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Then why is it that every person I know or even heard about who switched to Linux never went back to OSX or Windows? The only thing which made them use OSX or

Then why is it that every person I know or even heard about who switched to Linux never went back to OSX or Windows? The only thing which made them use OSX or Windows in the first place was their ignorance of alternatives. Clearly you've never used any consumer-grade Linux distro like Ubuntu.

duped 1y ago
OSX hasn't existed for five years and hasn't been publicly advertised as that for much longer, so your sampling may be biased. > The only thing which made them use OSX or Windows in the first place was their ignorance of alternatives. No, it's the availability of daily software that people use, like Excel, Word, Outlook, etc. > Clearly you've never used any consumer-grade Linux distro like Ubuntu. I daily drive a Linux distro. I don't pretend it's better for the average human than MacOS or Windows. The market reflects that. Clearly, you've never worked in an office where the only thing available is a Windows or Mac laptop because those are what IT provides and that's where your customers/users are.
protocolture 1y ago
Are you kidding? By the time you get through the first half of the requirements document of most windows customers, OSX and Linux alternatives have already been thoroughly ruled out.
- metaltyphoon 1y ago
  When it starts with the phrase “FIP-S compliant”, hardly anyone is wants to do that on Linux.
  - guappa 1y ago
    You live in a parallel universe where wolfssl doesn't exist?
    - metaltyphoon 1y ago
      Oh I know about this, but tell what’s simpler: Embed wolfssl per app / make it work with openssl as a module (for system wide usage) or turn a registry key to true?
  - m01 1y ago
    It seems that both RHEL [1] and Ubuntu Pro have docs on FIPS, so it looks like the distribution vendors have thought about this problem, at least for paying customers. Might you be able to sketch out what the problem with FIPS compliance on Linux is? [1] https://access.redhat.com/compliance/fips https://access.redhat.com/compliance/fips [2] https://ubuntu.com/security/fips https://ubuntu.com/security/fips
not_a_bot_4sho 1y ago
I honestly cannot tell if this is brilliant sarcasm or digital veganism. I hope the former, because it's perfect lol
- h4ck_th3_pl4n3t 1y ago
  You could say we've been "duped".
benhurmarcel 1y ago
> Then why is it that every person I know or even heard about who switched to Linux never went back to OSX or Windows? I used Linux on my main desktop for about 10 years, then went back to Windows. There, you've heard of one.

duped 1y ago

OSX hasn't existed for five years and hasn't been publicly advertised as that for much longer, so your sampling may be biased. > The only thing which made them use OSX or Windows in the first place was their ignorance of alternatives. No, it's the availability of daily software that people use, like Excel, Word, Outlook, etc. > Clearly you've never used any consumer-grade Linux distro like Ubuntu. I daily drive a Linux distro. I don't pretend it's better for the average human than MacOS or Windows. The market reflects that. Clearly, you've never worked in an office where the only thing available is a Windows or Mac laptop because those are what IT provides and that's where your customers/users are.

protocolture 1y ago

Are you kidding? By the time you get through the first half of the requirements document of most windows customers, OSX and Linux alternatives have already been thoroughly ruled out.

metaltyphoon 1y ago
When it starts with the phrase “FIP-S compliant”, hardly anyone is wants to do that on Linux.
- guappa 1y ago
  You live in a parallel universe where wolfssl doesn't exist?
  - metaltyphoon 1y ago
    Oh I know about this, but tell what’s simpler: Embed wolfssl per app / make it work with openssl as a module (for system wide usage) or turn a registry key to true?
- m01 1y ago
  It seems that both RHEL [1] and Ubuntu Pro have docs on FIPS, so it looks like the distribution vendors have thought about this problem, at least for paying customers. Might you be able to sketch out what the problem with FIPS compliance on Linux is? [1] https://access.redhat.com/compliance/fips https://access.redhat.com/compliance/fips [2] https://ubuntu.com/security/fips https://ubuntu.com/security/fips

not_a_bot_4sho 1y ago

I honestly cannot tell if this is brilliant sarcasm or digital veganism. I hope the former, because it's perfect lol

h4ck_th3_pl4n3t 1y ago
You could say we've been "duped".

benhurmarcel 1y ago

> Then why is it that every person I know or even heard about who switched to Linux never went back to OSX or Windows? I used Linux on my main desktop for about 10 years, then went back to Windows. There, you've heard of one.