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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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[Rant] I swear to fucking god. Windows is harder to use than Linux. Have any of you ever USED Windows lately? Holy fuck. (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by PeterPoopshit@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm helping a family member build a pc. He wanted to use Windows because "Linux can't play games" despite me having a perfectly good gaming laptop running Linux that runs all my games, even graphically intensive ones.

2 days later, no game has been played yet. We can't even get steam to start. I even installed Arch on a sata ssd I donated just to verify the pc parts actually work (took less than an hour). It took 1 and a half days to even get the Windows 11 installer to get past like the 3rd screen.

Fucking fuck. Dealing with all this fucking bullshit is far worse than not being able to play a few trashy anticheat pay 2 win games. The anti Linux circlejerk is real.

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[–] Cornelius@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'm really surprised at how much people are ripping on Linux here at lemmy. It's completely justified, I agree that Linux still needs some polish in a few areas before it can REPLACE windows, but I would've figured lemmy to be a bit more... I dunno red pilled and biased towards Linux.

I daily Fedora for ALL my games pretty much, save for Metro Redux: Enhanced Edition and SteamVR titles. Games with anticheat that don't work on Linux? I don't play them anymore, if they don't wanna play ball that's fine.

[–] Surface_Detail@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I mean OP is trying to paint Linux as the more user friendly system and I think we can all agree that's BS.

Linux has many advantages. User Friendliness is not one of them

[–] dashietm@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

It can be, depends if you need proprietary software on a regular basis.

Or if you install one of the distros that have sane defaults for laymen.

Something like popOS is definitely more user friendly for regular use, it just has the usual limitations with ( insert random windows only software ), but that is another problem entirely.

[–] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The Linux installer is more friendly towards installing your thing on your system. Windows seems to lack many things and don't even give you choice except for the install location.

But I wonder, if a stupid Windows forward installer is "user friendlier" than a Linux mint installer or Fedora one. I found the partition thing always confusing but on Linux you get automated and fluidly explained what you can do.

[–] ChargedBasisGrand@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

noone is ripping on Linux, they are ripping on an angry shitposter

[–] zer0@thelemmy.club 0 points 1 year ago

Linux already replaced windows for any serious task