music
>on Linux

>>57506983
staring*

>>57507017
GET SO FUCKING DARK IN HERE

>>57506930
Do exercises from The Linux Programming Interface.

>>57506930

Browsing the web

>>57506930
Watching my desktop and staring at anise. Ez

>>57506985
it work better than you think anon

>>57506930

Seeing footage

>>57506930
programming?

>>57506930
Play games, write, program, Netfix. Same shit I do on my Mac and my Windows PC.

>>57506984
I prefer to have conversations with my car alarm, thanks very much.

>>57506985
Adobe-cuck detected

>>57506930
programming HTML

it goes !!!!!!!!

>>57506930
Stealing peoples Wi-Fi

Getting your first 3 numbers.

>>57506930
Literally everything else I did on Windows except it's less of a hassle to program on it. Linux is superior, it's just that M$ has way too much influence.

>>57506930
It boots in under five seconds and shuts down even faster. I guess that means I don't stare at the screen waiting a couple of minutes for it to install updates or turn on.
and this >>57506945

>>57506930
play gaems.
not like a bunch but it still has chess texas hold em 0 a.d. etc
browse interninja
download graphic media that later i can show people that find themselves intruding in my personal space so they leave quicker
get informed about current events just like you can with any interninja connected device

>>57507654
> Windows PC
It's called WC

*glass breaks*

>>57506930
writing a strawpoll vote bot

>>57507017
death grips is intellectual

>>57506930
playing games, doing work.

like, wtf did you think I'd do?

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Master race reporting in.

Gaming at 60fps max settings, Linux users don't know this feel.

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>>57508274
>windowsbaby
>chrome
>flux meme
>is that shield icon and antivirus lmao
>league of legends (I had to search that one)
What are you even doing on /g/?

>>57508274
>1366x768
>master race
lool poorfag pajeet

>>57506930
world of wowcraft

bonus round
>web browser (%99 of anything related to "business"
>media server

Mostly draw on my x41 tablet
MTpaint is comfy enough for sketching and making little two tone color quips that entertain me

>>57508274
kek, nice bait.

>>57506930
Ok?
Program, write documents, read mango, browse the web, host samba shares, host mumble server, play vidya, play vidya on emulators, record videos, stream, etc.

>>57508328
f lux is real nice u nigger

>>57508328
>>57508338
>>57508368
Salty animu desktop weebs. You are missing out on games, more fun than editing config files.

>>57508436
Jokes on you nigger, I do both.
I'm sorry I won't be replying immediately for our shitposting stream, I'm tired.

There is plenty of stuff to do dumb winbabby


- Pretend that the difficulty of use and the incomprehensibility of commands inherent in Lunix is actually a badge of honor.
- Look at ugly, distorted fonts in your browser and on any other application you might want to run
- Reformat and install another distribution. (People have been known to do this continuously for weeks. Hint: they all suck. Stop wasting your time.)
- Watch a console display error messages.
- Convince yourself that Open Office is "just as good" as Microsoft Office.
- Read countless manuals to do the simplest of tasks. And still fail
- Say you use Lunix (which will get your ass kicked, even by other Lunix users.)
- Think of ways at work to bring up the subject of how you use Lunix, because the penguin thing didn't work.
- Fail to realize that, penguin or not, noone gives a fuck about what operating system you use.
- Eat KFC chicken around the clock.
- Manually edit config files.
- Run a virtual instance of Windows so you can play games, while at the same time saying how much you hate Microsoft.
- Argue that KDE is better than GNOME.
- Argue that GNOME is better than KDE.
- Argue that both GNOME and KDE are inferior to your chosen environment.
- Develop carpal tunnel from keyboard usage between bouts of excessive self-pleasure borne out of social-retardation.
- Depend on easy to use programs like vi.
- Try to learn how to do simple tasks in emacs, eventually using notepad to complete the same task.
- Keep your virginity.
- Be a badass non-conformist.
- Never get viruses, ever, like how a virgin never gets STDs.
- Graphically chart the shrinkage of your penis over time with bundled, GPL'd software such as GNUPlot. This is a highly requested feature among lunix users.
- Discussing the awesome non-ntfs filesystems you can use with lunix, for example one written by a convicted murderer.
- Spend hours of your life compiling bits of code, just to find out it was EPIC FAIL!

>>57508436
lol Manchild /v/ neckbear playing video games to escape reality in his mother's basement hehehehe

>>57508466
I don't have a beard, I am a girl. Also I am most on /sci/ and /ck/.

