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Linux as an ecosystem is a lot further along that many people seem to either realise or give credit for. It most certainly works out of the box for most genera
by headsoup 5y ago
Linux as an ecosystem is a lot further along that many people seem to either realise or give credit for.
It most certainly works out of the box for most general tasks.
Of course there are still limitations like a lack of some software (Photoshop...) and peripherals support, but these are becoming far more uncommon. I even find with Steam's proton implementation I can install and run most Windows games without a second thought.
- pjmlp 5y ago> I even find with Steam's proton implementation I can install and run most Windows games without a second thought. Which begs the question why bother with Linux then.
- teekert 5y agoYou mean for devs to support Linux? That is indeed an issue of some concern, because most Linux users would prefer native Linux games. But, if you mean "bother installing Linux", then get ready for the whole privacy and control discussion :)
- pjmlp 5y agoOS/2 proved what happens when that route is followed. As for privacy and control discussion, when most GNU/Linux users happen to mostly consume Electron and Web Apps, install applications via curl | sudo sh, there is hardly anything to discuss, other than cargo cult of a false sense of privacy and control.
- teekert 5y agoStill it's a pretty different baseline from Windows where you get ads in the start menu and a lot of telemetry is send home by default.
- pjmlp 5y agoA matter that depends on the distribution on the Linux side, and which Windows version on the other.
- anthk 5y agoEven the LTSC version is not safe enough.
- pjmlp 5y agoSame applies to certain Linux distributions, like Android and ChromeOS, or are they Linux for promoting desktop and non-Linux for when it isn't convenient?
- dvdkon 5y agoThere are many supported and distinct Linux distributions, not so for Windows versions. I wouldn't want to run Windows 2000 in 2021 because it's the last one without telemetry.
- pjmlp 5y agoIndeed, distrowatch is full of them, one user distributions that hardly anyone heard of. Pity that all that security goes away the second an Electron app or Chrome is made use of.
- headsoup 5y agoWhich is different to Windows because...? You're making silly arguments based on your own strawmen.
- dTal 5y agoHow does that even follow? You'd say the same if Linux couldn't run Windows games. Also, you used "begs the question" incorrectly. You mean "raises the question". Also, because Windows is a steaming pile of donkey turd that shoves ads in your OS, reboots when you're trying to get work done, resets privacy and power management settings after many of its coerced updates, and has a spazzy and inconsistent UI that offers limited customization. Also closed source.
- headsoup 5y agoBecause it's free for one. Second because I have so many more options and control of what my OS is. But really, reality is that Linux support for games is still caught in the cycle of too few customers to bother -> customers want better Linux support before moving over -> too few customers to bother... So I can now have all the (my) benefits of Linux and enjoy gaming that otherwise I wouldn't.