More like "Windows is better! No, not the most recent one, or the one before that, or the one before that. Those are bloated and full of unnecessary bullshit, or just awkward to use and difficult to customise. NO not that one either, if you install that and connect to the Internet your identity will get stolen. Yes that's right, the one from 2009"
I'd genuinely argue that XP has a better user experience than modern Ubuntu. Give me that but with decent security and I'd be happy. As someone who has a dual boot, Linux is just genuinely super finnicky and inconsistent for me. I actually had an assignment in a networking course a while ago where I needed three Ubuntu VMs and they gave me a disc image. I used the same one for all 3, and yet all 3 had completely unique issues independent of one another - 2 wouldn't boot until I did some really obscure nonsense. What I'm trying to say is that Ubuntu sucks. I've heard good things about Mint. I can never go full Linux unfortunately because I have a lot of software that would never run on Linux. Hopefully Steam OS breaks up the Microsoft stranglehold on gaming.
Ubuntu has the issue of being led by the "Self Appointed Benevolent Dictator For Life" Mark Shuttleworth, who is essentially an off-brand :melon-musk: down to being churned out of an all-boy's private school during Apartheid in South Africa.
Making it "look like" something doesn't actually make it that thing. Everything still behaves differently (and way worse). There still isn't a Linux desktop environment that doesn't suck.
I used the same one for all 3, and yet all 3 had completely unique issues independent of one another - 2 wouldn’t boot until I did some really obscure nonsense
In the classic motorcycle world, that's called "character"
I get you though, Linux can be finnicky. I'm still using Windows 10, but I have played around with Mint and it seems to work pretty well for me. Only things holding me back is gaming, which shouldn't be as much of a problem now because of Steam OS (not that I play that many AAA games anymore these days), fears about my audio equipment not working, and the need to buy another HDD to properly back all of my stuff up before I start officially switching things over.
More like "Windows is better! No, not the most recent one, or the one before that, or the one before that. Those are bloated and full of unnecessary bullshit, or just awkward to use and difficult to customise. NO not that one either, if you install that and connect to the Internet your identity will get stolen. Yes that's right, the one from 2009"
I'd genuinely argue that XP has a better user experience than modern Ubuntu. Give me that but with decent security and I'd be happy. As someone who has a dual boot, Linux is just genuinely super finnicky and inconsistent for me. I actually had an assignment in a networking course a while ago where I needed three Ubuntu VMs and they gave me a disc image. I used the same one for all 3, and yet all 3 had completely unique issues independent of one another - 2 wouldn't boot until I did some really obscure nonsense. What I'm trying to say is that Ubuntu sucks. I've heard good things about Mint. I can never go full Linux unfortunately because I have a lot of software that would never run on Linux. Hopefully Steam OS breaks up the Microsoft stranglehold on gaming.
Ubuntu has the issue of being led by the "Self Appointed Benevolent Dictator For Life" Mark Shuttleworth, who is essentially an off-brand :melon-musk: down to being churned out of an all-boy's private school during Apartheid in South Africa.
:agony-consuming:
oh fuck
Try KDE Plasma or Mint, Ubuntu is just one distro after all and Gnome isn't everyone's cup of tea
There has to be a desktop environment for Linux that mimics xp by now right?
Don't need a special DE for that
Making it "look like" something doesn't actually make it that thing. Everything still behaves differently (and way worse). There still isn't a Linux desktop environment that doesn't suck.
this is a wendys.
In the classic motorcycle world, that's called "character"
I get you though, Linux can be finnicky. I'm still using Windows 10, but I have played around with Mint and it seems to work pretty well for me. Only things holding me back is gaming, which shouldn't be as much of a problem now because of Steam OS (not that I play that many AAA games anymore these days), fears about my audio equipment not working, and the need to buy another HDD to properly back all of my stuff up before I start officially switching things over.