>unironically using Linux as the primary and only OS What

Works for me

>>62228211
Why shouldn't i? It's comfy as fuck.

>>62228211
No way somebody does that.
Linux is great for my home server, but I don't use my home server for shitposting.

>>62228233
me too .. comfy

>>62228290
The real reason for you is that you can play games on Windows. No need to sugarcoat it.

>>62228290
You should try it. The quality of your posts might improve.

>>62228211
What's wrong with me? Not wanting to pay for a broken OS. I understand that this is an undesirable behavior today's consumerist society.

>>62228211
Nothing. Have you tried it?

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>>62228211
All my systems run Unix / Linux. I game on my systems.

I used to use a OSX box to admin my servers, but replaced it with a t420 running source mage.

The hardest pill for WinDERPS to swallow is that OSX / Mac is more of a real power user operating system than WinDERPS ever was.

You guys really need to have your Windows Nigger Net Exploder Safety Blanket / Pacifier taken away and forced to use a shell browser for a month.

>>62228307
That's what my PS4 is for. I got it for 200 bucks. I don't play online, so I have no reason to pay for online.

REALLY looking forward to the Secret of Mana remake.

>>62228355
Hell, my dad, who is an absolute retard when it comes to computers (literally the meme of an IE browser filled with search bars and a desktop filled with saved internet pages) became accustomed to Mint almost immediately. I just needed to set it up to be as stable and safe as possible.

>>62228385
This needs to happen more often.

Any non-GayMur Windows users need to just bite the bullet and install Mint and start converting boomers.

>>62228360
You don't have to pay for online anymore senpai. I think it was a slient announcement or something, but I play OverWatch daily while admining my servers from my couch and the card that my PSN account was on expired.

Nothing happened so far and its been like 6-8 months.

>>62228404
That's what I do. People come to me with problems all the time, and I tell them that I charge 10 bucks per hour to deal with Windows stuff, or they could pay me 25 bucks, and I will do a backup and install Linux Mint, and offer to service it for 6 months at no additional cost. I also tell them that if there is a problem after that, I won't charge more than 20 bucks to fix it.

>>62228431
Eric?

>>62228440
Not even close.

>>62228423
That's neat, but I still have no desire to play online.

>>62228307
You can play alot of the games on linux.

>>62228467
this is true, huge indy / classic library and just keeps growing.

the linux DS ecosystem needs to stop self harming and we'll see more good stuff to come.

>>62228487
>huge indy / classic library
Absolutely irrelevant

>>62228584
enjoy keeping a $6k rig going for your extra 20fps on games that were designed for $200 consoles.

>>62228605
Spoken like a true peasant

If you don't game and have no need for decent office or studio software (audio/video) go for it. Else you will waste precious time on fixing driver problems you would never have with win/osx. Linux has it's use in server systems not in production.

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>>62228612
>Spoken like a true peasant

>>62228211
I have a job, I don't have time for windows.

>>62228642
>decent office
Libreoffice

>>62228307
>games
DAWs, image editors and other shit

Theres nothing wrong with having a job and being an adult, you should try it OP

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>>62228676
>>62228650
>Linux
>job
Pick one.

>>62228211
is that screenfetch?

>>62228211
I don't get what the issue is. If I didn't want to game on my PC, I wouldn't even have my Windows VM.

>>62228689
Not all jobs are data entry, professional gamers or graphic artists.

>>62228689
kek, so you dont even know about tech fields like server admin, get out more my friend

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>>62228211
>>unironically using Linux as the primary and only OS
I wish I had this already. Windows is so bad I hate using it. I just play games with it like everyone else on this board who still use Windows. I might try dual booting soon to see how much I can game without Windows.

Which distro would be the gaymen distro, /g/? Ubuntu or SteamOS or what?

>>62228211
How to spot the fat vidya gaymurrr.

>>62228893
>SteamOS
Just no.

Just go Ubuntu or Mint

>>62228211
>unironically bashing /g/'s favorite thing
The thread died before it was even posted.

>>62228689
Why she haven't fixed her eyebrow too. Screws up the whole thing.

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>>62228584
>indy

>>62228689
https://www.indeed.com/q-linux-jobs.html
Also kys for being a dumbfuck.

