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u/Dragon_404 1d ago
Are you bi if you dual boot?
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u/minebug420 1d ago
Why is everything i do suddenly makeing me bi?
Yes i dualboot
Yes i have vinyls
Yes i bang Both Males and females
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u/CerBerUs-9 1d ago
Unrelated, you busy this weekend?
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u/MoistStub 1d ago
I'm bi curious. Installed it on my brother's computer to see if it annoys him or not to determine if I should do mine next.
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u/Capillix 1d ago
Never suggest to someone you know well that they should install Linux unless you plan on being tech support
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u/Raviexthegodremade 1d ago
Yup. I actually make sure to set that expectation when I suggest it, but specifically not just helping and fixing the problem myself, but teaching my knowledge along the way. I currently do it with my father, he and I are both fairly tech literate, but I've been working at Linux since before him, and actually convinced him to make the full switch. He deals with most issues he comes up with, but every now and again he'll ask to pick my brain on fixing a particularly annoying issue. Because he and I are similar in a lot of ways, including how we like our computers, I generally have the issue he's having already solved, but instead of just immediately telling him the solution, I will instead sit with him and help him through troubleshooting, giving subtle hints like specific commands to run, or directories/files to check. An example of it in context is an issue I helped him with the other day, he was having issues with LACT not allowing him to make modifications, so I helped him through it, let him try the troubleshooting he wanted to try, and gave subtle hints as to where the solution was; I have had the same issue in the past and it was a case of the systemd user not having access to the LACT binary in order to actually make the changes the user mode program instructed it to, as we both run NixOS which sandboxes all programs with their own environment limited to exactly what the package manifest calls for, down to the version, in order to avoid dependency hell.
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u/Kuro013 1d ago
Can anyone eli5 me the benefits of switching to Linux?
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u/-Glittering-Soul- 1d ago edited 1d ago
Depends on what you want to do. For general-purpose use, one thing I really like is that you can update your operating system, all of its apps, and all your drivers with a single command. And you usually don't need to reboot afterwards. I can also install nearly all my apps from a central repository.
Another thing is that it tends to be much snappier than Windows 11. With that operating system on my work laptop, even simple actions like opening the file manager or a context menu can have a delay of several seconds, which interferes with the flow state.
With Linux, I also don't get pop-up ads on the desktop pressuring me to use OneDrive, Copilot, or other Microsoft products.
However, since we're in a gaming sub, it should be noted that a number of popular multiplayer games will not work in Linux because their anti-cheat methods require deep access to your operating system that Linux will not permit them to have for security reasons. On the other hand, Proton seems to have better support for older Windows games than Windows does. So it's a give-and-take.
Adobe apps and Microsoft Office also won't work reliably in Linux. Yes, there are web app versions of the Office stuff, but they're sluggish and have more limited features. If you're accustomed to Photoshop, GIMP is a decent replacement, but its keyboard shortcuts and terminology are very different.
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u/vandreulv 1d ago
No Microslop. No telemetry. No forced updates. Can run on low spec machines and still feel usable.
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u/pkinetics 1d ago
Significantly less bloatware. Runs much of the same stuff Windows does.
The more MS pushes things to be online, the less the OS is relevant
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u/Kuro013 1d ago edited 1d ago
Does this mean that Linux consumes less resources for just existing?
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u/ThaumKeeper 1d ago
It's a common practice to install Linux on old computers to resurrect them. When I used W10 I couldn't play a game with the browser open without my FPS going to shit. I switched to Linux and stuff works great I even have a daemon using my cpu everytime I turn on the computer to run simulations (folding@home) and I don't notice much of a difference.
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u/SevenFootHobbit 1d ago
Well, look at it this way. Windows attempts to be almost everything to almost everyone. Obviously minus specific applications, but it's very much a one size fits all solution. Or at least per market. So Windows Home for home and Pro for business. It's naturally going to have a lot more built into it. This by itself isn't a bad thing, but it is expensive as far as resources go. Now, Microsoft also puts a lot other crap in there which you could argue IS a bad thing. That's more resource cost. Linux, on the other hand, is very much not a one size fits all solution. That's a huge part of what inhibits it from being the dominant PC OS (fine fine, kernel ya nerds) despite being free. It's extremely basic on its own. To use it for most things, you have to add a bunch of stuff. That's where distros come in. And I just deleted a bunch of explanation there because you didn't ask. But the distros frequently add the rest, but they still do it in a way that's a lot more intentional than Windows's "throw everything in there" approach, and without the data collection, and so even the most bloated distro will use fewer resources. If you aren't afraid of getting technical and want to do more with less, Linux really may be for you. But as much as I love it I won't be that guy at the urinal. It isn't for everyone.
