Give me one good reason not to switch from Windows 10 to Ubuntu.
>muh games
>muh adobe suite
Apart from that, there is none.
>>55253417
>don't play games
>have no use for anything adobe
It's settled
>>55253404
There's not except if you want to lock yourself into MS's ecosystem by depending on their closed formats and if you want to share all your personal data they'll share with their business partners and government organizations as long they think is in "good faith" with no warrants.
Don't just get Ubuntu, try different flavors: Xubuntu and Ubuntu Mate are my favorites.
Inb4 arch
>>55253404
ubuntu has Amazon spyware go with Manjaro
I've been using Lubuntu on my laptop for about 6 months now, and it's worked just fine. I've really enjoyed missing out on the ridiculous Windows 10 train wreck.
My windows machine is basically a gaming console at this point.
windows 10 actually works.
>>55253520
Since when?
>>55253520
Oh? They redid it from scratch?
>>55253487
lol, yeah they would be you lecherous swine
>>55253404
Unity is shit, get a better DE
Aside from that, muh gayms
>>55253437
>don't play games
Install xubuntu, lubuntu or ubuntu mate
>>55253585
>It'll
Kill them all.
>>55253404
i got 1
hold it till they release 16.04.1 the current 16.04 is unstable as fuck at least on my machine
after the hopefully stabilized point release is out theres no reason not to switch
>>55253404
Don't listen to people saying Unity/Ubuntu is shit. Many people enjoy Unity, it has many nice features and you should try it for yourself.
Also, that "Amazon spyware" bullshit is already gone
>>55253520
And then winshills are the ones claiming that the linux users are the ones claiming that linux is perfect when their only technical argument is actually"windows just works".
>>55253520
No way, i just tried it for 2 days and its horrible.
I installed 8.1 again.
>>55253638
>is already gone
so why cant you right click uninstall it? why is it even there?
If your system has good driver support there's really no reason not to use Linux if you don't game.
I'm a Macfag 90% of the time, but Ubuntu is actually more polished than Windows these days.
>>55253404
There will be literally no reason to use Ubuntu or any Loonix os once Anniversary update comes with built in Ubuntu.
>>55253638
>Many people enjoy unity
Considering ubuntu is geared more towards those who want a free alternative to windows, that isn't saying much
They probably have not even tried any other desktop environments
Unity is absolutely hideous
>>55253591
>Unity is shit
Not really
>>55253700
It is one of the worst desktop environments
>>55253768
i think its on par with gnome3 actually
the way it looks feels and behaves is quite similar
>>55253768
It's still better than Gnome 3 and KDE.
>>55253404
Games, adobe software, proper graphics drivers...
I have a good desktop PC and I run Windows 10 on it. On my Thinkpad T410, I run a riced Ubuntu because I mainly shitpost and hack from it.
>>55253437
>Doesn't play games
Why are you here?
>>55253700
>Take Gnome, break it's arms and legs, call it Unity.
Seriously, Unity is a half assed attempt at a DE. Gnome is far superior and I'm not even shilling Gnome. I mention Gnome because it's the closest thing to Unity's workflow.
>>55253845
>>>/v/ is that way
>>55253842
>proper graphics drivers
The nvidia drivers are the same m8
>>55253787
Not a fan of gnome3 either
How can you justify the retarded application bar for one?
>>55253845
There's Steam and a shitload of console emulators if you really can't resist your urges to remotely control cartoons.
>>55253856
Video Games are technology kid
>>55253884
And there's a board dedicated for them, multiple actually. Meanwhile you're implying that to use a tech board you need to play games.
>>>/v/
>>>/vg/
>>>/vr/
>>55253874
Make it go away, either through auto-hide, or (if I'm not mistaken) you can disable it and use the application menu thing that lurks in the background.
>>55253880
Why should he have to "resist" his urge?
If one of the primary reasons he owns a computer is to play video games, then a computer that doesn't play video games is less useful to him.
>>55253404
X11.
>>55253591
>Unity is shit, get a better DE
this meme needs to die
>>55253874
it does the job quite well for me
only thing id like to be able to do is hide the fucking launcher button and the trash can
>>55253880
>remotely control cartoons
top zozzle
>>55253611
O-Ok anon...
>>55253925
I didn't say he HAD to resist his urge, I'm just implying that perhaps he should grow up.
>>55253936
>tfw I find the current Unity comfy as fuck
>tfw I dread the switch to Unity 8
They better not fuck it up.
Arch
>>55253960
I call it, like I see it.
>>55254000
So you were implying that video games are only for children.
That's sad.
