im a windows user myself,i dont like linux nor use it. but i did use it before (pop os).
so im intersed in knowing why some people like it.
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I only have to reboot when I want to, not when a corporation wants me to.
windows never forces me to reboot even if i have to update.
Neat. Maybe they’ve changed it since I last used it. Still not going back though.
They have not changed it. You still just can configure a range of time where its not allowed to reboot. So OP is simply no power user, or is just lying. I sadly still need to use Windows on my working machine, and the forced update+reboot happens minimum once a month.
i do see the update icon but it doesnt just restart the pc by itself.
but it still restarts at all.
i like not having to have a microsoft account to utilize it.
you know whats really awesome? being able to decide if i want updates. or a tightly-integrated piece of shit llm.
being able to modify literally every aspect of the shell.
windows 3.1 was more theme-able than win11.
linux works out of the box for all the old people i repurpose machines for and i dont have to think about cloud-connect bullshit. fuck, half of them dont notice its not windows until i mention it.
better question is why the fuck would you use windows without being paid to?
i use it bec i like it,i like that my cracks work there without effort. that i dont need to update my system to download an app. i like the ui,that any app will work. i never have to use the terminal. a lot of stuff. and about being paid,i didnt even pay for it i used massgravel (or whatever its named) to active it
haha wow its been awhile for you hasnt it?
explain what changed if its that radical.
im not going to bother you seem trollish… your rep precedes you
g’day!
So wildly off topic question.
How are you seeing a reputation score?
say what you want i just have unpopular opinions and dont care about karma like reddit since it doesnt affect anything here.
There is a difference between being a contrarian troll and having unpopular opinions.
Haha. I don’t believe in destiny, but the things you like about Windows are the things I liked about Windows before I switched to Linux.
You’ll find many other fans of cracking / Liberating software, here. It’s where the “Libre” we talk about comes from.
Anyway, keep asking questions of you’re curious.
I’ll just add that I haven’t used the command line for anything basic on Linux in several years. Command line is really not necessary anymore, unless I’m doing something advanced like modding my games. Actually, I guess I haven’t modded anything in awhile that didn’t come with a graphical kit. But I’m sure I still might, for the right mod.
since you switched to linux. how do you use cracks? or did you stop using them?
Depends on what you’re cracking, but for games there’s tons of cracked games that work great on Linux.
Linux distros nowadays are fully working and usable without the need of the terminal. Terminal is mostly used in online guides. Because it is easier to write a commandline than making 5 screenshots about where you have to point in a GUI.
I prefer Linux audio manipulation over windows. I despised plugging in say… a PS4 controller and having to redo my audio because microsoft thinks it knows better then me.
I shake the mouse,l on Linux when I lose it and the cursor gets big.
Linux doesn’t try to think for me… it does what I tell it too.
I can just drag windows out if full screen… windows I gotta double click then drag away.
there’s so many small qol features from people that actually use PCs. microslop…I swear their employees have never used a computer before
microslop doesn’t introduce features unless they can somehow make you get funneled into some space with ads.
no ads…screw all ads
it’s not microslop
creators of Linux aren’t working at every turn to make my experience worse in order to sell me some garbage cloud solution
Linux doesn’t try to sell anything.
Linux just works…
It’s free and using it means I don’t have to support American tech companies.
Linux does what I tell it to.
Windows does what it wants. Either what it thinks I want it to do, or what Microsoft wants me to do.
Considering I paid for my computer, I like having control over it. It’s that simple.
Faster, lighter, stronger.
I still can use a 15yo laptop for daily tasks, still boot in less than 20s (with ssd).
No surprises, I remember having stuff unremovable, like google toolbar, and no forced reboot when you are still working (they fixed this issue).
Software management is way faster : you don’t have to download a zip, unzip, hit the .exe, then accept a fuckload of agreements.
Yeah. I bought my kaptop second hand. When it still had windows on it, it was basically usuable because jt was so laggy. I installed linux and, badda bing badda boom, works like a charm. Its been my main computer for a fee years now
I’m a tinkerer. It’s made for people like me that like to take stuff apart and put it back together to see how it works. It also, quite literally, does EXACTLY as I tell it and set it up to operate. It doesn’t do disrespectful shit like revert my default browser settings to Edge. It is MY operating system and MY computer to 100% control however I wish, not some stale-ass predatory slop-driven corporation’s.
And one major thing that Linux also does that Windows does not is Linux will never install an application on your computer that you didn’t explicitly tell it to install.
I have uninstalled nopilot on work computers so many times. I run scripts to manually disable and remove it and prevent Windows from installing nopilot, and Windows updates, reverts what I did, and then reinstalls fucking nopilot, and then sneakily launches it in the taskbar where I can’t easily see that it’s running to begin with.
Voluntarily running windows at this point is kind of like voluntarily allowing yourself to be sexually assaulted.
Only weirdos and sad people who don’t know that it could easily not be like that continue to put up with it.
I like having a system I know the internals of and can control.
But honestly, nowadays the software quality of Windows is just… Bad.
Mac guy… I’ll say desktop environments. It’s an advantage over both macOS and Windows. The ability to choose your desktop environment. I prefer GNOME.
Everything everyone else said, but also it literally has more features. KDE Plasma and apps like Dolphin make Windows look like a toy.
Freedom, it’s that simple. Any other reason is a derivative of said freedom.
Because of everything.
I can chose however I want it to be and behave. It won’t nag me, it won’t show me ads, my hardware will receive support for ages, it consumes less resources, it’s more responsive, I don’t need to update any drivers, it uses less disk space, installing apps is easier, changing settings is easier, backups are easier, zero maintenance , it’s reliable, it’s free and open source and it uses the same Kernel that the world runs and relies on.
I’m 42, since I was less than 8 years old until now I’ve used:
- DOS
- Windows 3.11, 95, Me, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10
- MacOS 8.1, 9, OSX 10 - 10.11
Linux:
- Mandrake
- Mandriva
- Ubuntu
- POP OS
- Elementary
- Manjaro
- Endeavour
- Debían
- Zorin
- Mint
- Fedora
- Aurora
- Bazzite
- Vanilla
That said the only thing I dislike is that my kids can’t play EA’s FC26 or Epic’s Fortnite because those companies chose to actively not support Linux on purpose. Those games are predatory gambling casinos disguised as games, but still… I wish I could have the choice to play or not play them.
But that’s a small price to pay for everything I get in return.
I’ve been running Bazzite for 2 years now. For me, it’s honestly the best computing experience I’ve ever had. I’m very happy with it and I feel joy using it every single day, I’m in love.
I just happen to be in the complete opposite. I think it’s better because I like it and it lets me to do what I want to do without getting in the way.
I’ve been using Linux for years and years. I get the subjective sense it is a system built by engineers for engineers. I can examine, poke, prod, and break every aspect of the system. I consider that a bonus and it’s how I learn about computers.
I can fly through the system with my terminal
Etc
Edit: Centralized software package and dependency management is awesome
don’t you feel kind of disgusting saving your family’s photos on some kind of awful botnet OS?
i dont no. bec im not in a botnet
