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what exactly do you DO with Linux?
>>46972294
well...you rice...and after that...you rice more...or change your distro
Op's mother
Customize many thing like uhhh...
>>46972294
Work.
What exactly do you do with Windows?
If you can answer that, you'll have your answer.
>>46972390
Games.
Oh wait...
>>46972294
You don't perform simple task without needing the terminal...like install software.
Its like going back in time and realizing how much DOS sucked.
Web browsing, programming, games, music, movies.
>inb4 something about Linux having no games
It does, maybe not AAA titles but even some of the foss games are pretty good, mostly the FPS
I just browse the internet and listen to music. Lightweight and freedumbs
>>46972442apt-get install program-i-want
Wow hard.
Let's do it on WindowsGoogle for program
Find site, go to download page, download
Run exe or extract zip and run exe
Click through install, watch out for attempts to install adware
shitpost on /g/
play games (linux has games now, 1000 of them on steam)
write shitty python and c code in a great programming environment (linux is an ide)
rice and tweak because you're given unhindered access to your system
Web development
>>46972294
Mostly edit text files or run applications from a terminal (my own programs don't have interfaces)
I switched from Windows to Linux recently and it's a whole fuckton easier to program with, it was amazing.
Other than that I just do basic stuff like internet, music, and videos. I do play games on it, but it's really just limited to a few small titles, so the fact that a lot of games aren't available doesn't bother me.
Programming, surfing the net, reading, drawing, listening to music, chatting with friends, to name some things.
>>46972442
If you really want a graphical interface then synaptic is a good frontend.
But ignoring a majority of applications just because you fear text is stupid. People don't use linux in spite of the terminal. The terminal is what is keeping them. If you look down under your greasy fingers you should see a large keyboard which let's you type stuff and if you know what you are doing it is a lot easier as you can automate the simple things so life can get easier for you.
>>46972511
>Program isn't installed in default repos
>google 5 times looking for one that might have it
>also google what command to run and hope it doesn't fuck up your dependencies
>>46972655
>Now I'll know what to do next time a program I want isn't in the default repos.
>>46972655
>yaourt and install anything you need from the AUR
>download the program and build it like a competent user
In my opinion, the most practically. I use Windows for pretty much everything besides programming (and the occasional desktop ricing), which I do in an Arch VM with LXDE. It's extremely fast, you really can't tell you're in a VM, and it's just a really nice environment to program in. I'm not a Linux expert either (but the Arch install was easy, so I'm probably more familiar with Linux than the average "tech-savvy" person) but it's a nice way to learn more about it without just diving into it as a primary OS.
I am very supportive of the "year of the Linux desktop" and will happily switch over once it's objectively better than Windows across the majority of my use cases, especially games. And to anyone who wants to say "muh gaymes" to be insulting, I play games very rarely but I do enjoy games casually, and refuse to dual-boot just to fill the gaps that Linux fails to.
>>46972447
>It does, maybe not AAA titles but even some of the foss games are pretty good, mostly the FPS>>
if you think Quake III is state of the art graphics, yea
>>46972831
What is game play
>>46972848
does not matter if your game looks like potato
>>46972294
i actually just waste my time playing games. linux is a perfect emulation machine, and has ports for many good games like Quake III Arena, and open source remakes like OpenRA.
also real interesting to try new distros every now and then. for example, i just gave both gentoo a try, and also freebsd a try though that isnt linux. freebsd is easy as piss to install by the way, has its own installer. if you are interested in getting into a *BSD distro, you should give it a try some day.
Play video games, program, browse the web, torrent, etc.
>>46972876
Back to /v/ you go
>muh state of the art graphics
- rice
- do simple tasks as complicated as possible
- rice more
- MUH TILING WM on i7 machine with 32 Niggabits of Ram on idle because MUH MINIMALISM
- watch animu like the sperglord I am
- complain about no gf
- spend all day fixing shit when pacman eats my config
Post dank memes
>>46972899
enjoy your 1997 graphics lmao
>>46972941
You're an idiot if you think there aren't Linux games with decent graphics.