>>62228893
Ubuntu or Mint. If you're most familiar with Windows, I recommend Mint.

>>62228211
>primary
For work, yes.
>only
No. That's stupid. BSD is way better for home use.

>>62229037
Sorry for not being clear, I already use Linux on the side. I just meant what would be the best possible distro if the goal is gaming and nothing more. So there would be the least amount of configuring. I have another computer for other stuff and that Windows computer is only doing gaming.

Even Ubuntu is currently switching to Wayland so I'm not sure if that's a better or worse thing for current gaming.

>>62229105
Ubuntu. Steam OS is based off it. Mint is probably near-parity, but it's always best to go with the source.

>>62229072
Home what? NAS? Yes. Desktop? Absolutely crap.

>>62229105
>the least amount of configuring
Ubuntu. It was made with that goal in mind.
The only points where other distros might be better are graphics drivers (probably easy to search for a solution if it's a problem) and wine (if you want to use it, you'll probably want the newest version avaiable which won't get packaged in the official Ubuntu repos.)
Still easy to fix though.

>>62228917
Not him but why not SteamOS? Is it not good for desktop usage? I wanna learn.

>>62228211
Hello, Pajeet. How's your salary for shilling M$?

>>62229105
>Even Ubuntu is currently switching to Wayland so I'm not sure if that's a better or worse thing for current gaming.

Wayland is worse but only on account of Nvidia being a bunch of assholes that refuse to play nicely. The proprietary driver (which I assume you'd be using for gaming) does support Wayland but it's a shit-show with support varying depending on the compositor and even if the compositor does support it, it's still extremely buggy.

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>>62228605
Nice bait, idiot.

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>>62228211
I use an operating system that respects my freedom more than Windows or Mac OSX. What the fuck is wrong with you?

>>62229684
SteamOS is literally Ubuntu but it boots directly into Big Picture mode. Pretty sure it also has some performance hacks in there, but otherwise it's literally like Ubuntu 10.04 or some shit like that.

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>>62229928
>>62228648

>>62228487
Lots of AAA games are getting native builds too, and many games work under wine fine. Hell dx11 under wine is making progress.

>>62228666
Ah yes. I am sure you're a graphic designer, music producer and photographer and you need all the pro tools that are only available on Windows.

I would use it I am just afraid that updates will fuck something up

I cannot handle stress easily these days so its not healthy for me trying to fix something that is not my fault

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Serious question:

How long would it take to pick some middle aged woman who still have problems sometimes using Windows (but obviously one that received little training with it) and get her doing the majority of the work in a Linux based OS?

>>62230888
Generally updates don't break things any more than Windows ones do. I had an arch install that I didn't touch for over a year and it updated with no issues when I did get around to using the system again. My Ubuntu install hasn't broken from updates since I started using it years ago

>>62231095
stop!

>>62228431
Holy shit man, I've been doing the same thing for a couple of years now. The people I've done it for love it. Most want to be able to browse the Internet, email, scan photos, personal finance. All without worrying that an hour long windows update is going to fuck up their computer. They just want shit to work. All they have to do is stay away from shady sites an they're fine.

>>62231095
Got my mom onto mint in about 4 hours. She hasn't had any major problems since it was installed.

>>62228211
It's free and conveniently available, no activation or licensing bullshit, and at this point force of habit/inertia because I've been using it full time since the end of 2005. I haven't personally used a version of windows newer than XP

>>62228290
>>/v/

>>62231237
And the best thing, she'll probabaly never have to worry about fragmentation slowing her system down ever again.

>>62228211
>tfw nothing like Visual Studio debugger or even close to it in Linux

>tfw too addicted to Linux anyway

just kill me

>>62231095
from an idiot user perspective they're not so different

browsers browse, skype skypes ... same shit

>>62231315
Basically. There are a few issues here or there, but she had those on Windows as well so that's not really a point against Linux

>>62228233
>>62228298
>>62228307

give me legit reasons for why linux is better

>>62231318
Use jetbrains. Totally BTFO VS abomination.

>>62231360
>voluntarily installing russian botnet on your pc

>>62231357
Give me legit reasons why should i give you legit reasons.

>>62231369
because you are the ones going against convention

>>62231357
Updates update all software on your system. No licensing. A terminal that doesn't suck.

