Can linux actually replace windows fully?

Can linux actually replace windows fully?
Why yes or why no?
Let's be real, no bullshit and biases.

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it did on phones

Short answer: no
Long answer, with emulators and programming knowledge, almost anything can run on Linux, but it's just not at the point where it can be a fully fledged operating system
I love linux, but its pretty underdeveloped for an OS.

Sure, if they can get graphics card companies to support linux and make a user interface that anyone can use out of the box then Linux could easily take over.

No. The population is growing dumber and lazier than ever before. Windows tailor-made.

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Yes because it's just simply better, no because Microsoft capitalist entity

>UI ready to use out of the box
You clearly haven't seen any newer iterations of Ubuntu Linux.

wew

It honestly depends on the programs you use, how much you are into AAA gaming, and what hardware you are running. I only play a handful of games, don't need any windows specific software that can't be replaced with an alternative and it works great on my hardware. I've been running Solus for approximately 9 months now and haven't had a single issue.

>its pretty underdeveloped for an OS
Could you elaborate more?
This could be solved with a simple GUI. They already exist actually.

For anyone following AAAs in the last five years, they've been dogshit with DLCs clamped on, therefor shouldn't even be a consideration.

>implying nvidia and amd don't already ship native drivers for linux
>implying that the only use for a pc is gayming

>he hasn't used GNOME lately

Ubuntu kind of sucks as as a desktop and Canonical has made it clear they care more about servers/cloud/iot than home users. I firmly believe in a short amount of time Solus will become the "king" of user friendly linux distros

I agree and don't play them because of that, but I know many still do for some reason.

Just because it's clear they're service-venture profit seeking doesn't mean their UI isn't user friendly.

Same reason faggots buy Nikes, it's all about the branding.

yes it can
>proper marketing
>proper program support

but it needs money for that
and linux is free

Kill yourself, neoliberal.

Speaking of gnome, I've started experimenting with it lately.
Do you maybe know how to fix that horrible scrolling speed and smoothness?
I've tried settings, but no scroll speed option.
I'm talking about gnome 3.

>neoliberal
thats a fucking first

Their ui is fine, it is fairly easy to navigate and find what you need. I Have not tried the newest version, however with the last version I had a bunch of problems that I needed to fix, and being a linux noob meant I had to spend a few hours google searching and reading forums to fix the issues. Most people coming from windows don't want to deal with that bullshit, they just want it to work which is why I suggested Solus as a better alternative for a noob friendly distro.

Actually, I didn't imply that.

In order for linux to be more widely distributed it needs to be used by more people and most people don't use computers for anything but checking email, going on the internet and video games.

Microsoft are digging their own grave.
Maybe something could make people flock to linux.
That would make enough money through donations or whatever.

I agree

good luck getting people to flock over to linux when most people dont even know it exists

ask some random normie what OS their phone is operating on, see their response

With all the bullshit "creator updates" that the latest Windows is having, I doubt it'll take much to convert people. Unfortunately most people don't even realize there are alternatives to just Moneygrubbing Microshit and Assblasting Apple.

Just the enormous amount of bugs and general tech saviness that needs to be had tends to be more effort than its worth.

It's replaced Windows for me quite well. Using Linux Mint here.

You're right. That's pretty funny.
What we can do is spread the word and slowly increase it's popularity.
There may come a tipping point where it all blows up.

The problem is too many options. People want to use the same thing over and over again.

Except for the whole games bullshit, you can do anything on Linux you can on Windows, and Ubuntu is easy as MacOS

Off topic, but neoliberals are becoming more visible since the election ended. People are starting to realize that not all Democrats hate America, but rather, there is a contingent of people within the Democratic party with a passionate hatred for Democracy and Americans.

It's going to be an interesting couple of years.

Can it fully replace windows? Yes, but only if the use-case is small enough/the user only uses it for basic tasks. Until it gets on-par program availability as windows it will be a wopping "no" for everyone else.
It is a fully fledged OS, it's just missing programs that you seem to be misconstruding with the OS. Then again, I may be misunderstanding what you mean by "fully fledged OS".

It already took 80+%market share (android)

I told my normie dad about linux and he is impressed. He says he will install it on his next laptop.
He has started to hate microsoft, even though his knowledge of the matter is very limited.
He also hates the spyware.

