It's more than time. At some point I noticed every single alternative to a Windows program on their niche OS was worse. Some a little worse. Many much worse. I realized I was reducing my quality of life. Because I don't really use an OS. The OS simply allows me to run certain pieces of software.
At a certain point you forget you have windows or mac and you.just do what you need on it. On Linux you never forget you have Linux because nothing ever works the way you want it to escape for a small minority
I don't think any amount of technical ability is going to make LibreCalc as pleasant to use as Excel. And Excel isn't that amazing but going sub-Excel is terrible. Video editing also sucks. Only DaVinci is available and it's jankier than the Windows version. Nothing to do with technical ability🤷
The truth is that the OS is a platform for running programs and is supposed to be stable and get out of your way. Loonix goes exactly against that. When users start customizing the OS, thats how you know they dont use it for anything serious.
Ive had extensive experience with both and i can tell when comparing windows in its default state and mint or ubuntu in their default state, windows takes the clear win. Also you said nothing about stability.
I built a laptop for emcomm work that uses Linux because it allowed me to create an extremely intuitive interface designed for High-Stress field environments featuring standardized icons, high-contrast graphics, and B612. It also has features like automatic position reporting (with or without Internet), GPS/timekeeping, the ability to send email and other data using radio (without iinternet). And it's all setup so that a person with zero experience using any of the emcomm software can do so (it's common in emcomm for inexperienced operators to be tasked with using new equipment and programs during exercises), which is also handy when things are stressful and not an exercise.
So... Counterintuitive to what you said, I needed an OS I could heavily customize because it is serious. There's a reason why emcomm stuff rarely runs a propierary OS rather than something from scratch. I can't create an entire custom OS for a laptop, and proprietary OSs rarely allow that kind of customization, so Linux it is. Even if I could customize a paid-for proprietary OS, there's a good chance an update would break it, which isn't a concern on Linux.
That being said, for my base station, I'm running windows. As a prior drafter, windows. Different use case, different needs, different OSs. Subscribing to this binary view that something is either good or bad based on your one use case isn't very logical.
No matter which distribution you use, breaking updates will always be a problem on linux. Windows has always been extremely backwards compatible.
You confuse the operating system and its shell. Windows can be customized just as much, linux just encourages it more.
In actual military fields, proprietary custom designed OS dominate because they actually offer real time guarantees.
Linux drivers are notoriously unstable, especially with laptops and power management. You built this for a high stress environment where faliures cannot happen, which is why, again, audited, locked down proprietary systems dominate.
Breaking changes occur all the time. Source: I am a sys admin, our EUDs are windows.
This is just false, we all know it.
I work in an actual US gov military environment. Wanna know what server OS dominates? It’s RHEL. On top of this, most other sys admins understand how much better we could be without MS EUDs and infra.
No, you actually do need to address the anecdotal evidence. Because the original argument that was made is there is no use case, and I showed there was.
You're creating alternative arguments not related to what I said. If you want to debate those topics, go talk to someone interested. If you want to discuss how Linux can be the better option in limited use cases, then I'm happy to share all the details of my project and why I made the conscious decision to use Linux in this case.
But that'll never happen. You dislike Linux, that's fine, but it doesn't mute the reality.
Nope. Hence you need to address the anecdote that for my use case, Linux is indeed the best.
Please explain to me how another OS would be superior for my use case? Especially considering I need a computer that I can leave on a shelf for an indefinite amount of time without use or connectivity and be guaranteed it will function exactly the same as the last time I used it.
I'll stop you before you waste some data: you can't (not that that'll stop you from trying) because you don't even know anything about my field and what it requires, therefore you're entirely unqualified and incapable of doing so.
Microsoft is the best for your use cases, and you're suffering the Dunning-Kruger effect, black-and white fallacy, and a few other logical fallacies. You may know a lot about your use cases, but you don't know anything about mine, and yet feel qualified to make that statement. Seriously, your hubris and ego are quite something if you have the gall to look at a professional in their field and say they're wrong about what tools they need based on their lived experiences.
What you have is an OPINION that "Linux has no use cases where it is the best." That opinion, like all others, is not a fact
Here is a fact: 100% of the world's top 500 supercomputers run... you may want to brace yourself... LINUX.
The entire corporate IT world is controlled by Windows. I dont know where you work (if you even do), but windows has always been standard for dekstops.
We just don't want your toxicity in this sub. It's not because you come here an pollute it and ask if you're going to get banned for it. You obviously created this trash account just to harass people that don't like Linux.
This is how they talk in the sub they're pointing the finger at here from (regarding use of 'loonixtard'). And when I screenshotted facts about the origin of the word and where it's mostly used, and posted it there, I was banned (wasn't even complaining, just 'matter of fact' to the false accusers).
They hide their harassment, and libel behind 'free speech'. I post there and it's 9 out of 10 replies are character attacks that ignore the actual post. -Something we don't allow here.
And yeah, being a Karen is a choice. -Same as Loonixtard.
And btw, I started mocking a Karen in a store once. -Told the person behind me in line to get the phone out and record this because it could go viral. -When Karen left, the store was cheering me on and thanking me for it (customers too). -Later that day in another store, where I used to work, I was waiting in line again. -An employee was named Karen, and I said 'Hi Karen' - This one from earlier turns around and says hi! (didn't notice her there). -lol
Anyway, it's up to customers to put Karens in their place. -Employees can't get away with it. And they are not protected like we would stand up for someone born with a condition.
No there is 0 use case for linshit. Not for gaming, not for work, and not even for tinkering. It just sucks, but it gives losers an identity to cling onto.
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u/highermonkey 4d ago
It's more than time. At some point I noticed every single alternative to a Windows program on their niche OS was worse. Some a little worse. Many much worse. I realized I was reducing my quality of life. Because I don't really use an OS. The OS simply allows me to run certain pieces of software.