Does linux actually make you more productive or is that just a meme?
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>>108641743it might make you more productive but i dont give a rat's ass about that and neither should you unless you're a linkedin corpo slavei just want my software to be less invasive and more auditable
It makes you more productive in the sense that you are forced to learn things when you use it, as opposed to the continual retardification of the front end of Windows or Mac. Even if you pick Ubuntu, you will still end up learning something. In a world where "Productive Member of Society" is just a meme phrase used to placate the existential horror that is all of us only existing to make money for richfags, choosing to learn something might as well be productivity.
>>108641743probably not if you are just collecting images like that OPSome of us though don't just collect weird trans-related stuff.
all I do is post bait on 4chan and watch youtube
>>108641840I use linux at work and I don't know how to do anything that I wasn't already doing on windows. Most of the time the most complex thing I have to do is type some commands on the console to enable some modules of the EDA software we use and navigate folders for a bit, but that's it.
>>108641879arguably enterprise environments don't give you as much of opportunity to learn anything. You know, cause you're supposed to be on the clock and doing whatever meticulous task you have.If you're not doing IT work in the office, it's very hard to learn anything new about technology.
It did for me. The environment by default leads itself to automation
>>108641743I look like the girl on the right
>>108642261that's a man, baby!
>>108641743Why do you want to be more productive? To produce value for shareholders? Sorry but you don't get rich by working hard.
i dont care about productivity i just want more freedom with my machine and for it to actually feel like mine
>>108642838ThisIn general, I want my machine do things I ask/want it to do, and NOT do things I didnt ask/want it to do.
>>108641982>arguably enterprise environments don't give you as much of opportunity to learn anythingthey do once the DE breaks after an update or when you need to install a program that's outside of the very very limited curated repository with no alternatives for it.
>>108641743It makes you more capable. But once you get comfortable with the CLI it's better to switch to mac if you can afford it
>>108642838this, that's why i dropped my distro after it switched to systemd
>>108641743No it's just an OS it does all the same shit other OS's do.
>>108641840>forced to learn thingsWhat exactly are you learning, work arounds to get your drivers working? Setting variables in some systemd environment script? All of this is superfluous nonsense that is a form of false productivity.
>>108641743makes no difference.t. uses windows and linux everyday
>>108642838Your machine belongs to Ebussy. He’ll tell you what you need from now on.
>>108642949>same shit other OS's dois Linux taking snapshots of your system at regular intervals and sending them to Linus Torvalds?
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>>108642962>is Linux taking snapshots of your system at regular intervalsyes>and sending them to Linus Torvalds?no
>>108642962I found this virus called snapperd running on my linux machine, was literally making snapshots of my filesystem. I’ve contacted the police, but they said there’s nothing they can do.
>>108642983Holy shit I have it too! It's taking a snapshot every time I do literally anything! Removing it now. Thanks Anon
>>108641743>Install Linux Mint, the "just works" distro>Can't skip entering a password>It asks me to set up snapshots>Have to format second drive>"Disks" can't format it for some reason, search online>"Install gparted, Disks doesn't work">Search gparted, click install>Enter password>Click launch>Enter password>Format second drive>Set up snapshots>Enter password>Getting tired of the password shit, search how to disable it>WiFi stopped working for some reason, restart and search again>"You shouldn't do that" "Why do you want to do that" "You get used to it, it's like asking for consent"This is the true Loonix experience. You never stop dealing with bullshit and you never do any meaningful work because bullshit keeps getting in your wayI tried CachyOS before but it couldn't fetch some dependencies while installing and the online solution was to "wait a few days then try again"
>>108643011Its best to avoid meme distros like Mint etc. The best place to start is Ubuntu LTS. Once you get the hang out of that, stay there or if you want to branch out into other things like Fedora, Arch etc then you can explore those things. If you really want to learn there is Slackware, or Gentoo. But seriously, Ubuntu LTS or go home. Google used to run their desktops on a slightly customized version of Ubuntu LTS called Goobuntu. It was 95% stock though, because Google didnt want to spend the time/resources to roll their own. They have since done so, but if it was good enough for Google it is good enough for you. Also, while BSD looks great on paper, and it is in many ways....it is a terrible desktop OS and you will find nothing but pain there.
>>108643039ubuntu has an absolutely vile DE which makes the whole distro shit, mint took over because it actuially tries to make a usable and intuitive DE that's not abhorrent to look at.
>>108643055didnt say it was perfect. But non-Linux users need a place to start and discovering things like that organically is part of the learning process.
>>108641743Couple of the people on my vidya discord server post about linux, and its non-stop:>something broken>oh shit mulitple things broken>try this>wtf its worse now!
>>108641743The only way it’s going to make you significantly more productive is if your work is computationally heavy, and then you may see a performance boost on linux. I imagine for most, this is quite rare. Once you’ve set both up, things should *just work*. The way I use Windows and Linux is so similar (GNOME btw) that it’s easy to forget which one I’m using. Generally though, I’m not more productive.
>>108643039People always say shit like this like a normal person couldn't possibly fathom the complexities of a base distro. I switched from Windows directly to Arch. It's not that hard, but I am going to credit mostly the wiki and KDE plasma for that.Treating Linux like some complicated entity that only the oldest of wizards could possibly understand is a dead meme. It's just an operating system. It operates the system. Would I recommend Arch for everyone? No, probably not. But I am pretty technically minded, and don't mind fiddling.I would recommend a meme distro, anything with a GUI installer basically.I also wouldn't tell someone that their choice of distro is wrong. Whatever you like is the correct one. Whatever gets you off of Mac or Windows is the correct one.Linux is not hard. It's just different.
>>108641743Say what you want, but at least that laptop found its forever home.