Android is Google you retard

Better is a subjective term that most FOSS people quit using. The only time better is used appropriately is when people start getting into their use-case & even then it's only "better" for them.

Android is based off of Linux with their own binaries and patches applied to mainline

Android is not exactly a linux distro, but close enough.
I'm really wondering why google hasn't tried to push a desktop version.

Ok. That's a lie. All democrats do indeed hate America. But back on topic...
You already know it can't replace windows. What you're really asking is "can any one please make programs and shit for me so Linux is actually fuckingbusefull to me for more then porn and Sup Forums?"
To which I say "no. Porn is enough. Sup Forums when your dick hurts."

Isn't that what they did with the Chromebook?

Desktop environment is implied, faggot.

No. I've been using Linux for years, and I can say that is not good for actual day to day use. If you are not a developer you have no reason to use Linux.

Never for a few reasons.

1. Support. It's great if you know your shit but a lot of people don't want to be that literate in computers. This sets up a situation where getting enough people behind it to give it the same support as windows or even popularity will never happen. If someone is a doctor on call with the ER do you think they have the time to want to learn linux or give a shit to given their life? Not everyone can or will get to that stage in computers or even cares to so you won't see everyone using it.
2. Money. Not enough money for most people in linux. Advertising it, getting people to make special programs for it etc is hard. Sure, some distros have specific little oddities people might appreciate but as a whole there's not much money in development unless you make high end tools specifically for tech people.
3. Nature of it. It's meant to be very bare bones do what you wish, add what you will kind of thing. If it replaces windows you'd get another windows which is why it replaced it. It takes away the special thing that makes linux what it is. For some things you want simple windows an for others you want linux. Not everything in life requires the more complex route and that's okay. It was made for a certain group of people...technically... at least.

So due to popularity, easy of use, and intended use.. I don't think this is a replacement for the average user.

it's gnu+linux

You can run Android on a desktop, it is done with chromebooks (ARM) aswell

Chances are that it installed the libre video drivers out of the box and might not even have installed card-specific drivers. You probably will want to install the vendor drivers (apt install xserver-xorg-video-nvidia or maybe get the amdgpu-pro stuff directly from AMD). Also, Ubuntu has a quite helpful and knowledgeable support forum, which you might want to search first and then ask.

>most people don't use computers for anything but checking email, going on the internet
Which is a fine use case for Linux.
>and video games
Some fraction, maybe.

>on-par program availability as windows
oh kek
maybe you'd better start giving examples

For now, but Magenta is a bit scary. It could mean new phones without the possibility of CFW.

Hardware diversity, probably.

i'm running gnome 16.04 and it's great. I don't game though. Laptop cost me $250 on cyber monday, added ram, formatted to linux and it runs great.

I'm a programmer though so it works great for what I do on computers

runs on the Linux kernel nigger

Chromebook is something to be used in schools or by students, I had a few experiences with it and it's not really android but imagine your software being based on Google Chrome (cancer)

No, but Redox os will take over Linux and Windows

I used Ubuntu just fine and so did my kids when they were little. It was great, fast, better than wi does IMO. I was a mactard so I tried windows and hated it. Wi Dow’s was slow. I couldn’t understand how a PC could be slow when you weren’t even online. That never happened to a mac. Ubuntu was more intuatuve for me.

I ended up with Windows because of my htc phone not playing nice with my pc and I wasn’t able to get pictures off it. (I tried for weeks)I switched back to windows thinking that it must have been my OS but it turned out that it wasn’t. I still have windows and now that windows 10 the shit that it is I will be switching back.

>learn linux
>because the only thing linux is good for is administering itself
Sure kid. Linux is great for kiosks and such that you don't want users fucking around with.
>not enough money
>being this jewish
nah
>nature of it
>bare bones to do with as you wish
As I said about kiosks and other restricted-user situations, it's bare-bones to do with as the administrator wishes.

the adobe suite is pretty much the only reason i still use windows. once adobe makes the jump, ill be able to get rid of my windows partition

It's funded by Google, just like the onion is funded by the CIA. Don't you think something is fucky?

