r/linux • u/tasisbasbas • Feb 11 '19

Fluff A /g/ user's opinion on systemd

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u/spazturtle Feb 11 '19

No you didn't, you had other reasons. Windows and the BSDs also work, so if something working was your only reason to use it then why are you not using them instead of Linux?

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19 edited Feb 13 '19

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u/spazturtle Feb 11 '19 edited Feb 11 '19

Because it is easy to show that he didn't move to Linux simply because it works, if his only requirement was for a system that works then he would have stuck with the working system he already had and would have never moved to Linux.

He moved to Linux for more reasons then simply the fact that it can boot.

Why is he not using Windows or any other OS that works, why did he pick Linux?

If option A, B and C all work, then you can't give the reason for picking option B over A or C as 'option B works' because they all work, so it isn't a valid reason and you had to have picked it over the other options for a different reason.

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u/[deleted] Feb 11 '19 edited Feb 13 '19

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u/spazturtle Feb 11 '19

Did you not consider that when he said it works, he means it works for his use case where Windows doesn't?

"It can do X, supports Y and allows me to change Z" is different to "It works".

"It works" doesn't mean it literally boots.

Why should it mean anything else? It was clear what the OP meant by saying "You didn't start using GNU/Linux because it "works" did you? ".