I've been using Linux for the past few five or so years and it's been going pretty okay. I'm not a programmer, don't work in IT, I'm actually a humanities student if you can believe that. I almost never see other people using Linux where I am right now and where I'm most likely going to work. I've seen mostly IT people running Linux and, when I had to do some light chatting with them, they were pretty genuinely surprised I knew the difference between the desktop environment and the OS. I use Debian, which is also a bit unusual.I don't really have much to say about Linux. It's fine and it doesn't insist on itself the way Windows or MacOS do. Besides, I'm pretty confident there's spyware in Windows.Most of my issues running Linux have come from Microsoft Office. For my own needs and whoever accepts PDFs, LibreOffice is completely fine. It's a bit unconventional to learn how to use if you've only ever used Microsoft Office before, but I'm pretty decent with it now. Often, some people want you to send documents in .docx format and that's where things usually go wrong. I have a corporate Microsoft account (unfortunately), but Word Online (or whatever they call it now) usually only allows limited editing without their Windows applications.So that's my experience.
>>108944858At most software companies it's: 70% MacOS, 20% Linux, 10% Windows.
>>108944858I use it at my job. They're stuck on this ancient version of Ubunut but at least it's not Windows.
Outside of my own unit I only see it among a few co-workers, and in servers.
>>108944858As a NEET, I don't really "see" Linux. But I'm using it for ~3 years. And my gaymer normie friend talked about Linux recently and he's interested. At first I thought it's my small little bubble, but there are a lot of people talking about Linux on social media now, there is definitely a hype.
I've been using it for 22 years and have never seen it outside of own PCs. Every workplace uses Windows and/or MacOS. Even the server at work is running Windows.
I'm kind of a Windows 11 guy myself.
I am the Linux guy. I try not to sell people on it as I'd just end up as their tech support. I'm already tech support for my friend. He kept complaining that his sudo password wouldn't work but in reality he mistyped his password during the installation. I've made a grave mistake.
>>108944858I have to use Ubuntu for work. It has the usual annoyances that you encounter when using Linux but they're not a show stopper.
>>108944997Snaps are way worse than "the usual annoyances." It shouldn't take half a minute for your volume control to start.
>>108944967>I'd just end up as their tech support.truth nuke, this is fucking insane.
>>108944858Android is a Linux and android for computing is rather useless, however android is everywhere and normies have put it to use for their usecase
>>108944967This is the smart way to go about it. I showed CachyOS's gaming performance to a coworker a couple weeks ago, but told her I wouldn't recommend it if she doesn't like using the terminal.
>>108945152stop talking to whores
>>108945158Permavirgin detected.
>>108945164redditor detected
>>108945171Really? That's your reply?
>>108945152larp>>108945158replying to larpyep, 2 retards ruining the thread
>>108945004FrU guys are my tech support lol
>>108944867I see and use linux daily when I'm working on a VPS.As far as people using it as their machine's OS, I've come across one hardcore devops guy running it, but mostly it's random nerdy friends of mine, many of which don't work in tech, using it. Often just as an experiment to see what the big deal is.
>>108944858The CNC mill I use at work runs Linux.
>>108944858for being a humanities student, you come off as pretty retarded with your written word. what are you, 80, maybe 85 iq?
>>108944858I saw someone using a Plasma desktop on the train, but that could mean they use any Unix-like system that ships Plasma. In fact, you don't see Linux, unless you're a kernel dev.
>>108944967>>108945004what about people for whom you're already tech support? my grandma uses ubuntu LTS because I got fed up having to solve arcane windows issues on an ancient PC every time I visited
>>108944867at my company it's 99% windows (including servers), 0.9% macos, 0.1% linux/solaris (legacy servers, random appliances)
>>108944858>KDE users are closet faggotsBased show.
>>108947382>GNOME users were raped in the arse by their dads and become literal schizospottery
>>108944858World basically runs Linux. Linux usage is basically 100% and Windows, macOS etc. don't even show in any statistics except very specific niche consumer stats when limiting how you manipulate the meaning of "Linux"."Where do you see Linux in real life?">international space station>deep space exploration rovers>orbital space telescope arrays>next generation space observatories>continental particle physics accelerator>global supercomputing research facilities>national air traffic control centers>transcontinental high speed rail networks>modern vehicle dashboard infotainment units>electric car autonomous driving modules>commercial aviation flight management computers>underground metropolitan subway transit grids>oceanic cargo shipping logistical databases>experimental self driving taxi fleets>major financial stock exchange trading engines>international banking telecommunication networks>global automated teller machine grids>institutional high frequency trading servers>hyperscale cloud computing data centers>core internet backbone routing facilities>authoritative domain name system servers>massive online encyclopedia server clusters>global video streaming delivery networks>hospital magnetic resonance imaging scanners>medical computed tomography imaging machines>robotic minimally invasive surgical arms>biological genomic sequencing research labs>federal military defense communication grids>naval nuclear submarine command consoles>armed forces reconnaissance drone controllers>regional electrical power distribution grids>commercial nuclear reactor safety systems>marine offshore oil extraction platforms>renewable wind energy farm turbines>city municipal water purification plants>cinematic visual effects rendering warehouses>major animation studio production pipelines>feature length computer generated imagery farms>massively multiplayer online game backends>professional live sports broadcasting trucks
>>108947709>android smartphones>android tablets>chromebooks>smart tvs>amazon fire tv sticks>streaming media players>car infotainment displays>smart home displays like google nest hub>wear os smartwatches>steam deck handheld gaming console>raspberry pi hobbyist displays>kindle and kobo e-readers>digital photo frames>public transit arrival screens>airport flight information displays>atm machines>self-checkout kiosks>retail point of sale terminals>smart appliances with touchscreens>fitness equipment displays
>>108944858All hospitals here have internal webapps, so most doctors just get a PC with Mint and Chrome.
