Do people actually use Linux as their daily driver or is it a meme?
>>54665210
People usually use it to you around or for specific tasks - but maybe there are 10 people in total on this board that use it everyday... obviously not sane.
Of course they do. If you don't play many games, Linux is perfectly capable.
I use it ironicallt
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>>54665210
It's my primary OS
I used to for years but now use Windows 10. I shill GNU/Linux just to troll idiots in to wasting their time with it to make me feel better about all the time I wasted.
>>54665210
I use it on my laptop and will once i get a desktop. All i do is watch jewtube and shitpost.
its a meme
I've been Learning Linux and how they work. And the extremely flexibility they offer and along with how you can completely break them too, lol
I can see the appeal.
Personally, I don't really care much for it. Though I could easily do what I do now on linux, though would take a bit to make some things work.
Linux vs windows vs Max = Auto cars vs Manual cars, etc, etc
Pick your poison and move on.
>>54665210
lol you're on the internet you fuck
you're using right fucking now
>>54665210
It's like you are asking "How many people here use manual transmission?" in an automobile board
My uni course requires us to use Linux. Not all of my cs classed require it though.We study the kernel and have to write programs using POSIX thread libraries and Linux TCP libraries. for all our assignments we must use git or svn and then to submit them we have to copy the files over ssh to their Linux server and verify that they run there.. we are tested on various commands eg. What ls -Fi shows you came up on the midsem. I still dual boot windows but I'm 95% of the time using Linux now.
>>54665210
I use it everyday. I'm thinking on removing my windows partition since I never boot on it. I stopped playing the few games that I had installed on my windows partition.
>>54665210
>Do people actually use Linux as their daily driver or is it a meme?
Yes
Why wouldn't I?
>>54665236
>there are 10 people in total on this board that use it everyday
Wew rajesh. Go back to /v/ with your mental handicap
>>54665210
People generally just install it, keep using Windows, then only use it when their friends or family are over to impress them.
>>54665258
If you don't play games or use professional/production/office software for any business purpose.
Basically it's perfect to dwell in your basement and do nothing useful or interesting.
>>54665344
Yeah by your definition having an Android phone is "using Linux".
>>54665210
if by people you mean fedora edgelords, and by use you mean rice their desktops, then yes
>>54666115
Android uses Linux as it's kernel
>>54666121
Epic win XD
If you have to ask, it's a meme.
>>54665210
>>54665236
>theres people on /g/ who use proprietary operating systems
>>>/out/
>>54665210
Its a meme, only losers would...oh wait
I do on my laptop for programming, matlab and other school stuff. On my PC I use windows because muh games
Works like a charm.
>>54665210
>daily driver
you must be retarded
>>54666328
It's a normalpleb term for primary OS
>>54666169
(Because you are too stupid to even consider the possibility)
>>54665258
>games
>useful and interesting
lol ok
>>54666644
>he doesn't play grand strategies on his box
eww.
>>54666644
>games
>uninteresting
yeah these lines of code are giving me all sorts of jollies.
go fuck yourself faggot. nobody gives a shit what OS you use but you.
>>54666661
I play Stellaris, CK2, EU4 on Ubuntu. HoI4 soon.
>>54666676
I've got CK2, but I've read elsewhere that it's more involved than the EU games, so haven't bothered to really play it. I don't get all that involved in the games I play, I just play a bit after work to relax/avoid doing the dishes.
Been playing Civ5 the past couple weeks, because it was 75% off on Steam to hype up the new one coming out.
>>54665210
Linux has always been a meme and only losers use it
>>54666115
>by your definition
No, by matter of fact.
>>54666731
>97% of the most powerful computers ever created by human kind run linux
>lol but only losers run linux
>>54665210
It is the only OS I have installed on my laptop. And I have an android phone, so you could say Linux is the only OS I use.
>>54666866
>implying bragging about powerful computers doesn't make you a loser
Been solely using Ubuntu for over 5 years now. If anything it's been quicker and easier to setup then windows installations. I've never ran into an issue with lack of a driver. Windows 7 always required me to go to all of these various manufacturer websites to get drivers. Most of the time it required me to use another computer to get the Lan driver. Not sure how windows 10 is now.
All I do it use my desktop for web backend api development. No games, besides the odd AOE match on Lan. I couldn't go back to windows. The environment is to much of a bitch to maintain. Python and Ruby is a joke to setup last I checked.
>>54665210
I use it as my daily driver, my work OS, my gaming OS and on every single server I manage.
