>builds $800 computer >installs linux why do /g/ fags do this?

>>60066334
Because they want to feel special

>>60066334
>installs linux
On the GNU operating system? Yes!

>>60066334
cause they can?

>>60066334
because he's smarter than you
also
richer

Linux isn't just for low spec machines, Anon. Hell, I'm typing this on an $1100 laptop running Ubuntu.

>>60066334
If I'm buying the best parts of course I want to use the best kernel, what else would I install?

WE WUZ FREEDOMS N SHIET

>>60066334
I want shit that works for me. Fuck off

that's why I waited until I had a $1500 pre-tax pc to install gnu/linux on

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>>60066334
Because I wanna have a nice gaming machine that I can customize the fuck out of with weeb shit.

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>>60066334
>be me
>upgrade to 8GB RAM
>linux feels the same, no performance difference
>mfw I fell for meme once again

Because I have taste in computer hardware and at the same time, I have taste in operating systems.

>>60066680
From what, 4gb?
Do you still have an HDD?

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>>60067080
Yes. Now are you going to meme me into getting a SDD?

>>60066659
>gaming machine
>linux

Super tuxkart in 4k 120fps?

>>60066659
>Linux
> gaming machine
Uh-huh. Yepp. Right. Sure.

>>60067136
>he doesn't want 5 second boot times

>>60067136
If you had monitor your OS before "Upgrading" you would've noticed the HDD was the bottleneck instead of your ram, that's why your system feel the same as before.

>>60067080
i think the point he's trying to make is that linux uses so little resources in the first place that he did not need to upgrade his ram

>>60067172
this is correct. also
>>60067168
>>60067167
ssd is only good for boot time and large data transfer, how will it help me when watching netflix or youtube of firefox?

there's this thing called GPU passthrough
VMs are not all that complicated to use

>>60067198
the load time of the program. Don't you get tired of being able to go make coffee and come back before you can browse /g/?

>>60067198
>ssd is only good for boot time and large data transfer
Are you fucking nuts?
SSD low seek time is the thing that make your OS shine!
Feetching thousand of little files scattered throught your entire disk is fast as fuck on an SSD, so your overall experience is faster, not just doing those 2 things.
My browsing became so fast because of the cached files your browser uses, every little page I visit loads why faster than when having an hdd.

>>60066334
>installing windows on anything ever
Why do normalfags do this?

>>60066334
Because I can

>>60067220

shh don't let the normies find out

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>build $2500 computer with top of the line parts
>waste it all on semi-functioning "muh hackintosh"

Why do some of you faggots do this?

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>>60067144
>>60067164
>What is Dual booting?
>What is a VM?

Stay simple.

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>>60067164
>>60067144
http://store.steampowered.com/linux#tab=TopSellers

>>60066334
>buy $700 graphics card
>watch youtube and post on 4chan

>>60067300
because I can
>hurr durr I could have bought macbook pro
>no thanks

Ya know, we should just quit telling them to install Linux. We don't need them polluting the community. Look what they do to /g/.

>>60067343
there are pros and cons. the pros outweigh the cons.

>>60066334
Because Windows is annoying as fuck if you're used to Linux. Not many 'are you sure you want to do this' pop ups and relatively immune to viruses. Also good to use if you want to learn computing because its more intuitive.

Because I can.

>>60066352
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project. There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.
Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

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windows is the suxx0rs becuase I don't get to feel 1337 fucking around with the CLI and using config files instead of UI that does the same thing

>>60066334
currently running linux as primary on a 3k gaming rig because i'm fucking sick of gaming and being a shit idiot.

i can vouch for this. Personally i've use a late 2013 15" mbp for virtually all of my undergraduate studies (CS w/ art history and math minor), and i'm almost always using vmware to run windows/fedora out two 4k monitors via thunderbolt (Gtx 750 helps achieve this smoothly).Like, I still have a decent desktop (Now my file server) with equivalent specs, but as soon as I was awarded the pro with an ssd it completely stepped my game up. Get a SSD- at least to hold your OS.

>>60067302
>Dual booting
That'll last

>VM
>gaming in a VM
>shiggy
or
>Linux in a VM
>literally why

>>60067322
Indie garbage and low res, 12fps source games, sounds like a good time.

