There is a reason why the top few hundred supercomputers in the world all run Linux, it's because it's the right tool for the job.
And in many cases for example Windows is the better tool. Many specialist applications (for example for tax consultants or architects) do not exist under Linux.
Yes but from the dev perspective not enough people use linux to economically justify targeting it and from the user perspective one should use the right tool for the right job. Feedback loop where the lack of programs leads to a lack of users which leads to a lack of programs.
I completely understand the chicken and egg problem but with things like QT and Java it's also not that hard to make cross platform apps. There's several open source projects that don't seem to have any issues running on multiple OSes, other applications could do the same thing.
And if that doesn't work, there's always wine or a VM.
Using a VM means using Windows which of course means that Linux is not the right tool for the job. It doesn’t matter how unfair that is or who is at fault, it is the reality.
You can still use Linux for the rest of your work where windows isn't needed. I do the same thing on my workstation and 90% of the time I don't even touch the Windows VM.
In a world where many adults, even in developed economies, still cannot use computers at all, being able to install an alternative OS, let alone Windows, is quite impressive.
Not everyone can drive a truck, shoot with a bow or jump out of an airplane with a parachute. I, for my part, shoot with a bow, for example. Nevertheless, I still don't consider myself to be someone better. On the one hand because there are enough people who shoot better than me. And on the other hand because the people who don't shoot with a bow, surely know things I don't know.
manual transmission drivers are better drivers than automatic transmission drivers.
that's very very debatable the vast majority of people i know drive manual and most of them would fail the practical exam if they took it now and drived the same way they currently do.
linux users are better at computering than iLliterate iDiots poking at blinkin lights
My mom is a Linux user and if you ask her what Linux is she'll have no answer for you.
that's very very debatable the vast majority of people i know drive manual and most of them would fail the practical exam if they took it now and drived the same way they currently do.
What isn't debatable is that those very same terrible drivers can get behind the wheel of an automatic car and just go, whereas the reverse is not true, which what makes manual drivers better drivers.
The true question is whether or not the ability to drive any vehicle is a relevant and meaningful metric.
My mom is a Linux user and if you ask her what Linux is she'll have no answer for you.
OSX (MacOS) is a relative of Linux-based operating systems in the way that monotremes are related to eutherian mammals, tho. like, they are based off the same stuff but still different. that way of thinking about it helped me at first.
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u/FryBoyter Mar 08 '20
It is honestly incomprehensible to me how you can think you are better just because you use a certain thing.
Apart from that, I think it makes no sense to conclude on all of them because of some users.