Distributions include Gentoo, Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS and Fedora.
>>54665258
Posting this while taking a break from gaming, actually.
Yeah, it does everything I need for daily use whilst being less bloated plus the great feeling that I'm not part of the botnet.
Web browsing, photo editing (Darktable for RAW editing which isn't even on windows), some gaming, Skype (via web app), Discord.
Only reason I boot into windows is to use MSOffice or for playing windows only games.
>>54665210
>but maybe there are 10 people in total on this board that use it everyday
There are more than 10 people in this thread who use it every day, let alone this board.screenfetch
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>>54665210
I use Ubuntu GNOME as my daily driver and it has never failed me, only thing that have failed me is AMD's drivers (or lack there of).
Have had to reinstall after an upgrade because the drivers didn't support the newer x11 version.
This is the reason I now use the open source drivers and the reason I'm going nvidia next time I buy a new gpu
>>54666731
Linux is used by:
>Every supercomputer
>The vast majority of servers
>The vast majority of phones
>The vast majority of embedded devices
>The personal PCs of all competent sysadmins
Once you add BSD to the mix, you also get
>The vast majority of programmable routers etc.
>The vast majority of gaming consoles
Meanwhile Windows is used only on mommy's personal computer and inside large, old businesses.
>>54666102
I hope you don't program.
>there are cucks here that don't run Linux on their routers
>>54666102
>People generally just install it, keep using Windows, then only use it when their friends or family are over to impress them.
Who does this other than your own teen ass self?
>>54665210
i use I but im a broken soule,,
>>54666102
>People generally just install it, keep using Windows, then only use it when their friends or family are over to impress them.
I've never seen anyone do this.
>>54665288
>>54667118
Where is your evidence?
No evidence
/g/ents, this is obviously a troll thread designed to do nothing more than waste your time. Just stop replying or don't reply in the first place.
A quick Google search is all that is needed to answer the initial question, or lurking on this board for more than 3 minutes.
>>54665258
This argument was true 10 years ago, not now. Steam games are constantly launching on and gaining Linux support.
>>54665210
Lots of people do. I run Ubuntu on my desktop, netbook, and a raspberry pi which I use as a seedbox and NAS.
I installed Windows 7 for the first time ever last week. (In a VM, not a real install obviously)
>Hardest part of the initial install was entering the product key correctly.
>"Product key registered!" - thank fuck now fuck off
>Reboots twice before I even get a desktop.
>IE's Ctrl+L creates a pop up URL window.
>Searching for microsoft security essentials in Bing gives you blatant viruses in the top paid links. This was like a week before microsoft recently said they would crack down on it, so hopefully it's better now.
>"TIME TO AUTHENTICATE YOUR INSTALLATION!!" - what the fuck I already registered tho.
>Can't run the programs I want because updates haven't finished.
>Have to restart after every update. Like a billion updates after downloading the current MSDS version of Windows 7 Pro 64 bit.
>"YOU HAVEN'T SCANNED FOR VIRUSES YET" - I just fucking installed yesterday and haven't finished updating yet, fuck off
>Have to browse websites and download exe/msi files like a pleb, can only visit trusted websites since "NOT PROTECTED" keeps flashing in the bottom corner.
>"GET THE WINDOWS GENUINE ADVANTAGE!!!" - Fuck off, I thought I authenticated already!
>Ignore updates for a moment to run a virus scan so it will stop reminding me.
>"NO VIRUSES FOUND!" I know, now shut up.
>Still more updates, but can't give enough fucks.
>Finally install windows-only dev tools that I originally made this VM for.
>"ONE OR MORE COMPONENTS NOT FOUND"
>Install visual studio isolated shell because apparently that is necessary and broken by default.
>Still haven't gotten shit to work.
>I bought extra RAM for this.
>>54667450
I wouldn't be surprised if the trend starts accelerating too, because multi-platform in other applications is basically assumed these days.
It'd be cool to see high-res computer versions alongside low-res smartphone versions, so you could save your game on your computer at night, and pick it up again in the morning on your phone in the maglev taxitron 4000 on the way to work.
>>54667337
Literally google any of these
>Every supercomputer
Look at TOP500
>Vast majority of servers
Do a WWW scan
>Vast majority of phones
Android
>Vast majority of embedded devices
Should be obvious
>Personal PCs of all competent sysadmins
Ask around
>Programmable routers
DD-WRT etc.
