Comment on I wish there were more articles about tech not tech biz
Corgana@startrek.website 6 months agoI 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.
Quicky@lemm.ee 6 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.
Corgana@startrek.website 6 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.
Quicky@lemm.ee 6 months ago
I’ve been reading about its potential for a long time. Maybe next year will be the year of Linux ;)
Corgana@startrek.website 6 months ago
If your barometer for “potential” relies on market share, then you don’t really understand what motivates a person to contribute effort to a FOSS project in the first place.