Also if I wanted to play AAA games I'd use my windows machine for that.
Linux is much better for software development - the entire userspace is one big IDE
>>46972972
>You're an idiot if you think there aren't Linux games with decent graphics.
name them
>>46972991
Witcher 3
Host websites.
Signal processing.
Because I'm not a art degree piece of failure.
>>46972991
Civ 5
Everyday tasks
Devving
Sysadminning
Writing documents
I literally only boot windows to play Games and use Adobe tools. That's it. I don't even browse the web with windows lel.
>>46972991
DOTA
>>46972991
Counter strike
ITT retards just looking for games in repos not realizing steam is into Linux ,more everyday
>>46972294
Try to find an acceptable way to do the shit that was simple and elegant on Windows.
>>46972991
Eve
can I pirate the games on Leenox?
No? Into the trash it goes then
>>46972294
I like to use Linux in combination with the GNU operating system.
>>46972511
At least google will understand a vague name of your desired program, while on loonix more often then not you will also have to google what's tha package called and if you're unlucky also google what repo it's in. And if you're really unlucky find source and compile, id rather just do your "nightmare scenario" on windows.
>>46973268
Or you could set up yaourt and you realize that software installing on Windows is extremely behind
>>46973354
Yaourt is nice but let's be honest what percentage of users use it? Even the fraction that is arch users mostly resort to pacman.
>>46973375
Well that is a truely horrible argument
>>46972294
listen to music
play game
work
watch porn...
>>46973202
You can absolutely download whatever the fuck you want, yes. Linux is capable of file sharing.
>>46973397
How so? Im actually willing to bet there are more windows users who compile their programs than people who use yaourt, in absolute numbers. Hardly a reason to argue either.
>>46973202
Please refrain from using the buzzword "pirate" when referring to unotherised copying
Hack the planet!
Sorry I watched hackers today.
>>46973268
you are talking out your ass. just about every package manager has a search function, which pulls up results for name, description, and function.
work, programming, /g/, music, videos, learning bash. You know, stuff I would use if I get a job as a sysadmin.
Watch anime
Circlejerk on /g/
Rice the fuck out of it
Fix it
>>46972991
Metro last light redux
Anything a normal person does with their computer.
>>46972805
good for you anon, I'm glad people like you exist.
I've made it my work environment for Haskell. I always get an error when trying to install a cabal package on windows, but works on gnu/linux. In addition it has vim.
Been 8 years without Windows. I might have to install it because I want to play Deus Ex but that's it.
I do all my computing in GNU + Linux.
>>46972294
I only use Linux to test my c# code on mono.
And to do java development (wont ever install anything from oracle on my windows box).
to show my friends how superior i am because i could install it.
they hit me back saying they got laid a long time ago and i haven't
- Browse the web
- Browse the deep web
- Post dank memes on /g/
- Make dank memes with the gimp
- Program dank fizzbuzzes in any language
- Avoid working
- Play some super tux cart
- Listen to rap music
- Listen to turkish folk music
- Talk to cows
- Talk to doctors
- Talk to doctors within cows
1000 steam games already available on linux
Also I use linux when i want to go into autistic mode to code. Too many illuminati distractions on windows
>>46972655
>shit_that's_never_happened.txt
>>46972294
Program
Write scripts (file processing on *nix is amazing, wh)
Use it the same way anyone uses any other OS: do work, watch shows and movies, play games, etc.
And best of all, it's all legally free.
>>46972442
Installing through the command line is easy as shit, but honestly, there's a few things Linux needs:
>Standard GUI-based installers (like Windows Installer but for Linux) that works and fits in regardless of your preferred widget toolkit (qt, gtk, wx, command-line gui).
>Make every standalone program that shouldn't be "installed" (including gui-based installers), an easily recognizable .elf (since that's the *nix equivalent of .exe)
>>>This also needs to check your distro's repos for the package you're trying to install from it's own source(s), and ask you which version you want.