>not using Windows for your gaming rig, Linux for your home server, and OS X on your MBP to get laid in college

>>60067453
I just read that whole thing in Stallman's voice. It was a comfy experience thanks anon.

>>60067136
Jesus Christ I hope you're trolling.

>>60066345
THIS

plus /g/ says Linux is better
>in real life they use windows because vidya
>b-but i want to look cool

>>60066334
cause its just werks

>>60066334
In your opinion what else is it that I should be installing OP? BSD? Windows? TempleOS?

>builds 2000$ computer
>browses web all day
Why do /g/ fags do this?

>>60071368
>builds $100000 computer
>writes the word "norman" over and over and over

>>60066334
I paid like $520 for my computer in 2014 and $100 of that was for Windows 8.1

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>builds $273m computers
>installs linux
why do China fags do this?

>buy $800 computer
>install Linux
>most of the top games on Steam run on Linux
>enjoy benefits of both Linux and gaming
>Computer powerful enough to virtualize Windows for games not supported natively
>best of all world

Find a flaw

>>60066334
Because their workstations are actually at work, and all they need a computer for is doing internet related things without the need to play elaborate video games to entertain themselves. That's why they call it disposible income, son.

>>60066433
>buys $1100 laptop as a Facebook machine

>>60072100
>run windows natively
>virtualize linux

Find a flaw

>>60072903
power consumption

>>60067136
yes because an SSD actually fucking helps with load times on nearly everything
but its okay you just sit tight and be a fucking idiot

>>60072903
the cia niggers will watch your monitor in real time and make fun of you for watching avril lavigne videos

>>60067916
I get 400+ fps in CS:GO, quake3 is stable 250fps with hq3 on CPMA, xonotic is 900+fps

winblows is for casuals tbqh

>>60072903
it's running windows

>>60066334
Because some people here actually have jobs, and we use our computers just for that.

>>60073039
To be fair, the same can be said if it was the other way around.

>>60073133
not really since only windows sucks so hard

>>60066334
I built a $500 dollar machine. Went to install windows 7. Not successful. Didn't like my ssd. Installed lubuntu. Ran windows 7 in a virtual machine. Done. Never been happier with a machine. Using windows less and less. It's really just an environment for a couple applications I still use.

So much baiting. A lot of it did keep me from experimenting with linux at first. Once I got into it I realized it was what I was missing from computers that I used to like. Now I have a machine that's mine and truly mine without the arrogant bastards at microsoft bullying me and my time with constant time consuming updates and all the endless fiddlling with reinstalling and image backups and all this pointless shit. Fuck them. If my windows vm gets weird (it hasn't in a year) all I have to do is reinstall it and all the drivers are there provided in the virtual environment. Enough said I think.

>>60066334
..because it's the OS I've been using since 1999?

>>60067144
I think you're a year or two behind.

Yes, it used to be the case that there were no games (except tuxkart and warzone and a few others) for GNU/Linux. I thought so too, honestly, until I checked steam a few months ago and realized that there's now a ton of games available. Check that out if you want, because the difference between now and just a year ago is HUGE.

>>60067324
RX 470 was like $320 or something but I see your point. Feel free to tell us how you run 3x1440p smoothly with anything cheaper than that.

>>60072996
900 FPS sounds insane no matter what the game is. Which distro, CPU and GPU?

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>What could you possibly do with a fast computer other than playing video games!?!?!?

>>60073643
i7-4790k @ 4.7ghz, gtx 760, void linux with xorg-minimal and proprietary drivers, WM is DWM

When friends and family are around i dualboot into Linux, gotta Keep making them think I'm a professional programmer. 99% of the time I'm on windows tho.

>800
Try 3000

Be honest. Would you rather spend near that amount on a used computer that had Windows on it?

>>60066334
I installed linux on a multi million dollar supercomputer. Checkmate

>>60067897
not using gpu pass through

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>>60066334
my processor costs $661 alone
i'm on win10 LTSB by the way

I use AMD cards so fuck linux

>>60067343
> Not wanting Linux to take off

It's okay anon, you can still have your snowflake OS while everyone's using NormieJustWorks.iso

>>60066334
I do it for work.