>Gaming consoles
Wii, Sony
>>54666154
How else can software projects use linux ? As a fucking library to do string formatting ?
>>54667237
What's wrong?
>>54667118
I don't know about servers. But pretty sure ps4 is closed source os not linux. Xbone is Microsoft based making the majority of currently used gaming consoles. Phones is a out 50 50 with android selling 51.3 percent.
So yes Linux is common but don't pretend other os are not as common and much more common outside of the tech circlejerk community.
>>54667679
He didn't say the PS4 runs Linux, he said it runs BSD, which 5 seconds of Googling would have told you was true, if you weren't mentally retarded.
>>54665210
linux is better for literally anything but gayming or office settings where they require you to use microshit
>>54665210
/a/non reporting, I use debian linux on my laptop 24/7 and dual boot Win 7 as a secondary OS on my desktop. My win7 partition is dusty as hell since all my games work on linux and most apps work okay with wine.
Linux on my laptop : browsing, some games, work, studying, entertainment. Linux on my desktop : photo editing, video editing, some games.
I got really tired of Windows. I don't think I need HD Premium Extreme Limited programs anymore. I can do my work on Linux, without distractions. I enjoy my setup. :)
I've been having more and more problems with Windows. I've had to replace hardware because it was incompatible with "critical" updates, do system restores frequently, and do a clean reinstall of windows multiple times.
About a month ago it finally got to where it wouldn't even let me reinstall windows from CD/USB so I went ahead and installed Ubuntu. Everything worked out of the box, I was able to reinstall the hardware I had to remove, my speakers work for the first time in years, the computer boots up in 30 seconds, and over half of my steam library is still available.
Overall 9/10 would recommend.
>>54667450
True but it's still not quite there yet.
>>54665210
>daily driver
THIS IS WHAT WANGBLOWERS ACTUALLY BELIEVE HOLY SHIT
>>54666102
>People generally just install it, keep using Windows, then only use it when their friends or family are over to impress them.
No, they don't. The only reason you think anyone does is because this is what YOU do, so you figure everyone else is doing the same.
I use it as a daily driver because windows is just...
Crappier
I personnaly use Debian
I use ubuntu. I agree with this guy>>54665258
Except for the gaming thing it's great not having to worry about malware, viruses like on windows.
>but the gaming thing is really fucked up.
>>54665210
One year since my start of Linux only here, no regrets
>>54665210
I have been using Linux as a "daily driver" since 2007, way before coming to /g/
>>54667237
Haha
>>54671369
>but the gaming thing is really fucked up.
If you're concerned about gaming, you can just go for a Windows/Linux dual boot or stick to wine.
I got so sick of Windows a long time ago.
> Vulnerable
> Bulky = glitchy
GNU/Linux is where it's at. I don't care for OSX either.
I've been using linux for 6 years and let me tell you. Linux is great but ultimately you could accomplish similar kind of stuff on any OS. The trick is to learn programming and learn how the shell on your os works.
I've been using Ubuntu as my daily driver everyday since last Christmas and I've ran into only a handful of problems. It's confusing as fuck and the terminal shit males no sense. Also some features suck on Linux as opposed to windows but fuck windows so I'm staying with Linux.
>>54665258
or if you want to get anything productive done. Linux is perfect for those who have all the time in the world, but for those who want to get something done, not linux.
>>54665210
Of course
Just a meme
>>54665210
I do lots of infosex and low level prog so linux a best. I keep Wangblows on my desktop for gaymen though. Everything has it's pros and cons
Yes, all of my machines are running on Debian only
Where do you think you are?
Yes. I use gentoo.
>>54671369
ur dumb
you shouldn't be worrying about maleware or viruses on windows at all
and the reason there aren't any games on linux is because .net and directx is closed source proprietary apis by microsoft which are leading the market, and only run on windows. So of course there is barely anything, you should not be surprised.
>>54675780
Literal child
>>54665210
I used it for years, starting with Ubuntu and eventually moving to Arch. Only reason I'm using Windows 10 now is because I moved to a rural area and Hughesnet is a bunch of kikes, so I can't deal with slow daily updates. I'd go back of I had a better ISP though.
>Daily driver
Stop thinking in newspeak and maybe you'll join us in the rabbit hole some day.
>>54675870
>and the reason there aren't any games on linux is because .net and directx is closed source proprietary apis by microsoft which are leading the market, and only run on windows. So of course there is barely anything, you should not be surprised.
