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Rodeo@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Linux is great for those that have the time or inclination to learn swathes of new terminologies and procedures just to achieve the same level of productivity

You obviously haven’t tried Linux for at least ten years. It’s really not like that.

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Quicky@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
This is the standard response I’ve heard from Linux advocates for the last 20 years.

I know it’s easy to assume off the back of my initial comment that I might not have, but I assure you, my frustrations with Linux are not borne out of inexperience.

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Corgana@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I am not a programmer or anything and I’ve been using Zorin full time for a while now after trying it as an experiment. I would go so far as to say it’s on par with Windows or Mac in many (not quite all) respects. Assuming you’re not dependent on some proprietary software the only switching cost these days is… learning to navigate a new system.

Just as an aside, I find it interesting that people using LEMMY of all things for social media would perceive FOSS systems as inferior. I guess that’s a testament to how far along ActivityPub development has come.

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- Quicky@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I wouldn’t disagree, and I’m not saying FOSS is inferior, I’m just whinging about the Linux evangelising.
  
  There is no perfect OS that can have universal approval. However if I’d I said “Windows is a data-harvesting nightmare” or “Being locked in to Apple ecosystems is constricting and expensive” then I’m sure I’d see the upvote button hammered on Lemmy. But to seemingly question the validity of Linux as a silver bullet for the vast majority of desktop users is borderline heresy.
  
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  - Corgana@startrek.website ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I won’t dispute that fanboyism is thing, I don’t think many evangelists as it were view Linux as a “silver bullet” just as the most ethical option given the alternatives.
    
    Also, I should add that many view open source software as having the potential to one day be the “silver bullet” in a way commercial software can never be due to it’s structure.
    
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    Quicky@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    I’ve been reading about its potential for a long time. Maybe next year will be the year of Linux ;)
    
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