It’s kind of a straw-man argument as no one is forcing anyone to use Linux. But using cross platform FOSS to avoid lock-in IS a good idea, and it does make transitioning to Linux easier (or indeed many other OSs - FOSS or not).
But Linux’s success on the desktop has been organic. It’s a combination of platform maturity, ease of use, the breaking of windows USP in gaming, privacy and data concerns, and on the other side the enshitification of Windows, and even MacOS. The only “forcing” is arguably Microsoft & Apple pushing it’s users away from their own platforms by their behaviour.
Microsoft is kind of forcing me to
no one is forcing anyone to use Linux
if I had the authority I would force everyone to use linux
cross platform meaning FOSS OS (BSDs, linux, androids)
though it’s often easy to make it support proprietary OS with little-to-no dev time, and the idea of spreading FOSS to those trapped in proprietary OSes is good too
and TBH, “use WSL” or “use docker” are good answers too
I’m not forcing anyone to do anything. I just look down on them for using Windows. And you can’t stop me!
Proton for windows when?
would actually help with old games compatibility.
Dxvk already helps.
Just run steam through WSL of course!
I’ve used a windows version of Wine to play a 16 bit Windows game before, so it’s already kind-of a thing.
For 16 bit windows games, DOSBox may work even better since it emulates vintage hardware. You just have to install windows 3.11 inside DOSBox.
Ha, of course it already exsists
As soon as Windows runs on Linux :)
I’m forced to use CoPilot at work and chuckled when the running dialog showing my prompt was being delivered showed LibreOffice being used for initial file generation.
No one can force you to use Linux
Me and the boys loading into a van with skimasks, crowbars and baseball bats, and a bootable installer USB:
We’ll see about that, won’t we
Install Arch on all his computers while you tie him to a chair and force him to watch!
no don’t stop
edit: hang on, will you make sure all the drivers are installed properly?
I’ll have you hang head first off the ceiling and read the Arch wiki to you.
shivers with antici… . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …pation
Uhh can i choose another arch based distro?
No. The only other option is TempleOS.
Relieved in FreeBSD
eventually relieved in FreeBSD once the wifi decides to not drop and maintain a decent connection
If you need wifi on BSD you’re usually boned. Or at least very slow.
yup I daily drove FreeBSD for a week. I loved it, I really did. but the wifi was just…I couldn’t do it anymore. I had two scripts written specifically for it. one that would easily connect me and another that was a “watchdog” that would monitor when the connection dropped and then reconnect me. it would drop pretty much every 15 to 30 minutes. and when it was connected it was slooooooow. so I just went back to Linux. Also since I’m a web dev a couple tools I use just weren’t available on FreeBSD so I had to install a very small debian vm and tunnel into that to simply run builds and deploy them. that was also a pain to figure out and not have wiped after every reboot.
I might just slap it on my extra 256gb ssd and keep it as a “hobby os” and just keep daily driving linux.
If you want universal uptake, you need to be in the schools.
To be in schools, you need to be in businesses.
Is the year of the linux desktop also business time?
Use Suicide linux with the comfort of Docker
Who’s forcing anyone to use Linux?
I do! I break into people’s apartments, beat them up a little bit and I say that I’ll be back in a couple of months and if I will see them using Windows I will kill them. Works like a charm.
What do you do if I’m using Linux already? Beat my ass a little and then cuddle with me in bed?
You’re obviously using a wrong distro. Beatings will continue as planned.
How did you know? Did we meet?
Guess we all need a hobby.
What if you come back and they have a macbook?
I would tell you what happens to those people but I don’t want to give you nightmares.
Probably various workplaces. Just like lots of them force you to use Windows.
Personal machines, yep, it’s all a choice.
It’s a normal thing that you work with whatever your workplace pays you to work with.
Try troubleshooting something windows related on Lemmy. I dare you.
You see, when people complain about Windows online, and others jokingly suggest to switch to Linux, that is practically forcing people to switch, OR ELSE! /s
This often doesn’t work very well as people will blame Windows/MacOS issues on the less well integrated FOSS apps and in general the Windows versions are also often more buggy as the developers spend little to no time using Windows themselves (because who would voluntarily use that crap?).
