• ampersandrew@lemmy.world
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        2 months ago

        If I had to read documentation first, I wouldn’t be using Linux. We write software so we can automate things, so we should be able to automate away most of the troublesome parts until we’re just left with a useful device that does its job.

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          2 months ago

          Well, that also saves money on localization costs, when you’re selling to people across many different languages.

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      2 months ago

      I love Linux. I’ve moved both my PC and laptop to Linux this year and gotten rid of Windows completely and I’m loving it. OpenSUSE Tumbleweed doesn’t get enough love.

      That being said… Linux is not easy guys. This guy is full of shit. But I would still recommend trying it if you’re an enthusiast with this sort of inclination.

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          2 months ago

          That you don’t have admin access to. Good for not fucking it up, bad for freedom.

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            2 months ago

            It’s remarkably difficult to really fuck up freebsd. On Linux, getting boots to fail is easy. FreeBSD is quite a bit more robust in that regard, as the base image isn’t updated piecemeal.

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            2 months ago

            I’d easily make the trade of linux standard being impossible to fuck up without rooting it, if it meant it became as easy to run as a commercial OS.

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                2 months ago

                I like Android. If linux would be like Android, it would take off and be probably a lot more advanced than it is now. It’s currently built as a cell phone OS, because that’s what it is.

                But if someone made a desktop android, that worked on raspberry pi, and pc’s, and could be self contained on a usb stick like you can with linux??? THAT distro might be the thing to beat Windows. Especially if it was free and open source.

                Right now, on android, you can use terminal. Before I knew what terminal was, I downloaded it on an old rooted phone 10 years ago.

                So YOU can do all the terminal stuff you want in this hypothetical desktop Android. But don’t make ME do stuff that I don’t understand.

                Right now, standard linux is essentially a keyboard OS. Where the bulk of important functions come from the keyboard. Windows is a mouse OS where the bulk of important functions happen with a mouse.

                And of the two styles, I prefer mouse. You prefer keyboard, but linux CAN do both…it just chooses not to.

                Give me a distro where they don’t even include terminal. You can download it if you want, but it’s not standard.

                So I don’t see why you’re saying Android is some kind of insult. I like Android.

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              2 months ago

              Sometimes people want to play with a toy and not scream at their OS because of… millions of possible reasons.

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              2 months ago

              Cool, but you’re in a gaming community in a post about the Playstation, so I’m not really sure why you’re talking about operating systems and behaving like this when someone talks about the console the post is about.

      • tonyn@lemmy.ml
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        2 months ago

        Consoles are easy, and I love my PS5 for chilling and playing games, and I love my Linux PC for its power and freedom from corporate bullshit.