Give me one good reason to use Linux instead of Windows. The

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>>58672295
>>The botnet meme ins't a reason.
Yes it is.

>>58672311
It's not, and if is, i don't care.

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>>58672323
You should care.

Pros
Better dev environment
Don't like something, you can change it
Free as in beer and free as in speech
Looks good on resumes
Low risk of viruses
Fairly friendly community

Cons
No games or good image/video/audio editing software.

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>>58672323
>not caring about privacy

>>58672350
>No games or good image/video/audio editing software.
That is a lie.

>>58672342
I should, but i don't.

>>58672380
Now is as good a time as any to start. It's never too late.

>>58672370
Post a triple way game avaible on linux that ins't bioshock infinite.

>>58672370
Compared to windows

>>58672350
>Better dev environment

How? Not saying you are wrong, just curious.

>>58672342
>posts picture of a traitor and a quote from a traitor
>thinks this will help his argument
wew lad

>>58672395
>dat moving goalpost
But whatever
Borderlands 2
Alien: Isolation
Whatever valve is up to
Metro 2033

I could likely go on.

>>58672473
Citizens owe zero loyalty to a government that violates their rights. Snowden had a choice between the Constitution and the government. He chose to defend the former and betray the latter. He was 100% right in his choice.

>>58672451
Native bash and development package support in a free (not Macos) operating system.

>>58672295
If you're a developer or aspiring:
>Linux is *nix, Windows is not. Enough said.

If you're a normie:
>Linux is faster
>Linux has less viruses
>Linux has package managers (inb4 Windows has them as well; they're awful)
>Linux is extremely customizable. There is a plethora of working DE's you can choose from and 99% of the handsome OS screenshots that you see on the net are Linux boxes. On Windows, you don't like the whole Metro shit? Fuck you, we do like it, so suck it up.
>It's easier to fix shit on Linux if it breaks. If shit breaks on Windows, prepare for a reinstall.

If you're a gaymer or graphics designer:
>Keep using Windows.

It's not shit.

>>58672451
It's generally more open to tinkering, being FLOSS.

>>58672295
Doesn't need a 3rd party program to have keybinds to change the volume.

>>58672295

You don't have to pay for everything, software junk isn't mysteriously sprinkled throughout the system, and terminal integration is cool.

>>58672516
>Linux is faster
For what? Not kidding but for a normie, what is linux faster at than windows that will matter to them?

>>58672295
No, fu.
do your own research

>>58672350
Cons
It barely works without a shit ton of work on it

>>58673841
It isn't. If anything it's slower due to lack of drivers or shitty implementations. Windows does everything possible to make crap hardware feel faster than it really is, Linux is much more simplistic and doesn't bother.

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>>58672295

Windows sucks due to the lack of trust in everything you install.

In Linux, if I want to format ANYTHING to ANYTHING from ANYTHING or just delete ANYTHING, I can use gparted. It's free, trustworthy and isn't going to load my system up with bullshit. This goes for SD cards to hard drives, to SSD's to flash drives.

In Windows I need a separate program to deal with those sorts of partitions, not to mention the lack of support for filesystems that aren't fat32 or NTFS entirely.

This doesn't just go for gparted. Virtual camera software and hotkey management are also covered here. They all have to be third-party programs from closed-source devs that throw malware into everything they code.

Fuck it completely.

>>58672350
There are lots of games. It really depends what you play.

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>>58672295
>Give me one good reason to use Linux instead of Windows.

No. If you think Linux might be interesting then try it and see what you think.

Why are there so many of these "sell me this idea" threads on /g/? This is a tech board not a salesman convention.

Either do it or don't do it and shut the fuck up.

