Me, coder, student, cant afford mid range PCs, interested in learning computers, gamer, not professional. What about you guys?
The Windows key that I had been using for years stopped working. It was an old Win 8 key that I had updated to 10 then 11. Had to refresh the OS due to a random corruption and my Windows key wouldn’t verify. When I contacted Microsoft support they told me that since I don’t use a Microsoft account my registration wasn’t backed up. They don’t accept upgrades from Windows 8 anymore, so I would have to buy a new key. Instead I found a new OS.
It’s open source and not owned by an evil corporation. It doesn’t have ads. It doesn’t mine my data and sell it to the highest bidder. It doesn’t have AI shoved in every nook and cranny. It’s much lighter to run. I can easily run it on a 10 year old laptop.
I think I can handle the ads part, but the ‘lighter’ part, thats a good one.
Serious question: Why can you handle the ads? I’m serious. Why do you accept that something you have purchased, something you own, should be pushing ads at you? Broadcast services makes some sense, they have to make money somewhere. But something you bought? Why?
not op but people generally get desensitized to ads because they are everywhere.
corporations then sneak it in for an extra buck because they can.
Not just about delivering ads but also to track your browsing history across different sites and devices. This is why their installing flock camera alprs to capture your device signal and correlate it with things like Bluetooth headphones, smart watch, even your tire pressure monitoring system. Basically anything with RF signals.
Its called ELSAG Signal Trace and their everywhere now for use by law enforcement.
It’s not light if it has ads.
Ads are bloat aswell.
It’s better.
Because I feel at home with it
Ye it’s very comf c:
There isn’t a silly Big Company that can change stuff without me wanting the change, or inhibit me from making changes I want.
When I set up my Linux how I like it, it stays like that until I decide I want change. And when I do want change, I can make whatever change I want c:
- FOSS. I’m a software engineer and making the world a better place and helping others is why I love my job and what I study. FOSS is the thing that can make tge world a better place and help others.
I also have a plethora of technical reasons, but I’m sure others will cover them. Just this ideological and philosophical reason is enough for me to be using Linux.
Windows bugged Out more and more. I am Just annoyed by the Bad Performance.
Troubleshooting in windows is also a pain. When I’ve learned how easy the Switch can be done, the Deal was sealed.
This. With Linux there are lots of ways to troubleshoot problems. With Windows it always comes back to reinstalling the software, drivers, updates, trying different settings desperately, reinstalling Windows.
100%. I always tell people that the biggest difference between windows bugs and Linux bugs is that for linux I can almost guarantee that its my fault. I’ve ran a command or installed a program that has issues. Which also means I can fix it.
It’s better.
Privacy performance and fun
I got tired of Microsoft. I had seen that Linux was now good enough for what I wanted to so, so I decided to jump ship.
It wasn’t a quick decision. I only transitioned from Windows because I finally got around upgrading the PC.
So far? I mean, there was the kerfuffle with the AUR recently. And I still haven’t figured out a few issues here and there. But damn it just works and there is no worrying about updating or not updating or anything like it.
I don’t use anything from the AUR, everything I use if official, or flatpak, that solves that potential issue. No doubt it isn’t that simple for everyone though.
no worrying about updating or not updating
What? Isn’t the entire AUR attack a vast net of worry cast on all update managers and the digital supply chain? Linux has suddenly become much riskier to use in recent years, even as it’s also steadily improved otherwise. We need to be just as brutally honest about its pitfalls as much as we can praise it over its strengths, lest we deceive ourselves and others.
Freedom. Having my computer not actively work against me.
I had bought a magazine with a CD-ROM inside… Something called Slackware was written on it.
Freedom and customization. I’m a pretty laid back guy but one of the few things I’m super anal about is UI and navigation. I’m sure there’s a million reasons why windows chose the UI/UX elements it has along with its (lack of) navigation controls, but I can’t fucking stand it. With Linux I can rip the whole thing apart and rebuild it exactly how I want.
On the other hand my wife is in no way technical and just wants it to work. So I rolled mint and she has barely noticed the difference. Options are good.
What can I say? I wanna be the very best, like no one ever was. To catch them all is my real quest, to train them is my cause.
microslop started being cringe. tried linux on a whim. never looked back.
Im a hater and spite is a powerful motivator
