Everytime Microsoft blunders, which is a lot and it is reported, it never fails that there will be numerous individuals proclaiming their switch to Linux. But I always feel like a lot of it is just simply clout, a pat-on-the-back feeling for deciding against the masses kind of feel.
And it always makes me beg to really see how those kind of people fare if they actually did switch and use Linux on a daily basis.
I’ll take anyone seriously if they actually switch and sometimes actually talk to me about how their Linux experience is going. Because more times than not, I always assume it’s some dual-boot user who could sneak their way back to Windows time to time and barely use Linux.
And I’ll see the statistics of the OS marketshare budge…slightly, for Linux. I’m proud that Linux at all that it is gaining more usage than it has before than where it had been 15+ years ago and earlier.
No. People do what they do.
What I find more laughable is people complaining profusely about windows but doing nothing about it.
Using something different is hard too. Most people are somewhere between cows and idiots. I have been using Python since the late 90s even on Windows and at work too. I got some strange reactions and push back over the years. You just have to not care. We see now how that turned out. Now everyone agrees Python is useful.
A small act of rebellion can be revolutionary to the lives it changes.
It kinda feels like the digital equivalent of “I’M MOVING TO CANADA” in a lot of cases.
As a Canadian, I see that as a win
Thanks for the compliment!
I spare very little mental capacity to how people utilize their computers where it doesn’t directly affect me. No, it is not something I find worth being bothered about. Life’s hard enough regardless.
I suppose I am one of those, although the process has been gradual over the last years.
Do I still use Windows? Yes - I earn a living designing and developing solutions in the ecosystem, although it is mostly on the corp server side of things. Azure can be easily managed on any of the three big OS’s.
Do I dual boot? Yes, but less and less. For gaming, flight sims are still not supported enough on Linux - to many extensions and add-ons are just not there yet. I am primarily on Linux though and all of my non-sim gaming on Linux nowadays. On my work laptop the Windows partition is bricked (as in Windows Update said bye-bye to it), so next re-install of Ubuntu LTS next year will see the Windows partition wiped.
Am I nostalgic about Windows? Not yet, after 1-2 years of Linux practically full time. Win11 is still on a downward trajectory. Linux is getting better with every distro release.
Have I gone more hard core in my Linux journey? I dabble in EndeavorOS, but mostly run Ubuntu. I am happy that it works. I am comfortable in the terminal so any DE works as long as it leaves me be.
Will I go back to Windows? Microsoft have a lot of work in front of them to regain my trust. It will be a harder switch with the Linux experience being as good as it is.
Do I have any sympathy for those who try and revert? Sure - change is difficult for many.
You tried flightgear yet? While not as pretty as MS, the physics, the controls, the thought…
It’s a great sim, and Linux native.
I have X-Plane 12 on Linux and am re-building an approximation of my MSFS setup. The main issues are
- Head-tracking is proving challenging.
- Streamdeck integration is a work in progress
- Navigraph integration is a non-starter. AIRAC updates are completely manual where there are apps on Windows.
- Many 3rd party addons for Garmin navigation are only available on Windows as they rely on the official Garmin trainer software.
The list goes on, but at least X-Plane is a first class citizen on Linux. My controllers work out of the box with only minor deficiencies (drivers for announciator lights are missing).
The work is proceeding, but as the license for X-Plane is valid in Windows as well it’s too easy to just have everything work there.
I always feel like a lot of it is just simply clout, a pat-on-the-back feeling for deciding against the masses kind of feel.
I think that’s more a reflection of you than anyone else.
I always assume it’s some dual-boot user who could sneak their way back to Windows
Everyone knows only posers use both! /s
I don’t care the reason, I just want to share my love for linux with others, even if they don’t switch
I’m more bothered by keyboard warriors intent on gatekeeping.
Like what, exactly?
Wish I could give you an award
Even if they don’t end up fully switching it doesn’t matter. Some might switch, some might try dual booting. But saying they are going to switch is free press and may convince more people to try it so that’s still a win.
It’s free press if they post it in the windows/mac sub, not the linux sub.