>>58672295
>Botnet is a meme.
Hello NSA.
>>58672323
>I don't care that my basic human rights are raped by the corporations.
Retard, shill or a retarded shill?
>>58672342
This.
>>58672350
Good quality post.
>>58672370
I don't think it is, my friend has to use Windows for video and sound editing because GNU/Linux lacks the programs to compete with what he uses. He does 4k editing.
>>58672380
Start now.
>>58672516
Great post.
>>58673841
I have a 6700k, 16gb of DDR4, 980Ti and the difference between how responsive the OS is like night and day. I used to use Windows 10 Enterprise, turned to Xubuntu week ago and it is way more responsive.
>>58674072
>Windows does everything possible to make crap hardware feel faster than it really is
Windows doesn't do anything to make hardware feel faster so in the end even a 1080x2 32gb ddr4 6700k ram machine feels slow under Wangblows.
>>58672295
It's simply put a better OS if you don't need particular programs.

>>58672295
Linux userbase is already full with idiots, we don't need another one. Keep using windows.

>>58672295
If you don't know why then you're probably too stupid.

Anyway, the real answer if GNU.

b

>>58672473
>traitor
I hope you kys, conservacuck

>>58674438
You're autistic.

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hey im kinda new so dont be to harsh on me can someone please explain me this botnet thing? (also i like and have to many games to switch although i might get a laptop that just solely uses linux if this botnet thing is cool)

>>58672295
Great development enviroment is my main reason.

I have a separate computer for gayms.

>>58673841
It consumes less resources in general, especially windows 10 consumes a lot of resources even when idling.
>>58674072
Nice bait. Then explain me why debian with xfce boots in 15 seconds on an old p4 shitbox of mine.

>>58672311
>>58672342
Why are you even replying for fucks sake? What happened to "don't feed the trolls"? Why is it that every single bait thread instantly receive dozens of replies? Is /g/ so full of retard newfags and redditors that people literally can't help but reply to bait threads?
Please just stop.

>>58676095
https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&persist_app=1&v=s0sgiY93w9c

Normally, /g/ consider everything closed source a botnet, which is not 100% true.

>>58672295
W**dows is an unstable piece of turd. Get over it.

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>>58676149
thank you

>>58672395
>>58672494
Arma 3
Dark Souls 3

Of my 300+ at least a 100 are Linux compatible. I don't do AAA much though.

>>58673841
Firefox is mysteriously not shit in Linux. On Windows it is absolutely terrible.

>>58676095
It means windows is malware and spies on you constantly.
Here's a video made by an autist explaining some shit https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1kGMCfb2xw
Doing all this still doesn't stop it. Microsoft went full totalitarian and spyware. Windows has become a tool to spy on people. It lets America have control over it's citizens all while spying on other countries.

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>>58672473
>an american hero is a traitor

>>58672295
>The botnet meme ins't a reason.

Nice bait anon.

The botnet alone is reason enough and saying you don't care is just lying on the internet. Why would you lie on the internet?

>these linux users mad just i don't care for the botnet meme

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>>58676176
i dont mind desu all they'l find is wierd porn

so let me get this straight if i use my virtual machine i can become a pupet master!?

what are some benefits to a botnet besides ddo'sing advantages?

>these anons implying botnet is not a meme

Why linuxusers are so idiots?

>>58672295
It's free and everything that derives from this fact is a reason to use it. You can't be fully satisfied with non-free OS because it's made in a way to be liked by as many people as possible, can't be perfect for each user. Any part of GNU os can be chosen from at least 3 variants (you can even run it with bsd kernel instead of linux), you are free to assemble system that is perfect for you and compute in your own style without getting annoyed of something you don't like in windows or osx.

>>58672350

Nigga wut I would greatly prefer to have mpv and ffmpeg at this point.

>>58676062
snowden was a low level contractor who stole files and really knows very little of the intelligence community

>>58676227
Hi, NSA shill, do you like your work? Do they pay you much?

>>58672295

Alright you faggot listen up.

GPU PASSTHROUGH.

I can tell you're a Gaymer. Now stop whining about the Botnet meme if there a single meme that you should care about is this one.

>>58676211

Sauce ?