>>60066334
I honestly don't get it

I see people here complaining about how their 1070 has no good firmware on linux and I am like why would you even get a 1070 and then put linux on that machine

it really annoys me

linux is for laptops mane

and by laptops I mean thinkpads

sheeeiiiiiiiiiiit

>>60076276
You mean Elitebooks

>>60076281
no because elitebooks usually come with decent gpus so they're meant for light gaming or graphics software. That means windows dude

>>60067236
Not that guy, but
>no, not really

>>60076297
Not the 8540 series m8

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>>60066352
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as the GNU operating system is in fact the Linux operating system running GNU software with its kernel.

>>60076307
k

>>60076371
Seriously, it's shit, I have the 8540p and the GPU is an old ass low end NV from 2010

>>60067973
>not just getting a gaming console
There aren't even any good games for pc. Just bad console ports and shitty indie games on top or the million or so generic first person shooters and grindy mmo yawnfests.

>>60073039
This

>>60076380
I thought those were way better than intel hd series

>>60067916
>actually believing graphics or who made it is a factor in whether it's a good game
you're a special kind of stupid,
>>>/v/

>>60076405
The CPU is the first mobile core i series, the iGPU was complete shit, the NV was an upgrade for the time but can probably only run emulators now

>>60067198
>large data transfer
except that's patently false. The big draw of SSD's is low latency access times. That it also enables faster data transfers on modern SSD's is just a very nice bonus, but it's not in any way the big thing about SSD's.

That means shorter startup times, a much more responsive OS, and programs in general starting much faster. If you go back to a mechanical harddrive after having used an SSD for a while you'll notice the difference.

>>60072903
just run emulator for windows and passthrough your video card for nearly the same performance if you need gayms

>>60067198
>large data transfer?
why are you even on /g/ ?
ssd are chosen for their 4k and random reads, not sequential, you mongoloid

>>60072888

>as a Facebook machine
I do not have a Facebook account. This is a software development machine.

>>60070106
>not simply dual-booting
>>m-muh storage
relax, you got a 1T hard drive for a reason

>>60066334
Everybody on earth should dualboot. Windows for gaming and linux for everything else.

>>60067897
>That'll last

what do you even mean by this? I've been dualbooting windows 7 and ubuntu on my t420 for more than a year now

>>60066334
>""""builds"""" computer for playing games
Why do >>>/v/irgins post here?

>>60067144
Well there is Warsow...
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_sxSkiC8EEY

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>>60066334
>builds a $12,000 server
>installs windows on it
Why do incompetent winfags do this?

>>60078498
Linux has less support and security compared to Windows 10.

>>60078653
Why do you lie on the internet? Is it just for attention? What a sad life.

>>60073961
>with xorg-minimal
>minimal
Why the fuck would this have anything to do with your fps senpai

>>60066680
32 bit or 64 bit?

>>60072903
Windows doesn't have proper virtualization functions to allow for GPU pass-through. In other words, that doesn't fucking work you uneducated nigger.

I think you know exactly why. I don't like people like you who ask questions you already know the answer to trying to "bait" out responses. It's dishonest.

And think of the poor sap whose thread you bumped off page 10. That could have been the next Elon Musk crafting an ingenious response in that thread and you basically aborted him. But you don't think, do you? You just run your mouth. Haha. Very funny, we're all laughing at you now.

SAGE!

>>60076383
So get a console because they have less of the same shit with worse controls.

Got it. I'll go drop several hundred dollars to get that inferior experience.

>>60078513
>Everyone should share my opinion.
>Everyone should agree with me without an argument.

>>60078653
The moon is made of pizza. See? I can do that too.

>>60066334
cause windows is an united shit from america

>>60067973
>MBP to get laid in college
You must be a virgin if you think girls care that much about your laptop.

>>60076383
>Just bad console ports
A bad console port is usually better than the console version. Consoles always run badly.

>>60067167
Boot times do not matter. They don't make rebooting any less painful.

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>>60066334 >>60067453

More appropriate theme song for the thread.

>>60067302
>boots into Windows to play gaymen
>calls it a Linux gaming machine because he also has Linux on the pc
Autismonaut.

>>60066334
because they want a decent os on their decent machine.
No Windows indian adware code of hell non working shit bunch from suck fuckers

>>60066334
Because I fucking hate Windows.

>>60067136
no, don't buy a ssd, just get a class 6 MicroSD and save some shekels