>>62231366
>voluntarily installing M$ botnet on your pc

>>62228211
>unironically referring to a kernel as an OS
What the fuck is wrong with you?

>>62231415
any day bruv

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>>62231389
>Argumentum ad publicum

>>62231357
it's not better it's just free an in free beer and /g/ are destitute poorfags

>>62231484
>linux ck
>don't annihilate wangblows scheduler
You are a retarded tech illiterate.

>>62228893
Want to game then definietly manjaro

>>62231404
translates to "it's free"

>>62231555
are you legitimately illiterate

>>62231357
It isn't made by NSA to spy on me.
The update system is much faster and more convenient.
Windows is overall slower.
Drivers actually work out of the box.
The display is better on Linux and isn't blurry like on windows. I don't want to go blind for just using an OS.
The customizability is better. Some distros even look better ootb than windows ever could.
It doesn't do all the retarded shit windows does (being unable to unmount hardware, raping unused disks, having shit driver system, forced updates and telemetry, forced app installs...)
No malware
No need for activators to use it (inb4 buy that garbage)
There are no (((editions))) crippling the OS if you don't pay more

>>62231484
This explains a whole lot about /g/ actually. Explains the chink thread. Explains all the cheap phone suggestions in spg. Explains why in dpt and wdg it's all about free learning resources and slandering of those who pay for education. Explains why thinkpads are so popular. Explains why linux is regular suggested when the only actual desktop/laptop OS on the market right now are macOS and windows. List goes on.

>>62231357
just one? package manager.
everytime I run a windows VM and have to do anything not stupidly basic, I need to install some crazy .msi/.exe from a freeware weird shitty site or get a torrent client first, then google other shitty torrent sites to get some half decent software and execute a fucking keygen.exe, like it's nothing with that ridiculous music excepting it dosn't have malware. seriously WTF.

>>62231646
>everytime I run a windows VM and have to do anything not stupidly basic, I need to install some crazy .msi/.exe from a freeware weird shitty site or get a torrent client first, then google other shitty torrent sites to get some half decent software and execute a fucking keygen.exe
this is one of those infomercials where the old man struggles to eat his cheetos and blames everything else except his own dumbass for it
peak linux user

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>>62228211
>windows 10
corporate spyware
>windows 7, xp
cia spyware
>apple
Chinese spyware
>systemd
rehl/nsa sypware

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lets get real for a moment. You install windows 10 in about 45 minutes and for most linuxes its about the same but remember. Biggest base linuxes are about 1 gigabytes or 2 while windows 10 can be more than 5 gigabytes of data. And what happens when you open them. On the linux there are about 2 functional buttons, 3 are nonfunctional and in those two buttons there are some pictures to play with. Maybe slide down or up. On windows though, you feel like a god. Its professional its fast, its all functional. You have a godlike user interface. The thing that the linux does not have. You have those two buttons in the linux, but you still search google for codes to write in terminal. Linux is free because its not worth a penny. Nobody would sell a paper without taking the money. Just not sure why people still buy android while windows phone does 10 times more. Trust me. When you work with windows you know some genius ground breaker dedicated himself to give you an operational os

>>62231669
forgot
>intel/amd
hardware spyware
>internet
honeypot

>>62231691
>5 gibs
20 when you get all the updates

>>62231669
that cat is having an epiphany but he won't tell anyone about his model of the multiverse explaining reality because he's a fucking cat

>>62231691
windows is so operational the coders themselves don't know how the fuck the base code is written
they shit out updates that break the kernel so fucking frequently

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>>62231691
>On the linux there are about 2 functional button
Is this a copypasta that slipped my trace or are we seeing a Pajeet finally lose his mind

>>62228211
I work as sysadmin for private medical insurance. Also I do real work on computer, not playing gayms faggot.

>>62231691
Nice pasta shill.

You don't even bother to write your own shit anymore.

>>62228642
> server systems are not production

Wat

>>62231882
Can you give me the name of that private medical insurance? I want to make sure everyone I know avoids it.