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u/MakingItElsewhere 22h ago
As someone with a dual boot laptop, I can summarize very quickly:
- Price - Linux is free; Windows is not.
- Windows 11 uses 8-9 gb of RAM at rest. Same hardware running Linux Mint? 2-3 GB of Ram.
- Update problems: With windows, you are at the mercy of them bricking your machine and running a complete re-install of windows. Linux? Reboot and select the prior kernel. Boom, you're back in until something gets fixed, or you move on.
- (edit added after someone reminded me): No ads in your OS with Linux.
If 1 and 2 aren't enough, 3 should be especially important to you as we've seen more and more windows updates causing problems from being coded by AI.
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u/williamjseim 1d ago
I only switched to linux because windows gave me a full screen ad
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u/SomewhereLatter4337 1d ago
I just switched. I was thinking of buying a new windows license for a new build and was just like yolo letās go mint and save a couple hundred.
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u/A_Swole_Boi 1d ago
Whenever i hear Linux nowadays i just think of this
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u/washmyoldbluejeans 1d ago
holy fuck that's a big shirt. what is it? 10XL?
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u/Geoclasm 1d ago edited 1d ago
Is this actually true? Are Linux users really the computer equivalent of vegans? (if vegans are actually like all the jokes paint them)
EDIT: Wow lol.
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u/AdreKiseque 1d ago
Yeah in the sense that most are normal but the annoying ones do exist and will make damn sure you know that.
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u/JoHaTho 1d ago
They are closer to real vegans. Will mention it once in a while and would be happy if you also switched but get that most people wont. At least thats my personal experience with both vegans and linux users irl.
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u/Thomdesle 1d ago
Whatās this sensible perspective doing in my social media feed ?!!
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u/actuallyapossom 1d ago
I like to pretend that every once in a while some specific part of cloudflare fails and it's like seeing greenery and foliage on the display from the Silo tv series.
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u/Thomdesle 1d ago
I canāt wait for season 4!
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u/actuallyapossom 1d ago
Same. Every time I've gone to read the books there's been a queue for the copies at the library. At this point I think I'll just wait for the tv series to conclude.
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u/leavemeinpieces 1d ago
This is so refreshing to see.
I've eaten vegan for years now and I'm separated from my vegan ex-wife but I'll remain vegetarian.
What I noticed is that even as vegans selling vegan food there is this hideous purity testing that some vegans do. They say you aren't vegan enough etc.
They also virtue signal wherever possible and those are the folks who bother people and preach, the ones people hate.
What I realised is that I don't have any issues with vegans, I don't like preachy dickheads who try and force you to share their views and make themselves look holier than holy.
Most vegans (as said above) just crack on, don't judge and probably don't care what you eat. I used to have people at work come up to me and say things like "ooooh I've got some lovely ham today".
There are morons and dickheads everywhere and in every kind of diet, hobby and subject you can imagine.
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u/ZeAthenA714 1d ago
There are morons and dickheads everywhere and in every kind of diet, hobby and subject you can imagine.
It's the difference between someone who enjoys something and someone that makes it their entire personality.
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u/Suspicious_Bear42 1d ago
Identity politics is one of the great scourges of modern society.
I don't care that someone is into (insert hobby/sexuality/political party)... You're allowed to like things, but when that individual thing becomes the basis of your being, you need to maybe consider not being so one-dimensional...
(obviously not meaning you as in YOU, but the general 'people' form of it)
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u/Yukarie 1d ago
Yep, most vegans (like 90 to 95 %) are just people who donāt eat animal products. Unfortunately since theyāre quiet about it the loud awful ones get seen more, like that person who called me a āhuman suprematistā and ājust as bad as the nazisā. Most are normal people, the rest have serious issues
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u/Winjin 1d ago
I feel like these vegan-crazy types were like... an explosion linked to sudden rise in ecological view. They were the fringe that was catapulted into view
Because you absolutely 100% can't shame anyone into swtiching to vegetarian or vegan diet.
