This spyware's common name is Windows 10 but people of high culture call it NSAos. This software disguises itself as an operating system but ask yourself this; who is operating who?!!! :think-about-it: Ads, forced updates, bloatware and the fucking data collection!! You aren't in the driver seat, this spyware is doing the driving!
Today is your lucky day though as I come with good news :meow-fiesta: there is a free open-source and privacy respecting operating system called Linux. This Linux thing is the backbone of the whole internet and Android is based on it.
You can do everything on Linux; from using Firefox or Spotify to playing your games... there is even a Linux program called WINE which allows you to run quite a lot of Windows games and programs as if they were native to Linux
With Linux, you are in full control, you doing the driving yourself, comrade!! So come to the penguins' side :penguin-dance: and reject the evil corporation.
I suggest you check out the Linux distribution Kubuntu... Manjaro KDE for those feeling a bit brave.
This post is for you to share your concerns about Linux with us or why you are hesitant. If you are a Linux user then tell us about how lovely it's been.
PS: any negative comments about Linux will result in a ban, the mods are onboard with this :)
Edit: and join us at !libre for everything open source.
Edit: on Linux, you get all your software from one place and you can easily update them from there.
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called Linux, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called Linux distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux!
I haven't heard of that, the main reason people like it is that it's more like other unix OSs like BSD and illumos.
I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re referring to as Windows, is in fact, NSA/Windows, or as i have taken to calling it, NSA plus Windows. Windows is not an operating system unto itself, but rather a non-free component of a fully functioning NSA system.
Many computer users run a modified version of the NSA system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of NSA which is widely used today is often called “Windows”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the NSA system, developed by the PRISM Project. There really is a Windows, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use.
Windows is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Windows is normally used in combination with the NSA operating system: the whole system is basically NSA with Windows added, or NSA/Windows. All the so-called “Windows” versions are really versions of NSA/Windows.
I'd love to stick it to the man but i'm simultaneously too dumb for linux and i still want to play video games with friends. For that reason, i'm out.
Why don't you start replacing the programs you use with open source ones as a first step instead? For example, instead of Microsoft Office you should use LibreOffice... you can also just try Linux out before installing it (virtual machine or from USB) to make a more informed decision. A lot of games actually work on Linux so should if the ones you play work on Linux or not and you can always dualboot if you have to
Try out Zorin in a VM. It's free, basically just a UI over Ubuntu, but it does it's best to emulate Windows functionality as closely as possible. Lots of little UI tweaks to make the transition easy.
Once you're comfortable with it, you can switch to a different layout and see how it works. From there switching to another distro is easy.
You'll never forgive yourself for not switching sooner once you understand apt and how program distribution is supposed to work. (No downloading opaque exes, everything is done right there in front of you and downloaded from a trusted repository, the thing that app stores are pale imitations of)
What is keeping you from giving it a shot? You can try it in a virtual machine or from a USB.
I've never heard about Linux getting corrupted and you can always make system backups to go back to if you have a problem... I'd also like to refer you to this comment
"Fixable" with Linux usually means "Be a l33t computer hacker and run a bunch of commands" though, which is why Windows users are told to just reinstall.
Check KDE Plasma out if you are wanna try another desktop environment, it's great!
If you are a beginner, THE distro to go is Linux Mint.
It comes with everything a simple user needs, you can control your updates graphically, make them automatic or not, schedule if you want, have backups/config restore points, and the installation is about 7 GB clean. It basically holds your hands and has good support.
[edit] I love KDE and recommend it to everyone, but still recommend Mint first because of its reliability. I could make it run in a 1-core Atom netbook. [/edit]
I would NOT recommend Manjaro for starters because it has some weird non-standard ways of dealing with updates: it takes them directly from Arch, which is a rolling distro, but they hold back in their own repositories (servers for programs, which are called packages); if there's a problem (and Manjaro has plenty), you're on their hands. Ubuntu-based distros are, in that way, more supported. Kubuntu, as an example, is more reliable because it takes its sources from Ubuntu, but they have the KDE Plasma Desktop.
If you want to use KDE applications on Mint (and other distros with the GTK engine), you may need to use Qt5 settings to make the themes correct (Qt5 is the engine from the KDE project, GTK is from Gnome's).
