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[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

when anon switches to arch :

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Ya during video calls at my work it's always the entire room waiting for the Linux users to troubleshoot their sound and video. Usually they give up and join the call from their iPhone

Windows for workstations and Linux for servers imo.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As a former helldesk minion I can assure you that linux users are not even on my radar of people that waste everyone's time with troubleshooting simple things.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, mac-tards are the worst. "I want this to do all the exact same things as windows but I refuse to use windows"

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Most of my mac users were fine, the people i had a problem with didn't matter what OS they used, it was the ones that complain a thing isn't working, you ask for confirmation that the thing is plugged in, they say yes it is plugged in, then you physically move to the workstation to find that it is not plugged in. If you have a legit problem, even if you caused it we're still cool. If you waste my time by lieing to me we are no longer cool.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I used to do desktop support and I never helped the Linux users either.

Most of them only use it because they think they are cool or something. Usually break the install every 3 days.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

almost always break the install, but the customization looks so pretttyyyy

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

For development Unix-like OSes are far superior to Windows. Macs mostly work OOTB but are far too expensive if you need anything more than the base config. As for me, never had issues with my mic and webcam under Ubuntu and even Arch, pipewire Just Works in my experience.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can get Linux subsystem for Windows in a single click, problem solved

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

lmao, mine as well being a cup of water to the desert and tell a fish their problem is solved

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I am a Linux admin right now who does everything using Windows 11 and fedora subsystem

Linux as a workstation is trash that people only use because they think they are cool

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

I guess you only use ssh, docker or k8s? For serious software development, integration between the windows host and the Linux VM is far from seamless, or was last time I checked. Anyway, when all the software you use is unix-first, why bother jumping through hoops to make it run under an inferior OS?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I am not a techy person, not a programmer, nada, and linux (particularly fedora) has always worked with little to no issue for me.

The hardest thing I really ever have to do is enable the rpm fusion repos on a fresh install, and the only problem I consistently encounter is discord trying to take control of, and subsequently destroy, my audio when using bluetooth headphones.

I just use it because it is an easier, privacy & user respecting system.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Linux let's you have low level control over your hardware, windows blocks that.

Running linux under windows offers nothing beyond familiarity of linux tools, which obviously are better suited to a linux environment.

If you prefer windows it has its own closed ecosystem, but at this point its really just preference x monopoly

[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago

Linux under Windows is in a separate container lol. You have no idea what you are talking about

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Tried running fedora for a while and still run into problems

I'm a sysadmin for 10 years and I have no patience for my own workstation having issues anymore

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

can relate to having no patience for my workstation having issues, that's why i use linux. It does exactly what i tell it to.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

What kind of software under windows do you use to facilitate the network and security in the firm you work for?