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Linux Is Free If You Don't Value Your Time
- warrenm 3y agoLet me help you out ... I wrote this 10 years ago - https://antipaucity.com/2013/06/04/this-is-not-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop/ https://antipaucity.com/2013/06/04/this-is-not-the-year-of-t... And it's as true today as it was then
- rurban 3y agoOn the contrary, it is more free than macOS or Windows if I value my time. Because nobody else can fix the time and quality to answer support questions. Within Linux there is also the Windows-like subsection of Ubuntu (a huge timesink), compared to the unix-like subsections of arch or fedora/redhat.
- beardyw 3y agoI moved from Windows to Ubuntu in 2020. I have spent less time fiddling with Ubuntu than I did Windows. I think this attitude is out of date.
- thesuperbigfrog 3y agoWindows is closed source, full of ads and telemetry, and increasingly user hostile. MacOS is a mostly closed source, expensive, user-condescending walled garden. Linux, BSDs, and free / open source operating systems give the user freedom and control over their computing experience: https://youtu.be/Ag1AKIl_2GM?t=57 https://youtu.be/Ag1AKIl_2GM?t=57
- jrepinc 3y agoI have the opposite experience. I spend less time managing and fixing computers of people that upgraded to GNU/Linux. It just runs more stable and does not clog up over time needing a reinstall to actually get it back to normal. Also if something goes wrong it is much easier to diagnose and fix problems remotely with GNU/Linux. So yeah GNU/Linux is also much closer to free when it comes to time needed to keep it running.
- caeril 3y agoFive comments so far, and literally none of you bothered to watch MO's actual video. He is mocking the phrase, not agreeing with it.
- a_shovel 3y agoI have spent far too much time trying and failing to get Linux to sync its clock from the internet, out of a stubborn refusal to accept defeat, for me to entertain the thought that it's usable to the average person.