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    [–] ddplf@szmer.info 3 points 23 minutes ago* (last edited 22 minutes ago)

    I love this copypasta, I love my linux, I hate my windows. But let's be honest with ourselves for a second and completely ignore the punchline of this meme.

    Those ARE valid criticisms of linux distros. Arch is not for casuals so you should be aware what you're getting into before stepping in, however your everyday-consumer-facing distros like Mint are still far from providing a fully comfortable day to day experience.

    I love my Mint, I'm never going back to windows, I'm a technical person and I had to use AI to help me run my nonograms game without it injecting cocaine into my CPU.

    [–] spacesatan@lazysoci.al 18 points 1 hour ago (6 children)

    Man that subreddit is a trip. Really funny to actively hate FOSS on ideological grounds because you just love corporations and markets so much.

    [–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 10 points 1 hour ago (9 children)

    There’s one here on Lemmy too. I got banned this morning for sharing this post lol.

    Here’s a post from it defending Telemetry of all things.

    [–] spacesatan@lazysoci.al 6 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    Yeah I was just about to edit my comment to mention that. Like bro why are you here it's built on the same ethos you hate in linux.

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    [–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

    Lol the guy talks about linux like it's his job or special interest.

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    [–] Kiernian@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

    Really funny to actively hate FOSS on ideological grounds because you just love corporations and markets so much.

    Yeah, especially when there are so many legitimate ideological grounds you could use to hate on FOSS, like: https://cosocial.ca/@mhoye/116851056980506739

    [–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

    It makes more sense if you see capitalism as a game and these folks as gamer fanbois.

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    [–] aSaabD00d@lemmy.today 2 points 47 minutes ago

    Haha, definitely had me. I'm still new to linux and so far bazzite kde has been great. Very few issues, small learning curve. Hard to mess anything up too bad.

    [–] Ganagaja@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 hour ago

    I think we should also have a community with name bigtechsuck

    [–] neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works 27 points 3 hours ago (3 children)

    The performance comments were a dead giveaway.

    Nobody's complaints with setting Linux up are that it runs slowly.

    It may not run much of anything until you sort out your drivers properly, but it will do everything incorrectly LIGHTNING fast, compared to Windows.

    [–] baltakatei@sopuli.xyz 1 points 55 minutes ago

    I thought Debian was as sluggish as Windows until I was forced to use the LXQt desktop environment instead of the default GNOME on an old Compaq laptop since that's all it could handle. Turns out, GNOME looks nice but it kept my old laptop's mid-2000s i386 CPU churning at 50% 24/7. LXQt? Barely a blip. Sure, it couldn't run Firefox quickly, but at least its fan was silent when idling or when I was simply using the laptop as a dumb SSH client into a much more powerful remote server.

    I now use LXQt on my main workstation because I don't need fancy tilíng windows or Wayland.

    [–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 2 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

    Nobody’s complaints with setting Linux up are that it runs slowly.

    I mean, really depends on the device. I've got a machine running Mint and it kinda chugs along. But it's... I want to say at least 15 years old? Probably due for a RAM swap at the very least. Takes about five minutes to fully boot and if I run more than a few apps it drags.

    At some point, there's only so much an OS can do for you.

    The bit about incompatible drivers and the mess of third-party installs necessary to get it in a comfortable state also rang true. Plus all the minutea of configuration, so you're not typing in your password every time you sneeze. Windows does tend to come fully loaded out of the box, even if you're using a bunch of their mediocre native apps. And the desktop instance tends to be pre-configured to satisfy your average desktop user.

    Of course, Apple takes all of this to the next level. Really straight jacking everything you can do so that it's a unform experience from device to device. And I hate that shit, too, even if my machine boots fast straight out of the box.

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    [–] Planchette_Phantom@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 hour ago

    I'm a basic Linux Mint/ZorinOS guy–I sometimes switch between the two–and even I know that it's dumb to install Arch unless you're REALLY good with computers.

    [–] anarchy79@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

    Ngl file explorers on Linux suck some massive ass unless you use like Krusader or ranger or terminal based stuff. Dolphin, Caja, nemo, Thunar, Nautilus, all of them are so fucking convoluted that it feels like they are consciously designed to do the things you least expect and in the most roundabout way at all times.

    [–] taiyang@lemmy.world 56 points 5 hours ago (12 children)

    The most obvious bait to be was 1 hour install time. Windows 11 took 2 hours to install, CachyOS took like 5 minutes. I imagine Arch is similar, there is simply no way. Lol

    [–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 88 points 5 hours ago (2 children)
    [–] samus12345@sh.itjust.works 9 points 2 hours ago

    "...in geological terms."

    [–] untorquer@quokk.au 32 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (2 children)

    Updating. Do not turn of computer.

    100% complete


    Also: "Update and shut down"

    [–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 18 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

    Did you say "update and shutdown while also rebooting?"

    Coming back to my PC and it being on when I expect it off, along with the notification that I hadn't used notifications in a while, is what pushed me over the edge to running linux for everything.

    [–] untorquer@quokk.au 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

    Solidworks/PDM at work. 🙄

    No it won't be changing until Win11 actually breaks or dassault scraps PDM(actually as much or more of a trashfire as windows). I'll just find a new career eventually.

    [–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 1 points 51 minutes ago

    It took me a bit to figure out, but winapps might work for you. A couple of applications I use at work require me to have a windows VM, which is still way less of a headache than straight windows.

    [–] Alfredolin@sopuli.xyz 7 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (2 children)

    I use win only at work anymore, no choice. Update and shut down is the biggest fucking lie. I press it every time, it never did shut down.

    [–] untorquer@quokk.au 1 points 1 hour ago

    Every. Time.

    [–] djdarren@piefed.social 15 points 4 hours ago

    I remember installing Arch on an ancient MacBook I've got. Set the installer going then put it to one side knowing it was going to take a while.

    It took about 7 minutes.

    Of course, I then spent two hours trying to get the fucking Broadcom drivers to work, but that's by the by.

    [–] timestatic@feddit.org 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

    I mean if you dont know jack shit about linux or arch and try to follow the guide I'd imagine it could take you quite a while. It took me a while at least.

    [–] taiyang@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

    I did hear Arch is a bit more trouble, yeah. CachyOS was pretty straightforward from desktop environment to automatically detecting hardware and such. Pretty much the same features you see with Windows, just a lot faster.

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    [–] LightDelaBlue@jlai.lu 2 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

    but... if you are new why.. arch? jsut use idk mint?

    [–] cannedtuna@lemmy.world 1 points 1 hour ago

    Some people like to make it hard on themselves. Or someone recommended it and they don’t know any better

    [–] Feathercrown@lemmy.world 23 points 5 hours ago

    The second issue was too blatant, I knew I was getting the old 4chan bait and switch

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