Me, coder, student, cant afford mid range PCs, interested in learning computers, gamer, not professional. What about you guys?
My values
Cus fuck microsoft/windows, thats why.
Values, works better (for me) than any other os, gaming/fun, audio/video editing, code.
I subscribe to the philosophy that information should be free, and that computing should be a collaborative effort, driven by community. The world is better when we all work together to improve it.
These days, I’m less gung-ho about the technical merits of free software; I just prefer using systems that feel like they’re trying to work for me rather than exploit me.
The main reason is to use an open-source system. The secondary reason is to achieve greater digital sovereignty and reduce dependence on US technology companies.
It gets out of the way and let’s me do my thing. Wether it’s work or gaming.
Both Aurora on my laptop and Bazzite on my desktops, have been easier to use and maintain than Windows and OSX.
No ads, no nagging, no maintenance. The included gui and cli app stores give me everything I need. I freaking love it, it’s pure bliss. Best computing experience I ever had.
~3 years running Ublue distros. 100% happyness.
A complete and total lack of bullshit.
If something is wrong, there’s a concrete reason, no matter how deep the cause and you can always dig far down enough to catch and deal with it.
this had been an unexpected benefit to me when I first jumped ship from Windows. Linux may be daunting to troubleshoot as a newbie, but as you learn to navigate the system’s ins and outs, it really becomes apparent how user friendlier the deeper than surface level troubleshooting is compared to Windows. you still have to build that knowledge though, no way around it.
Originally because fuck windows 10
Since then it’s the sheer joy of it all. It’s just fucking cool that a bunch of people just get together and make something that benefits everyone, with dozens of forks that allow for freedom of choice.
I’ve been using it since 2013-2014. It was for the love of computing first and foremost, then it extended into concerns over Windows 10 telemetry, then it became more and more viable, and here we are.
- I have the radical idea that when I own something, I should actually own it.
- I’m a software engineer, both professionally and hobby. Developing on a non Unix platform is bullshit
- HaikuOS is 20 years too late
- What is the alternative? Windows is user hostile ad infested crap, MacOS is a prettier flavor of user hostile ad infested crap. The BSDs have their place, but a daily desktop or laptop isn’t really it.
- Copyleft FOSS or GTFO
- I don’t do a massive amount of customization, but the things I do I want to have. I know that will be the case with Linux. Who the fuck knows with closed source software
- When I find a bug, missing feature, or something just isn’t right I can fix it, file a bug, or just talk to the actual human beings who wrote it. Good luck with any of that in non-FOSS unless you are spending $$$ on a corporate account.
I didn’t choose Linux, Linux chose me…when windows got unbearably enshittified.
Although admittedly I’d been using Linux for years beforehand, just not for gaming.
Ah, well, it is less shit than alternatives
Windows: too much ads, AI, telemetry, and just nonsense bullshit in general. MS is a malicious company and this is malicious software.
MacOS: too much Apple bloatware. It mostly stays out of the way but the fact that I can’t uninstall it makes me very angry. Also the vast majority of software requires a connected Apple account. The bigger problem is the overpriced and intentionally irreparable, unupgradable and disposable hardware which is inseperable from the software.
Linux: mostly just stays out of my way, requires no account for anything. You know, the way operating systems used to work.
It’s open source and not owned by an evil corporation. It doesn’t have ads. It doesn’t mine my data and sell it to the highest bidder. It doesn’t have AI shoved in every nook and cranny. It’s much lighter to run. I can easily run it on a 10 year old laptop.
I think I can handle the ads part, but the ‘lighter’ part, thats a good one.
Serious question: Why can you handle the ads? I’m serious. Why do you accept that something you have purchased, something you own, should be pushing ads at you? Broadcast services makes some sense, they have to make money somewhere. But something you bought? Why?
Ads are bloat aswell.
powershell sucks. RegEdit sucks. Start menu sucks. Can’t use Niri. Slow. Can’t use it while updating. Inverted backslashes for paths are horrible. The only useful feature is WSL, and if you get rid of all other bullshits, you get Linux.
Because I have self-respect.