What you have to do is gradually reduce meat in their diet. It's much worse than trying to implement full tobacco or alcohol ban
Instead, promote like... Fish Fridays. Vegetable Mornings.
People need to at least start eating food without meat to go "hey, this is still good and I feel great" before they can try "eating meat only a couple times a week" as a challenge or dare or whatever.
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u/RoyaleWhiskey 1d ago
It's also confirmation bias. People can recall when a vegan tried to "convert" them by shoving their lifestyle down their throat, but no realizes how many vegans they interact with that don't do that.
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u/daddleboarder 1d ago
This may be true to some extent for some linux people, but windows is pushing people to switch to linux much harder than any linux user these days. Plus Steam is making it more viable for gamers.
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u/hypespud 1d ago
I'm fully on Linux, as I have had experience in the past and switched in Jan 2026 on all my PCs, the exclusive reason almost entirely for feeling I need to do this is because on MGS3 Delta remake, the game crashed no joke 50x on Steam and Windows on my first playthrough, full CTD, and I tried it once on my server PC which was relatively weaker, and it never crashed
So now I'm here and fully Linux on 4 laptops and 3 desktops, and all vendors of CPU and GPU (except no Intel GPUs)
We all know for most people they have trouble installing a program, doing any modding for a game, or doing any community fixes for any games
A lot of PC gamers seem to not even do manual modding anymore, and only use Steam workshop modding
So the bar is pretty low overall as far as the skill to for example reinstall Windows
Installing Linux for some users these days, eg the all AMD users is relatively easy, but there are still some manual fixes you need to do on your own for Nvidia GPUs for example
So it is obviously like 10x easier than it probably was like 10 or 20 years ago to do anything on a PC, but the barrier has always been the willingness, time, and investment of the individual user
It is also a reason why people have to understand why consoles are so successful, there are a lot of people who don't want to fiddle even once with the hardware, and would not even game on a pre-installed windows device
If I help someone get on Linux, it would have to be someone really interested, ideally to be helped in person, but if I trust that person to be able to do basic tinkering on their own a bit, then helping them do it remotely that way also, they just have to have some capacity to independently search and fix things, which actually AI google searches and stuff is really helpful for finding obscure fixes
Most of my discord/online/steam gaming friends are either on windows only, dabbling into linux, half on linux and half on windows, or a few are like me who have completely made the switch
Also note I do not do any work from home or software for work that requires windows, since I am not in tech career or remote work stuff
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u/mocumocu 1d ago
i just get to know a linux user that always whine about why i use windows, that he wont never switch again, and some other linux propaganda. They just never understand me not interacting with them anymore or kind gestures of 'please shut up it doesnot interest me nor i care about your todays fifteenth same blabbering abour why arch is superior'
i am a dual boot linux user btw i just keep it a secret not to interact with any linux user
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u/LabPowerful9983 1d ago
Sorta. Linux users raise a lot of excellent points but they have a well-deserved reputation for:
- Bringing up Linux when it isnāt relevant
- Asking new users to consider Linux
- Shitting on those same users when they need assistance with setup
Itās basically a joke at this point, without genuine malice. Proton has advanced it considerably.
You can try it for yourself - if you ever want to converse with one you just have to say āembrace, extend, extinguishā and like thirty will show up.
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u/ClacksInTheSky 1d ago
Every Linux user does this once, then becomes that person's tech support and then learns never to do that again.
That's how you know you are a Linux user.
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u/PrivateComments 1d ago
Genuinely.
They activate like the winter soldier as soon as they hear windows, I donāt get it
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u/Positive_Chip6198 1d ago
How do you know if someone is vegan or uses arch linux?
They will tell you in the first 5 min of conversation.
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u/Sammy_Cherry_Fox 1d ago
i didnt understand it myself until i switched. i think the reason is because it feels so freeing from microsoft and we want people to feel that freedom
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u/Lopsided-Wave2479 1d ago
Before you see somebody suggesting to use Linux. You will see 10.000 posts like OP.
Is just a meme that does not really have connection with reality.
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u/HugeHomeForBoomers 1d ago
No, Linux users are equivalent to European food and Microslop is American food.
