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  • When you tack on what it needs to be a desktop OS, you’re tacking on vulnerabilities. Take a point release distro like Debian, and you end up with more out of date packages which adds to vulnerabilities. Also, a web search will reveal decades old issues with Linux used as a server. -It’s not bulletproof, we just don’t hear about it like we don’t hear about Linux much IRL, and it’s something evangelists like to suppress.















  • Windows keeps nagging people to upgrade to 11

    Which will protect them from root kits, boot kits, and keyloggers. It’s ran by a corporation that has a reputation to uphold and we’ve seen in the past where people complain about Windows yet weren’t being responsible with updates. -Nagging justified.

    how they keep breaking their own product

    Inherent with features. In contrast, Linux users harassed FOSS developers into quitting projects (Ueberzug for example) which broke several daily softwares for me. Updating to Pipewire because ‘it’s ready’ broke ac3 passthrough. Wayland because ‘its ready’ broke drag and drop between windows and doesn’t work with a DWM that took time and effort to configure. Then, there’s the breaking problems faced by running rolling release or cutting edge (which still runs behind Windows on tech) - This topic could be it’s own thread.

    how they haven’t fixed 20 year old bugs

    Linux has had decade old bugs in recent news.

    how they tack on stuff like AI that nobody asked for

    Features that are in expensive Photoshop are now free and yet not available in GIMP. - I certainly am happy about that. I’m also interested in the Notepad re-write feature. Things I didn’t ask for were a dozen desktop environments (especially Cinnamon), multiple display managers, multiple file browsers (that are practically the same), etc.

    “I use Linux” is an assertion that you haven’t ceded most of the control of your computer to Microsoft or Apple, and that you are willing to trade a little bit of convenience for software freedom.

    Which matters to? - Game cheaters with kernel level anti-cheat.

    Anyway, this isn’t “Windows Sucks” or a debate forum. We get enough of that elsewhere.


















  • Ok, but Bluetooth is a well known issue for Linux. I know because I had to look it up for myself, and learn some commands to write a script from scratch to reset the USB when needed. -I almost discarded the bluetooth if I hadn’t tested it in Windows first (Linux can cost us money in many ways). It’s also a generally accepted issue commonly posted about. Anecdotes like ‘it works on my system’, ‘all my games play’, ‘doesn’t crash for me’ aren’t really contributing like an article from a reputable site comparing the issue, and anecdotes just come across as brigading, being overly defensive.

    Thanks.


  • I’m ok with them simply making a point or correcting errors.

    Not sure what to do about the down-doots because I’d like this to be more welcoming to critics (or the sub topic). I was never a fan of the Karma system. People who can’t argue a point, or simply want to avoid karma trashing themselves abuse it. I practically gave up on reddit alternatives because they all adopted the same major problem with reddit.

    I’m trying to deter people from using promotional phraises like ‘I use Arch, btw’. I know it was probably sarcasm, but it can throw me off, cause inconsistency, and I’m not good at remembering names. -Did recognize yours (this time), thanks for your contributions!