I’m proud that Linux at all that it is gaining more usage than it has before than where it had been 15+ years ago and earlier.
Why? What do you gain from that?
Respect from large studios and software developers for one.
Actual professional investment and availability for another.
The user end of govermental and professional linux space literally is only as shitty as it is because of the lack of user base.
people performatively declaring they are going to Linux doesn’t bother me at all. its good press, builds its reputation. people try new things for deep reasons sometimes, but also for casual curiosity and fashion following, and that’s ok.
no. and why does it matter to you so much? If someone wants to say they switched to linux then awesome, have at it, good job, have fun and all that. but then you roll in with “ok…how are you using it? show me!” who cares? you’re literally gate keeping an operating system.
you don’t have to commit to a damn operating system, it’s a tool. If I had a Brand A hammer and it really sucked I’d swap it for a Brand B hammer that was suggested to me. Now if Brand A suddenly started producing a better hammer and admitted their previous hammer was garbage then I would consider going back to Brand A.
If Microsoft came out tomorrow and said “you know what? we were wrong. We were wrong about AI, we were wrong about 11, we’re going to provide you with a better OS” I would consider going back to it. I’d at the very least try it. Or if someone came out with something brand new that wasn’t Linux or MacOS or Windows and it was a better tool than all of them I’d switch to that.
The point is I’m not going to lose sleep over someone wanting to switch and then not, why do I care? I got more stuff to worry about than some random stranger on the internet not using a specific OS. What DOES bother me more are people replying to comments where someone is having issues with Windows and says “just use linux” that isn’t helping anyone and you come off as a basement dwelling asshole that’s waiting on their chicken nuggies to finish heating in the microwave.
if someone came out with something brand new that wasn’t Linux or MacOS or Windows and it was a better tool than all of them
RIP BeOS
Haiku exists.
I know and I still have high hopes, but it’s still behind. Back then BeOS was what I used exclusively, these days it would need to have a version of KVM to run virtual machines to make up for what’s needed and isn’t there.
You’re a windows user ? Chop wood and carry water.
You’re a Linux user ? Chop wood and carry water.
You’re a BSD user ? Chop wood and carry water (less easily)
You’re a templeOS user ? Wow
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I said it somewhere around 2003, did it immediately, never looked back.
I’ve been a Linux desktop user for well over 2 decades now, and anytime I see a Windows user with windows problems I just roll my eyes. My eyes by now have the ability to make 360 degree barrel rolls after all the practice.
Yeah, sure, I’ve had problems here and there.
Mostly self inflicted whilst trying out new shit. I’ve hada lot of help. When lvm was introduced back in whenever, I immediately switched and it fucked one of my drives. One of the developers of lvm spent hours trying to help me fix it. Talking about your tech support! Windows tech support won’t get me the main devs to help me out.
Linux mostly has been “once it works, it works, and it remains working until you change something”. I know it’s not entirely like that, but it’s nowhere near the Microsoft “well just reinstall it every three months because after that it’ll just get so slow and bogged up that it won’t work normal anymore”
I put my mother in law on a Kubuntu system probably about 10 years ago, and she’s used it for at least 7 years straight. Nothing crazy, browsing, solitaire, etc. but a 65+ yo had no issues with running that.
I created a multi user linux machine some 15+ years ago in an intel Celeron with 1GB of ram and 4 video cards (plus the internal video). With USB splitters we had 5x USB Audio, keyboard, and mouse, with 5 monitors for the video. We created a setup program that allowed a teacher to easily identify what keyboard,I use, and audio went with what monitor once and them it would keep that setup forever. The desktop was skinned to look and feel like Windows XP to not scare people.
5 people could work on that simultaneously, and one of them could run real windows in a virtualbox instance. It all worked, flawlessly. The work I did was fun, interesting, and awesome, but the real work was already done, right there, with the Linux kernel, and X. I was merely standing on the shoulders of giants, and the total development cost of the system (including research, salaries, hardware, etc) was around $30KUSD
Try that with windows.
Linux and Linux desktop are awesome 💯😎
