Some reasons (not all): â better performances on my 2009 laptop than W10 on the same config. â Dark theme applies EVERYWHERE and not only on newer or specifically recoded softwares. â Can still read and write data on disks when Windows show them as âRAW partitionsâ (well, I donât know why: they are formatted in NTFS and GPT mode) â Some CLI and GUI tools more convenient to use on Linux or not available on Windows (unless I install WSL, but I donât want to bother with that).
for a couple of years. As my primary OS I must have started maybe late 2019 or sometime in 2020. But I had Linux as a secondary OS installed all the back to I guess 2014. I switched because of gaming (mod in a game caused GPU memory leaking on Win). But I stayed because of the ease of use, it just works. Installing software is a breeze compared to windows. The package manager just does everything for you.
@electric_gumball almost 30 years, started with Slackware â96. Loyalty is for cults. I use it when itâs an appropriate solution, but itâs getting harder to seriously recommend it between âit works fine on Lennartâs laptop so thereâs no diagnosticsâ systemd and the data-destroying footgun of the week in either ZFS or BTRFS.
18 years. I disagree that loyalty is for cults (unmarried? no family? - - for a start). It's more than a piece of technology. It's the embodiment of an ethos, one Steve Ballmer called a cancer. I happen to like public goods that make life better at no cost. And I dislike walled gardens, renter capitalism, oligopolies and the monetisation of personal data.
Besides, it's objectively functionally better in many respects. OS & application updates, and control of same eg.
It's now been 15 years, my first distro was Ubuntu 9.04.
What keeps me loyal is that I simply like it. I like that there are multiple desktops, though KDE is my favourite. The update system isnt draconian and evil. The filesystem hierarchy makes sense, I like having a home folder. I enjoy tinkering with my desktop from time to time. The CLI is a great feature once you learn it. Package managers are a great idea
And above all else, I've learned how to make it work for me and my needs.
I control what is on the system. No spyware/adware masquerading as applications. Not bloated and slow. Just runs on new and old systems. No blue screens of death. Not forced to reboot when a simple app updates.
For more than a year now. - It's much faster than Windows. - It isn't so bloated. - It's much more private. - You have control over your whole system. - When you exit a program, well, you exit the program. It doesn't work in the background (mostly) unless you want it to. - Gaming on Linux with wine or proton is sometimes even better than native on windows. - CLI and GUI tools and programs that are unavailable on windows. - Linux is from people for people.
Many YEARS. With Linux I OWN my PC-system, not just allowed to use it. I am in control regarding all the software (unfortunately still not control the hardware fully). MS Windows and Apple MacOS are spyware! Same with Googles Android and Apples iOS.
Tritâ
in reply to It's FOSS • • •â better performances on my 2009 laptop than W10 on the same config.
â Dark theme applies EVERYWHERE and not only on newer or specifically recoded softwares.
â Can still read and write data on disks when Windows show them as âRAW partitionsâ (well, I donât know why: they are formatted in NTFS and GPT mode)
â Some CLI and GUI tools more convenient to use on Linux or not available on Windows (unless I install WSL, but I donât want to bother with that).
GP-u-Moto
in reply to It's FOSS • • •QaspR
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Pâscâl đą
in reply to It's FOSS • • •But I had Linux as a secondary OS installed all the back to I guess 2014.
I switched because of gaming (mod in a game caused GPU memory leaking on Win). But I stayed because of the ease of use, it just works. Installing software is a breeze compared to windows. The package manager just does everything for you.
perahf
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Joel May-Kill đȘ
in reply to It's FOSS • • •FKA ZOG
in reply to It's FOSS • • •since this one came out:
https://gunkies.org/wiki/Linux_0.95a
because it is a real working Unix like system with source code that works well đ
Linux 0.95a - Computer History Wiki
gunkies.orgMegatronicThronBanks
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Torsten :void: :herbstluftwm:
in reply to It's FOSS • • •more than 10 years now
what keps me loyal?
simple pragmatism, it's just the better operating system in EVERY SINGLE ASPECT of it
SamuelJohnson
in reply to It's FOSS • • •18 years. I disagree that loyalty is for cults (unmarried? no family? - - for a start). It's more than a piece of technology. It's the embodiment of an ethos, one Steve Ballmer called a cancer. I happen to like public goods that make life better at no cost. And I dislike walled gardens, renter capitalism, oligopolies and the monetisation of personal data.
Besides, it's objectively functionally better in many respects. OS & application updates, and control of same eg.
Cenbe
in reply to It's FOSS • • •LuckyStoat
in reply to It's FOSS • • •It's now been 15 years, my first distro was Ubuntu 9.04.
What keeps me loyal is that I simply like it. I like that there are multiple desktops, though KDE is my favourite. The update system isnt draconian and evil. The filesystem hierarchy makes sense, I like having a home folder. I enjoy tinkering with my desktop from time to time. The CLI is a great feature once you learn it. Package managers are a great idea
And above all else, I've learned how to make it work for me and my needs.
It's FOSS
in reply to LuckyStoat • • •Thomas Traynor
in reply to It's FOSS • • •It's FOSS
in reply to Thomas Traynor • • •Torsten Materna
in reply to It's FOSS • • •It's FOSS
in reply to Torsten Materna • • •RenĂ© Seindal
in reply to It's FOSS • • •I've used Linux almost exclusively since 1992.
I wouldn't mind changing if something better came around.
Habit shouldn't be an impediment to progress.
It's FOSS
in reply to RenĂ© Seindal • • •It's FOSS
Unknown parent • • •It's FOSS
Unknown parent • • •Janne Moren
in reply to It's FOSS • • •stevejohnson42
in reply to It's FOSS • • •Benn daily driver for two years, but have used on various backup computers for >10 years (first install was Linux Mint on asus netbook with 2 gig ram)
Love the flexibility, stability and control. able to use outstanding open source offerings without having to be forced into a subscription model.
Allan
in reply to It's FOSS • • •since 2 years. Windows 11 had me disgusted. Very limited customization, bloated, spyware, unfree system, unfree softwares.
Then I discovered that Linux was just the opposite. Rejoice!
MariĂĄn Kyral
in reply to It's FOSS • • •visone
in reply to It's FOSS • • •keeps me mentally active, every day I have to learn something new.
fzap
in reply to It's FOSS • • •27 years, wohooo!
1997 (SuSe) -> 2005 (Ubuntu) -> 2009 (Arch) -> 2024 (still Arch)
until 2005 DualBoot
It's FOSS
in reply to fzap • • •revan_66
in reply to It's FOSS • • •- It's much faster than Windows.
- It isn't so bloated.
- It's much more private.
- You have control over your whole system.
- When you exit a program, well, you exit the program. It doesn't work in the background (mostly) unless you want it to.
- Gaming on Linux with wine or proton is sometimes even better than native on windows.
- CLI and GUI tools and programs that are unavailable on windows.
- Linux is from people for people.
Café-Junkie
in reply to It's FOSS • • •With Linux I OWN my PC-system, not just allowed to use it.
I am in control regarding all the software (unfortunately still not control the hardware fully).
MS Windows and Apple MacOS are spyware! Same with Googles Android and Apples iOS.