Also, I'm expecting the neckbeards of this thread to chime in and go "but it can be used for everything!!!" and go full retard without realizing how much time they actually spent learning to properly use it or how much the public cares about their autistic special computer needs. The other user who said it's incomplete meant it lacked some "essential" programs for most people's use. For the average user linux is "incomplete."

Anyway, I'll leave and let the autism ITT keep flowing.

No, it's linux+ a shell that uses some GNU tools and many of those have been completely recoded.

See:
I already called it. The autism has arrived. I know its uses. I made my point. Now good day faggot.

I've got the opposite promblem. I've just sorted my win 10 out coz I wanted to do some gaymen and the only way I could get the screen to stop flickering was by disabling the driver for my navida 950.
Which also brings me to another point about shitty windows, I let it do a long ass update (and I mean long) and it goes and turns the fucking thing back on and the screen starts flickering again! And you can't say the driver was in the updates coz I'd literally just updated it the latest version before switching it off?

Why do you run gnome 16.04 instead of just running 17.10?

without gnu linux wouldn't be as far as it is now prove me wrong shithead

>Can linux actually replace windows fully?
For servers, sure
For everyday desktop computers ... thats another story

i dont play games and i dont use adobe, gnu+linux works fine for me

>oh kek
>maybe you'd better start giving examples
What do you mean? The shear number of programs publicly available, tailored to the degree which the average user can use it out weights the number of programs on Linux.
Now, I can't giving an examples of Linux programs but the simple fact that I can walk into a best buy and see programs for Windows should tell you that MS has a larger footprint or that Linux doesn't have as much a footprint (within the customer sector market places). Now, I know that Linux does have a bunch of programs, but I don't see how it'd beat MS in the number when MS has over 90% of the customer market. Is you trolling?

not enough software developed on linux, sorry but MS rules the business world. I'm sure linux is great and all, but if I can't run major pieces of software on it, it is useless.

Maybe if we see a continued push for SaaS, OS won't matter as much.

It's probably coded by a bunch of Ruby and Oswald clones

Bernie sanders says everyone should Linux. Except him and congress, the senate and his wife. They need windows.
Billery says it's a great for the black community.
The Don (hallowed be his name) uses XP and makes
It his bitch.

lolno

>4million apps for windows plataform
Nigger, do you realize that 70% or more of those programs aren't compatible with today's Windows 10 system? That 4million is counting the entirety of the Windows family of OSes, backward compatibility isn't always available.

And ReactOS is funded by Russia

I thought it was the latest with LTS, but i guess 18 is out now with LTS, so i'm gonna upgrade to that.

not the user you replied to but I'd go with "because it's not a LTS release".

>can linux replace windows
if you're a hardcore gamer, no. if your computer is an internet box, yes

18 is not out. The number Inc system refers to year and month.

this explains me

so in other words, stick with windows if you're a manbabby

Or stick with windows if you want something actually useful.

It CAN, and SHOULD. However, Microshit pays a lot of money to ensure that doesn't happen.

Point out anything in that post that's not factual.

Also, if it wasn't for linux then GNU would've died 25 fucking years ago. Unix distros/users would never have touched that shit.

Realistically speaking probably not, but I'm using Linux and most of the web servers run Linux also Android. I think Linux usage is slowly increasing, so who knows maybe in the future.

>playing consoles
Enjoy your no-mods.

In the datacenter, it's the champion.
If you're a developer, it's better than Windows.
If you're gamer or regular user, it's awful. If microsoft made a desktop manager for Linux and game devs wrote for it, it would probably stand a chance.

That's what I thought. Ubuntu LTS is supported for a really long time. I guess that means less bullshit, which most of us like.

Look, I don't give a fuck if it's 4 million usable programs or 4 million in it's lifetime. Tell me, how many does Linux have? Because I can almost guarantee you that by the shear market share that Windows has, Microsofts deep pockets, and the fact that most people don't want to try another OS if the one they have works, that Windows is going to have more programs build for the average person. That is a huge factor to it. Also, where's your proof that 70 % of those programs aren't compatible anymore with todays windows? MS has done a lot to ensure that win32 was still around because without those legacy programs, as MS saw with NT (or wtfe it was), that without those programs, people generally didn't want Windows.