>>>I may actually make that one a project at some point because this really shouldn't be too hard to do, it just seems no one's done it yet.
>A single unified package manager that all Linux distros use (so distro and software maintainers don't have to spend as many man hours packaging software for different distros).
>A standard graphical package/software manager (like Window's Programs and Features menu, but it could be integrated)
>>>Gnome Software has this covered for the most part, but we still need the distros to agree on a package manager standard.
If these things could be done and well integrated, Linux would be much better for average users.
>>46973875
>command-line gui
I mean something like curses or ncurses, a Text User Interface
>>46972294
run nigger rape simulations which help more people rape niggers and avoid nigger rape simultaneously. i use linux to help the world.
>>46972511
> Watch out for attempts to install adware
If that is such an effort to you, you shouldn't be using a computer. It's literally clicking 'No thanks', 'Decline' or unchecking a box.
>>46972991
Batman Arkham Knight
>>46973875
>Make every standalone program that shouldn't be "installed" (including gui-based installers), an easily recognizable .elf (since that's the *nix equivalent of .exe)
Good GOD no! file extensions are the stupidest fucking thing ever. Determining file type doesn't require an extension and linux file explorers can easily tell you whats executable and whats not.
Adding extensions to Linux would just make "porn.jpg.elf" or "software.deb.elf" viable attack vectors for stupid people.
>>46972876
> Ocarina of Time
> Released in 1998
> Widely regarded as one of the best games every created
> Final Fantasy VI
> Released in 1994
> Beloved by FF fans
> Final Fantasy VII
> Released in 1997
> Hailed as one of the best games of that era and one that broke the barrier to 3D gaming
> Final Fantasy IX
> Regarded as one of the last good game Square Enix made, especially in regards to the FF series
> Pretty much anything from the N64
Realistic graphics =/= good gameplay
>>46972294install gentoo
>>46972991
Borderlands 2
>>46972326
only real answer on /g/
>>46972294
http://www.proxmox.com/
in order to
http://www.owncloud.org/
http://www.wordpress.org/
http://www.openvpn.org/
http://www.deluge-torrent.org/
How's that?
>>46972294
run web servers.
Pretend to be above anyone else
live cds and vm servers, mostly multi-tier web servers, email servers, dns servers and sometimes other things.
>>46973202
because that's all computers are used for, games. back to /v/ you normie
e-mail, web browsing, video/audio playback, programming, writing papers.
>>46972390
video games
watch netflix
watch hbo go/ hbo now
MPC-HC with full Dolby Digital and DTS support
Use Sound Blaster z with headphone surround virtualization
Watch cable TV via Comcast's portal
>>46974081
yeah well that's still pretty retarded and never has and never will happen on linux machines.
>>46972294
$300 facebook machine
>>46974441
Shit, $100 Facebook machine. http://www.neowin.net/news/at-100-this-windows-81-tablet-is-going-head-to-head-with-android It's Bay Trail, no problems with that on Linux.
>>46974435
From what I'm reading, if something isn't in the default repo, it takes longer to find it than just hit decline.
It's not even slightly retarded, it's excellent marketing, and if you ran a company that sold shit, you'd do it too, because there are so many morons who don't read.
I have never once been inconvenienced in any way by having to read while installing a program.
>>46973875
>package manager standard
Go home Lennart, we hate you.
>>46974545
List of things I've not been able to find in the standard repos of debian:
>obscure Linux-only shit
>things you have to pay for
>>46974588
Okay, scratch that, Steam isn't in the standard repos. I would have to update to testing anyway to run it because it uses a libc newer than what comes with Wheezy. If i were looking for the download of it online I would see that Wheezy isn't supported and update to Testing or Jessie. Then its a simple dpkg -i command followed by apt-get -f install. Or if you have Gnome then there is a GUI application that does all that for you.
watch anime
learn python
browse 4chins
>>46972326
this
>>46972921
and this
it's fun
Constantly reinstall every obscure distro version.