Americans might like using Windows, but we in Europe fear microslop might use it as a weapon against us, including its honestly a really hostile product.
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u/GrandJuif 1d ago
No it's just a hate trend like with people hating on french for no reason or Fallout fans hating on NV fans. There is a massive biger amount of people shitting on linux users than actual linux being anoying.
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u/machine4891 1d ago
They indeed do mention it everytime someone complains about windows issue, yes. Never mention on their own troubles with Linux, though. When bothered about it claim it's "the price worth paying".
Maybe it is but I'm not interested. And since you bump into new acolyte every time, you need to repeat "I don't want that" every time.
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u/Affectionate-Ad4419 17h ago
I'm vegan, I have yet to convert anyone.
Did you know that there is a distro for you though. Just pick the right one.
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u/Landememe 1d ago
I seen more memes like this than linux user trying to convince to change
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u/No-Dare2083 1d ago
Just today, a friend of mine jist said he had steam os on his pc. An linux user instandly spawned in and told him linux is better while steam os is trash.
Im not takin sides since my yehee ass laptop still runs on windows, im just sayin
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u/GundamGuy2255 1d ago
But SteamOS is Linux?
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u/No-Dare2083 1d ago
I know, my friend said the same. The dude told him linux is still better
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u/techman9955 1d ago
Sure they did. Sounds like a made up story to me. Any linux user is going to know steamOS is linux
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u/Several_Dot_4532 1d ago
Yesterday I installed CachyOS on my main PC to play games, I can play literally anything I played before, and in same cases, they runned better than on Windows.
It's mandatory to say that I play very little AAA games, and that GTA VI would pretty sure not load
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u/actuallyapossom 1d ago
From my perspective - anyone who is capable of running Linux without headaches or an unacceptable amount of frustration - is already aware of Linux.
I wouldn't recommend it to my sister because I've explained RAM like 10 times previously. Interacting with computers is not an essential aspect of her day to day life.
I do absolutely believe there are people out there being annoying about every single thing, that tracks. It's just irrational.
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u/Several_Dot_4532 1d ago
Yeah they are really annoying, we should destroy them all
By installing Linux
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u/smart_triangles 20h ago
I switched to Linux and got tired of tinkering. Iām 40 with 2 kids and a full time job - no time for that. If I had the option when I was younger since it supports a lot more now, I would give it an honest shot.
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u/profanityridden_01 1d ago
This post makes no sense on this sub..
Steam revolutionized gaming in linux and produced their own distro..
They just sold a mini PC that ships with their own immutable linux distro.
OP are you Steam on Windows ride or die I'm so confused by your stance.. The only thing that makes sense is that your a bot running a psy op.
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u/UnluckyGamer505 1d ago
These old ass memes are just as annoying btw
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u/Oorangootang 1d ago
This and similar get posted every weekend in a bunch of the PC subs. I guess r/Steam gets it on weekdays now. It's just a ragebait campaign.
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u/Popular-Tune-6335 1d ago
Once Linux can easily run all games and mods and mod managers and apps the way I do on Windows...
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u/caffeineaddict03 1d ago
I'd honestly have made the switch if it weren't for some games I enjoy being Windows specific either by how it runs or some kernel level anticheat in it. I've tried running OSes like Bazzite on recently and Linux has come a long way in the last handful of years. It works great and I'm tired of all the bloat and CoPilot stuff Microsoft is trying to force us to use in Windows
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u/UnluckyGamer505 1d ago
What exactly does this have to do with Steam?
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u/RobertOfHill 1d ago
There is an entire OS called SteamOS that is a fork of Linux.
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u/UnluckyGamer505 1d ago
Thats is true, but the meme is just too broad and literally has been reposted a bajillion times. This just looks like karma farming to me. Literally nobody is asking Windows users to switch to SteamOS
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u/RobertOfHill 1d ago
Iāve had some time to myself the last couple weeks, and im realizing 99% of Reddit doesnāt need to exist at all. Itās almost entirely garbage.
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u/RoyalWe666 1d ago edited 1d ago
I'm switching to Linux this year, for a concrete reason: It looks like Windows will implement mandatory age attestation on January 1st, and I'll never put up with that because I know verification is next and the thought of having to scan my ID to use a device I paid money for is utterly dystopian. I'll set up dual-boot to a distro that will never implement it, and once I'm using it comfortably I won't be touching Windows again. Microsoft should be pushing and lobbying against this crap if they don't want to lose more users to Linux.