>>62231691
>>62231958
Of course not. And mission critical systems don't run windows, faggot. For brain dead kids like you and gayms, it's fine

>>62232067
> mission critical systems don't run windows

that's absolutely not true

it's actually linux that's considered risky

>>62232147
Please tell me more. Also more than 90% of web servers and almost 100% of worlds supercomputers are on Linux, not to mention huge data centers, server farms, critical infrastructure... See not everyone is gaymer, son. People do real work with Linux and Unix systems. Of course you need to have more than two brain cells to set it up.

>>62228211
Mac is better if you can afford it

>>62232390
>web servers
>supercomputers

lol

this shows your ignorance

>>62232390
>Also more than 90% of web servers
Citation fucking needed, enterprise world runs on Windows Server whether you like it or not.

>>62232465
Enterprise world is not your cubicle for tech support pajeet, whether you like it or not. Linux is powering the world, from smart TV's to huge data clusters. In real enterprise mission critical systems run Unix or Linux, and offices run windows. First get a job in the industry, and no I don't count Microsoft tech support sir

>>62232465
enterprise world uses third party datacenters for his hosting needs, such datacenter uses linux as a hots 9/10.

The only use for Windows server on the enterprise is for local intra-nets and services like domain controllers.

>>62232655
>hosting
weblets gtfo

>>62232675
You can host more things than a webserver fag, like VMs, citrix, domain controlers, DNS, Mail, etc.... Some shitty enterprises even host their firewall and IDS on datacenters.

>>62232655
He's a poojeet he doesn't know

>>62231879
It's a shit pasta

>>62228666
>image editors
Yea if you hate yourself. Nothing on Linux even holds a candle to Adobe's suite.

List at least 3 actually useful programs that are only available on Linux and are better than Mac/Windows counterparts. Oh wait you can't because no such thing exists.

>>62231357
Because I say so. Go fuck yourself.

>>62233673
No such thing exists because Linux programmers aren't fags that program exclusively for a single platform.

>>62233673
OpenFOAM
FLUKA
Xplico

Oops, it seems OpenFOAM has Windows binaries nowadays.
Mausezahn is another Linux exclusive software used in R&D
So we still have 3
>inb4 name 5000 programs

>>62231628
/thread

>>62231357
A hundred actual filesystems to choose from, all with tangible benefits to performance and integrity of your data.

>>62231357
Systemd boot.
Windows fags jelly of 5 second boot times and immediate responsiveness even on HDD.

>>62231357
coward

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>>62231628
>It isn't made by NSA to spy on me
Wait till CIA niggers from Redhat take over the Linux. They are very close to it.
>The update system is much faster and more convenient.
Ok, this is true.
>Drivers actually work out of the box.
Only some of them. Managing most of proprietory drivers to work nicely is still a pain in the ass (Nvidia cucks broke my DPI settings with their latest botnet driver).
>The display is better on Linux and isn't blurry like on windows. I don't want to go blind for just using an OS.
WTF are you talking about?
>The customizability is better.
It is. You can make almost the same base system by using different methods. I mean, of course we talking about desktops here.
>It doesn't do all the retarded shit windows does
Nah. It also goes full retarded but in it's own way.
>No malware
When was the last time you got malware on Windows? If your system is up to date and you are not retarded there is zero chance to get a malware.
>No need for activators to use it
Don't be like that. Pay for others people work
>There are no (((editions))) crippling the OS if you don't pay more
Yep, ithey are company that needs to find new ways to get money from you.
- - -
The thing is, Linux is shit for a desktop. The only good thing about it is it's license (which is actually very important). I also like things like Tails OS, Qubes. etc. They are the only pain free method to do some private work on the computer,

Dual booting GNU/Linux and windows10, but only boot windows about once a month to update.

>>62231389
>everyone else is using it so you should too it means its good
great logic and argument there my friend

>>62234035
tl;dr
derp.

>>62234035
Most drivers come with the kernel, no need to install anything. Propietary drivers not in the kernel may be iffy, but not really much of a problem usually since your distribution should deal with it for you.

Also, having to activate your Windows is a pain in the ass that gives no benefit to the user. A properly pirated copy probably won't have that problem so the point of paying for it is moot since it annoys paying customers more than pirates anyway. (Who the hell thought this is a good business strategy?)

>>62228211
Why won't you just let us use our superior OS and bother the fuck out of us?
Are you envious ? Why do you need justification? Please, I don't care you can use your botnet as much as you want.