Devs could easily port their games to Loonshit seeing how Wii and PS4 use openGL instead of directX.
>>54665210
I've been using it since 2002. I haven't let Windows touch any of my machines since then.
GNU/Linux* - Linux is the kernel. The operating system is GNU.
I use it every day. I have no windows partition. My mother uses her laptop with only xubuntu installed.
No, not a meme.
>>54665236
>only 10 people
lol. So if someone uses another operating system then you that personal automatically loses there sanity?
>>54665210
I use linux because penguins are cool.
Get it? Penguins. Snow. Cool.
Debian with Windows for gaming
>>54677455
Game devs don't want to deal with loonix users and their billion and 1 special snowflake distros.
>>54677485
will never unsee
thank you based anon
>>54677491
>The operating system is GNU.
1990 wants their definition of an operating system back, maaan.
>>54677574
99%+ of gamers on the Linux platform are probably using only the 3-4 most popular desktop distros.
I only use Linux. I don't enjoy wasting my time fucking around with gay ass nsa shit and having no fucking software that works on shitdoes
Yes the only time I don't is to play gaymes
>>54677485
fuck, they even sound alike.
For sure I use openSUSE for personal and business purposes with a fraction of the problems I had with Window 7 which I only keep on dual boot for a few games.
It makes it a lot easier when you have a good DE and programs that are browser based.
>>54665210
Linux is my "daily driver". Although I use a cuck VM to contain windows
Ubuntu 14.04 is my main OS, Xubuntu on my laptop. I've still got Steam so gaming isn't an issue.
I'm planning to install Windows soon though, on a partition. Some things, like video editing, are pretty much impossible on a linux.
>>54665210
I use Ubuntu as my main OS on my laptop and desktop, and android on my phone, so yeah I use linux on a daily basis. I only use Windows 7 for photoshop and vidya, I'd probably be using OSX if I could either afford a mac or get a hackintosh running. I'm actually strongly considering going hackintosh right now desu.
But to be fair, I'd probably still be using windows if 10 was better.
What do you think?
>>54677900
I think you should stop posting this screenshot in every Linux thread.
>>54667237
lmao
>>54677900
>What do you think?
If you want Windows, why don't you just use it instead of trying to make Linux look like Windows?
I sure as shit do.
>>54677900
Will KDE ever not look like complete shit?
>>54677947
How is Linux supposed to look?
>>54665210
I use it as a daily driver on my work computer and my laptop. I have no use for Windows on those two computers, I do have a gaymen pc I built that runs windows. Thinking I might just ditch windows altogether though since my classes all have programs for linux.
>>54677966
Looks fine to me post yours
Hard mode: Don't make me vomit
>>54677978
This is just me, but at least it's not a Windows wannabe setup.
>>54678120
Your eye cancer isn't much better desu senpai.
I use it.
>>54678152
Terribly sorry for not ricing my desktop. I do realize I don't fit on /g/.
I've used it exclusively on my pc for almost one year now and on and off between windows since 2009 because muh games. All the games I play now run fine without windows.
>>54678120
>Crippled fonts in terminals to make you look wannabe skiddie
That's aweful
>>54678172
>crippled
You mean how I don't use some eye-cancer antialiased font that needs twice the screenspace to display the same text without being blurry?
I'm actually just using this font since it was the default font in RedHat 7.1, which was the first distro I used.
>>54678163
It's fine not to rice, but at the very least pick some fonts that didn't come straight from somebody's asshole.
>>54665304
Nice wallpaper senpai, care to share?
>>54678197
It's just X11's standard "fixed" font. I hardly even chose it, it's just one of those fonts that is always available. I also happen to have normal eyesight, so I don't need 20px high glyphs to read.
>>54678202
>>54678239
I know what font it is, and it's one of the worst bitmap fonts out there. Get yourself Terminus and have a nicer time man.
>>54678300
I tried Terminus a couple of times on /g/'s recommendation, and I hated it every time, mostly because:
>glyphs fill up their space in inconsistent ways
>centered asterisk
>short and stubby letterforms
Fixed looks much better.
>>54678353
To each their own I guess. What do you think of ProFont?
>>54678376
Hadn't heard of it until now, but from Google Images I'm not terribly impressed. One aspect I like the most about fixed is its tall and expanded letterforms, while ProFont looks more compressed inside its bounding boxes.
i use windows and linux daily. i can't get stuff done without windows, but i like certain aspects of linux.
