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grue@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• diffcalculus@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Some of you sound like the annoying stereotype of vegans pushing their diet lifestyle.

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  • ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    the annoying stereotype of vegans pushing their diet

    famous picture of the plane getting shot that illustrates survivorship bias

    Also, vegans actually do something good for the planet so thank your neighborly vegan next time instead of telling them a story about how you once met someone who was really pushy about veganism.

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    • Aatube@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      What the heck is that image

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      • ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

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    • ZenbyBosatsu@lemmy.today ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Tbf yes. They do something good for the planet. But I wouldn’t say choosing a different OS isn’t good for the planet either. First, you aren’t supporting companies that will burn this planet down without a second thought for a few million dollars. Secondly there are a few things on Linux made to use less electricity than Windows AND the fact it can run on older computers just fine means that there is less of a need for constantly upgrading this creating less computer waste. (Which something I and many others advocate for and a very solid reason to use Linux) but also merely for the fact that it is by far more ethical in a multitude of ways…

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    • m3t00@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Image

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• milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Wouldn’t it be nice to not have an adversarial, abusive relationship with your OS?

  The whole point of computers, as far as I can tell, is to be that abusive relationship we never could perfect with humans. Linux is no exception, it’s just more passive-aggressive and better with gaslighting.

  “You see, if only you’d installed this dependency, which I showed you so clearly in the error logs all along - and I categorised them so nicely - but you never like to look there, do you? - I mean, I understand, and that’s why I mentioned it - not too strongly, because I didn’t want to upset you more - in the terminal output…”

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  • Rosco@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Package managers have become so much better with dependencies. It’s been a while since I’ve encountered an issue, with yay it very usually works out of the box.

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    • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      My stint with Ubuntu… 16? Did not end well.

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      • KnifeFighter@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You realize that 16 means 2016, right? That’s almost 8 years ago. And even as someone who uses Linux I don’t like Ubuntu. I highly recommend trying Mint, Fedora, or EndeavourOS (Arch)

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    • milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Agreed. Though I do have recent experiences of dependency troubles. I really should get better at reporting them to the proper channels, but by the time I’ve worked out how to fix, I usually don’t have the energy left… 😕

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• Zeroxxx@lemmy.my.id ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  In that same Linux I had to rack my brain and still failed to launch the game I want.

  You mean like that relationship?

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  • Huschke@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I used to think the same and sure there are still definitely games that won’t work, but gaming on Linux has come a loooong way. And with the recent bullshit that Microsoft is pulling with Windows 10 and especially 11 I just couldn’t take it anymore.

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  • JTskulk@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Skill issue

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    • Zeroxxx@lemmy.my.id ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Says linux elitist.

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      • kirk782@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        These people are another barrier on the road to Linux adoption. I personally had an issue with Void Linux, a systemd free distro whose manual is seriously lacking and lots of what is in Arch Wiki may not apply there. I went to their support server, detailed my problem and said that I had done what their manual said. The first response, I get is read the manual when it is just a page long(for the specific issue I was facing).

        Ultimately, it was boiling down to a wrong flag attached to the command that was listed on the official website that was not solving my problem.

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    • masterspace@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bruh, computers are tools to accomplish a task, if you wanna obsess over hack shit stare at the toilet, dont gatekeep a hobby.

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      • JTskulk@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Pick the tool without ads in your way then lol I’m not gatekeeping, simply saying get gud

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    • Honytawk@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      If you need skills in order to use an OS, then that is a bad OS.

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      • SaakoPaahtaa@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This is very true. There is a difference between being bad at using software, and software being bad. Linux just has an intrinsically bad desktop design.

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      • Adanisi@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        You don’t need skills to use GNU+Linux, in the same way you don’t need skills to use Windows.

        It has different ways of doing things which needs to be learned, but that also applies the other way around.

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  • WalrusDragonOnABike@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Or maybe the one that I had to reinstall every other month because it kept failing to boot (probably because I broke something because I had no clue what I was doing and trying to get stuff working).

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    • catonwheels@ttrpg.network ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Or maybe the one that I had to learn how rollback graphics drivers because I bought wrong brand of graphics card.

