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[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 hours ago (3 children)

I've been bombarded with Shit about Linux ever since I signed up here.

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME THE CRAZE BEHIND THIS DAMN OPERATING SYSTEM?!!! I just dont fukin get it! Whats so special about it😭😭

[–] [email protected] 2 points 14 minutes ago

Lemmy generally attracts the same kind of person that would also use Linux. Both of them are open source and community driven alternatives to software otherwise provided by large corporations and milked for every last cent. Both of them require just a bit more knowledge in order to comfortably use them. Linux with all the distro's and desktop environments, Lemmy with all the instances and apps/front-ends. We're very much a bubble here.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 hours ago
  1. Windows is a privacy nightmare. The OS is constantly sending data to Microsoft while being used.

  2. Windows hogs resources. If you don't shovel money out for new hardware every few years, your computer will run like shit.

  3. Windows is full of ads.

  4. The majority of malware is written for Windows. Not really a selling point for me, but it's a bonus.

  5. Linux is free.

  6. Linux doesn't force updates. You update when you want to, and it takes less than a minute to do.

[–] SuperSpruce 9 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Think about why you joined Lemmy. Reddit has been getting greedier and greedier, so you left to a place where the grass is greener. The same thing is true with Windows and Linux (and Linux is also much more big and mature than Lemmy). It attracts the same kind of people.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Oh- huh... I mean Im outta the loop as to what Windows is doing thats so awful as well as what makes Linux so amazing.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 hours ago

@Cock_Inspecting_Asexual Things like, for example, putting ads and tracking into an operating system you paid money for?

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