Is there any legitimate excuse to be using Windows besides >muh new gaymes
(I stress 'new' here since wine can run most 3+ year old games)
>>54603262
On my notebook on windows:
-temps are lower
-its quieter on idle
>>54603373
I had the opposite experience
>>54603262
>>54604164
So you're okay with Microsoft/NSA knowing every executable you run?
>>54604191
what are they going to do with the info
>>54603262
>run anyway
problem solved
>>54603262
>Is there any legitimate excuse to be using Windows besides >muh new gaymes
Productivity software
>B-but muh WINE
Enjoy your Autocad R13
>>54604202
theoretically if you know what programs/OS someone runs you can track the user agent across different services
>person of interest opens pidgin messenger
>autoconnect facebook, gchat, jabber, aim, etc at the same time with the same user agent
>two points make a line
>>54604202
You should read this book called Three Felonies a Day
>>54603262
Microcucks on suicide watch
>>54603262
>can run most 3+ year old games
What about Morrowind and Fallout 3? With mods. Those won't run.
>>54603262
Baby duck effect?
Drivers, too.
>>54604202
>YOU HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, SO WHY DO YOU NEED PRIVACY YOU STUPID GOY
Weird-ass hardware configurations that Linux doesn't handle well like docking stations or eGPUs.
>>54603262
>wine can run most 3+ year old games
If only, not to mention most games it can run are bugged in some way or the performance loss that requires over compensation in hardware to run well.
>>54603262
>3+ year old games
>most
>run shit and buggy at that
LINKEKS OUT
Seriously is there any legitimate excuse to run Linux other than to be an edge lord?
Nothing works or runs on it.
There's no compelling reason to switch to something from Windows that has far more limited software choice in everything, especially when you simply want to use your computer for the software (and/or games I suppose), and not simply specifically just to use it for the OS alone and not run any software.
And others who want to do work on their computer, and work as in get stuff done, not work as in their work is maintaining and keeping the OS running, and installing and trying out 101 pajeet distros.
>>54604191
Why not just block MS?
>>54605343
>>54605252
5 bing points have been deposited into your accounts, Rajesh and Pajeet
>>>/v/
>MUH GAYMES
>BING POINTS
Literally the only argument Lincucks can come up with and it's not even an argument just rhetoric.
>>54605396
5 toenail clippings have been deposited into your bindle, Richard.
>>>/out/
>>54604275
Sure, if you are a politician involved with corruption or a mass-level drug dealer. The book didn't go into what the title was at all and is bloated to say the least.
I haven't read it all I did was look at reviews :^).
>MS Office suite, Libre is fucking shit
>Adobe's creative suites. Nothing compares
>Muh Foobar
>Not having to install dependencies with every fucking program
>Windows 10's driver support is phenominal, pretty much everything is plug and play now.
>Seamless multi-screen support. For some reason, this is often an issue in Linux.
>"oh, you have to use the terminal and an obcene amount of commands to do this tiny thing that would require two clicks in Windows"
Piss off. I want to love Linux so much, I really do, but every time I use it, I'm reminded of why it sucks so fucking badly and is unnecessairly backwards to use.
>>54605396
HERE'S YOUR SHKELIM, JONAS APPELBAUM @ INTEL
>>54603373
>linux on my laptop
>40 tabs open in chrome
>lots of random shit idle in the background
>load average at 0.20
>fan doesn't even come on
>windows on my laptop
>10 tabs open in chrome
>nothing else
>40% cpu
>fan on constantly
>>54606208
>windows users are incapable of reading books
Is there any reason to NOT use it other than freetarded bullshit?
>>54606470
Linux has many advantages
>>54606513
THE CUBE
>>54606513
>posting the very much outdated bait site
>>54606513
I just want to be able to make websites, play some games here and there, and browse the web. Is all of this still relatively easy and intuitive as windows? I will switch as long as it doesn't take three weeks to figure out how to use the shit.
