Name 7 useful things you can do in Linux that you can't do in Windows

Name 7 useful things you can do in Linux that you can't do in Windows.

Its a fucking horse

Try to make something basic work like sound and fuck up the whole OS install.

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Play games, oh wait that's vice versa

>t.typical windows user

change the desktop environment without a third party application.

change the window manager behavior without a third party application

set global keyboard shortcuts without a third party application

schedule the launch of applications, file synchronisation etc without a third party application

create executable bash scripts without a third party application

update all my applications in a single click without a third party application

install applications with a single command without a third party application

i could go on but you only asked for seven reasons

Install cinnamon for active corners and better workflow

Natively assign different audio output devices to different programs in many distros

Much more convenient updating of programs

Usually built in or easy to install command line file converters

VIM
SSH, and i mean SSH into your system
support for more filesystem cuz NTFS sucks ass
update without rebooting
have a package manager
resource efficient computing
and not getting cucked by nonfree software

>install applications with a single command without a third party application

by install i mean find, download, install and configure.

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So logically speaking, Linux is a third party application?

no it's just most features you praise in windows come with third party closed source application.

even fucking winrar lol

Update the OS without having to reboot the PC and wait 45 minutes for it to boot again.

Completely revamp the GUI without having to resort to third-party, potentially dangerous, software.

Manage the partitions of pretty much any existing OS, whereas Windows doesn't see Linux traditional partition schemes.

Turning your Linux desktop distro into a LAMP stack server.

Install it pretty much anywhere, even in potatoes.

>reddit spacing
>cinnamon
Cinnamon crashes a lot, you can have a better experience with a different DE

t. Linux user

Compile kernels all day
Fix x-org
Troubleshoot problems while trying to run windows programs in wine
Try to find a suitable replacement for foobar
Submit bug reports that the file picker doesn’t display thumbnails

Update, reinstall, "format" my system in 5 minutes.
Install new distryo and remain all the setting and confs.
Use proper command line, dev tools.

Run modern office suites
Run modern browsers
Run modern user interfaces
Run modern photo viewers
Run modern video players
Run modern file managers
Update
(I have an athlon thunder bird)

>Compile kernels all day
Who wants or does that

read ext2 partitions
read ext3 partitions
read ext4 partitions
read btrfs partitions
read JFS partitions
read XFS paritions
read reiserfs partitions

>decide when to update
>decide not to update
>decide not to have Candy Crush
>decide not to have Xbox
>decide not to have Cortana
>decide not to have whatever Windows calls those stupid screens that have a picture of some island rock formation or whatever along with the time and some news bite or propaganda before the log in screen
>decide not to link your OS with your real identity and email

Linux is a kernel. You can't do anything with it on its own. Windows spies on you, which is worse since unlike Linux, which does nothing, Windows does evil.

I can get work done without the lure of vidya gaems pulling me in. Because no games.

>le kernel meme

>having so little self control you need a literal parental lock to keep you from gaming

>Linux, which does nothing
You got that right

this has been debated a thousand times, linux is much superior of an os.

linux has features, windows has applications.

Lmao

>linux has features
Name 7 that you can't find elsewhere, implemented in a better way

this thread is full of them, don't be a fanboy lol windows hasn't evolved since windows NT.

And you still can't set mouse scroll speed in any Linux distro.

>same command line as my cluster
>easy ssh into my other computers without installing putty
>compatible with all the scientific software
>vim
>tiling UIs
>good support for random issues on SE
>actually runs fast on my Q6600/2 GB machine

Windows is just for public computers, and Mac OS is for facebook machines.

xinput set-prop 'Evdev Scrolling Distance' 1 3 5

>using the terminal to configure basic shit

>beeing a retard that needs an extra program with a slider

Not get assaulted by pop-ups, ads and nagging update notifications
Not get strong-armed into rebooting your system

I only use my terminal for hackering

use your terminal to hack the scrollwheel

Xfce don't have this problem.

well you only have to set this shit once, it's not like you change your scroll wheel speed all the time

No. I'll use my scrollwheel to hack my terminal

Package managers
thats literally it
if windows was more private i would ignore pacman

Run super computers.

so you'd be using your scrollwhell to hack the scrollwheel through the terminal
thats some next level hacking shit

Bored hobbyists or real coders. First is most common.

Silence commoner

I change my scroll speed on a bi-hourly basis

Few pizzas free.

Run on non-intel based processor so you're not affected by meltdown.

>fine tuning your system is a hobby
While genkernels are comfy, the self configured is safer and probably faster.

took me only 8 hours to go from build 140000 to build 170000, take that linuxboisofthesoy

it's hasn't been said yet but also linux is free of any charge and can be installed for multiple users for free.

...and if you have any problems there is a website you can go to for geeks to call you stupid for having problems.