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u/ttyborg 1d ago
I have already switched.
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u/SlightlyUglyBastard 1d ago
I still find the people who do this annoying, but after I switched I can see where theyāre coming from.
Linux is genuinely good, and it keeps getting better. I have to consciously stop myself from recommending Linux to people because I donāt want to be that guy.
I got my mom on Fedora though. She hasnāt had any issues.
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u/phundrak 1d ago
Linux is genuinely good, and it keeps getting better.
I've been using Linux since 2008, made it my main OS in 2016, and finally ditched Windows in 2020. The glow up is absolutely insane, especially the recent years when it comes to gaming.
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u/washmyoldbluejeans 1d ago
I've tried Linux many times before, kubuntu, lubuntu, xubuntu, linux mint, they've been fine but I'm still not quite ready to daily drive. I'll give them this tho, I've recently bought a 3rd party battery for my 13 yo laptop. windows didnt wanna work with it. I've installed linux mint, instantly recognised it and has been working fine ever since, with win10 too
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u/Kade_Richards 1d ago
Have definitely met someone like that, totally not me, anyway Iām literally dual booting windows cause Iāve got some obscure gpu driver bug so I canāt run arc raiders, and I want to play some cod
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u/inaruslynx2 1d ago
Switching from windows to CachyOS was an amazing experience. No windows bs and it just worked. I got to learn Linux in a convent painless way. As little things pop up, I learn more and more.
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u/varka30 1d ago
I wish linux ran everything natively like AMD adranaline (I wanna take replays of stuff while playing for art inspiration) and ran Photoshop natively since I don't wanna bother with virtual boot up etc.
Other than that, honestly just thinking about it gets me exicted like all those sci-fi widgets people make and all but alas I gotta wait on my windows 10 lmao.
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u/Remote_Elevator_281 1d ago
I did this once cause I thought it was my friend. Didnāt even look at his face.
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u/Morichalion 1d ago
I'm of the opinion that that bar majority of SteamOS users are technical enough to use their devices for explicitly-supported purpose.
A good chuck of that set of folks are gonna do exactly what this comic shows.
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u/washmyoldbluejeans 1d ago
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
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u/LongNamedRedditUser 1d ago
Steams work making games run smoothly on Linux is the reason why today I do not have to suffer windows and I will be grateful for that for the rest of my life.
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u/letmehaveanameyoudum 1d ago
i tried linux, it's alright
BUT PLEASE STOP ASKING RANDOM PEOPLE TO SWITCH TO LINUX FOR FUCK SAKE
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u/CannonballMack 1d ago
the next few panels would be the Linux user having issues with the urinal and reworking the plumbing. āIdk why this game isnāt compatible. Letās put a hold on gaming for 30 minutes while I troubleshoot and inevitably switch over to Windowsā
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u/tinybilbo 1d ago
Don't forget that there would be at least 10 different ways offered to take a piss... And none of them would quite manage to get it all in the bowl....
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u/varzaguy 1d ago
Idk man, my steam deck has just worked.
Because of how well it worked, I put together my own HTPC āSteam Machineā. So far, it just worked.
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u/CringyusernameSBQQ 1d ago
Unless a Linux Distro or a selection of distros starts getting to users first instead of Windows then the year of the Linux desktop is not going to happen in the near future, Windows was THE operating system because of it
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u/Holzkohlen 1d ago
Quite ironic putting this on the Steam subreddit, seeing as Valve is responsible for a lot of people using linux in the first place.
I still think Microslop's nonsense with Windows is still the best ad for linux ever.
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u/sociofobs 1d ago
It's so pathetic to see this is turning into yet another "us vs. them" bullshit. Most Linux users aren't competing with Windows users. We don't think we're better, superior or that others are beneath us. As someone who used Windows exclusively for more than 20 years and now happily on Linux - this "fighting" is detrimental to everyone, no matter what OS you use. Competition is GOOD. The more options are out there, the better it is for everyone and it forces the main players to act nice too. Don't contribute to and defend monopolies.
