cgilbert wrote:
Lots of respect for forging ahead with Linux on the desktop. When I ran a Mac it was pretty close in a lot way since it's just BSD Unix under the hood, which at least made everything very available. I run Windows now and it has come a long, long way because you can install a platform native subsystem (e.g., better than a virtual machine) that allows one to install Linux distros directly alongside of it (
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_S ... _for_Linux ). (the biggest thing that made move, and keeps me on, Windows are some profession-specific apps, which I can't get anywhere else)
Linux is easy no one should be scared of it. Apple Windows are both like Google they over charge you for software then spy on everything you do and sell your profile. The difference between spyware and not is clicking I AGREE read the EULA's how you think they are making all their billions.
Most people are scared of the command prompt, now most Linux operating systems are just like windows or mac.
Most everything Linux is opensource and FREE! I have never bought a Linux program.
Betting most the " profession-specific apps" you run in Linux using Wine or Bottles, Bottles builds a windows operating system in a container then you can install your software, there are also pre-built Bottles you just download and run sort of like Docker Containers.
My laptop is dual boot, it came with windows then I installed Linux Mint on it, I kept the windows just in case I was on a road trip and needed to run a windows strange reason. Once I sort out what OS I am going with will format the partition with windows and install Linux on it.
The only windows program I still use is GoogleEarth Portable, I use the portable version so when on my trips I pre-cache the area I will be riding so I do not need to download gigs of data over the phone connection, Using the portable version allows me to have 20 different GoogleEarth Portable's ready to run, 40GB of data just waiting to be used. I use GoogleEarth Portable to map out my future ride trips, I have figured out how to run GoogleEarth Portable in both Wine and Bottles.
Cool thing about Open Source is they are like Pilot and Odyssey enthusiast trying to fix, design and build better versions nonstop and have each others back, coders live for removing vulnerabilities in software and looking for security issues.