>>54677827
Which is totally bizarre seeing as movie companies have been using Linux in house for the last 10 years at least.
>>54678558
With their custom in house application.
>>54678250
Thank you
>>54665258
I use Arch and don't have a windows partition on my laptop. Not the best for games (although I do use it for a few pretty frequently), but it's great when it comes to coding, 3D modeling, and PCB CAD.
>>54678696
>PCB CAD
Do you use gEDA?
>>54665210
It's a meme, most people try it out for a couple days to be edgy then they realize they need a real computer operating system.
Been a Slackware user for 18 years.
Day-to-day, I rarely think about the machines.
They just do what I want.
The commercial world of software, it boggles my mind that people are so willing to be dicked around so much.
I haven't used windows for years. Linux is my development and gaming platform of choice.
>>54665210
i use slackware at work. i work in lots of web browsers and on three monitors. i really value how linux lets me customize everything about the ui so i can focus on my work. i'm so used to using windows without titlebars ive found myself trying to move shit around on my w10 machine while holding the meta key
can w10 into tiling? if i didn't like to play games i'd probably dual boot on my desktop as well
>>54678756
>>
Explain. Because I have no problems that software is not EXACTLY how I want it.
If all you do is check email and browse facebook then Linux works perfectly fine. Linux Mint (Cinnamon) is great for newbies too. Just put that on the computer of that relative that always manages to get 100 virus every week, and save yourself a ton of work.
>>54679285
>awesome
awesome
>>54677455
That's a full rewrite of their entire game. Not to mention openGL is leagues behind dx11 and 12, and they get none of the support and shilling of microsoft. Why would they do that for such an abismally low market share? It'd be a straight loss in net profit.
>>54677574
They're all linux so it works the same across the board.
>>54665288
>nano
>>54665210
Of course we use it.
Ubuntu is easier to use than WIndows.
>>54667104
>nvidia
>open source drivers
you're gonna be dissapointed m8
>>54665400
Depends on your country. Manual is the norm in the UK.
>>54667104
AMD has far better open source drives last time I checked. I use a GTX 950 on Fedora 23 and it was not fun to use the open source nvidia driver at all.
>>54667104
>>54681199
The way I read it, he uses AMD open source drivers now but will switch to the nvidia proprietary drivers for his next GPU.
(Which is also what I would recommend, btw)
>>54680998
>Not to mention openGL is leagues behind dx11 and 12
[citation needed]
What can DirectX do that OpenGL can't?
What can DirectX 12 do that Vulkan can't?
>>54681614
>>54681637
>using AMD
>using nvidia
>any year
stop asking for it
I am currently running Debian although I have a virtual box with Kali, Arch and CentOS
>>54681659
Feel free to suggest another GPU vendor that isn't AMD, Nvidia or Intel.
>>54681649
>What can DirectX do that OpenGL can't?
tools
>>54681649
>What can DirectX 12 do that Vulkan can't?
tools
>>54665288
>le haxxor green on black color scheme
It's shit, light grey text on light blue background master race
>>54667237
Top kek
>>54674044
>>54677945
>>54667237
>>54677574
Generally they make packages for debian/ubuntu then the other distro devs make packages for their own
>>54683295
>light grey text
Hard to maintain attention
>>54683330
>Posts 14 hours appart
>Samefag
Don't think so mate.
I started using arch in January and never looked back. I'd use debian but I can't live without muh AUR. I'm also using gnome3 just because it behaves similar to what I'm used to and doesn't get in the way
>>54681876
I don't need to.
>>54683353
>what is scheduled shitposting
>>54683690
Calm down turbonerd, everyone isn't as autistic as you are.
Yes. Dual booting windows 10 and linux mint. Lots of people around here think mint is a shitty distro, but even mint is 11 times better than windows 10.
if you dont daily drive a free open source operating system, you do *not* belong on /g/
>>54665210
I find your use of the phrase oddly ambiguous. Do you refer to Linux in aself-driving car? Could you rephrase your post in a way that does not use the words "daily" nor "driver?"
>>54684222
epik
I use BSD because the BSD license is better.
>>54665288
>nano
>>54665210
cuz they should be using *BSD amirite?
>>54665210
no
computers are useless without photoshop, games, microsoft word, and semi-obscure mechanical engineering aids
It's a meme just look at any /g/ OS survey and u will see6
>>54685686
>everybody has my niche needs
This is my favourite /g/ meme
>>54683401
Wow, do you use your computer through a line printer terminal?
