Linux users of gee

linux users of gee
why did switch to linux?
or what made you switch to linux?

It's hobbyist software, not consumerist software.
Just like Sup Forums is supposed to be a hobbyist board, not a consumerist board.

i got a botnet on my Windows XP install in early 2011, and i was constantly paranoid by checking netstat every 5 seconds. i thought i still had a botnet (actual botnet), even though i reinstalled.

i decided to try ubuntu again because i volunteered at a non-profit that refurbished old computers with ubuntu

i loved it and have been using linux full time since mid-2011

i just like the way it works better than windows.

Because at the time Windows had a reputation for sucking and Linux was promoted as being, "better."

FYI, this was long before I found Sup Forums. I also only made a Linux distro my primary OS, say, about 2013 or so, so I'm talking about when I first started using it as a secondary OS. (Which was about 2009 or so.) The first time I ever heard of Linux though was about 2007 or so, though.

>why did switch to linux?
Mostly out of curiosity, got a copy of Mandrake Linux off a magazine, it was the Ubuntu of its time. I had gone back to Windows 98SE after some horrible experiences with Windows ME, so I started dual-booting.

Then when I got a copy of Windows XP, I ran that solo for a while, but the first edition of Ubuntu was about to be released, and they were sending out free install discs to anyone who signed up as some sort of promo deal, so I signed up and got a copy, went back to dual-booting.

As I came to appreciate being in control of my computer more, I used Linux more. Switched between Fedora and Ubuntu, while still dual-booting Windows XP, but using it less. Then some horrible automatic update experiences with both Fedora and Ubuntu pushed me over the edge, and I started using Slackware fulltime, and been using it for several years now.

Although I guess it was around that time Windows 7 came out and people started liking Windows more. Still, there was an impression left on me that Linux was supposed to be the, "superior," OS. Especially since even all those years people were fine with using XP they still complained about how shitty Windows was. FYI, around the time Windows 7 came out was, believe it or not, when I started using Vista, and I think my first experience wih Linux was a, "derivative," of Ubuntu I made in Reconstructor and would use in VirtualBox on Vista...

There are definitely easy distros that even your grandma can operate. It's just that Windows and MacOS have corporations behind them that spend millions of dollars on advertising while your average person probably has never heard of linux because it wasn't marketed to them.

Built a side pc for browsing the web and watching videos and shit, didn't need to buy a windows licence, so I installed Ubuntu mate, with opera and vlc.

It's working flawlessly so far.

Then I got an old laptop, turionX2, so I installed Fedora with MATE because windows was a little sluggish/slow. Only issue I had was the broadcom drivers, but that was a quick Google Search to fix and it's been working perfectly fine since then.

I needed to run a graphic plotter from the 1980s in college, but since nothing can interface with it a basement level (computer lab) dweller wrote an interface for linux so i used it.
And from that point on i was enlightened how powerful and versatile it was. Never looked back...

got tired of Microsoft bullshit

I saw a screenshot of elementaryOS on here and thought it looked pretty dope, so I installed it on my Laptop. Then I stuck with it, switched to Ubuntu MATE to get more customisation and then to Vanilla Ubuntu because of shilling on Sup Forums.

After some time I became acquainted to the way Linux works and now it makes more sense to me than Windows. Also, I know how it works in more detail and can customize more aspects of my OS. In the meantime I like how accessible the system is. Also, I enjoy not getting cucked by Microsoft with Win 10 (I do dual boot Win 7 about once a week when I feel like gaming).

I really like all of the three distros, although eOS comes really bare-bones in terms of software. Really like Unity, too. Dash and HUD both are quite cool and good for productivity.

it's really verbose and solid
instead of "something happened" you get a whole log etc
windows just feels like shit piled on top of shit, and the solution to windows not working is to reinstall it and hope it does this time


good example were windows update issues
why does windows update manage to consistently fucking break
it uses 100% cpu, randomly reboots your computer and sometimes doesn't even work properly
i have never had pacman or apt break the system or just hang with "checking for updates", and if they did i would just rerun with debug flag and fix it

>graphic plotter from the 1980s
Were they like the 3D printers of today?

I recently got a OSless netbook to learn programming on so I opted for Ubuntu

I found out that I really really know nothing about computers
And considering how slow the book is, it's pretty clunky for learning how it worksor messing around in the files

So I may switch back to Windows

Much easier to build and maintain software on Linux; the obvious choice for a server OS

Why don't you go with some lightweight Linux distro instead. Like Ubuntu MATE or Lubuntu. It's impossible that it's slower than Windows because it needs way less resources.

I came for the rice.

Stayed for the comfy.

Windows being shit.