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>>58676438
whats that?

not OP btw

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>>58676451
my extreme satisfaction folder

>>58676465
>an entire hard drive for python
JUST

>>58676454
GPU passthrough (more generally PCI passthrough) is a technology allowing you to run a Windows VM inside a Linux host and give it it's own dedicated physical GPU. You need two GPUs and a willingness for pain though.

In my experience it creates a significant drop in performance and causes a number of totally undiagnosable bugs (games not launching, games running at 1 FPS, etc.) but other people swear by it.

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>>58676493
that sounds amazing i might try it when it becomes less buggy and i might pick up a cheap gpu for the linux side

thank you :D

>>58676465

>Wingblow 10

No thanks.

>>58676465
God I'm so fucking happy I don't use Windows 10 anymore

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btw everyone that has a anime pic that isnt OP is me but can someone run me through on what version of linux i need to run this botnet thing and if it doesn't go against 4 chans rules can someone link a video on what program to use?

>>58676314
>only people in the secret intelligence club are able to decide if what the secret intelligence club does is okay
Who watches the watchers, then? We need more Snowdens. We need the intelligence community to know that if they do anything that isn't 110% justifiable, it'll be leaked and show up as headline news the world over.

>>58676493
Some hardware doesn't play nice with it. Up until pretty recently, and sometimes still, mobo makers sometimes skimped on having a working virtualization subsystem, on the logic that it's finicky and most consumers never use it.

>>58676512
Integrated graphics counts as a GPU for this purpose btw

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>>58676188
>>58672311
well everyone but these annons

Since you are talking about games..

has anyone had success running The Witcher 3 with nVidia GPU and Intel CPU in Ubuntu?

>>58676547

InstallGentoo Wiki

>>58676564

GPU passthrough i Yes i'm able to play the Witcher 3 with it.

>>58676572
ok what then?

>>58672295
because windows is a botnet you spastic cunt

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>the os im using right now is fine but i really wanna use linux so i can post my arch install in desktop threads and get 0 replies because no one cares
epic dude

What most others said but also
>Font rendering

The difference is night and day. I used GNU+Linux exclusively for a few days, then when I went back to Windows everything was the same but I was wondering why all the fonts were screwed up.

It just makes it look so much better. Not just the fonts but everything just looks so much better.

>>58676585
I don't have 2 GPUs so I can't do it.

>>58676590

Are you fucking braindead ?

SEARCHING YOU FAGGOT I'M NOT YOUR MOM

>>58676633

You cpu have one usually.

>>58676633
CPUs usually have integrated graphics support. They can behave as a seperate GPU, it will only cost you around 250-500MB RAM.

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>>58676634
DAMMIT MOM IVE NEVER USED ANYTHING LINUX RELATE NOR DO I HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IM SUPPOSED TO DO!!!!

>>58676658
You misunderstood something somewhere, you have no idea what's actually going on. We can't give you IQ or spoonfeed you.
>>>/v/

>>58676686

This.

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>>58676686
im downloading KALI FUCK YOU

HOPEFULLY ILL GO SOMEWHERE
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>58676483
I guarantee you it's a 2gb partition

>>58676556

He saw something wrong, but he didn't know the full context of it at the Pentagon level. the DoD doesn't give a fuck about all this autism here, just the activities of those who would do us harm.

Not trying to sound like a bootlicker or that I don't care about privacy, but they have bigger fish to fry.

>>58676705

>He fall for Kali

Well done you sperg, you're a hacker now.

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>>58676805
WAIT WHAT?!

>>58676800

Even so they don't care about what we are doing, does that mean i have let my privacy go for that matter ?

More important, THEY NEVER BEEN ABLE TO STOP A SINGLE FUCKING SHIT WITH THEIR PROGRAM.

So the reason why their doing it is not effective plus it's intruisive for other people.

