I can stop update in Windows.
Yank the Ethernet cable out.
this post was submitted on 09 Aug 2023
1825 points (94.3% liked)
linuxmemes
24808 readers
1393 users here now
Hint: :q!
Sister communities:
Community rules (click to expand)
1. Follow the site-wide rules
- Instance-wide TOS: https://legal.lemmy.world/tos/
- Lemmy code of conduct: https://join-lemmy.org/docs/code_of_conduct.html
2. Be civil
- Understand the difference between a joke and an insult.
- Do not harrass or attack users for any reason. This includes using blanket terms, like "every user of thing".
- Don't get baited into back-and-forth insults. We are not animals.
- Leave remarks of "peasantry" to the PCMR community. If you dislike an OS/service/application, attack the thing you dislike, not the individuals who use it. Some people may not have a choice.
- Bigotry will not be tolerated.
3. Post Linux-related content
- Including Unix and BSD.
- Non-Linux content is acceptable as long as it makes a reference to Linux. For example, the poorly made mockery of
sudoin Windows. - No porn, no politics, no trolling or ragebaiting.
4. No recent reposts
- Everybody uses Arch btw, can't quit Vim, <loves/tolerates/hates> systemd, and wants to interject for a moment. You can stop now.
5. π¬π§ Language/ΡΠ·ΡΠΊ/Sprache
- This is primarily an English-speaking community. π¬π§π¦πΊπΊπΈ
- Comments written in other languages are allowed.
- The substance of a post should be comprehensible for people who only speak English.
- Titles and post bodies written in other languages will be allowed, but only as long as the above rule is observed.
6. (NEW!) Regarding public figures
We all have our opinions, and certain public figures can be divisive. Keep in mind that this is a community for memes and light-hearted fun, not for airing grievances or leveling accusations. - Keep discussions polite and free of disparagement.
- We are never in possession of all of the facts. Defamatory comments will not be tolerated.
- Discussions that get too heated will be locked and offending comments removed. Β
Please report posts and comments that break these rules!
Important: never execute code or follow advice that you don't understand or can't verify, especially here. The word of the day is credibility. This is a meme community -- even the most helpful comments might just be shitposts that can damage your system. Be aware, be smart, don't remove France.
founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
This is kind of nonsensical. I used to have to build code on Ubuntu 10.04 so that it would work on 10.04. if I tried to build on 18.04 I would get glibc errors. (Yes I know it was too old, but marketing insisted we support it).
I can still target Windows XP for builds on Windows 10 today.
load more comments
(3 replies)
I have actually found that it's quite frustrating to install old apps on Linux, though it's definitely a different reason than for Mac OS, on Mac it's because they maliciously blocked it but on Linux it's just because apps depend on old dependencies which either are a newer version than the app expects, or they've been deprecated (Linux devs love to do that because it's more "fun" to recreate something from scratch then it is to fix bugs).
load more comments
(8 replies)
"I can't run popular programs and don't get frequent updates"
Is this supposed to be a jab at linux? Because it's wrong. The kernel is updated at the same intervals as Windows / Mac updates, if not more frequently. Popular DEs are also maintained and frequently updated.
About popular programs: Firstly, this is not strictly a problem of the OS, because they can't force developers to build their apps for Linux. However, developers can do that, and with the advent of flatpak they can build for that instead of hiding behind the excuse of not wanting to support multiple distros.
Secondly, this is almost irrelevant because the majority of people use computers to either browse the web, or use office suites, or play games. In linux, you can browse the web just fine, use browser-based office suites that are becoming increasingly popular (or LibreOffice/OpenOffice) and, with steam, you can play most games that don't have a linux build.
All in all, the minimum everyone with a semblance of computer literacy should do is dual boot linux alongside windows and use that for their daily driver.
load more comments
(1 replies)
Customs roms and rooted phone for the win!
Or just adb (for deleting bloatware).
Isn't android also linux?
It is. You don't have root, though, which is a pretty distinctive separation between a default android and a default desktop or server Linux.
load more comments
(2 replies)
load more comments
(2 replies)
A person that can deal with failed Linux updates will find the alternatives "piece of cake", though...
Android is Linux
In a way yes, but not really it's more a JVM container that's running on Linux.
load more comments
(3 replies)
load more comments
(5 replies)
You can stop updates, install old apps and delete system files if you know what you are doing.
The second two are basically just policy, there's no actual technical reason for them. The first one is because Windows is dumb.
load more comments
(1 replies)