Tell me why this isnt the best OS avaliable in the market right now.
>best hardware support per botnet ratio
>more customizable than its competitors macos and windows while still retaining simple usabilty out of the box unlike gentoo or arch
>great documentation
>every sane software vendor makes their software multiplatform in year 2016 and when they say they support linux, they mean ubuntu
ubuntu is an ancient african word which loosely translates to "i can't configure debian"
but really, it just werks. don't let some raging autist put you off it.
>>54939743
>Primvera
>SAP
>Photoshop
>PDFs with forms
>Really any Adobe software
>A functional ui
>>54939773
what is virtualization
>>54939773
Things that Linux still can't do that windows and OSX can for $800
Go with Xubuntu, you get Ubuntu's support and a better DE.
>>54939788
Why not virtualized Ubuntu inside windows the windows inside Ubuntu for maximum compatibility?
>>54939773
>A functional ui
ui is just as functional as windows 7, more so than win10 and os x
>adobe
>sane
>sap
they support linux
>primvera
no idea what that is but
>oracle
>sane
>>54939798
it isn't better
>>54939817
SAP does not support Linux in any functional way. And you aren't using SAP without using primvera in some form.
Laggy on intel 4600 HD.
Well, not the UI itself but anything running on top. Because of Cumpiss
>>54939817
>Nvidia support
>Amd support
>Intel HD graphics support
>Wireless printing
>Usb external displays
>Cloning and scaling onto a lower resolution display
>Hulu
lololololololololololololololololololol
>>54939831
>sap is one program
>sap doesnt support linux
http://scn.sap.com/docs/DOC-8760
>>54939743
>Install Ubuntu 16.04
>Install proprietary drivers for my nvidia 730M working with optimus from the Ubuntu additional drivers windows
>Reboot
>Black screen
>Need to fix the graphic drivers from command line
Yay Ubuntu
Debian does the same thing without a bunch of non-free crap I don't need preinstalled. (I don't have a problem with propriretary software, I just prefer to choose which proprietary software I download and install AFTER I install the operating system.) Thus, I use Debian.
GODDAMN YES
I would switch to Linux completely if they got autodesk suite and Microsoft Office Excel, that's literally everything i need and they work like shit on Wine.
Fuck off autodesk
>>54939880
It's just one program? Really? Do you know what SAP is used for? And if you understood the implementation of SAP you'd understand why no. It really doesn't support Linux in a functional way. You can't get around using Windows for SAP in a real world implementation. It just doesn't happen, and for the dozens of companies I've worked with. They've used windows or at the minimum virtualized windows.
>>54939743
I installed Ubuntu while ago with no previous Linux experience and I like it. It just werks and it's really user friendly.
>>54939743
Not the best for me, but I wouldn't be adverse to recommending it to others as a first distro. Maybe Mint first. Myself, I use other distros because they have features Ubuntu doesn't. But still, not adverse to Ubuntu, less so since they removed that Amazon thing by default now.
mfw this font rendering
>>54939743
>>54940407
This is one of the biggest reasons I used Ubuntu. Ubuntu and Ubuntu derivatives actually use a proprietary patched version of freetype so that's why it looks so good compared to other distros.
>>54940469
You can get those patches on other distros.
There are packages in the AUR at least.
>>54940427
Only problem with ubuntu is that its free. So people who get it dont feel buyers remorse and go on 4chan defending it to make themselves feel better. Look at daily windows and mac shilling threads in comparison.
bigger the buyers remorse=bigger the defense force
>>54939743
because it isn't OpenSUSE Tumbleweed, that's why.
>>54939886
Fucking optimus man...
>>54940598
Honestly only reason to have a dedicated gpu on laptop is that you would want to play games. In that case you wouldnt be installing linux anyway.
>>54939886
That's Nvidia for you. Optimus support is what they were talking about in the infamous video where Linus gave Nvidia the one finger salute.
>>54939773
I have filled out pdf forms with okular.
With the other stuff, never build a business around tools which you have no power over.
You should always ask "how do I do X" rather than "How do I run X".
Eg, how do I draw/manipulate images vs how do I run photoshop?
As for the UI, the gnu/linux DE's is ahead of the competetion.
Apple basically took the design of gnome on their new DE, and microsoft implemented a lot of features in windows 10 that has been in kde the past decade.
>Tell me why this isnt the best OS avaliable in the market right now.
Two primary but oh-so-important reasons:
1) It doesn't run Microsoft Office (or any other Microsoft software, or any Windows software for that matter).
2) It doesn't run Adobe Photoshop (or any other Adobe software for that matter).
You don't get to say "Well you can just use WINE/Crossover/VMs/etc..." because that's beyond the typical consumer's capabilities to do/learn/make use of nor is it a viable solution in the business enterprise environment.
Those two reasons are all that's needed to answer your question, OP.
Now shut the fuck up about it.
