It is more like solidarity. We were all there at some point. Few, if any of us started with open source software. Most here are simply saying we’ve been there, tried to solve the problems and never found a working solution. We are also saying 'it is not so bad on this side of the fence despite the grumblings of those unwilling or unable to escape the fenced field at the slaughter house. Sure, we’re not fed corn fodder and the meds to process it in a special trough, but there’s some pretty cool stuff to eat out here on open ground if you’re willing to browse and try it. There are some asshats for sure, and it is not always easy to find the food, but life doesn’t seem half bad.
That’s all I’m saying any time I say Linux is the solution. I’m not all that bright and I did it. You probably can too. In my case, I’m on 3yo high end hardware too. So even the stereotype of poor old stuff doesn’t really jive. I gladly tell people to use linux-hardware.org to see what works and ask questions if they don’t understand. With Linux stuff, block anyone that makes toxic negative comments here and move on. There is always someone at your level that is more than willing to help if they can find you and visa versa.
This isn’t some consumerism meaningless polarized fight or team sport. We were all there. We didn’t find a solution. We’re not inside another fence, we hacked the fence into freedom, and you can too.
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux,
is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a
part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system.
Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
I thought those were operating systems and not a program as asked.
Smug nerds gone smug.
Or not smug. There’s a problem with a solution. You think it’s a program problem, but maybe it’s actually an OS problem.
Of course there are reasons to use Windows, but that doesn’t mean OP has one.
Give them what they want, not what they asked for. If you really care about bloat, no proprietary system will save you.
It is more like solidarity. We were all there at some point. Few, if any of us started with open source software. Most here are simply saying we’ve been there, tried to solve the problems and never found a working solution. We are also saying 'it is not so bad on this side of the fence despite the grumblings of those unwilling or unable to escape the fenced field at the slaughter house. Sure, we’re not fed corn fodder and the meds to process it in a special trough, but there’s some pretty cool stuff to eat out here on open ground if you’re willing to browse and try it. There are some asshats for sure, and it is not always easy to find the food, but life doesn’t seem half bad.
That’s all I’m saying any time I say Linux is the solution. I’m not all that bright and I did it. You probably can too. In my case, I’m on 3yo high end hardware too. So even the stereotype of poor old stuff doesn’t really jive. I gladly tell people to use linux-hardware.org to see what works and ask questions if they don’t understand. With Linux stuff, block anyone that makes toxic negative comments here and move on. There is always someone at your level that is more than willing to help if they can find you and visa versa.
This isn’t some consumerism meaningless polarized fight or team sport. We were all there. We didn’t find a solution. We’re not inside another fence, we hacked the fence into freedom, and you can too.
LINUX LINUX LINUX LINUX
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system.
Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.