>>57508466
>watches anime
>shitposts on 4chan

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>>57508436
>anime desktop
Nope, my desktop is purely functional. I don't really look at it much anyway.
>You are missing out on games
Quake 3, chess, melee and dwarf fortress all run on linux. What more could I need? 99% of modern games are trash anyway.
Feels good:
>not giving away my data to line microsoft's pockets
>having actual control over my computer
>having a package manager
>having a shell which isn't complete shit
>not having literal ads in my operating system
>not having to restart after an update
>having control over when I update

>>57508491
>99% of modern games wouldn't work on my chinkpad anyway
fixed

>>57508482
>plays manchild games over the age of 18
>Also pretends to be a girl
ehehehehehe go take a shower smelly neckbear

>>57508499
I took a shower this morning. I am lying in bed in my panties shitposting on my laptop.

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>>57508493
No shit, only idiots play games on a laptop.
Name 1 (ONE!) good game unplayeable on Linux
>>57508507
>baiting for (you)s this hard
Maybe it's time to step away from the keyboard friend

>>57508519
>lying on the internet

who would do such a thing?

Playing a few games
Writing emails/letters
Writing code
Consume media
Ssh into my server
Create websites
Rice a little
Porn
Research
Pen testing
Write short stories/poems
Building websites
Being happy that everything just werks

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>>57508523
What am I lying about?

>>57506983
>at least my desktop isn't starting
t. linux user

>>57506930
Download anime and programming.

>>57506930
Shitposting, managing serveurs, reading books and manga, sometimes gayming.

>>57506930
Name one thing you windows users do other than watch your unexpected updates go.

>>57508519
Not saying it's a good game, but is there any way to get Overwatch working on Linux? Probably the main thing keeping me from switching.

>>57508491
can not wait for quake champions

>>57508526
Can you or anyone else in this thread elaborate WHY anyone would use linux only? Serious question.

Everything you mentioned I do with Windows 7 and everything "just werks". So what advantage do you get from using linux? More control? Do you understand how a program or the computer itself works more or something?

Again, this is a serious question and I'm not mocking anyone. I've been thinking it might be neat to learn linux, but I can't really find a real reason for myself beyond the "it'll be interesting" aspect.

Then, where the fuck would I even start? What distro do you use, and why?

>>57507654
>play games
>linux
Chose one anon

>>57508707
I don't think there is. Pretty sure overwatch uses directx.
You could dualboot

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               or play TF2 (fuck you valve)

>>57508718
I haven't really looked into it much but I wouldn't get too excited. Isn't it class based or some rubbish?
>>57508720
Package management is really fucking swell
You have root access from the get go (pretty sure you get can get it on Windows but it requires some fuckery)
Tiling WMs and multiple workspaces are a nice feature
Windows is closed source and sends your data to Microsoft
Linux is more lightweight and is way more useful if you're running a server
Unix shell is nice, but windows 10 has that now
>Then, where the fuck would I even start? What distro do you use, and why?
I use archlinux because the wiki and user repos are nice and I fell for the meme.
Use Arch if you want to tinker with configs and learn more about linux. Otherwise use Debian or something.

>>57508720
>>57508756
Forgot to add: it doesn't really matter what distro you use. They're all pretty similar anyway, and you can just install stuff from another distro if you don't like what yours comes with.

>>57508756
I feel like you didn't really answer my question, but instead just listed additional things you can do with Linux.
The only things I see that make sense to me personally are:
>Linux is more lightweight and is way more useful if you're running a server
>Windows is closed source and sends your data to Microsoft

But other than that, what problems have you had with package management in Windows that made you choose Linux instead? How has having root access from the get go helped you, and why would it be worth it instead of putting forth the fuckery to make it work with windows?

I guess I'm still not seeing the point.

>>57508720
If you have win7 and are happy with it then why bother? I installed a lightweight linux distro on my old second laptop cause it's free (costs no money) and runs amazingly fast considering such poor hardware. I don't know why anyone would want to "learn linux" just for the sake of it, but it's honestly a decent alternative.

>>57508788
when you use windows and download a package the package on windows contains all the binaries for every compatible system this is also true to an extent on linux unless you are compiling from source which is always available in any distro

>>57508788
having root helps manage you system in general look mundane compared to windows

>>57508788
Windows literally doesn't have package management.
On linux if I want to install a program I type

yaourt -S programname

and it is automatically downloaded and installed. If I want to update all my installed programs as well as my operating system I type

yaourt -Syua

and it does it all for me.
Package managers take care of dependencies. For example, I was trying to unlock my phone on Windows recently (fuck you Xiaomi, provide linux tools). I navigated to the android sdk website and downloaded the installer. I ran it, and it told me I needed some java thing, so I then had to go to oracle's website and install that. On linux

yaourt -S android-sdk

would have handled this all for me.

>>57506985
Its better suited than Windows for the task.

