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15 Signs Linux Is Not For You (itsfoss.com)
submitted 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) by petsoi@discuss.tchncs.de to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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  1. You love giving your data away
  2. You enjoy being tracked by your operating system
  3. You’re happy when your computer tells you “no”
  4. You prefer someone else deciding what you can run
  5. You feel uncomfortable if you get to have options
  6. You’d rather battle corporate tech support
  7. You’d rather rent your software than own it
  8. You think ads belong on your desktop
  9. You love being lied to about what’s “industry standard”
  10. You like rebooting for every little update
  11. You’re uncomfortable when software is transparent
  12. You think community-made tools can’t be “professional”
  13. You want intrusive AI everywhere, whether it helps or not
  14. You think the command line is only for hackers
  15. You never really wanted your computer to be yours anyway
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[–] victorz@lemmy.world 71 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Oh, it's just a list of pro Linux items but in reverse psychology... Kay.

I'm already a Linux user, I was kinda curious about a listing of actual reasons Linux might not be for someone.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 42 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Not just reverse psychology, I can't imagine anyone agreeing with most of these. It's definitely got a holier-than-thou attitude. Like who is this even written for other than people who already use Linux and just want to feel smugly superior?

[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 33 points 1 week ago

Linux users? Being holier than thou? Say it ain't so!

I use arch btw

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Exactly, it just reads like a smug rant.

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

actual reasons:

  1. want to use some specific program or game only available for another os
  2. lazy, dumb or afraid of computer stuff.
  3. can’t decide from 10,000 different distributions
[–] victorz@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Perfectly valid. 👌

[–] vandsjov@feddit.dk 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

You forgot the real actual reason: I don't care about computer stuff. My current computer does what I want and I don't care to switch.

It is okay not to have the interest in computers. I could probably change the oil on my car but I don't care and don't want to do the work, so I don't do it (the mechanic does).

[–] ozymandias@sh.itjust.works -2 points 1 week ago

that’s just another word for lazy

[–] Goretantath@lemmy.world -4 points 1 week ago

#2 is the cause of #1 & #3 so you only really listed 1 reason.