give me one reason for using linux over windows that doesn't

good high dpi scaling and fonts

>>59899231
linux faster to boot to usable state by 3 times or more

Package managers

>>59899231
So you don't support microshit's monopoly on operating systems?

>>59899231

linux isn't being used to actively spy on you

>>59899231
If you are running a server.

Thats about it.

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>>59899231

Holy shit so how can I OPEN SELECTED FILE WITH SPACEBAR IN WINDOWNS, NO TABS IN FILE MANAGER. I WANT TO WORK WITH MANY WINDOWS OPENED YOU WANT TO HIDE EVERYTHING IN NOTIFICATION AREA? WHERE ARE DRIVERS FOR MY NETWORK CARD? WHY OBTANING LEGAL COPY WINDOWS IS SOO SHIT ON LAPTOPS? YOU BUY PRODUCT WITHOUT SUPPORT! WHY I AM PAYING 4 PLN TO PHONE TO MICROSHIT TO ACTIVATE WINDOWS 7 HOMO EDITION?

USE ARCHIVE YOU LITTLE FAGGOT

>>59899231
Not losing 20-40% of your CPU and RAM to Microshaft's disk scanners and constant phoning home to the NSA

>>59899719
This

Although Im a NEET so I dont quite know how valuable my porn history will be to the NSA for blackmail purposes.

>>59899231
Solus performs significantly better and is much more optimised than windows will ever be.

My laptop boots up in 3 seconds. Everything opens up instantaneously and it only uses 350MB RAM on boot instead of the 1.2GB windows uses.

>>59899231
If your buisness depends on your OS, it's important to trust and be able to troubleshoot your softwares source.
Linux just works of you know what you are doing. With MS you have to trust some obscure binaries and when they inevitable fuck you in the ass you have a marginal chance to settle on court.
With linux you can only blame yourself.
So only stupid cowards use windows.
>>59900849
STFU kevin

Try OpenSuse, Ubuntu or Fedora.
Use arch because it just works.
Install Gentoo. Never go back.

>>59899299
>monopoly
no one is forcing you to use it.

>>59899231
windows
>unmaintainable and major upgrade requires a wipe (lol)
>can get infected by simply plugging in usb drives through desktop.ini drive-icon injection (lol)
>hacker's RAT playground (lol)
>massive history of security cuckoldry, billions of revenue lost
>insane and unstandard file system hierarchy
>'native backdoors' (lol)
>leading the programming for babbies (vs)
>widely used in wasteful unproductive gayming for brats
>widely used by non-STEM brainlets who major in women studies or similar
>widely used for PC - by consumerist boomer dead-enders
>doesn't have supercomputing file systems (NTFS exFAT crap btfo)
>x86_only (lol brainlet OS can't have 'em HPC PetaFLOPS + NVlink clustering)


linux
>maintainable and port-able
>stable and solid as fuck
>sane 'file system hierarchy standard'
>leading the supercomputing technology
>leading the blockchain technology
>'no backdoors' and can be hardened for even more security
>widely applied in different fields of science, physics, and computer science - leading the future
>widely used for HPC - supporting cluster/parallel computing out of the box
>have plenty of supercomputing file systems available at your fingertips (lustre,ibm ...)
>used by tech industry leaders (Google) (desu even microdick use linux lol)

One reason:
It's professional.

>>59899299
sorry,but this is the most retarded argument ever

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>>59901227
>desu
Is that a word filter?

>>59901006
kevin switched to gentoo long time ago

>>59900808

there used to be a time when the idea of governments spying on everyone and everything would be soviet tier bullshit, but thanks to spineless faggot cucks like you it's now a reality!

>uh its just muh porn

>>59901289
Yes, it is, newfriend.

>>59901227

>uh but muh games!! uhh using a terminal is poopy muh brain hurts

Linux is faster and doesn't crash (as often)

you basically never have to restart if you don't want to. also, you can actually kill a process/program that is not responding more than 1/5 times

>>59901289
It's both a wordfilter and a cultural restoration effort.

>>59899231
Instant app launches
Faster in general
Way more customizable
Looks better in general
Bash
Updates on my schedule
Can run it off a flash drive
Can run it off a micro sdcard
Open source
Google search = better support them Microsoft answers

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>>59901171
This is wrong. There are some computers that ship with an EFI implementation that lacks any kind of legacy setting and won't allow you to turn off secure boot or add your own keys. This started with ARM tablets and has worked its way up all the way to x86 laptops and all in one desktops.
>b-b-but microshit dindu nuffin!

