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We must be doing very different things. Outside of gaming, everything I do is as fast or faster to get done on Linux.

japaget 10y ago
The problem isn't execution speed, it is the time you have to spend getting thinks to work properly. Linux doesn't necessarily work straight out of the box, and you may have to spend hours getting it to work properly with your hardware setup.
- eitland 10y ago
  Ubuntu has worked more or less out of the box since its first release. Windows routinely would take hours to install, -and that would be a "pre-installed" image from the vendor. Lately things have gotten a lot better but I have never chosen Linux because of freedom but rather always because of simplicity and usability . Then again, usability is in they eye of the beholder it seems.
- khedoros1 10y ago
  I'm not talking about execution speed. Out of the box, it takes me a lot longer to make a Windows system usable than a Linux system.
leonatan 10y ago
No to condescend, but that just means that what you do most likely only has to do with programming. If you attempt to branch out into other fields of activities, Linux software is just not capable enough. Try to edit a photo beyond the basic capabilities of Gimp. Try to author a video project. Try to master audio. Try to design and edit documents beyond the most basic capabilities of LibreOffice. Attempt spreadsheet workflows. It's just not there. But yes, if you want to run Python, GCC or Ruby from the commandline, Linux is very capable of giving you a faster experience.
- leonatan 10y ago
  The tiniest of examples: try to enable "advanced" typography features in a document, such as ligatures, small caps, proportional figures, mathematical equations – without having to convert your document into TeX.
  - khedoros1 10y ago
    > such as ligatures, small caps, proportional figures, mathematical equations Out of those, I recognize "mathematical equations" as something I've ever tried, regardless of which software I've been using, and LibreOffice Math always fit my needs. The truth is, outside of programming, I don't use enough of the features of office software for it to make a difference which suite I use. I'm not sure what you're trying to prove. That there are features in some Windows software that aren't in Linux software? Granted, but I don't see how that's relevant to my original comment.
  - rvern 10y ago
    Why "without having to convert your document into TeX"? Is there something wrong with TeX? Anyway, LibreOffice has been able to do all these things for a long time with Graphite fonts, and, since version 5.3, it can also do them with OpenType fonts.
- ptrincr 10y ago
  I mentioned this is another comment, but it's worth saying again. For video/audio editing Blender can be used. Plus a bunch of other stuff, from their website: "Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and game creation." Now its not the most intuitive pieces of software and you'll be spending a lot of time on youtube following tutorials, but its freely available and opensource.
  - khedoros1 10y ago
    In the early 2000s, I had some awesome times learning Blender, and it's impressive how much farther it's been taken since being open-sourced!

The problem isn't execution speed, it is the time you have to spend getting thinks to work properly. Linux doesn't necessarily work straight out of the box, and you may have to spend hours getting it to work properly with your hardware setup.

eitland 10y ago
Ubuntu has worked more or less out of the box since its first release. Windows routinely would take hours to install, -and that would be a "pre-installed" image from the vendor. Lately things have gotten a lot better but I have never chosen Linux because of freedom but rather always because of simplicity and usability . Then again, usability is in they eye of the beholder it seems.
khedoros1 10y ago
I'm not talking about execution speed. Out of the box, it takes me a lot longer to make a Windows system usable than a Linux system.

leonatan 10y ago

No to condescend, but that just means that what you do most likely only has to do with programming. If you attempt to branch out into other fields of activities, Linux software is just not capable enough. Try to edit a photo beyond the basic capabilities of Gimp. Try to author a video project. Try to master audio. Try to design and edit documents beyond the most basic capabilities of LibreOffice. Attempt spreadsheet workflows. It's just not there. But yes, if you want to run Python, GCC or Ruby from the commandline, Linux is very capable of giving you a faster experience.

leonatan 10y ago
The tiniest of examples: try to enable "advanced" typography features in a document, such as ligatures, small caps, proportional figures, mathematical equations – without having to convert your document into TeX.
- khedoros1 10y ago
  > such as ligatures, small caps, proportional figures, mathematical equations Out of those, I recognize "mathematical equations" as something I've ever tried, regardless of which software I've been using, and LibreOffice Math always fit my needs. The truth is, outside of programming, I don't use enough of the features of office software for it to make a difference which suite I use. I'm not sure what you're trying to prove. That there are features in some Windows software that aren't in Linux software? Granted, but I don't see how that's relevant to my original comment.
- rvern 10y ago
  Why "without having to convert your document into TeX"? Is there something wrong with TeX? Anyway, LibreOffice has been able to do all these things for a long time with Graphite fonts, and, since version 5.3, it can also do them with OpenType fonts.
ptrincr 10y ago
I mentioned this is another comment, but it's worth saying again. For video/audio editing Blender can be used. Plus a bunch of other stuff, from their website: "Blender is the free and open source 3D creation suite. It supports the entirety of the 3D pipeline—modeling, rigging, animation, simulation, rendering, compositing and motion tracking, even video editing and game creation." Now its not the most intuitive pieces of software and you'll be spending a lot of time on youtube following tutorials, but its freely available and opensource.
- khedoros1 10y ago
  In the early 2000s, I had some awesome times learning Blender, and it's impressive how much farther it's been taken since being open-sourced!