>>55253404
Go with Ubuntu GNOME not vanilla Ubuntu as Unity is fucking shit.
>>55254026
Gnome if by far the worst DE and even worse on Ubuntu because of all the patched shit.
>>55253845
Not him but the no games argument is not true anymore. Windows is the best os for gaming mostly due to most game developers are trained into developing for it with microsoft's closed APIs, so the simple process of porting a game that was developed for windows to any other platform will affect negatively the performance of the game. This with the fact that the marketshare is small compared to windows there's hardly an incentive at the moment to optimize for linux, making look as if the platform were worse for games than windows when in fact to flip the situation you'll need to change the idiosyncrasies on the industry itself.
The fact though is that the situation on linux is not nearly the same than two years ago and now those who prefer linux over windows now can play games on it, helping to break the vicious circle, but still there's a lot of things to do for linux to compete in the gaming side. I anyone wants for this to change i recommend to play the games you can on linux when possible and ask for linux ports.
I notice some people doesn't want's for this to happen but if that the case let me ask (not directed specifically to the person i'm replying): how are any of you benefited in a meaningful way with the current situation? because i consider that keeping the statu quo just to have a tool to win an argument on what OS is better is not a meaningful thing. how having less options and practically being locked to MS products benefits you?
Some links:
https://steamdb.info/linux/
http://store.steampowered.com/search/?category1=998&os=linux
https://www.youtube.com/user/tuxreviews/videos
https://www.youtube.com/user/airspeedmph
https://www.youtube.com/user/Jakejw93/videos
>>55253851
>>55253768
You've given no actual reasons why it's worse. Pretty much every DE is butt ugly without ricing so don't give aesthetics as a reason.
>>55254041
It looks pretty though
>>55254129
And that's all it has going for it.
>>55253690
You're either retarded, M$shill or both. Support for Bash commands fixes maybe 0.1% of the issues with Windows 10.
>>55253918
You're right, we should instead be talking about spending hours compiling gentoo memeux rather than relevant technology.
>>55254189
You're right, we should exclusively discuss video games on a technology board when there's already three fucking boards dedicated to video game discussion.
>>55253884
So is anime, but you're supposed to discuss that in /a/.
>>55254234
>>>/a/
>>55254234
This, Linuxfags are cancerous shitposters, maki isn't. Even better, maki prefers to use superior windows to memeus
>>55254249
more like >>>/c/
>>55254260
More like >>>/trash/
>>55254086
>You've given no actual reasons why it's worse.
First of all, I don't give a sweet shit about aesthetics because I'm not a closeted amatuer interior designer. As far as my reasoning for disliking Unity versus Gnome goes, it mainly boils down to not being able to resize and move windows via the keyboard. There are numerous other niggling little details though and I'd suggest you check out some documentation or demonstration videos for the latest Gnome 3. I was a former Unity user and I thought it was great when it first came around. It just hasn't progressed much in the following years.
>>55254249
>>55254291
>Hating maki on the maki board
>>55254291
More like >>>/reddit/
>>55254298
>I'd suggest you check out some documentation or demonstration videos for the latest Gnome 3
Will those explain retarded fucking design decisions like putting the tray in the bottom left corner instead of the empty panel, or splitting application options between the application name in the panel and the gear menu in the headerbar?
Bill gates is doing alota good charity work
>windows spying on you saves lives
#taytaywisdom
>>55253404
because Trisquel exists and is Ubuntu without the corporate control and spying, also entirely free software
>>55254376
What are extensions? I need to know.
>>55254396
also entirely without support for most wireless cards
>>55253977
Toilet cleaner spotted
>>55254436
Yes, I absolutely want to install thirty extensions and fuck around with the theme's css to make the DE somewhat usable.
Saying Gnome is okay because of extensions is like saying Bethesda games are okay because of mods.
>>55254487
>Bethesda games are okay because of mods.
>>/v/
Ubuntu is perfect. You won't miss anything from Windows
OP here, I went ahead and installed Ubuntu 16.04. Painless installation, all drivers installed correctly. Unity is comfy as fuck, I don't care what you nerds think :^)
>>55254589
I honestly have to agree with you on Unity, it is my second favorite next to XFCE, I really like Unity
>>55254589
You better remove unity faggot
>>55253503
You can turn it off
>>55253591
Please, unity has come a long way in the last few years. It is p good now.
>>55254863
You need to turn it on in fact.
>>55253404
I can't
Instead you should use Fedora
>inb4 pajeet
>wants to switch to Linux
>chooses Ubuntu bc scared of Linux
LFS or nothing faggot
>>55254950
I wouldn't say I'm "scared of Linux". I simply enjoy having an operating system that is well-supported and functional so I can spend my time doing other things like making money and interacting with other people.