>>54606470
>boots faster
>has filesystem options from this millenia
>easier to use
>don't have to worry about microshill owning everything you do
I'm not gonna waste my time installing another os on my computer when wangblows already does everything i need it to do.
>>54606513
Already don't worry about viruz
System not unstable, works fine
How does Linux protect my computer, what the fuck does that mean?
Windows 10 was free, and is still free if you join the Insider program
I don't use crapware
>Freedum, the one thing I said not to discuss
Does this panel suggest installing software is a negative thing? lol
I already don't give a fuck about drivers. Any important ones come through Windows update or a self-updater
The Windows Store can update all its software easily, but this is one slight advantage Linsux has I guess
I buy software
Linux does not find me new software
I can do the cubez on Windows
My digital life is not fragmented
I choose what my desktop looks like
My Windows blazes, faggot
>hippie bullshit
NSA literally made SELinux, and has contacted Linus about putting backdoors in
You can get free and unlimited (shit tier) support on Windows too
Windows 10 includes workspaces
Start menu is fine
Free software has tons of years-old bugs, see the flash stealing focus bug in firefox or the no thumbnails in gtk windows
I defer upgrades and reboot as needed
I don't use shit computers
I don't like shitty free games
I don't want to help others
I can use that same program on WIndows
I can use that same program on Windows
I can see the weather on any OS
>>54604275
I've read it and the book doesn't even try to suggest that the title is true for the average person. The average person commits zero felonies per day and the author knows it.
>>54605252
>>54605343
you guys act like virtualbox doesn't exist
>>54606313
yeah the reason I use linux is because the terminal is so obvious and familiar. you should give it a real try in virtualbox, just learn the basic commands, you succeed when you realize (1) it's all the same across distros and (2) lots of it comes from a 50+ year tradition
>>54606552
1.ubuntu
2. chromium
3. steam
>>54606600
Double Dubs, year of the linux desktop comes never.
>>54606600
>>54606655
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
>>54603262
Man, SmartScreen fucking pisses me off.
I shelled out money for the joke that is a VeriSign certificate[1] and yet if someone downloads a program I made, they see the terrifying ScareScreen. And they've actually made it worse over the last year or two. Now, the "Run anyway" button is hidden behind a text button that looks like a Web link.
In my opinion. their entire goal is to push independent software creators into the Microsoft Store.
[1] I sent my company's entry on the Secretary of State website, but they somehow couldn't parse and understand it. Instead, to verify my claims regarding my company, they required me to make a listing on YellowPages.com. What. The. Fuck.
>>54606600
maybe one day you'll get over the 13 year old emotional crisis
>>54603373
on windows
> shit memory management
> laughable file caching
> NTFS
On Linux
> supreme memory management
> best file caching that I've experienced
> non fragmenting EXT4 or similar file systems
>>54605113
Just leave them to their myopia. Its better than wasting the energy to respond. People who can get it either already know, or will when they're given the means to think about it.
Anyone who shows heavy or mocking resistance is not worth bothering with. They don't care to build an accurate model of reality, leave them to their degeneracy.
>>54604754
Are you really trying to make a point there?
>>54606600
>don't worry about virus
Good goy
>>54606807
that's as nonsensical as ayn rand, rand paul, or RAND herself
>>54606655
Oh fuck double double dubs confirms
>>54606643
>you guys act like virtualbox doesn't exist
3D performance in virtualbox (windows guest, linux host) is worse than Wine, in my experience
compatibility is higher but it's like filing off half your GPU die
this is pretty much the only reason I still keep a windows partition. Vitrualbox can host it as a guest and I can also boot it directly for SolidWorks and WINE-problematic games
>>54606824
>Cannot you find the files you need?
>Congratulations!!!
enough said
>>54605343
Because Windows is such a wonderfull and optimized OS after you remove all the bloat/adware shit, right?
