I mean, if you have the gui enabled and are just using it for web browsing it’s no different than windows.
Yep, so why even use Windows nowadays?
Because a handful of programs and likely my job will force me to use Windows. I’m interviewing next week for a position where they’ll give me “all IT equipment”, and there were several technical questions about Windows in a prior interview, so no Linux there.
Still, whenever I can choose to do so, e.g. at home, I pick Linux.
Sounds to me like radical terrorism will help convince them to change to and port their programs to Linux
“Bearded man with penguin fetish holds fellow office workers hostage, more at 11.”
LMAO
Haha, I could see that
I would straight up refuse job if it forced me to use Windows, however I mostly do server/cloud/dev so it just makes sense.
Considering I have no income right and I’ve been rejected from ~150 jobs, I need to take what I can get.
Whaaaat? You filthy windows lover.
But seriously though, some people talk here like if folks have a choice.
Yeah as an engineer in factories I’d be shocked if someone let me use linux
That’s literally been the types of jobs I’ve been applying for, and they always want me to be an instant expert in their proprietary SCADA/DCS/PLC software even for “fresh graduate” positions. Not using proprietary software is tantamount to not working in manufacturing engineering.
Do you know how truly privileged you are to be able to consider not taking a source of income for something like that? Lol
Because sometimes one has no choice, be it for your job, or hardware support, etc.
Unfortunately, there is some scientific and medical equipment that only supports Microsoft Windows (often obsolete versions, which is even worse).
I feel you… some machines in my previous lab were running on windows 98.
For general use, Linux is fantastic. But as other people have said, some software only works on other systems. Also, some software does run on Linux, but not acceptably so (for example, SteamVR).
To make the Microsoft PC go faster?
(Toss it out the window….)
My wife’s uncle did this for his 90 year old mother. He just put Solitaire and a link to her email on the desktop and she was good to go.
Yep, my kid is just starting to fool around with Minecraft and every time we play, I launch the client from the command line. Planting the seeds…
I agree!
- sent from Sailfish OS
How is SailfishOS? I was keeping an eye on UBPorts (Ubuntu Touch), occasionally installing that on my Pixel 3a, but it just wasn’t there for me. Same for PostMarketOS, but the new GNOME Shell on mobile seems great. How is Android app support on SailfishOS?
Honestly? It feels janky. I got it on the latest Xperia 10 III and it feels like a cheap toy compared to a Samsung Galaxy S21. The OS feels rough. The navigation gestures fail regularly (you use the same gesture for going back in an app and going back to the home screen. I often end up not getting back to the home screen but going back in the app.)
Android Apps feel stuttery. I compared surfing the same webpage on the built-in browser and brave browser thru Android. Jerboa is stuttery too when compared to a Samsung Galaxy. It’s def the Android layer and not the hardware as the native stuff works smoothly. Another concern of mine is the encryption. To my understanding the only encrypted part about the OS is the /home folder nothing else. Android runs in /opt tho (except for the sdcard stuff. That’s in the /home folder). This means all configs and passwords and stuff is freely accessible when the device gets accessed thru a third party(?).
However! It’s really cool as it’s unusual and it runs linux so you are free to do whatever you feel like. That’s a huge plus. In my opinion: if you need many android apps in your daily life, better go with something like GrapheneOS. Sailfish is great if you use the native stuff and occasionally android apps. (Although… now that I think about it. The built-in weather app doesn’t currently work as the api key jolla used to access the weather service isn’t valid anymore…)
I actually went to GrapheneOS from my iPhone, after deciding none of the other option were going to work for me. Bummer about the encryption, maybe that can be fixed?
I’m actually in the process of trying out various attack vectors. I’m trying to find out if it’s actually possible to get access to everything besides /home as the Xperia 10 III doesn’t have any custom recoveries yet. About the encryption I’m not sure tho. I could try and also encrypt dalvik using the same LUKS encryption but im afraid that might break some things. At least the /home folder is fairly safe if you choose a strong enough password.
A before and after of a young woman installing all the necessary packages for her work.
I have a friend who’s 91. He just started using Linux, and has had only minor issues that I was able to fix in seconds.
It’s nowhere near as difficult as it was 10 years ago.
The child already looks tired of the bullshit that happens with Linux. A few days ago I discovered that I had either a 6 or 8 gigabyte swap file. I have 20 gigs of ram already, and was running out of a 32 GB SD card…
What?
When I have kids and they begin using computers, they’re installing Gentoo with dad.
Best option for someone who’s only ever used Linux on servers, and who plays at least 1 game that does not run on Proton bc of EAC?
Split my m2 for a Linux partition and dual boot? Vm windows in Linux?
If dualbooting, advice on not accidentally overwriting my primary drive (again)
I already know I should use arch, right?
I like Debian, tho GNOME isn’t my piece of cake
Ages 0-99
I think you mean ages 0-255