See dozens of DWM versions.
Be baffled that Ubuntu still uses Unity.
Wonder if they gave up on "year of the desktop" and have lowered their sights to "year of the touchpad".
Wait for xorg to die.
>>46974481
$70. Less if you flip that Office 365 key to someone else.
>>46974640
See, if I want Steam on Windows, I go to my preferred search engine and type in 'Steam', without the quotes. Then, I click the top link that takes me to store.steampowered.com/. From there, I click 'Install Steam' in the top right. Once that's finished download, I click 'Next' or 'Agree' on the EULA and work my way through the installer, keeping an eye out for any 'nasties' or 'viruses'. Keep in mind this 'installation' process takes about ten seconds, maybe less if you're a fast reader of if you've done it before. The entire process from start to finish, on a good internet connection, would take perhaps 30 seconds to a minute.
If you REALLY can't spare one minute of your life to install a program, I think you need to reevaluate your time management abilities.
>>46974744
3 seconds really is shorter than one minute
>>46972294
There are many things a user can do with his or her operating system. Most Linux distributions are highly flexible and very versatile. You can browse the Internet, download and run software, and so on.
>>46972326
It's sad that most people here think this is true.
This is what you might see in /g/ desktop threads; but outside of 4chan, there's a considerable amount, perhaps a majority, of people that run Linux free of any visual modifications.
>>46972294
Schoolwork
>>46974866
Please see
> If you REALLY can't spare one minute of your life to install a program, I think you need to reevaluate your time management abilities.
>>46972294
I use eos freya on my rather old notebook. It is way faster, more responsive and way easier to use than windows.
>>46974744
There are a lot of extremely legitimate reasons to choose windows over loonix, but if you're trying to argue that NOT having a package manger is a GOOD thing, then you might want to go and get your chromosomes counted.
I use it for programming/learning to program.
It is so much more organized than windows imo.
>>46974993
I've never been inconvenienced by not having one, but https://chocolatey.org/packages?sortOrder=package-download-count&page=1&prerelease=False seems to be a thing.
>>46974737
Nice.
>>46972294
Get spied on.
>>46975030
It's one of those things you never actually notice till you need to write software, especially if you're trying to install a third party library.
Trying to install OpenCV on windows with precompiled binaries is a fucking nightmare compared to just doing a su -c 'yum install opencv-core'
>>46974744
>If you REALLY can't spare one minute of your life to install a program, I think you need to reevaluate your time management abilities.
That's just as much an argument for using Linux. I compile a lot of my programs anyway. Just a couple commands and I let it run in the background for however long (lua interpretter takes 10 seconds, go compiler takes 10 minutes, beanstalkd with the modifications I make for my company takes 4 seconds, kernel takes an hour or so, etc.)
>>46972991
>>46974187
>>46974090
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>>46973022
TOLD STATUS:
[ ] NOT TOLD
[ ] TOLD
[ ] FUCKING TOLD
[ ] TOLD LIKE THE FIST OF THE TOLD STAR
[ ] THE CHRONICLES OF TOLDIA: THE LION, THE WITCH AND THE TOLDROBE
[ ] TOLDENEYE 64
[ ] AVATOLD: THE LAST TOLDBENDER
[ ] THE 40 YEAR TOLD VIRGIN
[ ] FRUIT TOLD-UP
[ ] TEXAS TOLD'EM POKER
[ ] BLACKBERRY TOLD
[ ] TOLD NAVY
[ ] STONE TOLD STEVE AUSTIN
[ ] TOLD MCDONALD HAD A FARM
[ ] CASH4TOLD.COM
[ ] TOLDERONE
[ ] PTERODACTOLD
[ ] CURE FOR THE COMMON TOLD
[ ] TOLDTINO'S PIZZA ROLLS
[ ] TOLDPLAY
[ ] TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TOLDLES
[ ] BATTLETOLDS
[ ] AUSTIN POWERS TOLDMEMBER
[ ] UNREAL TOLDAMENT
[ ] NO COUNTRY FOR TOLD MEN
[ ] http//:www.youtold.com
[ ] Toldsmobile
[ ] The Ecstasy of Told
[ ] Knights of the Told Republic
[ ] Told Fusion
[ ] Batman: The Brave and the Told
[ ] Toldasaurus Rex
[X] All of the above
>>46972294
actual technical work
If you're on /g/ you rice it like every other OS and pretend you know what you are talking about
i like to do completely useless things
>>46972390
Use the internet via wifi
Everything unless I need to use something that wont work under wine.