Yeah, the all or nothing approach will not make Linux mainstream. Meet people where they are.
I dualbooted and then just didnt touch windows again til a year later, I stopped using a few hobbyist programs that I had put a lot of time in but pirated and stuck to just blender really since piracy was and still is difficult for some of those programs (houdini) or the program itself causes issues and doesn’t work well on linux (davinci resolve on bazzite, worked fine on cachyos tho, all amd)
I only reinstalled windows on another drive recently to play simracing games, but ended up mostly playing the ones that work on linux rather than iracing and wrc which I booted up windows for.
Plenty of things still don’t work well or require a lot of workarounds, like producers using ableton probably shouldn’t switch to linux, or vfx artists using touch designer, if s@box devs exist the dev side doesn’t work on linux
The pros just outweigh the cons, overall faster, 90% of the time im just using a web browser so compatibility isn’t really an issue, that works fine. I love being able to actually customize my computer, desktop environment, etc. and feel like I have complete ownership over my device. Swap my file manager or whatever, I think anyone who has jailbroken their phone in the past would really get the appeal of linux instantly. It almost feels like using cydia when using gnome with extensions or flathub, but better.
Also it’s a valuable teaching tool simply switching to Linux. Prior to switching I was VERY rusty with the command line. hell I was even extremely rusty with vim/emacs since on Windows most of the time I was using Sublime Text for work.
Once I switched to Linux it made me learn the command line again, made me learn vim again, and then the revelation that doing things via the command line/terminal is actually faster than utilizing a GUI. It taught me A LOT of things. how to effectively partition drives, trouble shoot, set up things, etc. taught me languages I never really used before. Switching to Linux made me fall in love with using the computer again. It was like I was a kid back in the 90s.
Now I can install things like Void, Arch or even FreeBSD and get them setup with a WM like DWM without having to look at a manual or anything.
I don’t know why, but I’ve gotten more resistance for suggesting that than Linux. Switched my wife to Linux no problem, another girl I know was like “do you really think it will run on my laptop with a Celeron? I will look into it.” IT people I work with are like “yeah Microsoft sucks but I’m not ready”.
People get REALLY comfortable with their shitty proprietary apps though, even tech literate people. I’m not even including stuff like Adobe which are great and people have spent years using processionally. I mean like Signal, which is functionally the same as any other messaging app and takes two seconds to get up and running.
+1 for IT people that aren’t actually computer folks. I regularly am amazed what IT has zero idea about that I do in my spare time, but then I realize a normal person could be in IT. I thought you had to be a mega nerd.
Also people won’t use signal because no one is on it. EVERYONE here is on fb so they all use messenger and won’t leave no matter how horrible it is.
You’re right, I just don’t understand that mentality though. You don’t have to stop using FB Messenger immediately if people you know use it. If you want something better though, you have to start using other products, and eventually it will be big enough that you can ditch Messenger. Plus I’m actively asking you to message me on Signal, so just do it. What is the problem? I have apps that I actively dislike and are bad for privacy, like Snapchat for example, solely for one person, just because they’re busy and prefer it and I care about them and keeping in contact. Why do so few people seem to do the same for Signal, even when they complain about the mainstream apps?
Dude people won’t change. Many folks ive asked 10 times pelase use signal to talk to me and they will not.
I refuse to install Snapchat, thats 100% spyware recording you.
If by “functionally the same as any other messaging app” you literally just mean being able to message someone then sure. Like saying steam is functionally the same as aim and thats functionally the same as discord. Also signal is annoying as hell i dislike it, and has caused me more issues than any other messaging service, be that teamspeak, discord, matrix etc. Really the only one ive disliked more that ive actually used is probably skype (rest in piss). So despite using it bc i respect the reasoning and vidion for privacy, it sucks
I haven’t had any issues 🤷🏻♂️ I guess video calls are occasionally choppy when I call a friend in another country who has bad internet. But yeah, that’s just going to be the case on that situation.
No. This is war. We give no concessions to the enemy. We strap them to a chair, tape their eyea open and superglue their hands to the mouse until they love Linux.
No mercy.
works every time
Most paid solutions are just kibana/grafana dashboards with extra steps.
If your team can’t build most of that shit out yourselves, your team is overpaid.
