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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:26:00 No.17261779 View View Reply Original Report

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so tell me /g/,

Why use linux?

It feels so time-wasting and useless. Not even trolling.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:27:00 No.17261796 Report

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because you have absolute control over the OS
>inb4 freetardation

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:28:00 No.17261814 Report

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Because I like running a webserver in 64MB RAM.

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AcceptableDickz !DV5E9wg8sk Mon 02 May 2011 03:29:00 No.17261824 Report

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1. Learn something new, better insight on what most embedded devices use for an OS. (routers, DishTV receivers, etc)
2. Easier to rip movies than on winblows.
3. Modern support for old hardware.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:29:00 No.17261825 Report

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>Why use linux?

In order to wittle away the hours as you wonder while you have never had a girlfriend and what style you should shape your glorious neckbear next.

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I've Been Here All !SuMMERfHko Mon 02 May 2011 03:29:00 No.17261830 Report

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Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:29:00 No.17261833 Report

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so tell me /g/

Why be a paid MS wintroll?

It feels so soul-sucking and terribly evil. You know you're trolling.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:29:00 No.17261834 Report

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Linux is free if your time is worthless.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:30:00 No.17261850 Report

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>>17261833
>Why be a paid MS wintroll?

Because being a paid OS X troll is an even greater hell.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:31:00 No.17261866 Report

Quoted By: >>17262174

If you aren't in a computer related field and have no need/desire to do things in a manner different than the way Windows does it for you, then don't waste your time. Unless you're simply curious, of course. But indeed, any Unix based operating system is a waste of time if you just want to use your computer for things such as browsing the web, playing games, writing documents, etc.

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Leercrak !syIfS5tKXI Mon 02 May 2011 03:32:00 No.17261873 Report

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You want pray server or supercomputer?
Maybe old computer into server or understand how computers work?

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:45:00 No.17262082 Report

Quoted By: >>17262144 >>17262187 >>17262298

>why linux?
i am currently using my vpn to ssh into my box in canada that only allows rsa keys and mounting $HOME/bt to /mnt/bt to download stuff into a tmpfs. pic related

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Leercrak !syIfS5tKXI Mon 02 May 2011 03:47:00 No.17262114 Report

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:48:00 No.17262144 Report

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>>17262082
took 30 seconds to do that

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:49:00 No.17262174 Report

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>>17261866
>playing games
>Unix

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:50:00 No.17262179 Report

Quoted By: >>17262205 >>17262393

>Unix based operating system is a waste of time if you just want to use your computer for things such as browsing the web, playing games, writing documents, etc.

>implying those are not preset in most linux distros
>implying Mac OS isn't unix based

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:50:00 No.17262187 Report

Quoted By: >>17262223 >>17262314

>>17262082
Sure is using overcomplicated terms on a very simple process to try and sound intelligent.

Such is the life of the average linux user.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:51:00 No.17262205 Report

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>>17262179
>using linux
>using a distro

Yeah, doing it wrong. If you're using a distro you may as well be using OSX.

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:51:00 No.17262216 Report

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>It feels so time-wasting and useless.

So don't use it. Your absence in the Linux userbase will not be mourned.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:52:00 No.17262223 Report

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>>17262187
the point is that takes too long to do it in windows
beat 30 seconds from challenge to completed

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:52:00 No.17262235 Report

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The real, tangible benefit of linux over other OSs would be resource management, and that it's free obviously.

Otherwise the bloat and garbage collection associated with windows/OSX only causes negligible problems for the average user.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:57:00 No.17262294 Report

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if you're a gamer and play commercial, store bought 3d games, linux isn't for you (unless your game runs in wine, but it's hit and miss, see appdb.winehq.org)

if you need a desktop/laptop/netbook os to instant message/skype, use office suite, or browse the internet, linux is for you; the same if you are a business looking to cut licensing costs and get a great server or domain controller OS

also, if you actually fell for /g/'s "install gentoo", or actually installed slackware or arch, you are doing it wrong and you are doing the equiv. of judging windows by having used 3.1

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BlueGrey !!JF6GjFfVMoF Mon 02 May 2011 03:57:00 No.17262298 Report

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>>17262082
>???????????????????????????!!
How can you stand that crap?