>>108641743Compared to Windows, yes.
>>108643011>Can't skip entering a passwordBut you can set it to log in automatically.
>>108643011This has been my experience as well. You never stop dealing with some retarded bullshit like making your wifi work or having your time be synced not just once but always, or literally the password issue the person I'm responding to mentions.I was willing to give troonixtards a pass because they've been going "BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THAT ANYMORE, YOUR GRANDMA CAN USE IT NOWADAYS!!!" constantly for the last 10 years and I believed them, but it is not so.I'm not saying it's buck breakingly hard, it's not the difficulty, it's the mosquito-like annoyance of everything that should just be working.
>>108643724>GRANDMAAh yes, the mythical grandma who starts using linux and then never calls for tech support again; I always wonder if that's because linux stress sent her to the grave.
>>108641743If I had to work on winshit my productivity would take a hit.Linux is great if you are a software eng or work with low level stuff, if you are an artfag it's probably not the best pick.
>>108641743>Does linux actually make you more productive or is that just a meme?I spent last night fighting Windows because of a printer. It was easy peasy on Linux Mint which I've been half-assedly experimenting with. So linux is for me now a serious consideration.
>>108641743>won't forcibly restart in the middle of me doing somethingyeah, linux is much more productive than w*nblows could hope to be
>>108642959>Your machine belongs to Ebussy.nuh uh
>>108643784uh>>108643788oh>>108643823melty
>>108641982>arguably enterprise environments don't give you as much of opportunity to learn anything100% true. As time has marched on there has been a concerted effort to hide tech internals from end users, even though knowing that stuff would make them better, more capable employees. >Read access to the company database is prohibited to only devs, ensuring no employees understand the data they are working with or what data is available to them>MS Office's VBA is hidden in the settings and not on by default, which means no office grunt is going to tinker with VBA to automate their workThis is why we have a tech illiterate workforce where everything is a magic app.
>>108643103DE's aren't made for fast people. Fuzzily filtering text in a list is peak interface.
>>108641743Im not a troon but i do love the t60 with void linux. Its my unironic work laptop. I use it for light cad, 3d printing, and paying bills online.If it was a real woman id name her nancy, and she'd be my darling
>loonix>productiveKek
What is it about Linux that makes winjeets spaz out with rage every time someone mentions anything related to it?
>>108641840>It makes you more productive in the sense that you are forced to learn things when you use itthat's not what being productive meansproductive means you're producing somethingbeing forced to learn how to operate things is the opposite of that - you are delayed before you can start producing anythingreal operating systems strive to be intuitive so the user can be immediately productive
>>108643055then use kubuntu if you want the actually good DE
>>108647039weird how you can not read anything that I said and yet still type out a paragraph of reply demonstrating you didn't read.
>>108641743Dunno about BigMacOS - but coming from Windows, Gentoo made me much more productive.
not for me i get caught in update loops
>>108641743>Does linux actually make you more productive or is that just a meme?It's mostly a budget privacy thing since 99% of people just need a browser, Windows has become more Spyware than OS, and macs are expensive.Though I think the new $600 macbooks might be popular for normies.
>>108641757No one regularly using LinkedIn is productive unless their job is literally about professional networking.
>>108641982Truth. Small companies are where you can learn hands on skills. You can also move up, at least in job title, faster and generally take on more responsibility over projects that you can talk about. It's like a power-level for your resume. But larger companies will overpay people to do those meticulous tasks because they want everyone there to be overqualified for the work they're actually doing.Might've been a career mistake, but I had a fortune 500 company practically begging me to accept a job when I was early 20's. It was cushy pay for the time, nice skyscraper office, but I declined because the job was so menial I thought I would lose all my skills. It was basically proof-reading and clicking publish on their website's content. Only later did I realize the higher up you go, the less hands on work you actually do and I basically declared I wanted to be a grunt worker code monkey instead of having the swanky email job.
>>108641743It defends on your configuration and what you need it to do. Linux is generally best for sysadmins and web servers, and there are many shells and desktop environments catered for different preferences. Linux's weakness is that it lacks the software selection that Windows or even macOS has, making Windows the favorite for jobs that aren't related to IT or server maintenance.
>>108643011no idea what would cause this or why you'd have to format second drive to enable snapshots, but mint can't do anything about it if your net card has unstable/shoddy drivers. is it a realtek?i'd wager 95% of people just trying to get work done don't use multiple drives, so this sounds more like a 5% user experience bug (or pebkac)>>108643039>>108643114mint is not a meme distro at all. cachyos, bazzite, zorin, garuda, pretty much all of these "shiny" distros spouting nonsense bs like "optimized for gayyming" and maintained by a small team, those are meme distros.generally if the teams/companies behind them haven't contributed to or funded to one of their major softwares/DEs in any significant way (e.g. mint develops cinnamon, fedora's red hat contributes to the kernel) or are using their own package manager they are a meme distro that can't be trusted to be stable throughout the years. oftentimes they'll tweak things that just make the oobe more broken than if you were using one of the non-meme distros with vanilla software
>>108649683>or are using their own package manager*and aren't
>>108643011>wall of greentext reduces to minor inconveniences that disappear done installing>This is the true Loonix experienceok buddy
>>108649438Correct and levelheaded advice. This is what the world can be like without zealots.
>>108641743You should use it because it is fun for you and not because it makes you more "productive".
>>10864174380% of productivity comes from the user, the OS is a tool that amplifies that ability.
>>108641757It doesn't make you more productive, it makes you less productive since it wastes your time with crap that are non-issues in other OSes (because it just works there).
>>108647801How does learning to edit custom Linux text configuration files make you more productive in Excel (that doesn't even work in Linux).
