Just asking.

If by desktop linux you mean android/chrome os then maybe, kinda.

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I hate Linux. My wife nuked a brand new laptop trying to install it, and now she's angry at me.

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Seriously.

God bless.

ElementaryOS Loki is a step in the right direction. Still a long way to go.



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but i don't see myself giving up Windows for Linux on my main laptop in the near future

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to breathe some new life into the machines - both were running pretty slow.

the media server had some errors popping up constantly (i bought it used off a friend who built it in a hurry), so installed Ubuntu just made them go away. that PC just sits in a compartment in my basement wall where the fuse boxes are and runs Plex and TeamViewer so I can remotely access it.

it was my first time installing Ubuntu and it was relatively simple to install. I had my 2007 Sony Vaio lying around collecting dust - it had battery and fan issues, so i opened that bitch up and cleaned out all the dust, installed a fresh battery (which had been sitting unopened in it's wrapping since about 2010), and installed Ubuntu. Now that machine is basically a netbook for me - I take it when I'm on vacation to places where I want to get work done but don't feel like taking my main computer (less theft risk).

But yea, I don't think I'd ever use Ubuntu as a main OS.

Meanwhile my 2011 laptop, upgraded to Windows 10 when it first came out, and it runs hella smooth. The only thing I need to do is replace the HDD with an SSD and it'll have an even longer lifespan.

all of this reminds me that people who constantly need to replace their electronics due to fixable issues are either imbeciles or are averse to saving money

But I work in one of the rare fields where linux is more convenient than anything else. I don't pretend it'll ever work as a main OS for most people.

because it was cheaper to buy it that way. We already have a MS volume license, so our deployment team will just unbox and re-image with Windows.

it's not even like it's a big difference in time

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Saved $75 per laptop doing it this way.

But after bonking two installs, I finally gave up and decided to stick with Windows.

It reminds me of the experience I had using Windows 10 Mobile on a Lumia. It's a nice experience that actually rivals that of the brands with better recognition. But the lack of apps and quality support just spells out that it will forever be on the edge of people's buying patterns.

You'd think that most power-users have the expertise and skill level to maintain an install that there would be a rival to some of the development tools that are widely used on Windows and Mac PC's, like the Adobe Suite and Visual Studio and other IDE's. But GIMP and Eclipse I don't think have caught up as far as robustness of features and support from those companies.

At one point i had a 100% linux household. I was running linux on 4 machines including my gf's laptop. I was telling myself "it's just a mater of time before linux catches on."

It's just not going to happen. Nobody other than tech weirdos like us give a shit about linux.

if you need a server OS that you can load on something, put it in a closet, and forget about it linux is great. For every day use it's not remotely close to Windows or even whatever fuckery that fruit themed cult has going on.

either haven't used it long enough


or have used it for wayyyyyy too long.


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at big companies. When I started in the early 2000's, Windows & Solaris servers were the only OS's (Besides Mainframe) in the the data center. The shift away from those systems has been pretty dramatic in that all of the big web companies are using Linux. Think FB, Google, Netflix, etc. Smaller companies are following the same trend due to having less resources.

For mobile, Linux is running ish with Android. Even IOS is a cousin of Linux.

Once someone makes it as easy to use as windows, it'll take over. It's only a matter of time. LOL



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then, y'know, maybe?



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