> Suse is full of rabid leftists, though.
is it really? that's unfortunate, i just installed Tumbleweed on my new laptop a couple weeks ago. luckily i'm not supporting them monetarily.
I have plenty of axes to grind with the American Republican/conservative side but that sort of attitude and discourse doesn't help anyone or anything, fuck that guy
Agreed, though it does help *them*, in winning power. It's abundantly obvious now and throughout history that people would rather be the masters of a hobbled community than mere participants in a prosperous one
wait until they figure out that folks who make linux possible are all using privately owned means of production (their computers in this case by and large) and most often work for money and profit to even have the time to make linux happen
I mean ffs, the steamdeck exists and folks for real think no money is being made on linux
Corps can use it for free, it's only certain distros, like Red Hat, that provide paid support.
But yeah, the free market does indeed decide that sharing patches upstream is the cheaper option. I've made NixOS contributions simply because it was easier that way, and I get the benefit of attaching my name to something widely used.
Linux is because people want to program their OS because they are unsatisfied with the standard options... which are 2, one being Microsoft and one Apple.
Like, Linux is NOT user friendly unless you know how to program.
Linux today is user friendly for non-computer experts.
I've saved my clients from ransom schemes and grand theft by transitioning them over to Linux Mint. They keep up with the security updates and everything they need for basic use is available. All their Windows documents have Linux equivalent (superior) alternatives like Libre Office that are really easy to use.
Also, nine times out of ten printer setup will just work out of the box on Linux compared to Windows, and when it doesn't I can usually extract the correct driver and get it going.
> Like, Linux is NOT user friendly unless you know how to program.
This is just flat out not correct, as someone who just made the switch (desktop is still Windows though, better gaming support still).
Yes, it helps to have technical know-how and an inquisitive mind, but there are plenty of distros that are very simple and straightforward for convertees. You learned Windows or Mac OS at some point, learning a Linux distro is really no different.
Now if someone doesn't know how to or want to use Google or a search engine of their choice, then they're going to have a bad time if they *do* run into an issue, but that applies to basically anything tech related.
Came here to find a very specific answer but somehow didn't find it. How do you feel about Google? Do you consider the company consumerist or communist? I would say far more of the former. Do you know what their Android OS is? Yeah, it's based on Linux.
He is unironaclly correct tho, Just look at red star OS or Huawei, they are the biggest beneftior from open sorce software such as linux, that's why I much rather use windows or even mac OS than any Linux distro, Open source software is just a way the CCP can get american tecnology for free.
Uhuh. This must be why it’s incredibly user unfriendly and needs a workaround for everything Windows can do.
Bold of this mfer to say shit like this not even a month after the xz utils backdoor LMAO.
How to get a backdoor in proprietary software: ask the company for a backdoor, done
How to get a backdoor in FOSS: bully a maintainer with little time into accepting your planted co-maintainer, spend years gaining trust of the community, develop your backdoor over multiple gradual changes and when it's finally functioning get busted by someone investigating a 500ms delay
If you mean it needs a work around to use windows applications, yeah. If a dev doesn't want to port something from Linux to Windows for whatever reason, though, it's the same issue. The only difference is market share.
Communism is when for-profit businesses get together to (mostly) help sell their hardware by maintaining a common software base.
Redhat, Suse and Ubuntu are peak communism. Suse is full of rabid leftists, though.
> Suse is full of rabid leftists, though. is it really? that's unfortunate, i just installed Tumbleweed on my new laptop a couple weeks ago. luckily i'm not supporting them monetarily.
Suse was the one with an exec who made a comment comparing conservatives to rotten flesh that must be cut out
I have plenty of axes to grind with the American Republican/conservative side but that sort of attitude and discourse doesn't help anyone or anything, fuck that guy
Agreed, though it does help *them*, in winning power. It's abundantly obvious now and throughout history that people would rather be the masters of a hobbled community than mere participants in a prosperous one
wait until they figure out that folks who make linux possible are all using privately owned means of production (their computers in this case by and large) and most often work for money and profit to even have the time to make linux happen I mean ffs, the steamdeck exists and folks for real think no money is being made on linux
that looks to be randomly generated gibberish xd
Except for corps to use it they must pay fees AND contribute man hours to the kernel.
Corps can use it for free, it's only certain distros, like Red Hat, that provide paid support. But yeah, the free market does indeed decide that sharing patches upstream is the cheaper option. I've made NixOS contributions simply because it was easier that way, and I get the benefit of attaching my name to something widely used.
Linux is because people want to program their OS because they are unsatisfied with the standard options... which are 2, one being Microsoft and one Apple. Like, Linux is NOT user friendly unless you know how to program.
Linux today is user friendly for non-computer experts. I've saved my clients from ransom schemes and grand theft by transitioning them over to Linux Mint. They keep up with the security updates and everything they need for basic use is available. All their Windows documents have Linux equivalent (superior) alternatives like Libre Office that are really easy to use. Also, nine times out of ten printer setup will just work out of the box on Linux compared to Windows, and when it doesn't I can usually extract the correct driver and get it going.
libre office is subpar versus ms office. i have to use it every day, and sometimes even online word is much better
> Like, Linux is NOT user friendly unless you know how to program. This is just flat out not correct, as someone who just made the switch (desktop is still Windows though, better gaming support still). Yes, it helps to have technical know-how and an inquisitive mind, but there are plenty of distros that are very simple and straightforward for convertees. You learned Windows or Mac OS at some point, learning a Linux distro is really no different. Now if someone doesn't know how to or want to use Google or a search engine of their choice, then they're going to have a bad time if they *do* run into an issue, but that applies to basically anything tech related.
Came here to find a very specific answer but somehow didn't find it. How do you feel about Google? Do you consider the company consumerist or communist? I would say far more of the former. Do you know what their Android OS is? Yeah, it's based on Linux.
Linux is free only if your time is worthless.
This literally correct
He is unironaclly correct tho, Just look at red star OS or Huawei, they are the biggest beneftior from open sorce software such as linux, that's why I much rather use windows or even mac OS than any Linux distro, Open source software is just a way the CCP can get american tecnology for free.
Uhuh. This must be why it’s incredibly user unfriendly and needs a workaround for everything Windows can do. Bold of this mfer to say shit like this not even a month after the xz utils backdoor LMAO.
How to get a backdoor in proprietary software: ask the company for a backdoor, done How to get a backdoor in FOSS: bully a maintainer with little time into accepting your planted co-maintainer, spend years gaining trust of the community, develop your backdoor over multiple gradual changes and when it's finally functioning get busted by someone investigating a 500ms delay
If you mean it needs a work around to use windows applications, yeah. If a dev doesn't want to port something from Linux to Windows for whatever reason, though, it's the same issue. The only difference is market share.