6 Reasons Why People Have to Use Windows - Chris Titus Tech
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Date: 2022-03-20
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Catriona
You forgot MS Office. Yes I know there are free office solutions on Linux and that you can even run older versions. And taht there is office 365. But that's not how it works. Often customers, clients or employer will demand compatibility. They want an Excel file in a certain format to work with their systems from you. Or in ym case, I am working as a book editor. And I know I should use LateX but my (pretty big) publisher demands the latest version of MS Word for PC (which are then converted into pdf) and the Texts I work with are from hundreds of authors using dozens of versions of MS-Word. I'd be in utter hell if I tried any Openoffice branch or converting stuff to LateX and back.
MS office is a bit of an industry standard and if you can't get away with the online version that has fewer features and a massive privacy problem. Actually, don't EVER use MS Office online!! Don't!
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You forgot MS Office. Yes I know there are free office solutions on Linux and that you can even run older versions. And taht there is office 365. But that's not how it works. Often customers, clients or employer will demand compatibility. They want an Excel file in a certain format to work with their systems from you. Or in ym case, I am working as a book editor. And I know I should use LateX but my (pretty big) publisher demands the latest version of MS Word for PC (which are then converted into pdf) and the Texts I work with are from hundreds of authors using dozens of versions of MS-Word. I'd be in utter hell if I tried any Openoffice branch or converting stuff to LateX and back.
MS office is a bit of an industry standard and if you can't get away with the online version that has fewer features and a massive privacy problem. Actually, don't EVER use MS Office online!! Don't!
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Brandon
I'd even go as far to argue that if you have a specific piece of software that isn't compatible that it would be smarter to use a virtual machine to run that specific piece of hardware. I've run gpu passthrough on a kvm. benchmarks are within margin of error from native hardware. Historically using windows i would do a fresh install every year. It would be night and day performance differences. Given the nature of windows slowing down and getting bloated and nasty isolating it for a specific piece of software will retain that freshness longer and refreshing it when it does need it will be obviously a piece of cake.
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I'd even go as far to argue that if you have a specific piece of software that isn't compatible that it would be smarter to use a virtual machine to run that specific piece of hardware. I've run gpu passthrough on a kvm. benchmarks are within margin of error from native hardware. Historically using windows i would do a fresh install every year. It would be night and day performance differences. Given the nature of windows slowing down and getting bloated and nasty isolating it for a specific piece of software will retain that freshness longer and refreshing it when it does need it will be obviously a piece of cake.
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George
Well, I cant use dolby atmos in linux, I like chrome, but i have issues with account sync, Nvidia optimus CANT work on linux, I'm on laptop and some apps dont scale so the text is tiny, my trackpad stops working in random times and needs restart to fix. So since I have all of those fixed on windows without even doing anything, how am I supposed to switch on linux? The app developers don't want linux to grow yet, otherwise its a way better OS than windows. For easy tasks, linux needs extra steps while windows does everything automatically (background), that cant ever make non-pc people switch to linux.
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Well, I cant use dolby atmos in linux, I like chrome, but i have issues with account sync, Nvidia optimus CANT work on linux, I'm on laptop and some apps dont scale so the text is tiny, my trackpad stops working in random times and needs restart to fix. So since I have all of those fixed on windows without even doing anything, how am I supposed to switch on linux? The app developers don't want linux to grow yet, otherwise its a way better OS than windows. For easy tasks, linux needs extra steps while windows does everything automatically (background), that cant ever make non-pc people switch to linux.
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Soumodeep
Fun fact: If you have Linux as a host system and if you have 6GB/8GB RAM PC and use Windows 10 in a guest environment then you will suffer a lot from this because Windows 10 isn't smooth and usable with 3/4GB RAM. But if you use Windows as a host system and use Linux in a guest environment, it will work too good and well and you will feel like you are using as an only OS and you will want to make the guest environment as your daily driver. The reason is Linux uses way less resources than Windows 10, Linux uses half amount of RAM than Windows 10.