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 03:58:00 No.17262314 Report

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>>17262187
>complex
>4 command

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 04:02:00 No.17262393 Report

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>>17262179
>implying GNU/Linux and BSD is unix-based

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 04:03:00 No.17262397 Report

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>>17262314
Linux users: now with even less reading comprehension.

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Look at my massive !JohnsonY5g Mon 02 May 2011 04:04:00 No.17262415 Report

Quoted By: >>17262425 >>17262440 >>17262449 >>17262455

PROS:
=====
Free as in price. Free as in freedom. More efficient once you've learnt how to use it. More secure. No nagware. Better networking. Lower system requirements. Hackable codebase. Powerful CLI and tools. Respect for users in the form of privacy.

Cons:
====
You actually have to learn to do things a different (better) way. You can't play newer games. Won't sync up with your Microsoft/Apple shitbrick (iPod/iPhone/Zune/Blackberry etc.) because those pieces of hardware are anti-user.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 04:04:00 No.17262425 Report

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>>17262415
this

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 04:06:00 No.17262439 Report

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>It feels so time-wasting and useless.
But....the alternative is Windows.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 04:06:00 No.17262440 Report

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>>17262415

>Won't sync up with your Microsoft/Apple shitbrick (iPod/iPhone/Zune/Blackberry etc.)

Wrong.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 04:06:00 No.17262449 Report

Quoted By: >>17262465 >>17262488

>>17262415
>learning things in this specific way is better
>devices made for plug and play on nearly every computer worldwide is antiuser

That's nice. How about you never speak again? Us nix users have enough things to deal with, never mind retards making us look like elitists.

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Leercrak !syIfS5tKXI Mon 02 May 2011 04:06:00 No.17262455 Report

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>>17262415
Actually you can use gtkpod for portable mp3 players
It's quite nice

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 04:07:00 No.17262465 Report

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>>17262449
>>learning things in this specific way is better
I think it has more to do with the fact that you're learning to do something differently at all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 04:08:00 No.17262470 Report

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Why not use it? It's the perfect learning tool, in Windows everything is abstracted which creates tons of bloat. It can be nice but to a power user and a student who's interested in how the system works, it's annoying, and i hate bloat.

besides Linux is used everywhere, my phone, router, server, and laptop are all running linux. I'm also developing C++/Qt on Linux and it's a lot easier and nicer to deal with Linux as a system than Windows.
also Windows has a horrible cleaning mechanism, which is why you see it crash after a long uptime while Linux will stay exactly the same even after years of being up and running.

Linux is clean and stable and everything in it works exactly as expected, it might suck for a newbie who doesn't understand but that's what it costs to have a superior system. you can't have it both ways.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 04:08:00 No.17262475 Report

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> Why use linux?
> It feels so time-wasting and useless. Not even trolling.
Because some people use their PC for something else than gaming, it didn't occur to you yet, OP?

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Look at my massive !JohnsonY5g Mon 02 May 2011 04:09:00 No.17262488 Report

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>>17262449

Hardware that restricts the software you use to interact with it (or attempts to) is anti-user. Deal with it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 04:12:00 No.17262531 Report

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It depends on the distribution, if you are using Ubuntu you can just as well gtfo and use Windows

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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 04:12:00 No.17262533 Report

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>>17262397
4 commands for file transfer in 30 seconds including network lag to cananda (which has shitty internet)
beat it windows and mac os x

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AcceptableDickz !DV5E9wg8sk Mon 02 May 2011 04:12:00 No.17262539 Report

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>>17262488
There was no disagreement with your anti-user standpoint.
There was disagreement with it not working; you can access it with linux.

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Look at my massive !JohnsonY5g Mon 02 May 2011 04:15:00 No.17262591 Report

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>>17262539
>devices made for plug and play on nearly every computer worldwide is antiuser

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