>>57508756
That's a shame.
>or play TF2 (fuck you valve)
I know that feel.

>>57506985
what are low latency kernels

>>57507807
video proof of five second boot
now

Mainly programming.

Until I got into computer science, I mainly used Linux on and off just to do normie shit. Now I use it full time because everything is standardised. I need to download new libraries? It's a command away. I need to use an old version of a compiler? It's a command away. It's just easier getting shit done.

Hadoop
>2016
>Microsoft still cannot into scientific computing
>Microsoft still cannot into big data
Guess pajeet can't learn any algorithms harder than fizzbuzz

>>57508861
here.
>>57508867
Yeah all the big data shit is open-source. Everyone who's in my lab is struggling using Apache shit on their Windows machines.

>>57507604
>>57508826
>>57508843
>have album's worth of songs in LMMS
>play concerts
>get a nice offer
>get signed
>"our mastering engineers need your project files, you recorded in Pro Tools/Logic/Ableton/Cubase, right?"
Now what?

>>57508874
As someone who works in the industry that's never been as issue. Audio stems on a dat are universal and still widely used.

>>57506930
Browse the web.
Play World of Warcraft.
Chat/voice on Discord

>>57508519
starcraft 2
its the only thing keeping me from making the switch...

>>57508916
How does it work? You "export" to DAT, using what? No longer trolling, genuinely curious. And what about effects you've applied to a piece of a stem, is there any way for someone to edit them in a DAW that's not available on Linux?

>>57508848
Its not hard to have a really fast boot time, anon. You just need a SSD and a lightweight distro.

>>57508941

A mastering engineer isn't altering your effects or anything like that. He's working with your final audio. Imagine if you're a traditional band, he has no access to your guitar effects pedals, the microphone placement on your drums etc. That's all production and happens before the mastering stage.

He doesn't require your project files, he gets the most out of your final output. My point was that if people are still sending dats for mastering you can send a dropbox of your stems just fine from whatever program you like.

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>>57506930
Everything and soon Overwatch too: https://source.winehq.org/patches/data/127714
Pic related as it's my current distro.

>>57508788
>what problems have you had with package management in Windows

It doesn't really exist. There are some third party applications that does a similar job, but being able to install software with a single command is a lot better than browsing for the website.

This is where Arch's AUR excels. Small, obscure programs often have an AUR install script, making it extremely easy to install virtually anything you'll need.

I don't even use it for either of those things.

>>57506962
>record music

musician here. The only reason I haven't switched to Linux is because last time I checked, VSTs didn't work on linux. have they fixed that now?

>>57508328
the shield is Windows Defender, part of the operating system u dumb fuck
great anime wallpaper billy

>>57509009
The orginal post (OP) is not meant to be taken literally. It's hyperbole which acts as topic management strategy, prompting response from participating interlocutors. In the 4chan lexis such a discourse strategy is informally referred to as "bait".
By willfully misinterpreting this you are rejecting 4chan's covert norms and violating cooperative discourse.

>>57509048
>the average user of his operating system is so dumb that they need to provide an anti-virus by default
I already posted my wallpaper chucklenuts >>57508491

>>57509013
Loads of Linux software supports vsts, the problem is that they have to be recompiled to work natively on Linux.

Here's a list though:
http://linux-sound.org/linux-vst-plugins.html

>>57506930
Program in C without jumping through hoops or using an IDE. Basically programming in general really, using Linux also contributes towards understanding how things work, like operating systems for example. This doesn't work on other platforms due to their closed, profit-focused, babby nature.

>>57509081
i need to use a lot of expensive proprietary stuff, so until all those companies port their stuff over, or linux people figure out how to run windows vsts on linux, looks like i'm sol

>>57508453
/thread

>>57508453
kek'd

>>57509233
What do you do that requires loads of expensive plugins? I'm running a windows partition and a mac for work compatibility but I'm slowly moving all of my personal composition over to linux (although that is 90% hardware based)

>>57508453
>>57509295
>>57509327
>getting butthurt enough to type a fucking essay on linux, then having to samefag in response because no one is giving you attention
oh am i laffin

>>57508453
you're forgetting ReiserFS was made by a pedo

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>>57509359
better luck next time friendo
>b-but inspect element
sure autismo, like I'm going to waste time just for you

>>57509498
Are you fucking retarded or baiting?
Your 4chan extension highlights your post with a red line.
>inb4 you claim to have edited that in

>>57509520
Nevermind I'm retarded. It's highlights the responses too.
Got confused because I have mine set to highlight my posts

>>57509531
I have full lines for responses and interrupted lines for my own posts. Didn't know it can be changed.