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Fun fact: If you have Linux as a host system and if you have 6GB/8GB RAM PC and use Windows 10 in a guest environment then you will suffer a lot from this because Windows 10 isn't smooth and usable with 3/4GB RAM. But if you use Windows as a host system and use Linux in a guest environment, it will work too good and well and you will feel like you are using as an only OS and you will want to make the guest environment as your daily driver. The reason is Linux uses way less resources than Windows 10, Linux uses half amount of RAM than Windows 10.
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Jjshowsartandstuff
what's kinda odd about me is that when i was younger i thought linux was a very limited operaiting system with less features compared to windows like android, in my eyes i was looking for an operaiting system that i can make it my own. but when i saw a video that makes linux look like mac i was immediately intrested and now i absolutely love linux. and use it as a daily drivers for vm's for linux and more. (I started with 32 bit linux mint as my first linux on a real computer and now a days use manjaro)
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what's kinda odd about me is that when i was younger i thought linux was a very limited operaiting system with less features compared to windows like android, in my eyes i was looking for an operaiting system that i can make it my own. but when i saw a video that makes linux look like mac i was immediately intrested and now i absolutely love linux. and use it as a daily drivers for vm's for linux and more. (I started with 32 bit linux mint as my first linux on a real computer and now a days use manjaro)
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CUN_009
My old 6 years old laptop 4 years ago I was unable to use touchpad in windows. The weird part was that it worked in all Linux distro I tried.
Later on this month I updated the old man with 12gb ram and SSD. Voila, the touchpad started working in windows.
I was like are you serious ?? The resource use was so high that even Windows disabled most important function. Touchpad ???
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My old 6 years old laptop 4 years ago I was unable to use touchpad in windows. The weird part was that it worked in all Linux distro I tried.
Later on this month I updated the old man with 12gb ram and SSD. Voila, the touchpad started working in windows.
I was like are you serious ?? The resource use was so high that even Windows disabled most important function. Touchpad ???
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Extremos
Something I don't understand in the Linux community, Linux is supposed to be about freedom and choice compared to other operating systems. If that's so, why am I not allowed to want Adobe to work on Linux? Why should I be forced to learn a new program, just because I'm choosing to use Linux? That's something more people need to think about before commenting.
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Something I don't understand in the Linux community, Linux is supposed to be about freedom and choice compared to other operating systems. If that's so, why am I not allowed to want Adobe to work on Linux? Why should I be forced to learn a new program, just because I'm choosing to use Linux? That's something more people need to think about before commenting.
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Sine
Every linux distro i've tried recognised my onboard lan port immediately. Windows still can't find the driver (which has been hosted online by the manufacturer since day one) and even goes so far as to occasionally remove it causing my internet to fail. Even windows knows the only way to keep microsoft from ruining your setup is by unplugging from the internet...
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Every linux distro i've tried recognised my onboard lan port immediately. Windows still can't find the driver (which has been hosted online by the manufacturer since day one) and even goes so far as to occasionally remove it causing my internet to fail. Even windows knows the only way to keep microsoft from ruining your setup is by unplugging from the internet...
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KangoV
I'm a software engineer. I can use 3 OSs, 5 programmining languages, 5 ides and a huge amount of different libraries and frameworks. These are selected to get the job done at the time. Why do creative people pigeon hole themselves with a single pice of software? I wonder how much Microsoft -pays- these big software vendors NOT to produce a Linux version.
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I'm a software engineer. I can use 3 OSs, 5 programmining languages, 5 ides and a huge amount of different libraries and frameworks. These are selected to get the job done at the time. Why do creative people pigeon hole themselves with a single pice of software? I wonder how much Microsoft -pays- these big software vendors NOT to produce a Linux version.
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Mark
The only reason I use Windows is because the secure cloud we use at work will only run on Windows and iMac. Since lockdown I've been using my personal Windows laptop at home. I'm not using my iMac with the cloud and it won't load on Linux or Android. Windows laptops are cheap as well for working tethered in my makeshift studio.
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The only reason I use Windows is because the secure cloud we use at work will only run on Windows and iMac. Since lockdown I've been using my personal Windows laptop at home. I'm not using my iMac with the cloud and it won't load on Linux or Android. Windows laptops are cheap as well for working tethered in my makeshift studio.
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