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Joke is OP in these threads never really cares because they have already made up their mind.

How about this:

https://theintercept.com/2017/04/14/leaked-nsa-malware-threatens-windows-users-around-the-world/

>>59901390
And with

overdue

one can just lookup which service needs to be restarted. I never came a kernelhotswap
but I think when someone really really needs to fix a bug/issue they can write a kernel module.

>>59901171
>no one is forcing you to use it.
But they ARE forcing you to pay for it - if you want a laptop.

I have a Windows sticker on my Pioneer receiver - also featuring Intel Inside sticker - and one on my fridge - which has AMD sticker.

The only way to avoid that crap is to build your own so I don't have a unused Windows license for my desktop or server.

>>59899231
it has a better filesystem
you get security updates for all your software automatically
it's easy to install software/libraries

>>59899717
I get called by Ms tech support everyday.
Or at least that's what the fuckin pajeet tells me.

>>59899299
This

>>59901581
>it's easy to install software/libraries
*most of the time

>>59899231
Both can have Chrome, so what's the deal here?

>>59901227
"its professional"

>mainly used by kids with mental illnesses.
You tin foil hat brigade should realise 99% dont give a fuck what shit you have on that potato of yours

Linux distros don't actively spy on you
MS is blocking updates for 7 on Ryzen systems
On Linux I can just update everything and not worry about corporate bullshit affecting anything

That's three reasons already.

Being poor doesn't enter into it, I've used Windows systems for 20 years now and never once paid for it. Just copy that floppy

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>>59899231

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>spent all money on server/networking stuff for homelabbing
>old phat 15 inch mbp is one heavy turd
>new mbp is a $2000 shiny pretty turd
>finally woke up and realized I don't need specs on a laptop
>compare all current laptop's and they all compromise on something
>fell for the x220 meme
>windows is still a hot mess
>fell for the arch meme

It involves being poor, but I'd still run Linux on a x1 carbon/yoga if I had the dough.

There are quite a few, but you could also choose macOS. In fact, macOS is more convenient, because it doesn't have many of the issues Windows has, but it still has more software support and many things just work instead of having to spend time setting them up (for instance, network file sharing).

I mean I'd switch to loonix in a heartbeat if it had a good google drive client that wasn't actually paid (the amount of irony there is unfathomable) or a half decent word processor (LibreOffice Write reminds me not to expect that I am in control of what I am doing instead of the program which again is pretty ironic).

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>>59902004

Windows is fine if you enjoy being cuckolded.

>>59899231
Windows now incorporates spyware and an ad server as well as a redirector to funnel people towards their MS store. Worse than that, MS reserves the right to sell any and all personal information they gather from you - without any ethical regard to your privacy. Additionally, windows has nagged me about my file associations to 3rd party software and several updates reset those file associations to MS programs against my wishes.

And soon, I suspect, MS will turn their OS from nagware to ransom ware - either eliminating our ability to set file associations away from MS programs and/or charging a monthly subscription fee for the OS.

MS has already gone to the dark side. And soon, I suspect, they will go totally evil. Now, you may be that guy who likes leasing everything from cars to toasters and furniture, you might be that guy who likes targeted advertising and doesn't care if everyone in the world knows about your toenail fungus and ED and heart condition (including your life insurance company). Maybe you're that one guy who has never written anything on the internet that you would not want traced directly back to you (might I remind you that you are on 4chan).
But some of us are just not that excited about the direction MS has taken.

At the time, the windows version I bought didn't support the UEFI bullshit in my bios, so I booted linux as a workaround, and then got lazy and just installed linux

>>59899231
Every action you do is stored and can be searched through at any time in the future by a gov agency, or Microsoft.

>>59901227
>major update requires a wipe
So does rhel and major upgrades are never good on linux

Better custom shell scripting

Funny architectures like ARM

>>59903063
>doesn't care if everyone in the world knows about your toenail fungus and ED and heart condition (including your life insurance company)

mandatory genetic testing and full medical database background checks will soon be as common as a credit check when applying for a job, doing shit on the internet is completely irrelevant

additionally, fixating on desktop operating systems when thinking about consumer privacy is laughable, like you're a time traveler from 2003

nobody gives a shit about that stuff anymore since phones are a much more fertile and dependable ecosystem for profiling people

>I'm so rich I can afford Windows

>>59899231
It is more stable
It is possible to vet the source code
It can be configured to be faster and use less resources
It's easier to install and update software (no web browser required)
Software development environments are easier to set up

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>>59902447
any sane person writes off anyone who starts sperging about GNU/ or GNU + as just that - a sperg

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>>59901227
>linux
>maintainable
>stable and solid as fuck
>'no backdoors'

i prefer linux to windows
plain and simple

>>59899231
Can't believe nobody yet mentioned that this is a sexy lady.