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>>57509589
Under script in appchanx settings

>>57508730
you don't have to

Install Solus

>>57506930
I hate anime.
I use ffmpeg to generate material to shitpost.

>>57509607
I see

Listen to pic related

>>57506952
underrated post

>>57506930
Open anime pic and stare at it
sometimes i screenfetch

>>57508453
LINKEK BTFO

>>57506930
Work

>>57506930
Handbrake only works for me in linux. Windows handbrake rips come out all garbled.

>>57506930
>Name one thing you do with Linux that isn't staring at your desktop or watching anime.
Program in vim

>>57508453
10/10 lost at gnuplot

>>57510839
programming in Vim under Windows 10 is better

>gaming
>Linux

>>57510967
how?

>>57509802
>answering b8 shitpost
>be smart and ignore it
Choose one.

Honestly the only reason I use linux on my laptop is that I can't keep up with keeping 2 windows installations free of crap. I can have uptimes of weeks on my laptop, where my windows desktop has to reboot once in a while. Windows is horrible on a laptop. On my desktop ive disabled all the microsoft shit, and it 'just werks'.

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>>57511053
>the possibilities

>>57508328
>flux meme
i like flux it makes the screen less bright. actually i use redshift on Ubuntu but it's basically the same

I was going to make a new thread for this, but thought nah. You fine people were sort of talking about it earlier.

I'm on Ubuntu. I like PPAs. I tried Arch and liked that too, but couldn't decide if the AUR is better. What do you think? If you had to live with either PPAs or AUR, which would you rather have?

>>57506930
watch anime

>>57508720
it's very hard to make windows do something it doesn't want you to do. You eventually can do it, but it's much more of a pain than it is on linux.

examples:
* attaching a debugger to a service
* building a msi-installer from commandline (which you need for CD)
* telling it not to remove/change features via updates
* telling it not to show you ads
* telling it not to send your soul to redmont
(those all are possible, but require some deeper digging in windows and are very easy in linux)

also using virtual displays on a notebook is much simpler in gnome3 than in windows

>>57508491
>1280x800
>functional

>>57506930
Hey sorry OP but you missed your black point in that image and now all the detail from shadows is gone. It looks like ass.

>>57506930
use proprietary software

>>57516939
non-proprietary, rather

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>>57516460

>play video games in a windows vm
lies, DOTA/D3/SC/GTA/doomaren't playable

>create spreadsheets in libre office for work
more lies, everyone in your 'work' place uses office and your shit isn't rendering as expected and it's unusable

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>>57508274

>>57506930
software development, version control, building software, browsing the web, listening to music, encoding, packaging, being creative, gaming, emulating, hosting web services, managing storage, ricing, staring at desktop, watching non-anime

What are you doing on your Windows machine?
Let me guess: >muh gaymes >muh facebook xDxDxD

What do you do on your mac?
Let me guess: >my scat porn >my tumblr >my rails application >hurr durr

>>57507745
HTML isn't a programming language you nigger it's a markup language.

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>>57517033
>DOTA/D3/SC/GTA/doomaren't playable
Who gives a flying fuck? Star Wars Battlefront 1 and 2 are smooth as butter.

>everyone in your 'work' place uses office and your shit isn't rendering as expected and it's unusable
The spreadsheets are for me, anon. Have you ever stopped to think that some people actually use these tools to keep their own shit organized?

>>57517575
>The spreadsheets
lunix l2excel finally? or are you cheating and using google docs & checking how it renders on your Windows box before sending that Email to everyone?

The few clients of mine that use it are cheap old jews.

>>57506930
Watching movies, listening to music, writing a novel, studying for my college, posting on 4chen.

shitpost on /g/
▲
▲ ▲

>>57508559
truly underrated

>>57506930
I can see the footage

Shitpost on /g/ and run Windows on a Virtual Machine.

>>57506930

Everything.

CAD, music, writing, games, whatevs.

But here's the difference:

The OS doesn't spy on me. It does what /I/ tell it to do.

That difference is worth all the shit I went through 20 years ago to learn this stuff.

And every year, there are more reasons to stay away from Windows.

Feels good.

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>>57518437

>thinking that Office docs render the same on random Windows machines

HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR HAR

If you want fidelity, send a fucking PDF. Libre office exports to PDF just fine.

Nothing, because I am a linux cuck who can't accept thant Windows is much superior in every regard.

Mainly use it as a good working enviroment. Windows has too many distractions.

>>57506930
Using 'touch' to change the timestamps of files.

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>>57508436
>more fun than editing config files
you don't know shit about the joy of editing config files

>>57506930
develop software

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>>57507963

>>57508559
kek

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>>57506930
Installing Solus. Why don't you?