Do you run Linux - if not why?

onomatopoeia99

fenlander_uk wrote: »

Some friendly despot should pass a law limiting Linux to 2 implementations - one user-friendly one for mass use and an obscure, totally configurable one to provide a challenge for dedicated hobbyists.

Think you'll find that an awful lot of running linux installations fit neither of those scenarios.


All of my company's webservers run on linux, as do all of its database servers and mail servers, for example. Not user friendly or "dedicated hobbyist".

Norman_Castle

motorguy wrote: »

Instead of "Why do you not use Linux?" what i'd like to know is why you do use Linux?

I focussed on the price.

Gloomendoom

I have tried Linux but it's a complete non-starter for me.

Nothing I need to use will run on it.

onomatopoeia99

motorguy wrote: »

Instead of "Why do you not use Linux?" what i'd like to know is why you do use Linux? What does it give you that Windows, iOS or Android doesnt?

I won't directly expose the TCP/IP stack of a machine running Windows to the Internet, so my services run on linux or BSD variant servers.


I find Windows an entirely serviceable desktop OS, but the desktop is not the sum of computing.

Robisere

My mind at 73 has been completely taken over with Windows 7. I know I will have to change to 10 at some point, but I don't want to. 7 gives me all I want from a computer.

emptybox

I love Linux.
I have 4 desktop computers and have at least one distribution of Linux on each one, alongside Windows 10. (4 different Linuxes + Windows on one PC).

I just use them for interest sake really, although I could easily use Linux for everything if I really had to.

esuhl

motorguy wrote: »

Instead of "Why do you not use Linux?" what i'd like to know is why you do use Linux? What does it give you that Windows, iOS or Android doesnt?

Speed, reliability, better package management, easier maintenance/troubleshooting, better (non-peripheral) hardware support, far more flexibility and control, better security, text shells with sane features, wide range of software that's easily searchable via repositories... and a desktop environment that isn't an ugly bloated monstrosity.

motorguy

esuhl wrote: »

Speed, reliability, better package management, easier maintenance/troubleshooting, better (non-peripheral) hardware support, far more flexibility and control, better security, text shells with sane features, wide range of software that's easily searchable via repositories... and a desktop environment that isn't an ugly bloated monstrosity.

I dont have issues with any of those running Win10.

If you do or did you must have been running desperately old hardware with a mechanical drive.

esuhl

motorguy wrote: »

I dont have issues with any of those running Win10.

If you do or did you must have been running desperately old hardware with a mechanical drive.

Nope. The funny thing is that you do have those problems with Windows 10. You just don't know (or care). Oh well.

motorguy

esuhl wrote: »

Nope. The funny thing is that you do have those problems with Windows 10. You just don't know (or care). Oh well.

I've been working in IT since i was 22 and i'm 49 now. Well aware of what works for me and what doesnt, thanks.

I've three laptops and a desktop. Desktop is 5+ years old and an old i3 processor. Two of the laptops are 5+ years old, one is an old i3 and the other an old i5.

All machines are running 8GB RAM, though 4GB is ample. All four are running SSDs.

• Speed - all can process, render screens and load programs faster than i can work.
• Reliability - no issues with reliability of the O/S. It works
• Better package management - Win10 does periodic updates and i leave it to it. No need to manage "packages"
• Easier maintenance - I dont need to perform ANY maintenance on the O/S thanks.
• Troubleshooting - never really needed to, but at worst i can google the error and someone will have a solution.
• Better (non-peripheral) hardware support - I dont need anything other than what will plug in to the USB ports.
• Far more flexibility and control - It works. I dont need it to be "flexible" it just works.
• Better security - I run Win Defender and have no issues with viruses or malware. If you frequent sites or parts of the internet that requires enhanced security / protection, then fine.
• text shells with sane features - dont need them, dont use them.
• Wide range of software that's easily searchable via repositories - I dont need to search "repositories" for software that might suit. I can buy / get it free off the shelf thanks. I can get any amount of mainstream games too if i so desire
• A desktop environment that isn't an ugly bloated monstrosity - i dont know what your desktop looked like but mine is great thanks. I dont care about the O/S footprint as disk space is cheap and the min size of SSD these days is 128GB anyway.

My office environments where i work use Windows and Microsoft Office. Why would i want to turn up to a client with some alien O/S and non compatible programs?

If you get your kicks by using it then fine, but please dont tell me i'm "wrong" or am "too stupid to know otherwise" just because i dont want to be bothered with a "solution" for problems i dont have and that will leave me less than 100% compatible for the purposes i need it for.