Fucking a horse

>Being that much of a simpleton

0 games

>b-b-but m-m-m-uh notepad and numbers

>own a laptop, a desktop and a windows tablet
>be charged three times for three individual licences.

wow

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Do work without having to deal with shitty windows
>no need for 6 more things

>I like rocks because I don't like dirt
What is even your thought process

>Linux
linux is a kernel, it's not useful on its own, did you mean GNU/Linux? if so, you can:

- run the program without any legal restrictions on as many computers as you want

- read and study the source code to figure out how it works

- modify the source code to make your own version or remove anything you don't like

- submit your changes to the maintainers to get them merged into the system

- form communities around modification of the source code

- start a business based around your modification of the source code

- run your business without any dependence/lock-in on one particular vendor who holds the source code to your system hostage

>using windows

1)change your desktop environment and window manager
2)configure your kernel to include whatever hardware support you want instead of downloading drivers from a Chinese website (possibly rootkit or botnet included )
3) download your software from your distro's repos instead of a shady website
4)no botnet preinstalled
5)no tracking software preinstalled
6) it lets you be in control of your computer. It doesn't restrict you
7) it's free so you don't have to worry about loosing your license or downloading a shady software to unlock windows

>All these plebs running GUI's on a server OS.

>- read and study the source code to figure out how it works
Hmmm yeah ... Good luck with that

If you're talking about Linux IT'S NOT A FUCKING SERVER OS
The kernel works as well with home computers and embedded devices

No forced system updates that you can't skip.

No telemetry data collection.

Enterprise grade features for the low low price of free.

A moral way to do computing.

Secure software package installation and configuration with verified signatures.

Detailed documentation.

Near perfect customisation options.

Filesystem support.

Better oobe on most distros.

That's 9 and I am not even trying

It's pretty easy for most programs if you have an objective, know C, and aren't retarded.

Be patient with autists.

Type sl and see a choo choo train. Over ssh from another country.

Also, running headless.

Go home, Cathy Newman.

yeah, it works well with laptops. IF your laptop is a 1U.

not sending all your metadata to NSA

I thought you where talking about the kernel specifically

That's more tricky but definitely doable. The most important part is still to have an objective. You'll never understand it without both a reason and a starting point.

There are better ways to learn about kernel development now, it's not the late 80's anymore.

Sure, it would be retarded to learn how to develop a kernel from scratch by reading Linux kernel source. I was assuming that "understanding the code" meant understanding Linux itself, not kernels in general.

>Name 7 useful things you can do in Linux that you can't do in Windows.

Find the source of a crash
Able to debug and fix problems
Fix bugs in the OS or software
Not end up part of a botnet or skynet
3+ years between reboots
Software RAID that doesn't suck ass
Fully automated install
Upgrade an entire install with one command

None of those are particularly useful and they all have Windows equivalents

Reliably turn a computer on and off and not have it take 45 minutes.

Uh, my Win10 with fastboot enabled boots in about 10 seconds.

>3+ years between reboots
Is it safe to stay 3 years on the same kernel ?

Safe for what?

Boot an os that consumes 200MB ram
Control and patch software
Have everything as a file
Have the configuration of the os control versioned on git
Reset my config with a command (git clone && stow)
Have no telemetry and not being spied
Having a decent toolchain and dev enviromenment that compared to mircosoft is miles ahead
Use a shell
Read the kernel and contribute to development

I could go on for hours.

and turns off in about 10 hours

Also, there are entire os such as gentoo and debian that comes as frontend for different kernel

>Have everything as a file
Stupidest architecture decision ever.
>linschmucks will defend this

I mean is it secure ?

Name an OS that doesn't have the file to be basic atom of storage.

Secure for what

CP/M
MS-DOS
Windows

winbaby btfo

Secure against network attacks

Do you have untrusted users? Can those users run untrusted code? If yes, then have their been kernel-level local root exploits during those 3 years?

>CP/M
>MS-DOS
>Windows
all wrong.

Probably so, but maybe not. I really don't know. Your question is very vague. You will never be secure from a DDoS. If the kernel you're currently using has some security holes in it, you should upgrade. If not, it doesn't matter but you should probably upgrade anyway. It's not that complicated.

I have Windows 10 for C# dev. I only use it once every 3 months or so. It always takes a >45 minutes to turn it on. To the point I turn it on the night before, if I know I'll have to walk a client through the software the next day.

Here is my list:
- update every software on the computer with a simple command
- update your system without the need to restart
- install softwares with a single command
Theses three points are useful and not possible in windows, there are many others advantages but not necessary impossible to do on Windows (just better on Linux).

Are you running Windows on a potato?

Yeah but to upgrade you need to reboot and loose that 3 year uptime