Linux is NOT for Everyone - Chris Titus Tech
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That's what it's like using Windows and web browsers in general for me - I almost never remember precisely what something I need is named, but I know exactly where to find it. And as for users' ability to customize Linux anyway they prefer, I never move ANYTHING from its default location, I just use right-click menus, shortcuts, and folder redirection to cut through the long-winded, unintelligible folder hierarchies. I think the one thing I added to my User account was an -Installer- folder, where I keep a copy of everything I've ever installed. That reminds me, you have a favorite Package Manager? To me that would be like preferring a particular brand of installer script, because who cares once the thing is installed? Computers have gotten so ridiculously complicated, I just think it's more efficient to cut to the chase and sweat as few technical details as possible.
Date: 2022-03-21
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Amipotsophspond
I absolutely hate when linux people take this view. linux has a special distro for everything yet they could not make a universal user-friendly distro. the view it's ok that linux is only for 1% let's turn that in to a good thing, is failure to acknowledge that they are not able to get the other 99%. let me tell you some real solutions and why they are not able to do it. it's not the 80's let go of the keyboard, I challenge any distro maker, to make a keyboard free distro 100% everything controled with a 2 button or less mouse. no way of even getting to a terminal absolutely all aspects of it GUI only. no way of making a text file that does not involve clicking to put letters or words in it. I don't care how minimal it is. now when you made it use only it for a year, only leaving it to add features to it as you need them. then when your done with that build that into a OS that can take down windows for good. so that's the solution but in reality I know that making that many GUI's is tedious slow and boring to someone able to do kernel development and they would rather say we are the special 1% then make it usable for everyone. they say things like my time is better spent optimizing and not reinventing the wheel. but with popularity more people are working on it you get more people working on reinventing the wheel that are not you, till the job of reinventing those wheels are done and you can get back to coming up with new wheels. and now because their are more people working on it they can add a gui to your wheel you just made.
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I absolutely hate when linux people take this view. linux has a special distro for everything yet they could not make a universal user-friendly distro. the view it's ok that linux is only for 1% let's turn that in to a good thing, is failure to acknowledge that they are not able to get the other 99%. let me tell you some real solutions and why they are not able to do it. it's not the 80's let go of the keyboard, I challenge any distro maker, to make a keyboard free distro 100% everything controled with a 2 button or less mouse. no way of even getting to a terminal absolutely all aspects of it GUI only. no way of making a text file that does not involve clicking to put letters or words in it. I don't care how minimal it is. now when you made it use only it for a year, only leaving it to add features to it as you need them. then when your done with that build that into a OS that can take down windows for good. so that's the solution but in reality I know that making that many GUI's is tedious slow and boring to someone able to do kernel development and they would rather say we are the special 1% then make it usable for everyone. they say things like my time is better spent optimizing and not reinventing the wheel. but with popularity more people are working on it you get more people working on reinventing the wheel that are not you, till the job of reinventing those wheels are done and you can get back to coming up with new wheels. and now because their are more people working on it they can add a gui to your wheel you just made.
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KyranSparda
I wanna like Linux and I respect what the communities do and represent. But as a leisure gamer and computer technician where most of my clients and games are already comfortable with Windows, I see no reason for me to switch yet, other than picking it up occasionally as a self-learning/self-improving course.
As we all already know, even though Linux has become better in gaming over the course of years, games still run better in Windows, hands down. Because they were designed for it. Plus I have enough knowledge to solve, most, if not all of windows common errors. I see that linux as it is right now, can offer nothing more than windows are already offering. Unless there comes one day where linux can run something that ONLY linux can run, then I might consider switching to it.
Otherwise, there are only two instances I see the use for linux in my case:
1. You're reviving an old machine that has no Nvidia hardware, and you use that machine solely as workstation, for web-browsing and for multimedia consumption.
2. Your senior family members just started learning to use computers and do not know how to fix some general Windows errors.
I like linux and I sincerely want it to become more and better, but under the large cogwheels of multinational corporations and capitalism, it is a utopia dream at best.
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I wanna like Linux and I respect what the communities do and represent. But as a leisure gamer and computer technician where most of my clients and games are already comfortable with Windows, I see no reason for me to switch yet, other than picking it up occasionally as a self-learning/self-improving course.
As we all already know, even though Linux has become better in gaming over the course of years, games still run better in Windows, hands down. Because they were designed for it. Plus I have enough knowledge to solve, most, if not all of windows common errors. I see that linux as it is right now, can offer nothing more than windows are already offering. Unless there comes one day where linux can run something that ONLY linux can run, then I might consider switching to it.
Otherwise, there are only two instances I see the use for linux in my case:
1. You're reviving an old machine that has no Nvidia hardware, and you use that machine solely as workstation, for web-browsing and for multimedia consumption.
2. Your senior family members just started learning to use computers and do not know how to fix some general Windows errors.
I like linux and I sincerely want it to become more and better, but under the large cogwheels of multinational corporations and capitalism, it is a utopia dream at best.
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Slanguage
Two things:
1. Linux is not for everyone, because everyone did not grow up on it. They did not get it pre installed in their shiny new computer, they did not do book reports on it, they did not make their social media account on it, they did not surf the web or play games on it. TBH, if Linux were shipping out of the box in the systems, people would be using Linux. In my workplace, one day the management decided that it was too expensive to upgrade all the windows. So they just installed Linux Mint on everything. And tbh, every single machine worked faster and we have not had issues with them till day. Most people did not even feel the difference because a lot of apps that we use are custom ones and the computers are not used for much else except safe browsing the web. And TBH, the apps very very rarely crash, printers rarely stop funstioning due to randome nonsense. The tech guy who was regular visitor in our department has not had to visit that often. And everything just works without hassle. And most people did not even know they had made the switch.
