>decide to try Linux
>download Ubuntu
>installs and works fine but quite barebones
>what is 2 clicks in Windows can be 3-4 lines of commands in Linux (assuming nothing breaks and there are no errors)
>sometimes a lot more
>every other program has some dependency issue
>every other program has some other issue
>fix is hosted somewhere that isn't accessible anymore
>fix is outdated
>or one of many other problems
>this happens constantly
>popular programs like Photoshop outright do not work
I understand that for a server or other environments the way Linux works (and how light it is) can be extremely beneficial, it also is quite satisfying to do things via text based interfaces, but why would you ever use it on your desktop or laptop? Productivity drops through the floor compared to Windows, considering the OS is usually just a layer below your actual productivity tools, and you really don't want that to add issues on top of the issues you'll already face with your tools anyway.
Decide to try Linux
>be retard
>shit breaks
wow
tl;dr OP is a retard
All of the applications I use work just fine. You seem to be trying to run programs that aren't meant to be run on Linux, so it's not a wonder that you're running into problems. As for dependency issues, try using a distro that isn't complete trash.
>>every other program has some other issue
>>fix is hosted somewhere that isn't accessible anymore
>>fix is outdated
>>or one of many other problems
this is literally THE practical argument against excessive library usage, as is the case in unix systems
it's all great having lots of little bits of software that fit together, but when one stops fitting the whole thing blow up
Stay on your government spyware OS, moron
Linux is a kernel used in android.
tl;dr Jow Forums is full of loonix shills
>download Ubuntu
LEL
>install Ubuntu
>it's shit
what a surprise
>be me
>russing arch for 5 years
>last breaking was 4 years caused by me fucking around
>able to fix within the hour without google
sure lets just pretend if OP will install any other distro all of his problems would magically disappear
user you need to use GIMP for photo editing
>don't know how to use thing
>find it hard to use
How about you give us concrete examples so that we can help you instead of randomly bitching?
>>installs and works fine but quite barebones
>>what is 2 clicks in Windows can be 3-4 lines of commands in Linux (assuming nothing breaks and there are no errors)
>>sometimes a lot more
>>every other program has some dependency issue
>>every other program has some other issue
>>fix is hosted somewhere that isn't accessible anymore
>>fix is outdated
>>or one of many other problems
>>this happens constantly
Things that never happened
>Decide to try windows as a daily driver again
>All the scraping programs are at best the exact same as on linux or at worst utter flaming dumpster piles of shit comparatively
>Grabbing all the common stuff is more obnoxious and time consuming, having to go to various websites and download the packages and then install rather than just running it through command line to grab from the repo
>Every other device has some driver issue that needs to be fixed
>Have to store the drivers beforehand since windows doesn't have ethernet drivers for my motherboard nor does it have generic drivers compatible with my wifi dongle, while on every flavour of linux I've tried it just werks
>Windows command line scripting is more obnoxious than Linux command line
The one thing that is valid is Photoshop doesn't work, and that's why I have a windows dual boot going. To run affinity and dxo photolab. However, as a daily driver, for efficiency of porn grabbing, and for stability of CFD programs I'd even rather take tinycore over windows.
C LI C Ks always resort to strawmanning and insults when someone implies GANOO/linux isn't the best choice for every use case.
Linux is for servers and cheapskates; for people there's Windows and for faggots, Mac.
I'd just like to interject for a moment. What you're referring to as Linux, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux. Linux is not an operating system unto itself, but rather another free component of a fully functioning GNU system made useful by the GNU corelibs, shell utilities and vital system components comprising a full OS as defined by POSIX.
Many computer users run a modified version of the GNU system every day, without realizing it. Through a peculiar turn of events, the version of GNU which is widely used today is often called "Linux", and many of its users are not aware that it is basically the GNU system, developed by the GNU Project.
There really is a Linux, and these people are using it, but it is just a part of the system they use. Linux is the kernel: the program in the system that allocates the machine's resources to the other programs that you run. The kernel is an essential part of an operating system, but useless by itself; it can only function in the context of a complete operating system. Linux is normally used in combination with the GNU operating system: the whole system is basically GNU with Linux added, or GNU/Linux. All the so-called "Linux" distributions are really distributions of GNU/Linux.
t. brainlet poo
Cope
100% correct