There is also a beautiful e-book reader for Linux called Foliate. Check it out.
Yeah I'm using Foliate and it's great. So why don't we compromise and say Kubuntu? KDE Plasma is just the best imo
I love KDE and recommend it to everyone, but still recommend Mint first because of its reliability. I could make it run in a 1-core Atom netbook. Truly magnificent.
Because it basically "holds your hands and has good support", but I should have clarified with reliability, which I commented separately. I'm gonna edit.
edit: let is be clear that I'm referencing a distro for beginners. Kubuntu is also well-curated -- KDE is prettier, more responsive, more powerful and with such it appeals more -- but Mint's reliability is unparalleled still.
I tried using linux but I was too much of a dumbass to learn all the damn computer commands you need to do anything and so much stuff was incompatible so I switched back to windows. might give it another shot one day but windows is just easier
fwiw I basically never use the command line outside to support so if your last attempt was a few years ago I'd say It's worth giving another shot
Is it a huge difference though? Also running the command line is just copying and pasting a couple of lines.
You're underestimating most people's tendency to just completely turn off their brain whenever they see something slightly technical.
Agreed, I installed popos on my laptop recently and it has been really very user friendly. Had some issues with nvidia drivers but that's probably nvidia's fault lmao
fuck no. you aren't driving shit yourself unless you're an expert level programmer.
By that I meant you are in control of your OS; you can update whenever you want and delete whatever apps you don't want and so on... also customize the hell out of it. But that isn't even the point of the post, Windows 10 is basically spyware
or you can just get the windows 10 enterprise iso , which ironically doesn't have cortana, the store, or any of that other superfluous bullshit, and crack it :bill-gates:
Video games are already broken and buggy enough when not run on some translation layer virtual machine thingy. I couldn't imagine how broken they'd get on WINE, not to mention that it becomes harder to install them probably. Video games on Linux will only become popular if the command line becomes obsolete for most people, which it hasn't and won't because the companies that fund Linux development are mainly interested in servers.
Why don't you try it instead of running FUD for Microsoft? Steam has integrated wine and enabling it is just a right click / properties / check the compatibility layer box. Anything without anti-cheat works perfectly.
The command line is already unnecessary for most people, and anyway it's much better in every way than the wizards and weird multi-panel UIs Windows has for everything (think group policy, regedit, property dialogs from the nineties tucked in the corner of the modern settings interface, and so on). It's more flexible, more powerful, easier to give instructions over chat when your comrades need help, and you'll never end up downloading random exes over the Internet from sketchy ftps to attempt to fix your problem.
Yeah most Linux distros are better in almost every way than Windows but "the year of the Linux desktop" is always a little eye-roll-y. I agree it's probably much nicer to use Linux for anything else. LibreOffice is almost preferrable to Word and there are more tools and cool utilities and things to install.
Yeah most Linux distros are better in almost every way than Windows but “the year of the Linux desktop” is always a little eye-roll-y.
agreed
WINE isn't a virtual machine btw it's a compatibility layer... WINE is actually an acronym for Wine Is Not an Emulator :)
Right it's a "translation layer" like the more recent Windows Subsystem for Linux. From what I understand they still use the VM infrastructure of CPUs to hook the system calls and stuff and translate them to Linux system calls.
cringe
Like, Linux is fine whatever, but the way you're presenting it is cringe.
Ads, forced updates, bloatware, and the fucking data collection
Literally all of these can be disabled or removed with about the same level of knowledge and effort needed to run Linux. Hell, my copy of Windows (Education edition) didn't even come with ads or bloatware.
PS: any negative comments about Linux will result in a ban, the mods are onboard with this :)
Is that a joke? If not that's pretty dumb, we can't criticize an OS?
PS: any negative comments about Linux will result in a ban, the mods are onboard with this :)
Obviously it's a joke yeah and I wanted a lighthearted tone for the post...
What if I told you that Linux's mascot is a penguin? :) I see I got your attention now. Before making any decision, try to find out more info about Linux... see if the programs you use work/have alternatives on Linux for example and even check videos of people installing/using Linux and ask whatever questions you want...