>>54606862
>Cryptowall
>>>"Cannot find the files"
>>>"Enough said"
Cry more nigger
ITT: Self righteous linuxfags attack windows for no reason.
>>54606850
>using virtualbox
VMware > oracle shit
>>54606313
It's just a matter of not going hardcore at the first try. Just get Ubuntu on that shit.
Btw
>dependencies
Because it's so much better to re-download a fuckton of runtime DLLs with every single program you get.
>>54606643
>yeah the reason I use linux is because the terminal is so obvious and familiar. you should give it a real try in virtualbox, just learn the basic commands, you succeed when you realize (1) it's all the same across distros and (2) lots of it comes from a 50+ year tradition
GP specifically cited the annoyance of needing X commands to accomplish something done in TWO CLICKS on Windows.
"Invest a few years learning this and then you won't mind anymore" isn't really a selling point.
(for the record, I generally prefer the command line, am appalled at the shitty console that MS has never improved, and all I want is a native bash implementation from Microsoft, not that weird winbash bullshit)
>>54606892
Valid reason, wincuck
>>54606655
It's over, Dub Dub Dubs confirms linux is shit guys, pack up our distros and go home.
>>54606923
>you enjoy apples
>i enjoy pears
>my enjoyment of pears affects you
makes me hard as a rock neetboi. nobody cares what OS you use but you.
>>54606836
I think it's okay.
>>54606949
>nobody cares
Exactly. Stop shoving your piece of shit OS onto tech board
>>54606991
>he thinks all of /g/ is one person.
So much angst. How is high school going?
>>54607020
>Reading comprehension of a 14y/o
You should not be posting here
>>54607039
What's wrong, anon. Overweight? Ugly? Why are you so mad at nothing? How much time do you spend defending Linux as if you are paid to do so? How many images are in your "post these in windows thread" folder?
>>54607144
The level of projection is overwhelming
>>54607159
Is that you conceding? All I got out of that post was. "he said something so I'm going to say the same thing." You have no point, anon. It's not my fault you pledge your allegiance to software.
>>54607183
>I-It's that you
How does it feel to be a buttravaged winshill?
Windows is useless outside of a VM, if you need Windows only softwre use a VM, if you need media production software use OSX since it's the industry standard on that field.
The only reason to use Windows is muh vydia.
>>54607201
I can't hear you over my apathy. Are you going to make any points anytime soon or continue to spread your cheeto dust all over your gaming keyboard?
>>54605343
>Nothing works on it
Except, you knoe, Linux is the most used kernel in the world. The website you're posting on runs Linux. The computer you're posting probably runs Linux. You don't go 24 hours without interacting with Linux. It's used in more systems and more critical systems (shit that actually needs to work flawlessly).
But yeah, Windows. So cool.
>>54606949
>rate my calculator
>>54606850
>>54606902
jeez i dnt kno u were gonna get all hXc about it
>>54606885
>cannot you find?
>ви нe мoжeтe знaйти?
>>54606870
It is actually. Don't install adware to start with.
However I spend far more time using a software's interface etc than I do with the OS.
Since you know, I have a computer to run software I want to use things, I don't have a computer to run a specific chosen OS.
You guys are putting the cart before the horse.
>>54607358
Nice straw man.
Web servers running Apache doesn't translate into a good desktop OS for an end user.
A 'critical system' will still be a server, it won't run as a desktop OS for a single user. Eg: such as a render farm, it likely wont have a desktop environment at all running.
Clients (inc Win) will send to the server for rendering etc.
I'm posting from Windows btw.
>>54603262
>(I stress 'new' here since wine can run most 3+ year old games)
Naaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah lol
>>54606918
naw I ran a unix in a VM for 6 months on mac before going full time. unlike windows, which is the default paradigm of desktop computing, you have to learn about and evaulate the OS before you install it. that could take a week or two for something like ubuntu
>>54606824
Apparently the group behind this particular cryptoware have made over 1/3rd of a billion USD...
can you even imagine that much money??