2. Linux is not for everyone .....YET.
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Two things:
1. Linux is not for everyone, because everyone did not grow up on it. They did not get it pre installed in their shiny new computer, they did not do book reports on it, they did not make their social media account on it, they did not surf the web or play games on it. TBH, if Linux were shipping out of the box in the systems, people would be using Linux. In my workplace, one day the management decided that it was too expensive to upgrade all the windows. So they just installed Linux Mint on everything. And tbh, every single machine worked faster and we have not had issues with them till day. Most people did not even feel the difference because a lot of apps that we use are custom ones and the computers are not used for much else except safe browsing the web. And TBH, the apps very very rarely crash, printers rarely stop funstioning due to randome nonsense. The tech guy who was regular visitor in our department has not had to visit that often. And everything just works without hassle. And most people did not even know they had made the switch.
2. Linux is not for everyone .....YET.
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Ricardo
I wouldn't recommend Linux for anyone! Period!
It's more of a gimmick.
It's like something fun to try out.
Unless your job requires it, or you are a computer wiz! I wouldn't recommend Linux.
There should be a warning for people downloading Linux. And that should be, -don't use Linux if you ever used windows/Mac-.
Linux is like a free operating system for the mean time while you get enough money to purchase windows 10/Mac laptop. The only people that should use Linux full time are those that require Linux for work.
Let me tell you, there are those that literally have 2 computers, 1 with windows and the other Linux. An those are suckers! They really bought another pc for windows because they know that it's not possible to switch 100% of the time to Linux. Be it gaming or work even daily tasks.
Linux, should never be used full time.
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I wouldn't recommend Linux for anyone! Period!
It's more of a gimmick.
It's like something fun to try out.
Unless your job requires it, or you are a computer wiz! I wouldn't recommend Linux.
There should be a warning for people downloading Linux. And that should be, -don't use Linux if you ever used windows/Mac-.
Linux is like a free operating system for the mean time while you get enough money to purchase windows 10/Mac laptop. The only people that should use Linux full time are those that require Linux for work.
Let me tell you, there are those that literally have 2 computers, 1 with windows and the other Linux. An those are suckers! They really bought another pc for windows because they know that it's not possible to switch 100% of the time to Linux. Be it gaming or work even daily tasks.
Linux, should never be used full time.
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Levo
I guess I just don-t get Linux. I-ve been trying to switch to it for a good 15 years, because I love the theory of it, but I-ve found it far too fragile and compromising for professional work (full time editor), and too fiddly and inconsistent for casual consumption. If it would -just- allow me to watch videos on Youtube with reliable hardware decoding, would switch to my headphones every time I plugged them in, and would install updates reliably, every time, I would switch in a heartbeat! But it never does, regardless of the distro, so I-m left confused at the enthusiasm. I guess if I was one of those famous grandmothers who just checks email...
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I guess I just don-t get Linux. I-ve been trying to switch to it for a good 15 years, because I love the theory of it, but I-ve found it far too fragile and compromising for professional work (full time editor), and too fiddly and inconsistent for casual consumption. If it would -just- allow me to watch videos on Youtube with reliable hardware decoding, would switch to my headphones every time I plugged them in, and would install updates reliably, every time, I would switch in a heartbeat! But it never does, regardless of the distro, so I-m left confused at the enthusiasm. I guess if I was one of those famous grandmothers who just checks email...
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JorgeAraujo97
Linux crowd should learn from Blender 2.80: instead of being its own, clunky thing, the developers turned it into a very good piece of software that doesn't require a weird skill set to get used to it. They made me transition from 3DS Max to Blender, which I now use full time. And wouldn't go back to Max, unless by necessity, since Blender not only build upon what was good and solid, but improve and got away to become modern and fun to use.
The moment a capable team realizes that, Linux will topple Mac and Windows in no time.
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Linux crowd should learn from Blender 2.80: instead of being its own, clunky thing, the developers turned it into a very good piece of software that doesn't require a weird skill set to get used to it. They made me transition from 3DS Max to Blender, which I now use full time. And wouldn't go back to Max, unless by necessity, since Blender not only build upon what was good and solid, but improve and got away to become modern and fun to use.
The moment a capable team realizes that, Linux will topple Mac and Windows in no time.
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Sorin
I used windows, Linux, android, I know what GPL license is, Richard Stallman, Linus tornvalds , or Alan Kay. But, what do you think... Will all this free software world cease to exist one day... Will all the ugly ones like close source operating sistems/companies fight to kill the liberty to choose... What will happen with all of this after Linus Torvalds will die and Richard Stallman ... Who or what community will still fight against them... Is it really Linux a child of the community and for all of us
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I used windows, Linux, android, I know what GPL license is, Richard Stallman, Linus tornvalds , or Alan Kay. But, what do you think... Will all this free software world cease to exist one day... Will all the ugly ones like close source operating sistems/companies fight to kill the liberty to choose... What will happen with all of this after Linus Torvalds will die and Richard Stallman ... Who or what community will still fight against them... Is it really Linux a child of the community and for all of us
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mariolis1000
The only reason it is not for everyone is because it doesnt come pre-installed with new computers
Modern -easy- distros can do everything windows can do. Given a larger user base , every company would make damn sure all their software works on Linux , including things like Photoshop and Video Games
Linux can be for everyone , and the only reason its not , is because Microsoft makes sure OEMs and Laptop Manifacturers dont give customers the option of Linux
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The only reason it is not for everyone is because it doesnt come pre-installed with new computers
Modern -easy- distros can do everything windows can do. Given a larger user base , every company would make damn sure all their software works on Linux , including things like Photoshop and Video Games
Linux can be for everyone , and the only reason its not , is because Microsoft makes sure OEMs and Laptop Manifacturers dont give customers the option of Linux
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