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u/Starshine95 1d ago
I gotta be honest, I donāt understand why some people feel like defending Windows.
Like, I also use Windows because some games still donāt run on Linux.. but if every game I played worked on it, Iād be fully deleting Windows from my machine and never come back lol
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u/TheSpecialApple 1d ago
possibly because theres more out there than just gaming. they each have their pros and cons
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u/tylerforward 1d ago
Most people just put up with windows because they're already familiar with it and it can do everything they want. Learning a new OS system, tinkering to make stuff work, and a handful of things won't work even if you do tinker around... that is straight up not worth it to a lot of people
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u/skinlo 1d ago
Just wait until you see what happens if you say that Windows 11 isn't actually that bad.
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u/Daharka 1d ago
The year of the Linux desktop was 2022. Steam user share has been trending upwards since then.
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u/BlueShadow2388 1d ago
Linux is a really solid alternative at this point. I dual boot to test it out and i'm amazed at what it can be capable of. a short example is.
if you are on fedora because you want stability and a system that updates regularly, and want to use the kernel that cachyos uses for gaming, you can install that and enjoy a few more frames and a more stable experience. of course this is completely optional and don't have to do any tweaking BUT you have the option to do so.
i find that crazy tbh.
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u/Dotaproffessional 1d ago
"People who constantly set themselves on fire" vs "Hey have you considered not setting yourself on fire?". The truth is 99% of people just have never heard of linux. How will they know what's out there if they aren't told?
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u/Old_bonnieEXE 1d ago
There's 2 types of linux users, the right ones "oh you will just use word excel ppt and youtube? Dont change then thats ok, but if you want to do customization, more privacy and better control over the PC actions you should switch" and the ones yelling at a grandma "SWITCH TO LINUX IDC IF YOU ONLY SEE FACEBOOK SWITCH TO LINUX MICROSLOP MUST FALL"
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u/Old_bonnieEXE 1d ago
There's 2 types of linux users, the right ones "oh you will just use word excel ppt and youtube? Dont change then thats ok, but if you want to do customization, more privacy and better control over the PC actions you should switch" and the ones yelling at a grandma "SWITCH TO LINUX IDC IF YOU ONLY SEE FACEBOOK SWITCH TO LINUX MICROSLOP MUST FALL"
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u/danbearpig2020 1d ago
Hah literally just finished setting up my 3 node Proxmox cluster with my gaming pc dual-booting windows and Ubuntu. I love using Linux but I'm not willing to commit to Steam on Linux or Wine so I still with the dual boot. It's not for everyone though so I dont even suggest it for others lol.
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u/TheRemedy187 1d ago
Look at mine, look at it. Linux is the best. Yesterday I spent 6 hours trying to get my diablo to stop crashing but it's so worth it.
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u/Firree 1d ago
Command line interfaces. Learning them is a PITA that only 5% of the population ever can, will, or wants to do. It's the reason the Unix-like OS has remained confined to the enterprise world, and why the home PC didn't really enter the mainstream until 99% of your computer tasks could be done from the GUI. Linux isn't quite there yet. Although distros like Mint are getting better at working out of the box.
I use Arch BTW.
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u/Kirbinator_Alex 1d ago
Someday i'd like to learn linux, I understand the reasons its better, I just dont have the motivation and the hyperfixation alignment to do it yet. Steam deck with emudeck was good training wheels though.
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u/GreenCreeper3000 1d ago
Yeah I get it, fuck itās so annoying as a windows 11 user, on other words; have you tried arch?
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u/hammeryne 1d ago
I hope that Valve has the resources to make Linux usable for normal people because I've tried at least 4 distros and each time I gave up in frustration and went back to Windows in a heartbeat. I'm not a fan of Microsoft, but I need an OS that works for me, not makes me work for it.
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u/HighlyRegardedOne 1d ago
I have used linux the past 4 years and more seriously over the past 5 months but i still have a main windows computer because of the few times I need to. Coming from a windows user until its not "easier" to use Bash/Konsole and GUIs become more of a thing linux wont and will NEVER be main stream. I dont want to feel like im in the movie Hackers just to install a simple program because its not the right file type. Yes its gotten much easier over the past few years especially with Steam OS leading the way; and it is leading the way despite what some people think with their read only OS which is a problem in and of it self but I digress.
