Published on 12, July, 2020
I'm half-joking because I think the superior operating system is a personal matter, but I'm also half-serious in that I personally think Linux is superior. This post is meant as an attempt at starting a humorous discussion for us Linux users to conceitedly pat ourselves on the back for being superior at choosing the best operating system because being on an autism board, surely there are other Linux users on here.
Freedom!
- You can investigate the code and adapt it however you want because no one owns it. It belongs to the people.
Control!
- Since it's free, you have control over how the operating system functions.
Aesthetically gorgeous!
- Since We can control all aspects of the system, we can make it look amazing, Look at how nice my desktop is!
Speed!
- It's super fast due to limited to no bloat depending on your setup. There are even distros for less powerful machines so that older computers are still functional and speedy.
Security!
- You have control over it. Additionally, since it requires someone to actively learn how it functions, users tend to be better educated and reduce mistakes that result in hacking/viruses.
Privacy!
- Your operating system use isn't being collected and used or sold for commercial purposes
Apps!
- There are so many apps to choose from. Have a task you want to complete? 99% of the time, someone has already created an app for it and is freely sharing it through the software repositories, GitHub, or elsewhere online.
Online support communities
- There are lots of online communities to help even the most novice users. There are so many communities, that there are multiple separate communities for nearly each distro and desktop environment.
It's cool!
- What can be cooler than controlling your machine by creating the operating system you want for yourself that looks however you please?
- Also, the name GNU's Not Unix is a recursive name that points out a paradox in our language and logic. That's super cool!
Limited drivers and gaming
- Because Linux is not commercialized for-profit and widely adopted like Windows and iOS, there is less incentive for companies to spend resources on developing drivers and games for it, so brand new machines may have difficulty with drivers and there are less options for gaming. However, I will note that there are some workarounds and emulators that help Linux users play their favorite games, such as Wine, Play On Linux, and Proton.
Can be annoying to discuss with normies
- Since Linux is a niche community, we can be annoying when the topic of operating systems comes up because people don't like to for us to point out they use an inferior operating system.
While we're on the subject, I would love to get better as using Linux. Currently, I use it similar to Windows, so I'm certainly not taking advantage of the possibilities. I'd like to learn to code so that I can personalize even more. If you have any resources on learning to code in Linux or how to really personalize it, I'd love to see them.
In a flat I live in when away working, I have a desktop pc running Windows 10. I don't have landline Internet access at the flat. For a while I accessed the Internet using a mobile wi-fi router (which work has lent me during the lockdown in case I had to self isolate).
One thing that I noticed was I hadn't been online on the pc for a few weeks. I didn't do any web surfing but when I looked in the Network and Sharing Centre, I found that in that session that I had used over four gigabits of data. Some of this would be the updating of my anti-virus, but as as I can see the vast bulk of this was Windows updates, I have no problem with security updates but the size of the updates seemed (to me) a bit excessive.
I had to return the mobile wi-fi router to my employer. I am thinking of buying one of these pay-as-you-go mobile wi-fi router for my own limited use and I don't want to waste my data allowance. If I bought a pc (or laptop) with Linux, would I be able to surf the Internet safely without down loading huge updates every month (which would eat into my data allowance), please?
I want to say that Linux will use less data on updates because it tends to be a simpler operating system that doesn't even need an anti-virus, but I can't say for certain. I'm looking into it and will get back to you.