Defend this you.

https://theintercept.com/2015/11/17/u-s-mass-surveillance-has-no-record-of-thwarting-large-terror-attacks-regardless-of-snowden-leaks/

>>58673841
1. The scheduler is worse.
I have 4 cores on my laptop.
Running a single core application means I use 25% CPU.
On windows, running a single core application means I use 16%.

2. The system is harder to change.
This means most people stick with the default environment which uses more resources than kde, yet offers fewer features than mate.

3. Windows doesn't handle software.
This means every application needs to phone home to check for updates and the updates windows do handle is poorly implemented, so you spend a lot of resources doing updates, not to mention how much time you spend shutting windows down and starting up due to this.
And the new versions where you have to ask for permission to use the computer, stuff like that waste time.

Now gnu/linux also waste time, but in different ways.
You have to find (alternative) applications, test out drivers and if you are the only one in the field, you are going to have a bad time.
Most of linux users are in a field where they have all the applications they need and then they don't deal with those things.

I don't know if these things doesn't impact windows users or they just don't know better, but there is too many windows users to make generalizations like that.

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>>58676800
>just the activities of those who would do us harm.
That's always the excuse they use. They need us to believe that the world is a dangerous place full of enemies to justify their power and abuses.

>>58672494
>>58676155

I don't see Thief: The Dark Project in there.

>>58676856
Ron Paul is so fucking based.

>>58676155
Dark Souls 3? I wish.
The only reason I boot Windows anymore is just so I can play DaS every now and then.

>>58672295
You've already decided no reason is valid, so why should I?
Give me one good reason to use Windows instead of Linux, your reasons probably don't apply to me either.

>>58676856
>>58676885
He did give it to the enemy by making it public though.

>>58676856
This. America has a tendency to set up something which harms their people just enough that they become desperate and trade their freedom for security.

>pearl harbor
>the state sends half the troops home several days before the attack because "they didn't know anyone will attack"
>hurr it's a coincidence, they wouldn't do that just so they have a globally accepted reason to kill japs and use the nuke

>gulf of tonkin "incident"
>government lets one of their ships get wrecked, and another imaginary ship destroyed
>hurr so what if they faked it? it was justified so people would be motivated for war!

>9/11
>plane rushing towards USA
>it's "impossible" to stop it and it's "too late" to do anything about it, so let's just let it crash
>hurr they didn't, no way the gov would do something like that just to scare people into giving their freedom for false sense of security! And they didn't use detonations just in case!

>>58676919

>Source
>My ass.

He didn't since it's been well analyse by journalist. Now since you're not been able to give a single fucking proof of what your saying there is no reason to argue with you.

>>58676919
> implying
He gave it news outlets, goyim. He's not exactly Julian Assange.

>>58676856
>>58676845

maybe not everyone wants to fire ballistic missile at us, but if you've ever seen how aggressive some are out there on the networks/intel gathering, you might think a little bit differently. Just look at all the agency breaches.

Take your phone off airplane mode when cruising close to a Chinese API in the South China Sea and see what happens.

>>58672342
he is your typical paranoid tinfoil faggot

behead this traitor

>>58676985
>Take your phone off airplane mode when cruising close to a Chinese API in the South China Sea and see what happens.
W-what happens

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>>58676919
>>58676985

>>58676188
>american hero
he is an american traitor

>>58676985
How does spying on the American populace have anything to do with external security?

>>58676985
>>58676989
>>58677007
i want /v/ and pajeet to go

>>58677030

Same...

>>58676985

Exactly what i've been saying.

>Source
>My ass

>>58676993

I accidently took it off when snapping some photos and got a bunch of random requests through airdrop.

>>58677021

They are intrinsically tied to one another, though I don't support the programs in their entirety. I'm just saying there are real credible networks threats that need much more aggressive action and you shouldn't be a faggot in the intel community and steal files and go public.

>>58677004

I had a dinner with Ron Paul and Debra Medina back in 2007 in Texas. Good man.

>>58677030

I'm /k/ here abroad in Japan desu.