>>108947375>at my company it's 99% windows (including servers)grim
>>108947648poetterykekw
>>108947709>>108947728linux won.
>>108944858I love it on servers. I could never imagine using Windows / IIS. The only purpose Windows server serves is AD and group policies.On the desktop, I've been trying to make it work since Ubuntu 6.something. It was always "Interesting, but unusable". I have a Steam Deck and it's rather annoying to have to fiddle around with protontricks to make things work that just werk on Windows, such as MIDI audio or other random shit. Everything just takes way more steps than it should.My main PC is a MacBook. My main gaming PC is running 10 LGBT Enterprise. I tried dual booting Ubuntu a few times but the experience is just worse than a properly configured Windows 10. It's always the small utilities and drivers that are missing that are foiling my attempts to fully switch.Still, it's undeniable that Linux desktop is closer to Windows than it's ever been. It's still a downgrade in many regards, but it's not the completely unusable crap it was 20 years ago where you were a masochist who crippled his own computer when you ran a distro as your main OS. Nutella's vision for the next version of Windows is no doubt more surveillance crap, more bloat and rewriting everything in "new" UI frameworks so that just running the windows shell will eat all your RAM and lag. Even if desktop Linux stopped improving, they'll catch up, just by MS sabotaging their own OS.
>>108944967>I'd just end up as their tech supportas nerdy kids we eventually learn to never recommend or offer help for anything, for anything you touch is your fault once they break it.
>>108947361for things you're already on the hook on for everything (and you're fine with it), then you can do whatever makes your job easierif you're not fine with it, tell them you can't fix it (even though you can) and needs to be brought to a repair shop, this breaks the link... sometimes anyway, if they're family or otherwise have regular contact with you then they might try to establish a new link between you and their new computer (because they didn't get it repaired, they just bought a new one)
>>108948208>It's always the small utilities and drivers that are missing that are foiling my attempts to fully switch.this is because you've likely never tried to spend significant time with it. you already have a ton of small tools and knowledge on how to do everything in windows, and so when you need to do anything new on linux it feels like a chore because you don't immediately know how to do it like you do on windows, this is not linux's fault... it's not your fault either, this is just something an experiences windows user needs to decide if it's worth re-doing.i was the same.. and eventually this flips. when i was new to linux windows felt "comfortable", nowadays linux feels more comfortable. you have to decide if that's what you want and stick with it.
>>108944858At my work 100% of the products run linux. Embedded systems. My work dev tower is ubuntu. Customers don't need to know or care what's in the magic box.
it dominates in servers and embedded, which means you will only see it often if you actually have a joband anyone who has a job has better things to do than fight with Arch for weeks at a time to get some terminal ricing just right. in fact, IT people tend to develop non-computer hobbies and often just use windows at home because it's free and just werks and/or it's what the LUSERS are using so may as well get used to it
>>108947709 >>108947728 >>108948182Devices in the world:>Linux 41 billion>Windows 1.4 billion>macOS 150 millionIf Windows and macOS would disappear today, nobody would ever even notice.
>>108947361>what about people for whom you're already tech support?Mom&Dad&Granny, mostly phone stuff or setting up the TV / Router. But I once helped my best friend to install Windows because "My PC can't upgrade to 11" and somehow he got interested in Linux and I also helped him to install that. I'm glad everything works there.But normies are so fucking toxic, they don't even research. "Why does my game open on the 2nd screen" He really wanted to return the game on steam. I just googled that, first entry search result offered a fix.
>>108948274>you have to decide if that's what you wantimagine voluntarily choosing to prefer windows
>>108944858I've been using fedora for about a year now on my personal PC. I am also not a programmer or IT guy, I just decided to try it instead of windows 11, because my work PC has window 11 and it's extremely buggy and slow.I don't have a lot of thoughts about it, it's OK and the name is rather funny to me>tips fedora
>>108948590familiarity and comfort are a hell of a drug.i switched ages ago however when windows wasn't quite as abjectively bad, so it could be seen differently today
>>108948441Yeah I just used Pop_os. No hassles, except now I have to upgrade to cosmic. largely default config.I'm being forced to pick windows or mac for new company-issued laptop, though. Haven't decided which. Coworkers and family all use mac. But I don't like the keyboard and 1btn mouse. Not sure which I'll pick.