I respect them in an odd sort of way
>>54607521
Your syntax and overall grammar are a hacked together mess.
Every time my own mind is compromised, my environment also begins to behave as though it is equally crippled. I don't believe the machinery of my own perception explains this. Going a bit solipsism about this, it's just such a highly conserved feature of my experience.
Doesn't necessarily need to be outright solipsism, but something is not quite right...
>>54607616
confirmed overweight.
I could mount you and pummel you. I'm certain you have a weak neck.
Windows provides me with a good experience.
Literally everything just works. I have to put zero effort into installation and maintenance, and so far my system is 9 months old without any apparent issues or slowdowns I would experience in Windows 7 after some time.
I'm really impressed.
>>54603262
Powershell....I hate work
>>54607518
>google translate russian
busted
>>54607630
I'm not overweight.
I have a slight scoliosis of my spine, and TMJ issues in the jaw, but neither of those really translate into a weakness or prominent vulnerability of the neck as a whole. You likely couldn't mount nor pummel much of anything.
>>54607652
I didn't ever bother to learn powershell. It seemed needlessly complex and verbose relative to batch. But that's just at a glance.
Is it valuable to know?
>>54607732
I'd bet my purple belt I could double leg you and grind your soft cubicle body into the mat until you submit.
>>54607759
Not sure what I'd do with a purple belt.
>>54607616
>>54607630
>>54607794
Well for you it would be more of a bracelet you fat cunt
>>54607806
Lol.
>>54603262
Games is a valid enough reason. /thread
>>54607847
it's funny when it's the first reply, not the 300th
>>54607358
>4chan runs on FreeBSD
>>54606513
>hundreds of games
solitaire is one game no matter how many names you give it
>>54607820
>>54607806
Actually, I am curious. Why are you so mad, Anon? Why does it bother you so much that I won't engage, or fight with you?
Hey /g/ I just looked up skylake's support for windows 7/8.1 and I found this: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/skylake-support
Does this mean only pre-built PC's can keep running older versions of Windows? I bit the bullet and bought a skymeme cpu at a very nice discount, and if I can stay off windows 10 for at least 2 years that'll make me happy.
>>54606643
4670k here, so I don't get to experience the joys of vt-d, performance drop should make it kinda pointless. I dunno, maybe if intel igps didn't need vt-d, I could go that route, but I'm pretty sure they do.
>>54603373
my desktop is opposite.
>>54603262
Decent art software is still only made for Windows/Mac. Otherwise, I'd be Linux all the way.
>>54607847
>/threading your own post
>>54608100
bump
>>54608227
Art software is developed with OSX in mind, Windows versios are just shitty ports for the poorfags who don't use Macs.
>>54604254
there's bricscad though
http://cad.softwareinsider.com/compare/5-10/AutoCAD-vs-BricsCAD
>>54606606
but who decides what is a felony?
>>54606949
>makes me hard as a rock neetboi. nobody cares what OS you use but you.
taking insults personally in an anonymous board
everytime
>>54606949
Are you really trying to say people's preferences don't influence their actions, and those behaviors don't then influence the world as a whole?
Don't be so naive. If anything could exist strictly in a vacuum we wouldn't exist in a universe where things must only feed or be fed upon. Whether you like it or not, that fuck who likes apples is a machine of finite mind, and therefore, a finite spectrum of behaviors and novel context. Their taste in fruit does and always will affect you, eventually.
>>54607215
>if you need Windows only softwre use a VM
What if the "Windows only software" I need is device drivers that aren't complete shit?
I ran Linux for months. One day my sound just stopped working completely. Why? No idea, I don't care. I repaved with Windows where I don't have to worry about stuff breaking for absolutely no reason, and where I have some kind of support route in the case that it does.
>>54603262
I can't play some of my powerpoint games on vms; blame jap programming
>>54607759
Do you like gladiator movies?