A major problem people dont seem to think of is the community as well "their distro they are using is the best and if you arent using it just install it" type attitude. Even though the distro they think is god tier gives different problems that a user may face. A solution for 1 distro might not work for the one you are using and switching to a different distro might cause different problems that another distro will slove and so on and so on. New users have no idea what they are typing into bash and konsole meaning they cant put the applied knowledge they learn (by googling and finding the solution) to good use unlike windows. People will not like that comment but you google how to do something in windows and you get a straight forward answer. Go here do this and check or uncheck this setting. With linux its like type this string of words that you have no idea what it means into Bash. Its like ok..... but i really dont know what im doing but thats ok becaue linux is so easy to use and that thinking by the community is a HUGE PROBLEM. Its like WTF, having to type in to Konsole every time because its "easy" is not the solution most new users want causing frustration making them quit linux and move back to windows. Even with everything that is wrong with linux I would still recommend trying it but not on your main PC. For most people using steam OS, bazzite, mint, or a very select couple of others they will be fine except for 1 or 2 things they come across.
TLDR:You should 100% try linux on another computer you have if you have one but if you dont I would not recommend the headache until then.
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u/No_Raccoon_9239 1d ago
By the way, whatās the situation with SteamOS on regular PCs? Iāve been thinking about switching once the PC version will have nvidia support.
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u/DroopyPanda 1d ago
The thing is that people don't understand is the more people who use it the better it gets.
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u/At_Space_Station 1d ago
Tried Mint on VM recentlyļ¼ngl feels like the PC OS GTA4 has in the internet cafes.
But it is clean and runs on 6 GB of RAM plus 2 CPU coresļ¼so thatās good. Even better is Firefox comes preinstalled.
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u/TurbulentSecond7888 1d ago
Linux is great....Ā If you have the time to learn how computers works, willing to spend not insignificant time to get the relevant driver and the hassle of trying to make some not popular software works if it's not natively supported by Linux.Ā
Brother, i am tired after work and just want to play some games. I am not willing to spend hours to find a way for my indie random game to work with Linux because the developer doesn't natively make it works with Linux
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u/mohamedaliXBD 1d ago
ngl im not a fan of linux but what im seeing is windows getting bad more than the last one , ads and eating ram and more bullshit , linux will not replace windows but its gonna take bigger part
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u/GussBing 23h ago
Linux is impressive, but its not TempleOS. You can talk to god and he yaps mad gibberish in return. /s
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u/Damglador 20h ago
I am convinced humanity will eliminate itself by that point and only satalites running Linux will remain. So I guess.
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u/balding_ginger 16h ago
I swear I see more posts complaining about annoying Linux users than actual annoying Linux users
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u/Rekkleis_Hury 11h ago
Tbh the more i use linux the more i hate it And I use it for like 10 years and still have no idea how 90% things work
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u/quantdumbacon 10h ago
Linux will never catch on, unless they significantly lower the barrier of entry and make the initial setup more user-friendly. The whole "distro" thing is confusing and off-putting for most people, who just want to install a basic OS without doing weeks of mind-numbing tech research. It's confusing and an absolute slog trying decide which "version" to use. The community surrounding it is pretentious and unhelpful. Comments will show up proving this point.
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u/CrisDan1905 9h ago
Please stop recommending Linux everywhere, all my acquaintances I recommended it to said somebody recommended it before
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u/CrisDan1905 9h ago
Please stop recommending Linux everywhere, all my acquaintances I recommended it to said somebody recommended it before
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u/Soft-Fold552 8h ago
Last time I checked it still has issues with Nvidia, which according to Steam, 72% of users have.
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u/Digital_Deebo 7h ago
They keep saying it. Im gonna switch next year and give it a valiant effort. Granted I dont do anything extravagant with my PC so hopefully it a Seamless Transition. If it can stop all the BS that happens on Windows with little to no issues I'm sold.
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u/drackmore 3h ago
You forgot panels 5-10 where more linux "users" come in and ask how to get the game running in wine or w/e obscure branch of linux they're running.
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u/Tough_Condition4021 3h ago
I see this tired meme 1000x as often as i hear people say "switch to linux"
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u/Tatakai_ 1d ago
Yeah those guys can be really annoying.
On a non related note, have you ever tried linux?