>>58672295
I work as a network administrator in a company that uses mostly Apple Computers with MacOS on them.
Therefore i use Linux to have the *nix core but i do not want to use MacOS or Apples hardware.

The "secret" of knowing why you should use a specific OS is to know what you need to accomplice with that OS.

>>58677118
>I had a dinner with Ron Paul and Debra Medina back in 2007 in Texas
tell me how do I, a Finn, can move to the great state of Texas?

>>58677118
> They are intrinsically tied to one another
> China stealing secrets from the American populace and America stealing secrets from the American populace are intrinsically tied to one another
i agree
they should both be stopped

>>58677145
I'm /k/ as well. Doesn't make you any less of a huge fucking faggot.

>>58677158
CONTRACT MARRIAGE LOL

>>58677158

Texas is quite nice, mate. Theres all kinds here. I'm from Houston and it's very hot and Humid here, but late fall, winter, and spring and great. Very diverse city with everything you could want. Most fortune 500 companies outside of Manhattan.

How do you feel about a lack of true public tranist, though? In Houston (and Texas in general) we really embrace car culture as the city extends some 700+ square miles.

Low cost of living as well.

>>58677199

I don't agree with the program I have to add. I, do, however, trust the right people not to abuse it. What we do have to worry about is kickbacks with contractors, spies, and overall governmental network security.

Let's talk it over a shoot at the range when I ger back to the states m8

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>>58677241
Sounds amazing senpai. Hopefully I can make enough money to afford the initial cost of moving there in 3 years or so.

>>58676095
>>58676211
Puppet master no. Virtual machines are much more boring kid.

Also, botnet does not benefit you at all. You can't ddos anything when your part of the botnet. Your computer is part of a big network that you can't control and you are at the mercy of Microsoft. They do whatever they want. Let me emphasise, **botnet is not cool**. Avoid botnet like the plague. Linux is not botnet, for the most part. /g/ says Ubuntu is full botnet, it's mostly commercialized and collects data Amazon would want(everything).

>>58677271

Hope you can too m8. I actually might move to Europe after I do my time. Fiance is studying in the UK. Always wanted to make a trip to finland.

My uncle used to work for Chevron and spend some time in Scandinavia back in the 80s and 90s ill have to ask him where exactly he was over there.

>>58676141
/g/ has been the laughingstock of 4chan for a long ass time.

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>>58677322
I don't know much about UK. I dislike my country for reasons. Basically 20 years of bad governments and then EU on top of that.. I'm trying to get my friend to consider moving there too, we could split the initial costs.

>>58676955
>>58676983
>>58677004

He leaked information about British spy agencies intercepting data all over the world.
He leaked information about the US spying on several other nations.
He leaked information about a NSA hacker team.
Among many other things.
I didn't post any source because its common knowledge and you could literally google it in a handful of seconds.

But listen, my dudes. I'm not saying what he did was wrong. From the point of view of the population ( including myself, even though I'm not an americlap ), what he did was obviously heroic.
But on the other hand, he worked at a spy agency and decided do leak information that would compromise several operations and did actually put agents lives at risk.
He could leak about the NSA spying on US citizens and be a hero and thats it. But be also leaked information about the NSA and other agencies spying on numerous world leaders and foreign governments.
Those foreign governments aren't all of them friendly or reasonable and they have intelligence agencies of their own. They will investigate how the NSA was taking that information and would eventually find an agent ( someone with access to said information that had an agreement with some agency ) because information like that isn't captured by foreign agencies without someone with access to it purposely giving it away.
Remember how some news agencies decided not to name Afghanistan among the countries that the US was spying upon, in fears that it would trigger violent responses? And then Wikileaks named them anyways?

...

>>58677451

...

We live in the internet era and spying is something normal. It is a form of warfare like any other.
Having information about stuff happening in other countries allows your country to prepare for it beforehand and in turn it makes your ass a little bit more secure.
Spying in their own population as if that population was an enemy is a huge problem. But it also has to do with how a huge number of people migrate to the united states every year from countries all around the world. Including a lot of people from cultures that have highly negative views about the US and its citizens.
Terrorist don't justify spying on the general population, that's bad and it could lead to even worse situations. We need different ways of dealing with that kind of thing but that's something we have yet to figure out.

