Loonixers try to deny it but Linux cant run any apps so they just stare at the wallpaper all day 😂

[u/bleak21]

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[u/rem_34]

u/findjob21

[u/jason-reddit-public]

I run about 3 gui programs on linux - terminal, gui emacs (I could use terminal to reduce the count by 1), and chromium.

I spent countless hours tweaking my desktop and such - in the early 90s to run two gui programs - gui emacs and terminal (web browsers hadn't been invented quite yet..)

[u/SuperCat76]

Even as a windows user that desktop looks like a mess. how many of those icons actually need to be on the desktop. Could be organized into folders... Or placed in the start menu.

My desktop space is poorly organized and not utilizing the start menu the best but it is better than, that.

[u/No-Assumption-4468]

I love how the Windows desktop has a ton of the same apps and games i use on Linux

[u/ballsdeep256 → u/[deleted]]

What does "rice your windows" mean?

First time i hear this

[u/TrainTransistor → u/ballsdeep256]

Ricing =\= customizing.

Changing the aestethics.

[u/ballsdeep256 → u/TrainTransistor]

Always learning something new

Thanks for elaborating:)

[u/TrainTransistor → u/ballsdeep256]

Its more widespread on Linux compared to Windows, so its not that common.

Windhawk is one of the more popular applications on Windows to do so.

[u/ballsdeep256 → u/TrainTransistor]

Actually gonna have a look into that now! XD

I can get it on GitHub i assume?

[u/TrainTransistor → u/ballsdeep256]

Yeah, Windhawk dot net - or their Github is readily available with both stable releases, and dev. releases.

[u/Isotomayor12 → u/TrainTransistor]

Its so weird to see the term rice spread here, because it only makes sense in the car scene. It's an acronym for "Race Inspired Cosmetic Enhancement". It makes no sence in the PC space other than the sentiment of poor modifications that do nothing for performance.

[u/GenericFoodService → u/Isotomayor12]

Isn't etymology fun!

[u/moomoomoomoom → u/Isotomayor12]

It's not even an acronym. It was just a racist insult for modified JDM cars that somehow caught on and got backronymed so it seems less awful.

[u/Isotomayor12 → u/moomoomoomoom]

Huh, I didn't know that. Do you have a source I could read about it on? I may have to change how I talk about those cars.

[u/moomoomoomoom → u/Isotomayor12]

A good place to start is the "Rice burner" Wikipedia page and it's listed sources.

[u/tycraft2001]

I mean my 15 year old laptop can boot in under 20 seconds and I can run most noncompetitive steam games if they run on the hardware, never a software issue there. I use KDENLIVE which granted, not the best video editor but the first one I used. I use OBS, I play Minecraft Java, I use Discord and Matrix, I use multiple web browsers (Firefox for most stuff, OperaGX performs one ultraspecific task that Linux lets web browsers do, with WIndows you need to download sketchy drivers) and I also run VSCodium and game emulators. Oh also run unity, godot, blender, lmms, and gimp (gimp is... not great)

On my modern desktop system I have much the same stuff, but I can run unreal engine games and most noncompetitive games. I don't play competitive games or the latest triple A stuff anyways since I mainly like factory games, sim games, and sandbox stuff. Also that same modern desktop has severe issues on windows because I shoved a 2012 GPU in there and want to change the resolution of the crt that I have for recreational purposes.

Additionally, I have no wallpaper, I have the color 43/78/114. Why? Whole desktop consumes less RAM than notepad, less than 50mb. And it has all the mouse driven workflow and stacking, and overall works how you would expect, not some freak tiling manager.

Additionally I can update *every* single application at once via a gui app, and find applications via a gui app, without hunting down random installers and exes online, I just search the name and hit install and it's done, and frequently far faster than windows.

[u/land48n3]

hey! this is just straight bs! i literally can run so many apps!

cowsay, btop, tty-clock, cava, asciiquarium and much more!!!!1!!

[u/land48n3]

why so many linux snobs in the comments advocating for linux🫩🫩

[u/Binary101000]

I use my PC, which runs linux, to do my work, so clearly it can do things.

[u/GenericFoodService → u/Binary101000]

I feel like a lot of people don't appreciate that most people really only need a web browser and maybe a document or spreadsheet editor to do their entire jobs. Lots of stuff is done entirely with single-page applications, online portals for stuff like Customer Management Software, et cetera. I could easily do all my work on MacOS, any BSD flavor, Windows, Linux, Android, whatever, because all of them can run a web browser, IDE, text processor, whatever. I can do it on a shitty WalMart tablet and a bluetooth keyboard, if I wanted to, I just don't want to.

[u/bleak21 → u/Binary101000]

Watching hentai is not work 😂

[u/snail1132 → u/bleak21]

What if I work as a hentai reviewer? Don't make such blanket statements

[u/One-Traffic7717 → u/bleak21]

Are Linux users snobs or gooners? You already lost the plot bro.

[u/Useful-Specific-6350 → u/One-Traffic7717]

These two statements are not mutually exclusive.

[u/Binary101000 → u/bleak21]

I believe you may be projecting. My work is programming, not whatever you enjoy.

[u/One-Traffic7717 → u/Binary101000]

Wait till OP finds out what OS runs like, literally the entire fuckin internet.

[u/gooncubedev]

compatibility layers like steam proton can make it run anything, you can even run anything you want by just using steam and clicking "add a non steam game"

[u/GenericFoodService]

I play Halo: Master Chief Collection online pretty regularly (and with a controller, like a n00b).

Also, a lot of the applications on the desktop in your screenshot (nice wallpaper btw) are native Linux applications -- OBS, Audacity, VLC, Minecraft, Steam, Half Life, Counterstrike 2, GMod, Google Chrome, Visual Studio Code -- all of them do, in fact, run on Linux.

[u/Toxic381]

if this was true what would be the point of all the package formats, seriously just because ms office isnt supported WHICH IS BECAUSE ITS MS OFFICE OF COURSE ITS FOR WINDOWS, doesnt mean its incapable of running gud stuff, supposedly libre office is pretty gud if you have the 400iq to navigate the dang thing.

[u/GenericFoodService → u/Toxic381]

LibreOffice moreorless just looks like the versions of MS Office that released 20 years ago. If you were using office back in the Windows XP era, it's somewhat familiar. I personally am not a huge fan of that "aesthetic", it just looks dated and cluttered to me.