What do you even use Linux for?

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Servers at work and my mobile phone.

speed. i have the need, the need for speed.

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i use linux to shitpost on Sup Forums, 9chan and 12chan about how im better than u fags xDDDD

Hoarding on my server and sketchy shit on my desktop. I'm a thrill seeker and Linux always knows how to show me a good time.

Work and recreation
I haven't had a bare metal Windows installation in the last 11 years.

Privacy.

Programming, reading books and consuming media that isn't games. And my server runs on Linux.

Screwing around with C

Damn, nice posting time
22:22:22 for me

Job requires Ubuntu and Debian.

We think Ubuntu is the next OS/2, and is much better than sliced bread.

It just works, even better than win-backdoors. I don't game so there's no reason for me to use Windows.

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Photoshop and Office. I'm a creative secretary with a penchant for being peeped on.

browse internet
code in python
watch movies
hoard porn

>penchant for being peeped on
Peed on
^
Sorry.

Disregard. Wrong thread.

to keep alive a 2011 mcbook air, delaying the need to pay the penalty again

perfect for shitposting and programming

the machine is reborn since I've switched (2 years ago), runs even better than osx used to run 5 years ago. also upgraded the ssd to a faster sata3 which apple did not provide in the first place, even though the mb allowed it. r.i.h. jobs.

I'm a developer so Gentoo is hands-down the best possible platform for me by way of performance and utility.

Is Python better on Linux than Windows?

it is not though

Python is terrible either way. To answer your question, it's the same.

>I'm a developer so Gentoo is hands-down the best possible platform for me by way of performance and utility.
How do you explain Linus Torvalds using Fedora?

Firewall at the DMARK point.
Load balancer for my Exchange servers.
Torrent client.

I USE LINUX FOR MAKI

How do you explain RMS never installing Linux?

Compiling

RMS does use GNU/Linux, just not Linux on its own.

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>RMS does use GNU/Linux, just not Linux on its own.
But he has never installed it himself.

Does he have to?

he runs hurd step by step in gdb, so no need for linux

I find it annoying, that's all. Same with the concern over what distro Torvalds uses. Neither of these guys use their computers in the same ways we do. It's pointless to try and base a decision on either of their use cases.

>we

Oui.

Programming in general is better on linux than Windows.

Why is that?

Python is interpreted, so the OS doesn't directly matter. However, Linux is generally faster and better at multitasking than Windows, so Python should run a bit better on Windows.

stop asking stupid questions

autism

Sometimes you gotta wonder.

Linux has the terminal, makefiles, gcc, vi, emacs (if you're a sick fuck), gdb, valgrind, cppcheck, all of which either come with the system or can be installed easily via your package manager. With Windows, you have none of these, and you have to fuck around with Mygwin just to get a good CLI working.

web dev

this user

Try setting up a dev environment with py2, py3 and virtualenv, on wandblows (I just did that for a friend) and then consider how quick it is to
sudo apt install python2 python3 virtualenv

I use it for the lulz

For everything except gayming. I have a small windows partition with csgo installed.

CSGO is native on GNU plus Linux

I have an AMD gpu, lad.

Performance is shit on Linux.

Because it has better support and better software and freedom.

Its also way faster.

I would like to see Windows cold boot to a full desktop environment in under 6 seconds.

Ignored what everyone says, Python is SHIT on Windows, S H I T.

and how does that benefit you?

you can access your cartoon child porn quicker i guess

The same as windows except i like linux more, simple as that.

You can't go back to slow ass Windows after you experience this kind of speed, its suffocating.

Nice sour grapes argument though.

I prefer windows. I usually prepare coffee while it boots up.

[spoiler]Hint: windows is shit. SHIT. Why would you use it except for playing windows only geemus?[/spoiler]

my nas. and my old android phone that i turned into a light that i run an script from my pc to turn on and off.

What do you even use Windows for?

Ohh... that's right.. gayming for man child's.

Anyone who uses linux outside of work is a guaranteed pedophile

Nope.

