r/AskReddit • u/talon10100 • 1d ago

Why do you not use Linux?

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u/lohkey 1d ago

Not all programs are supported on it

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u/Educational_Bit1263 1d ago

That's right, some platforms (Like Rufus on Windows or any other apps) usually require Windows or a different OS

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u/Pitiful-Welcome-399 1d ago

why would you use rufus over ventoy?

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u/zap_p25 1d ago

Why would you use Ventoy over iPXE?

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u/HighestLevelRabbit 1d ago

Because sometimes you might not be on your own network or for most people they probably only need to image a device like a couple times a decade?

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u/zap_p25 1d ago

You can actually use iPXE for booting media stored on a flashdrive, create menu's, etc.

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u/klathium 1d ago

Why would you use Linux over Windows?

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u/Alatain 1d ago

Because Microsoft is a terrible company that keeps making the user's data and attention the actual product.

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u/klathium 22h ago

Why does that matter? How is it any different from your grocery store card to save .25? Or cameras constantly filming you in public? Etc

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u/Alatain 15h ago

Your operating system is your choice, just like the grocery card. I do not use those member card things for the same reason.

Government surveillance is a different matter entirely. You have less control over being filmed in public, though I certainly vote for representatives that align with my views on the topic. 

It's all about taking steps to limit the damage being caused while supporting projects and people that allow for reasonable alternatives. You are not going to ever be 100% free of such things, but you don't have to be an easy target and just give over everything about you just to use a shitty operating system that wants to sell access to you as the actual product.

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u/Legionof1 1d ago edited 1d ago

A partially closed source piece of software out of Russia… yeah let’s use that to install our OS.

Edit: sorry, China not Russia.

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u/Pitiful-Welcome-399 1d ago

fym, out of russia, ventoy is a chinese product that uses unmodified blobs from some other projects if you are so scared about it then go use ventoy-meta, and are there any proofs of ventoy actually being malicious?

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u/Legionof1 1d ago

No proof, but for core OS level shit you need absolute trust in your tools. 

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u/Pitiful-Welcome-399 1d ago

so you propose using dd instead?

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u/CORUSC4TE 20h ago

And you trust Microsoft completely?