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[–] [email protected] 89 points 1 year ago (4 children)
[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 year ago (1 children)

tbf I get it. Sometimes you just want to be mad.

But like, it's Microsoft's fault.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Or Adobe, Autodesk, Nvidia, etc.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (7 children)

"Hey I have a problem with my Samsung"

"Drop it and get an iPhone instead"

This is what you guys are like.

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago (2 children)

When people tell you to use Linux, they're not telling you that to solve your immediate problem (e.g. your "show desktop" icon has been replaced with a different icon), but they are telling you to get out of your abusive relationship with Microsoft, because that is the real problem: Microsoft does not respect you, the end-user of their product, and this kind of abusive shit will keep happening for as long as you keep using Windows.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Who asked you for help with our relationship? I believe someone complained about a random feature change. And here you are. Telling everyone to just fuck off and switch completely. It’s insane.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

JFC people like you ... You have like the worst case of Stockholm syndrome I've ever seen. I swear the only reason you are getting so angry and defensive when people recommend Linux is because deep down you know they're speaking the truth.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

No. It’s annoying being told the only solution is to throw everything out the window and start over. No stockholm syndrome I run a Ubuntu server and ran arch when I was 14. Fuck off with your stupid takes and offer a real solution to the problem.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Fuck off with your stupid takes

Yeah, real mature take you have there buddy.

offer a real solution to the problem.

"My husband always beats me when he is drunk. Don't tell me to leave him, just tell me how I get him to stop beating me"

^ This is you basically.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (9 children)

No. That is your perspective to a situation. That is not fact. Stop valueing your own voice so highly. You start to forget you can be wrong.

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

they are telling you to get out of your abusive relationship with Microsoft

And how well has that worked so far?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For people like me who took that advice: pretty damn great actually, thanks for asking!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (4 children)

How many people have you managed to convert in this thread?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Even if it's only one, I will have helped one person, unlike you who has only been bitching and moaning.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If that's what you think will improve how the Linux community is perceived, then do go on.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

This may sound strange to you, but I actually don't give a single fuck about how you perceive things.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh I wasn't talking about me.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yes you were sweetie.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me! Switched to fedora from Windows about 3 years ago and don't regret it one bit. Probably the best decision I've made in regards to personal computing in my adult life.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (4 children)

If you switched 3 years ago, you haven't been converted in this very thread.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'm actually helping someone from this convert rn.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

I did switch around a month ago due to a thread similar to this, and I have booted windows like twice since then, and im really glad I made the switch. So, yes, threads like this did help me, while also providing good starting tips.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago

More like:

“Hey I have a problem with my Samsung”

"Here's a custom ROM you can install instead" (but also glosses over a lot of the finer decisions that go into whether or not to choose to run a custom ROM)

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (4 children)

iPhone is $999+, Linux is completely free.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (2 children)

you don't have to pay for a +1000$ device to switch to Linux. In most cases, you can just install it in the same machine you have Windows.

It's more like replacing Samsung's Android ROM with a custom ROM. Sure, you'll have to learn new things to use it, but you don't have to buy an iPhone.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nah, I switched to Linux last year and it cost me $0. No new hardware needed. So not a good metaphor.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You misunderstood what the metaphor was.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Are iPhones free now?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

It does sometimes feel like a guy with face scars from an exploded Samsung reaching for another Samsung while saying "I hope they've made improvements"

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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (9 children)

Linux isn't a solution if you play competitive multiplayer games, which most people do.

Edit: keep being classy basement trolls, you're only proving my statements about the shittiness of the linux community with every downvote.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

which most people do.

Lolwhut?

Most people who play competitive multiplayer games (a minority of total users) do so on console

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

"But the controller is an inferior aiming device"

"Yeah and the foot is an inferior ball handling device, but soccer still exists as a game"

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

I'm upvoting you because I know what you're trying to say. Personally I don't have a lot of time to game anymore but I vote with my wallet and I try to only buy games on steam that are linux native. I have found a lot of great indy games this way and I don't feel like I'm "missing out". Still, I get it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

there are 3 billion people playing videogames, most of them playing casual af shit like candy crush (https://explodingtopics.com/blog/number-of-gamers).

About "competitive" multiplayer games: have you tried proton? I myself was sticking with Windows untill i eventually tried it.

Linux is not a solution if you have a skill issue. The longer people have this kind of mindset you have, the longer Microsoft will pretend to be a monopolist, the longer they will behave like total shitheads towards their customers.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Lol yeah "most people" definitely do not play competitive multiplayer games. Are the other children in your friend group literally the only other humans you've ever met?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

"most people" = "most teens". I don't know any adult that plays competitive multiplayer games other than maybe CSGO.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Fair, but also depends on which one's.
~40-45% of them do actually work.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am not sure if most people play competitive multiplayer games

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Care to cite sources for that? Haven't seen people playing "competitive multiplayer games" from most people in a while, now.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I don't think this meme applies here. The person who's mad isn't the one using Windows. They got mad about a "problem" someone else was having and decided to use it as an excuse to push Linux.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Exactly. The Linux bros are not offering a solution. They are the same people as the “just move” people. Annoying ass trolls.

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