I use Linux as the Kernel for a GNU based OS called Debian that I run. Works great and doesn't send encrypted screenshots back to Microsoft.

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does it matter if he plays games. you wont ever meet him. you probably wont even talk to him on Sup Forums ever again.

The most wanted speed.

Yes it does. Shows who's underage b8.

programming

Shitposting, YouTube, steam, etc
It's free as in no money needed which is nice
But some huge shit just happened with Skyrim so I might install Windows 7

How so? Python is one of the most flexible languages. Are you too stupid to learn it or are you one of those retards who use C for general purpose?

I work with it, so it's kind of necessary.

I use Linux for my computer. If you're actually referring to the operating system instead of the kernel though I use it for just about everything.

>get notification for security update
>mfw it's actually a security update

thank you leenucks

>emacs
very comfy as web dev tool baka desu

The first thing you will notice:

>Windows
>simple C program
>have to use system ("Pause") at the very end so the program screen doesn't disappear as soon as the text is displayed

>Linux
>it just werks

Anything general purpose why?
You fell for le server OS maymay?

Better than Sublime?
Convince me please.

An OS on my SBC

Photography. Video editing. Gaming. Studying. Office. Privacy. Say what you want I love this damn OS.

Linux was written by nerds. Nerds who have
never been sullied by womenflesh. People who
have no opinion on Friends vs. Frasier but who
DO have opinion on indent style and on Vi vs
EMACS. I would merely ask you to accept as
fact that these men are able to create a better
programing environment than that which was
create for people like my grandmother.

Guys, your almighty Linux Ubuntu makes this while i run it on Oracle Virtualbox. What's happening?

Hold the fucking phone. I see my pointer now, but whats up with that resolution and those weird colours?

>proprietary software
never used it tbqh nor am interested
Im more accustomed to emacs too

Play everquest project 99
It runs better than on windows

Fixing bugs for clients that run my software on Linux. I dev in Windows.

being written by nerds is like saying "everywhere in the world is raining right now". statistics beats you to the punch.

everyone who wants and can contribute, can do it and does not have to wait for some monopoly company to fix even the most minor itch, 10 years later.

linux is not by default a blackbox system, so it exposes its wires so that you can customize everything in it. this is by design as there are no/few salespeople that need to package the result and sell it, so that it has a shiny box but a lot of shit inside.

and yes, linux guys get pussy too, do not worry. but stick to windows, we do not need dumb button pushers in this area.

My server, programming, virtual machines.

Sublime is not proprietary. It is however closed source and non-free.

So proprietary.

when you do not understand the difference between proprietary/free/open source/etc, then no wonder you make wrong choices

Proprietary software is computer software for which the software's publisher or another person retains intellectual property rights—usually copyright of the source code, but sometimes patent rights.

Proprietary software can be distributed at no cost or for a fee

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software

Servers

wrong ref of to instead of

You do realize that using Linux doesn't guarantee privacy, right?

Non.

I have windows set up for JUST gaming

And then I have linux for everything else and watching anime. It's pretty comfy over here.

With linux, I hack like I've never hacked before.

Work
>servers
Home
>Everything I need performs good on Linux

I don't hate Windows/OS X etc. though, use whatever you prefer/gets the job done.

Do you mean it's the next OS/2 because it's good or because nobody adopted it?

You ever used tmux? I can have irc, vim (text editor) open with notes, a view of all my minecraft servers, etc. and detach/reattach to it from other computers. There are so many neat things like this that just can't even work on Windows.

To answer your question directly. I use GNU/Linux for everything. It's the only OS I use on my computers. It satisfies all my needs. It made me develop new needs. It's so much fun and it feels so good.

If you were a stranger on the street, I wouldn't bother telling you all this, but you're on Sup Forums, the board for technology enthusiasts. If you really cared about technology, you'd just be silly not to use GNU/Linux, sillier to use Windows over it.

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install gentoo

I don't think that benchmark includes time to start the DE or equivalent. I don't have a DM installed, I manually run startx from a tty after booting. The time this takes is not counted, so I doubt it's counted when that's automated either.