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I messed around with Linux a bit on some spare laptops with Manjaro, Linux Mint and Ubuntu, and I don't see the appeal.
Windows just works, you plug it in you play, whereas Linux you spend 10 years configuring variables and facepalming because your distro's package manager decides that it doesn't want to download the dependencies for your open source PDF viewer.
I know that ricing is a big thing on Linux, people love to customize their stuff, but I think you can get a good deal of sovereignty back over your device with hardened Windows. Plus Linux doesn't have the Windows Media Player Legacy skins which is a hard blow to Linux customization fans because these puppies are cool as heck!
So what I want to know is whether there are actually any solid benefits to using Linux as a daily driver on your Desktop. I know that there are certain distros great for privacy like Qubes or Tails but I'll be honest it's overkill for my purposes, and Arch-based systems seem like they're built for masochists. I know that coders love Linux due to a neater file system but I'm coping fine on Windows honestly. I wanna know why you guys choose Linux because it seems to be popular among fringe communities on the net especially.
Windows just works, you plug it in you play, whereas Linux you spend 10 years configuring variables and facepalming because your distro's package manager decides that it doesn't want to download the dependencies for your open source PDF viewer.
I know that ricing is a big thing on Linux, people love to customize their stuff, but I think you can get a good deal of sovereignty back over your device with hardened Windows. Plus Linux doesn't have the Windows Media Player Legacy skins which is a hard blow to Linux customization fans because these puppies are cool as heck!
So what I want to know is whether there are actually any solid benefits to using Linux as a daily driver on your Desktop. I know that there are certain distros great for privacy like Qubes or Tails but I'll be honest it's overkill for my purposes, and Arch-based systems seem like they're built for masochists. I know that coders love Linux due to a neater file system but I'm coping fine on Windows honestly. I wanna know why you guys choose Linux because it seems to be popular among fringe communities on the net especially.