>>58677450

you could greencard here and then enlist to get your citizenship very quickly.

>>58672295
>botnet

It is a valid reason, fuck you OP

>>58672295
Not slow.

>>58672350
>games
Steam.
>image
Krita.
>audio
Audacity.
>video
Kdenlive.

urxvt)

>>58672498

You would have an argument, if he did not sell everything he had to the Russians.

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>>58677620
You're making the mistake of viewing this as our government vs their government. Who gives a crap about that, they're both enemies. This is about people vs governments.

>>58674101
gparted is a seperate third party tool

unless it's baked into the linux kernel itself

why is gnu so comfy? i don't mean to meme, i use both win and gnu but even with the same wallpaper on the same PC, in gnu, regardless of the distro, is super comfy while on win it just looks complete garbage

is there a reason to this?

>>58677074
can I eat your source

>>58677594
Steam doesn't mean games work on linux, it means steam works on linux.
The others don't do the job right.

>>58677565
Dying quickly spooks me anon.

>>58672295
>give me a good reason
>oh but not this one
give me one reason to use windows that isn't software compatibility

>>58677801
it's not made by some fat dude in his basement

>>58677807
Neither is Linux. What's your point?

>>58677807
niether was linux? linux was made by torvald in his prime

>>58677267
> I don't agree with the program I have to add. I, do, however, trust the right people not to abuse it.
> trusting government not to abuse power
AHAHAHAHAHA
When has this ever happened, at any time in a government's history, ever in it's lifetime?

Also, Snowden wasn't the only one who spoke out against the NSA. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Binney_%28U.S._intelligence_official%29

> What we do have to worry about is kickbacks with contractors, spies, and overall governmental network security.
None of those things have benefited from an increase in privacy invasion of American citizens.

> Let's talk it over a shoot at the range when I ger back to the states m8
No can do, I'm shipping out early February.

prepare to lick boots

>>58677833
>I'm shipping out early February.
Why are you fighting the wars of Saudi Arabia

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>>58677820
>>58677823
nice one, almost got me

>>58677860
oh sweet so you're just shitposting for (you)s, filename made me kek though

>>58677860
>that bit of visible stomach
why is rms so fucking disgusting

>>58672350
>Better dev environment
linux will never be able to match Visual Studio with its godly debugger

>>58677763
Linux DE/WM take better advantage of screen real estate

>>58677860
Gr8 b8 m8, you got me. Here's the (you)

>>58677679
>muh bourgeoisie

> they're both enemies

One place is a shithole, the other is not. Its safe to figure out which is the worse enemy.

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>>58672342

>>58672395
There's this new game called PCI passthrough

>pleb

>>58672295
There is no reason, boi

>>58677798
We're in peacetime.

The closest you'll come to death is stapling your paperwork at the end of the day.

>>58677852
What do you mean?

Seems like a good option. I get training in a field I choose and get paid while getting job experience. Not to mention all the veteran's benefits and people giving you free stuff. A con might be potentially getting your shit fucked because you're military in the future, though.

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>>58678439
Does the army have place for lawyer? I could enlist and study to be a lawyer for you guys I suppose.

>>58672295
Windows updates reverting your default browser to crap Microsoft Edge.
Updates should not be able to change user preferences.

>>58672295
I'm not going to come into your home and make you stop eating shit. You can sit around eating shit all day and I'll never care.

>>58676141
Autism makes them reply. It is a running gag other places to come here and make this thread because it is guaranteed replies every single fucking day.

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>>58680859
>It's a running gag to go to other places and make yourself look like an idiot to the people there

>want to install a program on Linux
>pacman -S program
super convenient. No need to go find an installer and avoid getting some PuPs.