Linux runs worse on atoms actually, which his netbook is most likely using

More like 2d printers with knobs and an industrial power plug.
The damn think was ancient when it was brand new it has no screen you put a peace of paper on a surface and clamp it down and put a marker in a XY plotter and screw it in to secure it.
But it's the only thing that can hook up to a column spectrometer and give you any reading. There has to be a simple way but the collage it to jewey to make things simple so they just ducttape old shit to other old shit and call it a working instrument.

I noticed that I basically don't use any Windows features of Windows. Start menu? Press windows key, type a few letters from the name of the application I want, press enter - that's the only thing I need it for. I don't use Word to its fullest, LibreOffice is sufficient for me. 95% of time the only software I use is a browser and some text editor to code for Node.js. Sometimes I code in Python, PyCharm works on Linux. Sometimes I code in C++, there's QtCreator for that. Sure, VisualStudio is kinda better, but, eh, QtCreator works. For unique specialized software I can just grab any laptop with Windows on it, or install it into VM and forward any specialized USB devices. I can't draw shit, I'm not a designer at all (I can objectively shit on your shitty design, though), so I don't need Photoshop or anything like that. If I really need to 3D-model or stitch together a video - I know how to use Blender, and you actually don't need Maya/3DMax, unless you work at Pixar and own 5000$ plugins. I kinda care about my privacy, information security, etc, etc, so I don't feel easy when my computer starts doing something when I don't ask it to. Maybe its optimizing something, maybe it's mining bitcoins, I don't care - when it's idle, it should be idle, and should stay idle, and shouldn't read anything off disk, and shouldn't show any network activity, until I say otherwise. I don't mind configuring something if it doesn't work as I want it to, and I actually enjoy the process of tinkering with my computer (and it's not much easier on Windows, actually, especially now with all the spying shit you have to turn off). Damn, I don't even need a sophisticated file manager, text-based one is enough for me. Windows is a badass complicated piece of software. And all I need from it is being able to write code efficiently and use the Internet.

I could try that, it hasn't crossed my mind
It is indeed an atom

Ricing. The wonderful free software. The fact that I can do anything and I'm not limited by artificial barriers put on me because of microsoft or apple. The taste of freedom is great.

Ubuntu mate runs pretty smooth on my d2500.

wanted something lightweight for my laptop

riced linux, fell for linux, installed linux on main machine, progressed until now no longer dual booting and using windows entirely virtualized

i did end up installing windows back over linux on my laptop though

Windows 10

Security, privacy, but most of all because it respects my freedoms. Not memeing. Especially post Snowden revelations.

Because as the years went on, SGI and Sun went out of business. Little by little, Unix workstations became more and more scarce. I needed a reliable replacement.

i tried it out of curiosity and wanted to see if i could get an OS to run on some of my older machines

i enjoyed using it a fair bit, and a few years later (2008 or so) desktop linux finally hit its stride in my opinion.

i have liked linux more and more as windows has gotten worse with every new version, but i still use a mixture of both.

I wanted to download copious amounts of porn, and I didn't want to spend money. Linux has the tools I need to archive all the porn I want, and they're free. Plus, it saves my gayming Windows installation from malware/spyware/viruses, etc.

Pic related, mfw I realized how quickly I could collect porn with Linux.

i genuinely fell for the meme

never looked back since then

When I realised I was not playing games at all anymore. Got a new SSD about that time. Went to try out Linux. Way more comfy for daily use than Windows.

curiosity

I mostly just playing playing around with it. Tinkering away.

I would like to try and go full Linux, but yeah, games.

Lot of truth in that.

For me, and post Snowden, I've realized my privacy/security is more valuable to me than playing some video games. And I only see things continuing to move in a worse direction. It's like we are living in some dystopian sci-fi future, except the future is already here. So I figured now would be a good time to start learning/using GNU/Linux, encryption, anonymity tools, while they are still available.

Switched to lonix because of Backtrack, when I wanted to be a 1337 script kiddie haxor and thought that WEP cracking was fucking epic. Also my PCs growing up were slow trash, got frustrated with Win XP taking hours to load and shut down, wanted an alternative. Also had no fucking money and pirated windows is such a gamble with botnet.

Later tried to go full time Debian. Didn't really work, still needed windows stuff and my CPU did not like WINE or VMs. Tried to go full time Arch. Definitely did not fucking work, I broke configs on the daily trying to make it perfect without enough knowledge. Went to Kubuntu+Win7, that seems to be a fine balance for now. Might try Qubes eventually if it ever becomes stable and I want another project.

