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What I learned from Linux vs Windows after trying Windows for a few months this year :
Windows - Great for normies that web surf and play games. Bad for anyone that wants to do anything else.
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@≠ There are a myriad of operating systems out there today, many of which are free. People are making their choices and clearly, no operating system is going to suit everyone. However, there are lightweight operating systems out there, that are ready for genius exploits and while you may consider the three operating systems that you know about, to be bloated and below your standards, feel free to make the most of what exist.
Bad workmen blame their tools and confused men will go, to and fro, never finding anyplace, where they fit in. If one felt truly as you say you do, find one of those light weight, lightly coded operating systems and bend it to your will. I think @Vivi Nella Verita :Debian_logo: makes a valid point and one could say the same about people who use an operating system such as ChromeOS, that it's great for people who want to browse the web and check email and such. It's a simplistic view, of course, since one can do, with whatever operating system, one uses, whatever one can program withing the realm of tools that are contained . So it's up to one's level of expertise. The more one knows the more one can do. The tools are irrelevant it's up to the craftsman. Indeed, there are many obscure operating systems which could appease the minimalist in all of us, however, how long would it remain that way, once the boundaries must be breached, in pursuit of continual, improvement?
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@≠ now we're being honest. Your contention, is as I have suspected. You prefer the familiar, intuitive, user interface of Windows. It's the perception of all those things, on which you base your preferences. There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with that. However, it's a far cry from declaring Linux as being over bloated, etc, when we have no metric, to show the relative accuracy of such a statement, since, while the Linux kernel, may be audited, by anyone, because, the code is freely available, the same cannot be said, about the other two systems, included in your initial reply. Also, whereas, those two operating systems are, Homogeneous, Linux is merely, a kernel and Linux is also, simultaneously, independent groups of distributions with, the only commonality, being just the kernel. So, the perception of over bloat, over engineering, becomes a more relative and subjective reality.
The choice of operating systems may have, for some, the commodity of intuition and user friendliness, but that may only be the attraction for some and in our case, for many. The fact that many people prefer a certain product or activity, only proves that it may be popular and common, not that it is any good, or the best or even the worst. It's a preference based on, as you may have hinted at, confidence. Confidence in one's own abilities, confidence in the product's reliability and perhaps, confidence in the product's predictability. One can easily wrap one's mind around that type of thinking. However, my main point in all of this, is, it's all based on preferences, perception and yes, confidence too but also, for anyone to be happy with the operating system being used, one first must have choices, which we have, followed by, the ability to use whichever operating systems chosen, to include software and the competence to follow through.
The reasons why some people migrate away from propriety operating systems are, varied, however one of the main reason is, the ability to improve the software and operating system via changing the code. Now, if one is capable enough, one will be satisfied and will hardly fall short as it is within one's own hands to control one's destiny, in this specific realm. The people who seem to complain and moan, are the ones that aren't persistent enough to find the answers to the questions and mysteries, for which they seek. In the case of Linux and the other Unix like operating systems, that kind of clarity is more readily achievable.
I've been using Linux and other Unix Like systems for decades now, almost exclusively and I don't seem to have the restlessness that I have witnessed in others. I started out with Apples, then I built my first PC's and eventually, found out about the free and open source communities. Since then the learning have never stopped. People that love study, experiments, tinkering and hacking can appreciate the potential possibilities. It goes far beyond software too, since there are many similar types of software that do the same things and substitutes can be made so one is hardly ever restricted by those narrow confines, especially now in relatively modern times. It's all about preferences and I'm sure of it.
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@≠ Someone already tried that. That would be Corel® the makers of WordPerfect®. They had a version called Corel® Linux based on Debian Sarge, that ran under Wine, well the WordPerfect® application, ran under Wine. I suppose that I was probably the only person, that liked it and, I actually paid cash for my copy. It was a bit quirky, it would freeze sometimes, momentarily and the resolution would do funny things sometimes too. However, for the most part, it worked. This was the time before Linux had any office suites. The time before StarOffice became open sourced. I still have the entire package. Of course it's now obsolete since once Debian upgraded to the new version, the libraries had to be upgraded as well, which left that version of Linux, with a shortened lifespan.
As for your assertion, that Windows may perhaps, one day market a successful Linux distribution, that probably, ironically, sell better and actually start a Linux craze, may be spot on and hilarious to boot. Everything, is mostly half done everywhere, it is the expectation of perfection, that may be man's most defining distraction. Is the Earth, perfect? Can we adapt to coexist with it? I think you see my point. Happiness is being satisfied with the conditions which one truly cannot change. I have yet to suffer any dissatisfaction with using Linux since I know what to expect and also, I can make the changes that I need to make. That's the power of using an OS like that. I have a computer running Windows 11 now and I rarely use it except to ensure that it is properly maintained and updated. Also, I use it to program one of my Ham radios although I'm working on a hack which may make that task unnecessary. As I have been continually stressing, it's the preferences. It's what one is comfortable using and that which one perceives, as being more familiar and to an extent, superior.
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