>>55253404
Microsoft will absorb them and embedmore Linux features.
>>55253404
It's not Xubuntu.
Many people have criticised Unity in this thread on it being "shit". I'd like to hear some concrete criticism of the current version (as of 16.04) as I personally find little to complain about. Largest being the web search plugin and amazon plugin in dash which can be disabled if wanted. Doing this is frankly much less work than most other DE:s require to set up.
I just hope they don't fuck things up when the switch to Unity 8 and Mir happens. The switch from Gnome2 to Unity was very painful and I guess much of the criticism to Unity comes from that.
I like:
>resizing windows with keyboard (50% left, 50 % right, maximize, minimize)
>virtual desktops and moving between them with keyboard
>rectangle crop select print screen
>current window print screen
>spread windows of current desktops
>spread windows of all desktops
>search through installed gui applications
>search through current application toolbar menus
>launcher on left side to conserve vertical space on small displays with adjustable icon size and optional auto hiding
>>55255061
They've already started it by offering the Ubuntu for Windows. Honestly I think it's great for Linux users as developers no longer have reasons to maintain Windows ports of Linux software. The more people start using Linux software on windows the easier it will become to just abandon Windows for good.
>>55254589
Congrats I hope you'll like it.
If you have 8GB or less memory you should install zram-config for some in-memory compressed swap. I cannot understand why this isn't installed by default.
>>55254487
the favorite part of the game for a lot of people is the modding capability though.
>>55253404
Get Linux Mint 17.1 MATE its nicer.
>>55253404
I tried xubuntu for a month.
>bug makes the cursor vanish on resume from suspend
>libreoffice is shit, literally basic fonts like times and arial not installed by default. fucked up my document formatting.
>dependency hell
>no musicbee. wine doesn't work
>no photoshop
>not even paint
But really musicbee was the dealbreaker. There is nothing as good on Linux. Clementine, Amarok, both shit.
I just got win 10 pro and disabled all the telemetry shit. It has all my goto sofware that I can't get on linux and it just werks.
>>55256842
>disabled all the telemetry shit
Yes, good go- guy... No need to be worried about being spied on now.
>>55256870
I also have a bunch of .NET projects i need windows for. Too much productivity and convenience lost in linux. Don't have patience to fuck around in the terminal just to get basic things to work. I have no choice but to surrender to the botnet.
>>55256842
>install a community spin of a distro
>wow there are bugs, why didn't the developers voulenteer more of their time for this community edition
>no propreitary Microsoft fonts by default
>no propreitary music player
>no propreitery photo editor
What were you expecting?
You can actually install the fonts but they aren't bundled by default due to license issues. You can install a bunch of proprietary tools by installing ubuntu-restricted-extras package or just the fonts by installing ttf-mscorefonts-installer package.
>>55256946
>needing .NET
It's like you were expecting to get a Windows.
>>55253404
I'm not bothered either way - but to save you time, I would highly suggest Xubuntu over Ubuntu
>>55256946
The only thing i read i that at this moment you have a hard dependency on windows and you don't have too much option right now. The rest are subjective claims that contradicts my experience completely.
>>55253404
Because you can run Ubuntu natively within windows 10.
http://www.zdnet.com/article/ubuntu-and-bash-arrive-on-windows-10/
>>55253417
/thread
These are actually the reasons why I don't use Linux
>>55257411
If you're not happy with the games you get from Steam for Linux or need to use any of the Adobe Suite you have good reasons not to use Ubuntu or other Linux distros.
Also:
>Professional level CAD software
>Professional level video editing and related software
>Microsoft Visual Studio
>>55253404
Everyone should switch to Linux once just to properly appreciate windows.
The only mistake you have to avoid is listening to /g/ telling you how you have to replace the default x with y every time you find some part of it is crap. If y was actually better than x, the distro maintainers would have included y instead; y is just shitty in some different way that some random person on the internet is more willing to put up with. And if you do this too much, you start falling for the sunk cost fallacy, thinking the time you spent deciding which shit you're most willing to put up with will be 'wasted' if you go back to windows.
>>55257545
>Professional level CAD software
depends on your area but:
http://cad.softwareinsider.com/compare/5-10/AutoCAD-vs-BricsCAD
>Professional level video editing and related software
https://www.lwks.com/
>Microsoft Visual Studio
Not saying it's bad, in fact is very well done but i prefer using tools that works on multiple operative systems and doesn't locks me to microsoft's ecosystem.