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      • Adanisi@lemmy.zip ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        This doesn’t make any sense. Drivers only get loaded if a device matching the correct device ID is plugged in. So a wrong driver won’t, can’t, load. Why would you need to rollback?

        If you don’t have the correct drivers, it’ll still work, just poorly. And from there you can get the correct ones.

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  • freeman@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Linux not being able to launch a game (that probably was not made for it) is not a relationship issue but a technical one.

    Even if it is possible to run the game but you need to hack around your distro’s configurations, you can be certain the default configuration was not made with the specific intent of preventing you from running the game.

    In the Windows case you are not hacking around with the json file to solve a technical issue.

    Windows is not misconfigured, it’s Microsoft’s explicit decision to prevent you from removing some of it’s software even if it’s forced by law to do so for other people.

    It’s ok if you don’t mind Microsoft’s behavior or you just find Linux’s technical issues more important in choosing an OS. But the issues are not similar neither equivalent.

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• qyron@sopuli.xyz ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Listen, I probably one of the most hardcore linux propagandists out there, which spells disaster when I confess I’m anything but a tech guru, but even I am aware some people are too off the deep end to swim back and move to another OS.

  Windows is locked in a dominant position and regardless how bad their solutions are in fact, not enough tech/privacy aware high level managers exist to push windows off the corporate shelf.

  The alternative is to spread Linux and FOSS to kids and incentivize the use and exploring of technology because it is simply fun to do it, not shotgun proseletize and hope something sticks.

  Your intention is good but the method, which I often use as well, needs a lot of refining.

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• Octopus1348@thelemmy.club ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  And if you use Linux you have to jump through hoops to install (non-steam) games. I know, just yesterday I had to search a working tutorial for installing Fall Guys.

  BTW for anyone needing help in the future, this worked: youtu.be/X41PlQNx0vk

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  • burliman@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Anyone who makes a stand to defend Linux as a gaming platform over Windows is righteously impractical at best, and a principled idiot at worst. It’s simply not there yet.

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  • Aatube@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    As a user who bought FG on steam, I had ZERO issues whatsoever getting this to run on my Walmart laptop. This is an Epic issue. Fuck Epic. Ran Fall Guys into the ground before laying off basically all of its creative team.

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• Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It’s not Linux or Windows. For example Gaming and everyday Tasks I use Windows because Games I play run much better on Windows and I like to use it more. But for things like programming I will use Linux. I’m just beginning learning to code but I already made the painful experience of trying to get compiler, debugger etc. running on windows.

  Linux and Windows are Tools. You can’t use a Hammer for every Taks, sometimes you need a Screwdriver.

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  • tabular@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Some tools are easy to repair but some tools detect if replaced parts are not from the manufacturer and refuse to work, or even require a subscription. You may say you really need a “screwdriver” but that doesn’t negate the criticism it requires being shoved up your fucking ass to work.

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    • Roflmasterbigpimp@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Bruh. In which Industry do you work? Don’t act like using Windows/Linux is causing you physical Pain.

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      • tabular@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I believe proprietary software gives unjust power to the creators/owners over the users and that most people being taken advantage of is detrimental to a free society.

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• banneryear1868@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Ableton Live and plugins don’t work on Linux, and I’d rather run it on my own build, so I have to use Windows.

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  • KnifeFighter@feddit.uk ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    You could try Bitwig. I have a friend that prefers it over Ableton even on Windows. And Windows-only VSTs work with Yabridge

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    • LesserAbe@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Thanks for the Bitwig suggestion, I’ll look into it.

      I’ve tried to set up multitrack recording a few times on Linux and regularly run into configuration issues. It is clearly not at parity with Windows. And even when one flavor of software does work, that’s not the same as someone’s chosen software working.

      Some people have a workflow where they need to share stems and settings with collaborators or for mixing, which requires a specific program. And there’s still a fair amount of personal investment in learning the power features of a given DAW.

      I’m using Linux as a daily driver and would like to see wider adoption. Unfortunately this is an area where I can’t recommend it.

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• Sweetpeaches69@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yeah, let me know when Revit, Civil 3D, ArcGIS, OpenRoads Designer are operable and supported on Linux.

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• smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yes, should escape from using Windows if can. But this is just news, why automatically there must be a comment like that?

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