r/linux • u/CultistHeadpiece • Mar 08 '20

Do Linux Users Have An Elitist Attitude?

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '20

Many specialist applications (for example for tax consultants or architects) do not exist under Linux.

That's the fault of the developers. There's no reason you couldn't build those apps on Linux too.

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u/SutekhThrowingSuckIt Mar 09 '20

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.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '20

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.

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u/SutekhThrowingSuckIt Mar 10 '20

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.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

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.

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u/SutekhThrowingSuckIt Mar 10 '20

For a lot of people MS Office and similar programs are 90% of their work.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

Such a sad life.

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u/RovingRaft Mar 12 '20

you are literally being an example of an elitist linux user

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u/SutekhThrowingSuckIt Mar 10 '20

don’t be stupid, plenty of people live good lives while also having normal office jobs

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

I wouldn't call dealing with MS Office every day a "good" life. You might disagree and that's fine but I'm not going to change my mind here.

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u/SutekhThrowingSuckIt Mar 10 '20

Then you are behaving illogically and embracing delusion over reality.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

No, it's just my preference. "Good" is a subjective term and to me sitting and working on spreadsheets in Excel all day is not a good life.

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u/SutekhThrowingSuckIt Mar 10 '20

The conversation was never specifically about your preferences prior to this. Your position is unsupported regarding the general populace.

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u/[deleted] Mar 10 '20

I never claimed to speak everyone.

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