>hard to get viruses
Security on Linux is better than Windows and there are few Linux viruses in the wild.

>better GUI
KDE, XFCE and Cinnamon all have a modular menu system that acts similar to windows, but allow a lot more customization.

>everything is configurable
There are a lot of things in Windows that you just can't change, like forced updates that restart the computer. It's really nice to be able to fix any issue like that.

You can also make sure everything you have is free, so that you can fuck with anything without any legal consequences.

>few normies
Most of the Linux community (outside of the people who use Ubuntu, Android or chromebooks) are actually knowledgeable about what they're using.

>no product activation bullshit
Having to crack all of my software or deal with licensing bullshit is not something I ever want to deal with. If I blow something up and need to reinstall, I don't have to worry about the activation server randomly rejecting my key, like Windows does.

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People in /g/ still use windows?

I'm disappointed

>>58672323
>It's not, and if is

"I'm wilfully ignorant"

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>>58677594
What about the Pro's? They probably can't compete with Windows because of the games but they could try competing with the Mac.
Linux needs to get Adobe CC, Microsoft Office and the rest of the software will come, but not being able to get Mac apps like Logic Pro and Final Cut might be a problem.

>>58683675
You can run most versions of Microsoft office through Wine or through a VM if you really need them.

Microsoft Office is the kind of software you should be trying to get away from though. Documents aren't even compatible between different versions of office, things always break.

The fact that all of this is non-free software means that a large portion of the Linux community will not use it. This is especially true of Microsoft office because LibreOffice is pretty good and Latex is superior to a word processor anyway.

>>58683892
Wine and VM are not options for normal tech illiterate users.
I'm a Mac user and use Pages from Apple instead of Microsoft Office because it's good enough for what i need and it comes free with macOS.

Linux needs to have options, because most people prefer Microsoft Office, especially business people, so i think it's essential for Linux to have it if they want to grow.

>>58677679
You realize that "government secrets" is a major part of why Germany lost the Western front, right?

Do not leak government secrets unless you want that government to fail.

Don't be edgy and want them to fail unless you really know what that means.

For some unexplainable reason, anime is more enjoyable on Linux.

The botnet meme is a reason.

But if you want one good reason, Linux lets you write bash scripts to automate your processes.

>>58684080
Wine is an option for the average user. You just install Wine, then you try running it. if it doesn't run, give up.

Back when I had no idea what I was doing and though that Ubuntu with Unity was the best distro for beginners (fuck unity), I was able to do that.

>download ubuntu to duel boot with my windows 10 because why not
>windows won't boot anymore

thanks /g/

>>58672295
Pros:
- freedom
- privacy
- customizability
- variety and choice
- better UI/UX and workflows
- package managers with sane update policies
- sane dev environments
- sane shells
- SSH / SFTP / SSHFS
- unlimited possibilities thanks to open source software
- you'll learn more about your computer
- (mostly) friendly community interested in technology
- can use WINE to run most applications/games

Cons:
- not all AAA games are available or playable through WINE
- no adobe software (PS6 is working, not that well though)

Workarounds:
- can use a Windows/MacOS virtual machine with GPU passthrough yielding 99%+ performance

>>58684615
forgot to mention that steam already has thousands of games for linux and the number increases every fucking day
https://steamdb.info/linux/

>>58684615
>can use WINE to run most applications/games
I don't think WINE is able to run most games well. There are plenty that run, but a lot get CPU bottlenecked and run at 30 FPS.

WINE works impressively with games, but it's not good enough to replace Windows yet, if you're a gamer.

>>58684615
Isn't GPU passthrough experimental technology? You need to do some things that put your computer into a potentially unreliable state to get it working.

>>58684784
It's not like it crashes the host Linux OS, or damages the installation, if you have a hardware incompatibility or something. It just doesn't work.

You have to blacklist the video card you're passing through so Linux doesn't grab it on boot, which means you can't use it in Linux. But if you can't get passthrough working you can just undo that and reboot.