>>46975068
True.
Try and get some basic functionality working and then get told it's a stupid feature nobody wants when I tell people it doesn't work
Lin>>46972294
Linux is basically a corn tortilla filled with chicken, bacon, peppers, and cheese. You roll it like a Doobie and shove it right up your ass
>>46972294
have fun
>>46972831
nigga wu
thttp://news.softpedia.com/news/Feral-Interactive-Confirms-Arkham-Knight-GRID-Autosport-and-Company-of-Heroes-2-for-Linux-475519.shtml
>>46975243
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>>46973022
>buying games
LMFAO
pirating games is way easier on windows, why would you pay for playing single player games?
>>46974129
everyone played these games through as a kid already. why bother replaying them constantly? maybe linfags are stuck in the past...
>>46975243
> NOT TOLD
> TOLD
> ALL OF THE ABOVE
>>46975597
>poorfag detected
>having to pirate shit and not knowing they always install fucking malware on your rig
How low can you winbabies get?
>>46975618
Because they're better than most games released today, and just because you've played them once doesn't mean you can't play through them again. I'm constantly finding new tricks and hidden items in FFIX, or unlocking new shit in Lylat Wars.
>>46972294
browse the web, write code, shitpost, fap
same things i do on my windows computer
>>46972511
>Not using a dsm script for install
It's like you believe the only way to do something on Windows is the incompetent way.
Also obscurely named packages are fun to find on Google. It's even better when you have to compile it or when it changes your dependencies/flat out doesn't work.
Maybe it's because I use mainly use red hat 6.6 and mint. Then again, why do I have so many options for distros? And why does every other user -even outside of /g/- tell me to use something else entirely to get something to work?
>Matlab libs keep failing on use? Probably need to use ubuntu.
>Dell laptops typically kernal panic with rh. No worries. Just start all the fuck over again to get one program to work correctly.
I'll give credit where its due and by far is Linux a frustrating mess for common usability. more rare/difficult issues are great tho compared to Windows.
>>46972294
I write mathematical code in Python, C, C++, matlab, Octave (sometimes), and I typeset in LaTeX.
I also use Xilinx ISE Design Suite to program an fpga for side projects.
All of these things compile and run a lot faster on a linux machine
I can watch naughty videos and I don't need to worry about viruses
program in C :^)
>>46972294
What do you do with Windows? Well, you get made part of a botnet <1 day after installing it.
>>46972876
Did you seriously just call Quake 3 bad because of its graphics? Are you 12?
>>46977220
Quake IIIs graphics are bad, admit it
>>46972294
>H1B curry nigger shill detected
>>46975904
>>having to pirate shit and not knowing they always install fucking malware on your rig
How do you know? I thought you aint using windows?
Enjoy
https://scs.senecac.on.ca/~raymond.chan/ops535/1501/
>>46974081
Until 'No thanks' or 'Decline' actually say 'Yes' and install it anyways.
Great software for a great OS.
http://forum.daemon-tools.cc/f33/thanks-malware-30115/
How do you winfags even mount ISOs?
>>46978030
wincdemu
>>46972655
>fuck up dependencies
literrally wat?
>>46972511
>apt-get
>not using zypper
>not using openSUSE
discusting
>>46972294
Basically anything I did on windows, only with freedoms
