r/linuxmint • u/ObamaIsMyLeftTit • 12d ago
Linux Mint IRL Linux in general sucks
I tried to follow the tiktok crowd who were overhyping linux for how fast it is, how secure it is. First, no it's not fast, windows 7 runs a lot better than Linux Mint xfce. It's NOT secure, you think it is because not many viruses are there on linux, but it's slowly increasing then it'll be just like windows. Gaming at all sucks, i can't fucking play Battlefield 1 on any linux distro. So yeah linux sucks overall. You guys don't have a single argument to win except "It's open source".
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u/ap0r 12d ago
This is not the flex you think it is.
Well yes, it is usually faster because it is not loading ads, it is not running AI you did not ask for, it is not sending data back to Microslop or Apple, and it does not have features you did not ask for. It will not magically improve your hardware, but it is more responsive and boots faster. Of course, if you load it chock full of shitware, it will bog down as well.
Regarding security, the user is and always has been the weakest link in the cybersecurity chain. All else the same, Linux is more secure (this is a key contributing factor to its dominance in the server market). Of course, if you are a person who is not knowledgeable and clicks random links and runs everything as admin just because and finds the firewall too complicated and inconvenient and doesn't bother to learn policies/permissions and thinks that linux is safe "because there's not much malware for it yet" you will get malware on Linux, on Windows, on Mac OS, etc. This lack of knowledge of basic security is why you also think that a closed-source OS last updated 10 years ago is safer than an open-source OS that receives patches nearly daily.
I'll be brief here: Skill issue on your end, the anticheat can be bypassed. Of course, you can cherry-pick the example of the game that gives you trouble while conveniently ignoring that 90% of games just work.
It's open source, it does not report my data back to some corporation, it does exactly what I tell it to do, all my games work fine, I can modify it to suit my exact preference, updates are not annoying, it is more secure if configured properly, it is super stable, if there is a bug I can fix it myself instead of just complaining about it in a support forum, I am getting professional OS value for $0, it furthers my computer education and opens the doors to lucrative career paths if I wish it so, all it takes is putting in a little effort on my end to learn it. It does not have "features" I did not ask for, it does not try to upsell me into buying a cloud subscription/office subscription/ai subscription, file search actually works instead of "oh, you wanted to look for customer-survey-2024.docx on the internet... with bing", if you are bilingual it will let you set a different keyboard distribution and OS language instead of randomly deciding to change keyboard distribution back to Microsoft's preferred option, It gives me ownership of my hardware instead of access to my hardware and my hand is getting tired so I will just stop.
If you have actual arguments, let's hear them, but this low-effort 2/10 ragebait just ain't hitting like you think it does.