Ubuntu were sending free discs worldwide till 8.04

>or what made you switch to linux?
I tried it out in a VM and was blown away by how much more sense everything made

(the reason I decided to try it out is because it's much nicer for programming)

>When I realised I was not playing games at all anymore
Same for me, except now I started gaming again because everything runs on Linux these days

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>>When I realised I was not playing games at all anymore
>Same for me, except now I started gaming again because everything runs on Linux these days

The only thing keeping Windoze alive is gaming at this point (and corporates/business/offices, but even many of those are starting to see the light).

And the only thing slowing GNU/Linux gaming adoption are lack of open source drivers / documentation / cooperation from hardware (GPU) mfrs. Therefore everyone should be supporting companies with their feet/shekels who support more open drivers, more open protocols, and GNU/Linux. That is the only thing these nigger corporates understand.

So stop buying Nvidia and other proprietary shit and support companies that are actually looking out for YOUR interests, instead of just Jewing you for every possible dollar.

I’d just like to interject for a moment. What you’re refering to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I’ve recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.

Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called “Linux”, and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU project.

There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine’s resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called “Linux” distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.

I liked the edge snapping on Linux. Not even Windows 10 can get it right.

Agreed

I got tired of gaymen.

>So stop buying Nvidia and other proprietary shit and support companies that are actually looking out for YOUR interests, instead of just Jewing you for every possible dollar.
While you say this, nvidia is the only company that actually bothers making Linux GPU drivers that work.

Because installing, configuring and customising Debian takes less time than installing Windows, finding a copy of KMSpico that doesn't have malware coming out of its asshole (not helped by Microsoft's built-in virus scanner that wrongly flags the clean version as a trojan), then configuring the whole thing.

I basically use my machine for Internet and coding for which Linux is as good as or better than Windows, plus I use old and underpowered hardware as far as possible because I fell for the hardware backdoor meme.

Our HTPC runs Linux because it was way easier to set it up like an appliance for my normie wife and her children.

Switched to GNU/Linux because PC upgraded to win10 while away for 2 months leaving my torrent client open to seed some
When got home I found out it upgraded and the 1 month go back time has expired
Got sick of microsoft making money of me
After distro hopping a lot I got antergos and I am still using it today

svchost.exe

>fans on overdrive
>sounds like computer is gonna take off
>cpu at 97%
>harddrive "click click clikc click clickjafljoaejr"
>near panic
>think im getting hacked or some shit
>go to processes
>all users
>sort by cpu
>"svchost.exe" at the top
>kill process tree
>everything is normal again
>2 minutes later
>fans on overdrive
>sounds like computer is gonna take off
>cpu at 97%
>harddrive "click click clikc click clickjafljoaejr"
>near panic
>think im getting hacked or some shit
>go to processes
>all users
>sort by cpu
>"svchost.exe" at the top
>kill process tree
>everything is normal again
>2 minutes later
...

this went on for about 3 years. I would have switched to linux sooner, but my bios isnt exactly compatible with linux. I found a workaround later on which let linux work with absolutly no power controlls and I went with it and havnt looked back.
About three months ago I noticed that If I turned acpi back on linux will work now, so I guess a kernel update or something fixed the incompatibility.

what distro should I install on my old hp pavillon
its dv5 i think

>you grow up realize muh games is not worth it on a laptop.
>so you try this Linux meme hear it secure and stable as dope.While win 7 is slowing down and shit

No grandmother in the world can even comprehend partitioning a hard drive for Linux distros, let alone know what partitioning is. Linux will always be a hobbyist os until a distro just werks

tbqh I had too much free time in high school. That coupled with a curiosity about opensource idealism and microsoft/apple/bigcorp(tm) dickery made me switch. Took an entire summer holiday to get used to.

Never looked back. Doing computational physics now, I can see in retrospect that it was an awesome decision. Some of the other Master student are only now switching to linux, and it slowing them down. They also tend to be the people that are not too tech savy in the first place. Any smart STEM student should switch to linux at first chance, kinda like they should immediately start using LaTex. It is going to save time in the long run.

I have CB++ on my old dv1000 and it handles it like a champ. A dv5 could handle basically any distro you want

>> Sup Forums

Release of Windows 10

>2009
>be 16
>want comp to look batshit crazy
>Windows XP Professional
>can't
>tired
>win a medal for an CS/IT competition
>no idea how/why
>think "ima be comp scientist"
>google
>intall g̶e̶n̶ ubuntu

I needed it for uni as they only use free softwares, not even joking

I like the environment better. I like package management and being able to install and uninstall software in seconds without getting free smileys, toolbars, and malware along with it. I like not having to update all of my software individually and being constantly pestered by it. I like the feeling of not being treated like a retard baby and being in control of my system rather than the other way around. I like being able to customize and switch DEs, WMs, file managers, etc. whenever I feel like it.

>signed up for a free international-shipped ubuntu CD for fun, didn't expect it to come at all
>few months later CD comes in
>might as well