>>54940633
I wanted to try Unity3D on Ubuntu. It was the only software that prevented me to go full Linux. And now they publish Linux versions regularly :
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/unity-on-linux-release-notes-and-known-issues.350256/
But I need a working optimus to exploit Unity3D correctly
>>54941166
>applications
Normies only use web browser on their personal computers.
>>54939743
Because Arch exists.
/thread
>>54941166
Ever heard of WINE, faggot?
>B-BUT MUH PHOTOS--
It works in Wine, faggot.
>>54939760
>ubuntu is an ancient african word which loosely translates to "i can't configure debian"
>>54939789
Wow except I look on my desktop and I see Foobar, Photoshop, Vegas, and Windows Steam
It's as if linux could do all of those things, oh wait it can!
>>54939743
different operating systems for different needs
if you're a teenager and want to say you're using linux then yes, ubuntu is the best OS available. It's also based on the unstable version of Debian, so your last statement is also a bit retarded
>>54939743
It puts convenience above freedom. You won't know whats its like to truly be free by using ubuntu
>>54939743
Nautilus ("files") is probably the worst and most stupid file manager in the entire linux universe of the last 20 years. Its like they designed it for a 6 years old mongoloid.
>>54939760
>"i can't configure debian"
Yep, these retards can't into Debian.
>>54940469
freetype unpatched still looks much better than Windows' cleartype clusterfuck. All you need to do is enable antialiasing, hinting and other minor shit and it looks great. Don't know why so many distros don't have it enabled by default.
I prefer Trisquel for freedoms sake and because Ubuntu had horribly outdated packages and I had to use backports all the time.
>>54939743
It is misleading to describe the users of free software, or the software users in general, as a “market.”
This is not to say there is no room for markets in the free software community. If you have a free software support business, then you have clients, and you trade with them in a market. As long as you respect their freedom, we wish you success in your market.
But the free software movement is a social movement, not a business, and the success it aims for is not a market success. We are trying to serve the public by giving it freedom—not competing to draw business away from a rival. To equate this campaign for freedom to a business's efforts for mere success is to deny the importance of freedom and legitimize proprietary software.
>>54942995
Consider to elaborate? I'm currently using it and it's working fine for me.
>>54939760
Kek. First post best post.
>>54939960
>what is libreoffice
>>54939804
>vm on windows
>>54943184
Thats the retarded Stallman mentality.
Take the pragmatic Linus/Red Hat/Ubuntu model, you can make a shit ton of money on free software. There's definitely a market, enjoy your NEET checks while I literally am employed to integrate embedded Linux
no games
no software
no drivers
>but but you can all of that if you emulate windows
There is a reason why it's free.
>>54939743
>Tell me why this isnt the best OS avaliable in the market right now.
Because OS X exists.
>>54943293
>no games
>>54943293
>games
kek
>software
niggah, you dumb. legit bait.
>no driveres
it does have less drivers. you can thank companies like nvidia and amd.
>>54939886
>proprietary drivers
Found the problem.
>>54939760
>ancient african word
I think I smell something. Did you step into the ubuntu?
www.theregister.co(dot)uk 2008/04/14/linux_manual/
>>54939743
but it is the best OS available.
pic related
>>54943105
>unnecessary "configuration"
Hey just because you give away your time for nothing doesn't mean everyone else will.
Are there good drivers for the R9 270x on Linux? Feel like taking the plunge for the first time.
>>54945880
>get ubuntu live usb
>boot to that
>install a benchmark
>decide for yourself
Taking /g/s advice on anything is a miskate.
>>54943232
An unpolished turd that doesn't do the things I need it to do
>>54939825
yh it is
>>54946206
This, Excel is unmatched.
Word on the other hand can't compete with LaTex.
>>54946206
>>54946419
I'll admit Libre office Calc is the least good, but come on. If your business requires it, fine, but for personal or even academic use how is libreoffice Calc not good enough? The only thing I can think of is kinda weird histograms.
I use Libreoffice because I learned it once and I'll never have to deal with "OFFICE NEW FEATURES THAT REALLY JUST REARRANGE THE WHOLE TOOLBAR", I have it as the exact same software on my windows and Linux dual boot, and I've never had an issue opening whoever's stupid enough to send .docx files. What exactly do you not like about it?
>>54939760
from an ubuntu user, kek
>Installing ubuntu 16.04 dual boot with windows 10
>Install NVIDIA drivers
>Works very well
>Only use windows 10 for games
>ubuntu is the best OS ever made
>>54939743
Don't use Ubuntu. Canonical is the enemy of freedom. They lie to the users, they spy on the users and they hurt the whole GNU/Linux community by porting software to Windows 10.
>>54947357
It's a tradeoff between total soft freedom and pragmatic ism.
There wouldn't be a viable open source OS if not for both RMS (prophetic idealist) and Linus (pragmatic realist). Remember that Ubuntu still relies on very FSF friendly Debian
