I feel like 75% of Mastodon are people talking about Linux. If you don’t care about Linux you feel alienated. I enjoy Mastodon and Lemmy, but the lack of more diverse subjects gets to me if I browse for too long.
Update: I took your advice and purchased a laptop for Linux, and now I care about it! Problem solved.
These comments are really proving your point
I’m also in the same boat. I’m simply not interested in running Linux as a daily OS, and pretty much any gaming or tech content here is exclusively that. And then when you express any sort of counter opinion you get attacked.
I’m honestly finding myself scrolling Reddit without participating a lot more than I’m on here.
Android and ChromeOS are also ignored :-D However, I hope you don’t want to talk about operating systems cause now everybody just talk about AI :-/
Android is good. ChromeOS is just normal linux turned against the user
I’m intrigued at this notion that ChromeOS is Linux turned against the user but Android isn’t…
I’m thinking about pure Android which is open source. I could’ve written that better…
Android is pretty turned against the end user also, their sideloading permissions seem to be explicitly designed to annoy or scare people out of using it, and in my opinion isn’t really needed because we had the one toggle and it’s not like it grants the apps permission to install the apps themselves, it just allows you to click a button. It’s a process designed to add more steps to frustrate the user.
That doesn’t even mention many of the under the hood changes made over the years to worsen user experience, like preventing or making difficult internal audio recording.
Then there’s the whole anti-root thing, which honestly shouldn’t even be a thing in the first place, if you’re going to claim phones are like computers why aren’t they open like them? I do not and will not buy the “security” argument because even windows allows you to delete the entire registry with enough persistence, but on android you have to either get permission from OEM or use an exploit to install root before getting that access.
Okay, Linux phones will be the absolute freedom and make Android obsolete. Once the phones are mature enough
Only if they don’t fall into the same hole android fell into. Many early linux phones use locked down BIOS or Bootloaders (I remember seeing a video of one where the person couldn’t restore it because they didn’t have the software). So they’ll be absolute freedom only if they ship with Coreboot/UEFI Booting, otherwise they’re no better.
I’ve not gotten attacked, I play online multiplayer games and Linux just isn’t an option for my favorite games.
Granted I do want to eventually set up a dual boot setup, but rn my personal computers are either windows or macOS. I’ve talked w people about Linux, and we just agreed it can’t do everything yet.
On Mastodon, I hardly see anything about Linux, but I’ve been curating my feed, subscribing to hashtags and then seeing people pop up saying interesting things, then I check out their feed and maybe follow them. It takes more work than Twitter, but your feed is exactly what you make of it.
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I have used Linux, I use Linux remotely for work all the time. I very much dislike using it as a desktop OS. It’s still not a functioning gaming OS either. However, it’s constantly pushed down your throat on this website whenever you even mention using windows.
The difference between our advertising and that of the megacorps is that ours is actually driven by passion and love for what we use and create. And that passion won’t stop.
Ok, and?
I’m not interested in using Linux as a desktop OS. I’ve often made that clear, only to be met with “but have you tried this?”
It does the exact same thing as it does for vegans. Instead of bringing people to your cause you alienate them by constantly shoving it in their face.
Well there’s your problem! Maybe don’t start a conversation if you don’t want to invite responses.
(Also, I’m not going to point out that your claim that Linux still isn’t a functioning gaming OS is no longer true, since you apparently don’t want to hear it. You’re welcome.)
Until all the major anticheats can run on it I can’t consider it a functional gaming OS. If there are games that work on every other major gaming platform, except for Linux, then it’s not up to the same standard
Just saying that you are dealing with passionate people who will not stop. You can either realize and accept that or be annoyed by them forever
False dichotomy.
There’s also blocking and/or muting.
Doesn’t change the fact they’re annoyed every time they need to block a new person. And there will always be new FOSS enthusiasts, especially on this platform
Or you can stop trying to force it onto people. Idgaf about your passion. I don’t want to hear about you being vegan and I really don’t care if you only use Linux.
It’s putting people off of joining the platform. I think that’s clear enough that it’s a problem
Maybe if you’re an asshole to enough Linux users they’ll stop talking about it. Lmao
Then you choose to suffer… Go on, keep fighting against windmills.
You remind me that there really are people who want to be upset all the time. And talking to those people is always a waste of time, so bye
My guy, you’re the one here trying to shove Linux down my throat on a completely unrelated comment. Sounds more like you’re projecting your problems on me.
Linux is not going to be the future. It’s great for a server os, but it’s still not a viable desktop os for the majority of user. Extreme power users love it because of the customization power, and users who only ever browse the web won’t notice a difference, but everyone in-between doesn’t. Not everyone is a power user, and not everyone wants to be a power user.
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My most played games constantly have problems on Linux.
Apex Legends regularly falsely bans Linux players
iRacing isn’t Linux compatible, nor will it ever be
Destiny 2 won’t be compatible either
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Not functioning for most modern games is not functioning. Who cares if it runs ancient games if I can’t play modern ones?
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My guy, you are literally proving my point. I mention one negative thing about Linux and here you are, attacking me for it
lol what does “power users” have to do with it? Do you seriously believe power users only run Linux?
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Not sure if you realize it, but you’re exactly proving the point of this thread. It comes of as condescending that you assume someone must be uninformed because they don’t agree with you.
I fully realize that people like you would think that. But hey, you totally weren’t condescending here!
I’ve used Linux exclusively on my personal machines since 2004. I still loathe it. I just loathe it marginally less than I loathe Windows.