This spyware's common name is Windows 10 but people of high culture call it NSAos. This software disguises itself as an operating system but ask yourself this; who is operating who?!!! :think-about-it: Ads, forced updates, bloatware and the fucking data collection!! You aren't in the driver seat, this spyware is doing the driving!

Today is your lucky day though as I come with good news :meow-fiesta: there is a free open-source and privacy respecting operating system called Linux. This Linux thing is the backbone of the whole internet and Android is based on it.

You can do everything on Linux; from using Firefox or Spotify to playing your games... there is even a Linux program called WINE which allows you to run quite a lot of Windows games and programs as if they were native to Linux

With Linux, you are in full control, you doing the driving yourself, comrade!! So come to the penguins' side :penguin-dance: and reject the evil corporation.

I suggest you check out the Linux distribution Kubuntu... Manjaro KDE for those feeling a bit brave.

This post is for you to share your concerns about Linux with us or why you are hesitant. If you are a Linux user then tell us about how lovely it's been.

PS: any negative comments about Linux will result in a ban, the mods are onboard with this :)

Edit: and join us at !libre for everything open source.

Edit: on Linux, you get all your software from one place and you can easily update them from there.

  • throwmunist [any]
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    4 years ago

    If you are a beginner, THE distro to go is Linux Mint.

    It comes with everything a simple user needs, you can control your updates graphically, make them automatic or not, schedule if you want, have backups/config restore points, and the installation is about 7 GB clean. It basically holds your hands and has good support.

    [edit] I love KDE and recommend it to everyone, but still recommend Mint first because of its reliability. I could make it run in a 1-core Atom netbook. [/edit]

    I would NOT recommend Manjaro for starters because it has some weird non-standard ways of dealing with updates: it takes them directly from Arch, which is a rolling distro, but they hold back in their own repositories (servers for programs, which are called packages); if there's a problem (and Manjaro has plenty), you're on their hands. Ubuntu-based distros are, in that way, more supported. Kubuntu, as an example, is more reliable because it takes its sources from Ubuntu, but they have the KDE Plasma Desktop.

    If you want to use KDE applications on Mint (and other distros with the GTK engine), you may need to use Qt5 settings to make the themes correct (Qt5 is the engine from the KDE project, GTK is from Gnome's).

    There is also a beautiful e-book reader for Linux called Foliate. Check it out.

    • Pirate [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Yeah I'm using Foliate and it's great. So why don't we compromise and say Kubuntu? KDE Plasma is just the best imo

      • throwmunist [any]
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        4 years ago

        I love KDE and recommend it to everyone, but still recommend Mint first because of its reliability. I could make it run in a 1-core Atom netbook. Truly magnificent.

      • throwmunist [any]
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        4 years ago

        Because it basically "holds your hands and has good support", but I should have clarified with reliability, which I commented separately. I'm gonna edit.

        edit: let is be clear that I'm referencing a distro for beginners. Kubuntu is also well-curated -- KDE is prettier, more responsive, more powerful and with such it appeals more -- but Mint's reliability is unparalleled still.