>>59899231
I have a proper shell.

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>>59906030
I finally understand this meme

Better software

With linux you can pretend to be superior to windows users for reasons nobody really gives a shit about.

That can be your life too, if it appeals to you. You too can hang around on internet, pretending to be better. And let's face it, once you have linux, what else can you do? Unless playing with your OS sounds like fun, ofc. There's just no decent software for it.

>>59899231
You know most PCs come with Windows pre-installed. And most free as in speech software that also happens to be free as in beer alternatives to popular software is available on Windows too. And yet there are still people who use GNU/Linux.

I like software that has my best interests at heart. I have lost patience for fighting with software that considers me the enemy.

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>>59906780
like?

>gimp for photo manipulation
kek

>lmms for audio production
double kek

>>59899231
stupid fucking viruses.
> need software?
> Ms: "fuck off, find it yourself"

windows is now a few steps away from dumbing down their system to an iphone.

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>>59899231
make me

>>59899231
I started using Ubuntu when I was still a babby. I dualbooted W7 and Ubuntu 12.04. I loved the ability to actually fuck with it and eventually stopped using Windows entirely. I haven't looked back. I've had more fun with Linux.
Maybe you don't like computers, or think they're too hard for you. If that's the case, continue using Windows.

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>>59899231
Holy moly...
This question were answered on /g/ so many times and there will be another retard who will ask this.

Can we confirm that OP is faggot?

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>>59906814
> fighting with software that considers me the enemy
What.. does that even mean?

>>59904589
>It's easier to install and update software (no web browser required)

Some people really like the browsing for software on the web thing. I still search the web for software when I need something, like "best audio conversion tool" (before I started using FFMpeg for everything). The only difference on Linux is now I search the repo or add a PPA versus downloading an .exe.

When I moved to Linux the concept of packaging was a completely foreign concept. Just about all major software on Windows has an autoupdater (or at least a "check for updates" thing) which makes centralizing all updates seem foreign.

The closest thing we have is .deb files but those are rare, most of the time I see "oh yeah just run this command in the terminal to add the PPA, then this command to install it". That's a completely foreign experience to just downloading and installing.

I mean have you seen the installer for Chrome on Windows? It's the most hand-holdy thing on planet earth.

>>59906895
Haven't you be in existential digital crisis yet?

this>>59899237
this>>59899248
this>>59899277
this>>59899719
this>>59899578
everything in this>>59901227

also, FREEDOM :^)
and it's nice to not have to be forced to restart every time there's a fucking update and just stare at your screen forever as it says "applying updates, please don't turn off your computer..." like holy shit on campus whenever I see someone using a computer and it has windows half the time they're just dicking around on their phone waiting for that screen to finish installing updates lol
>inb4 disable updates
>in order to make Windows usable you have to disable critical security updates that Windows actually needs because it has more holes than swiss cheese

ishiggy diggy

>>59906895
It means nonfree software.

Nonfree software generally --though not universally-- actively tries to NOT do what the user wants it to do, because of commercial incentives. It serves the publisher first, and the user insofar as that doesn't conflict with the desires of the publisher. When you want it to do what YOU want rather than what the publisher wants, the software immediately becomes your enemy and tries to stop you as hard as it can.

Windows 10 is a particularly salient example of this. But the point applies more generally to all nonfree software (though there are some exceptions).

I am very much tired of using software that treats me as a prisoner, with privileges distributed according to the whims of the publisher. On my computer, I am boss, not any piece of software. Any software that tries to power struggle me can fuck right off. (Whether or not I could win this struggle is irrelevant.)

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>>59906990

>>59906990
also this

if your computer calls the shots rather than you calling the shots then you're a fucking cuck

>>59899237
>Good
Call me when I can have fractional display scaling different per window

>>59899231
Because poor (unintelligent) people will just pirate windows.

>>59899231
Servers that don't suck.