It is absolutely not the champ in the data center. Go tally your servers up again. It's outnumbered like 10 to one.... or you work in a startup and your calling your "server room" a "data center"

This doesn't really matter for desktop users. It does matter in large IT organizations where you have to do a lot of compatibility testing before upgrades so your shit doesn't break.

yarr, and b/c we're already getting our feet wet, might as well give us some stability while they're at it.
Still makes life a little easier. Think about doing a system upgrading every 6 months-ish vs once every 4 years.

Or, you know, some people may just like them

The popularity of Linux on standard desktop computers and laptops has been increasing over the years.Most modern distributions include a graphical user environment, with,as of February 2015, the two most popular environments being the KDE Plasma Desktop and Xfce.

No single official Linux desktop exists: rather desktop environments and Linux distributions select components from a pool of free and open-source software with which they construct a GUI implementing some more or less strict design guide. GNOME, for example, has its human interface guidelines as a design guide, which gives the human–machine interface an important role, not just when doing the graphical design, but also when considering people with disabilities, and even when focusing on security.

The collaborative nature of free software development allows distributed teams to perform language localization of some Linux distributions for use in locales where localizing proprietary systems would not be cost-effective. For example, the Sinhalese language version of the Knoppix distribution became available significantly before Microsoft translated Windows XP into Sinhalese.In this case the Lanka Linux User Group played a major part in developing the localized system by combining the knowledge of university professors, linguists, and local developers.

we get it. you're still in school.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Public_servers_on_the_Internet

(cont.)
The performance of Linux on the desktop has been a controversial topic; for example in 2007 Con Kolivas accused the Linux community of favoring performance on servers. He quit Linux kernel development out of frustration with this lack of focus on the desktop, and then gave a "tell all" interview on the topic. Since then a significant amount of development has focused on improving the desktop experience. Projects such as Upstart and systemd aim for a faster boot time; the Wayland and Mir projects aim at replacing X11 while enhancing desktop performance, security and appearance.

Many popular applications are available for a wide variety of operating systems. For example, Mozilla Firefox, OpenOffice.org/LibreOffice and Blender have downloadable versions for all major operating systems. Furthermore, some applications initially developed for Linux, such as Pidgin, and GIMP, were ported to other operating systems (including Windows and Mac OS X) due to their popularity. In addition, a growing number of proprietary desktop applications are also supported on Linux, such as Autodesk Maya, Softimage XSI and Apple Shake in the high-end field of animation and visual effects. There are also several companies that have ported their own or other companies' games to Linux, with Linux also being a supported platform on both the popular Steam and Desura digital-distribution services.

Ubuntu gnome vs Fedora?
Not sure which one to install. I've tried ubuntu 16.04 and fedora in virtual box.
I like gnome. Does ubuntu gnome have any advantages over fedora?
I'm a total noobie, btw.

I don't think you believe that at all.
Why is t you sent a link about mainframes web servers? Do you think that's what most machines in a data center are?

>Can linux actually replace windows fully?

If Adobe publishes Illustrator and Photoshop for Linux I'll switch and never look back.

(cont.)
Many other types of applications available for Microsoft Windows and Mac OS X also run on Linux. Commonly, either a free software application will exist which does the functions of an application found on another operating system, or that application will have a version that works on Linux, such as with Skype and some video games like Dota 2 and Team Fortress 2. Furthermore, the Wine project provides a Windows compatibility layer to run unmodified Windows applications on Linux. It is sponsored by commercial interests including CodeWeavers, which produces a commercial version of the software. Since 2009, Google has also provided funding to the Wine project. CrossOver, a proprietary solution based on the open-source Wine project, supports running Windows versions of Microsoft Office, Intuit applications such as Quicken and QuickBooks, Adobe Photoshop versions through CS2, and many popular games such as World of Warcraft. In other cases, where there is no Linux port of some software in areas such as desktop publishing and professional audio, there is equivalent software available on Linux. It is also possible to run applications written for Android on other versions of Linux using Anbox.

OH wow are you me ? this is exactly what's keeping be from using linux atm.

God damn it I can't figure out how to reply to the specific post. But you know who you are.
Why did you send a link about internet facing servers? Do you think the bulk of machines in data centers are hosting web sites or are internet facing? You don't think upwards of 99% of them are on a firewalled VLAN?

We get it, you have apache in your SERVER ROOM