One example I encountered was with someone I know who mentioned Linux, and I said I use it and he suddenly got fascinated and started asking me how I get anything done when all I have is just a command prompt and how does that work. Somewhere along the way he'd gotten the idea that Linux has no GUI at all and you just do everything in the terminal. Not sure where that idea came from but I was like no dude, it works pretty much like any other OS, it has Firefox and Chrome and stuff. I think he was a bit disappointed lol.
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A friend of mine believes similar except it's that everything in Linux doesn't actually work and you have to fix it constantly. It's rather frustrating to deal with.
doesn’t help when you have “Arch BTW” types that like the mystique that myth gives them
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Spreading Linux misinformation is saying things about Linux that aren't true.
Examples:
These can be jokes or trolling like “You can save space by removing the system's pre-installed French language pack by running sudo rm -fr /” (disclaimer don't do this!)
Or misconceptions, such as “You probably don't have a virus even if you suspect it, due to Linux's nature viruses aren't possible” (you absolutely can)
"Arch is stable"
I have seen that code block so many times, but never with the options switch around so it stands for french 😂 Thankfully in most cases these days you need to add --no-preserve-root for this command to run.
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That's genius. Absolutely evil, but genius.
That you can "do everything that windows does". You can't. You can do similar things, you can do different things, you can do basic things, yes, but Linux can't do everything that windows does.
disclaimer: on linux since 2006
Could you give an example of something linux can't do?
Or are you alluding to windows software not running on linux even with wine etc?
I built an entire theatre using Linux. Architect was on autocad, that was alright, but engineering was on vectorworks & there I had to ask for .dxf exports.
Qlab (macos) is 100% a no-go, I actually own a macbook just for this piece of software.
Isadora runs on wine, but video play is problematic. Isadora is a video mapper/VJ/mixing software.
Of the big three of lighting console software, only Chamsys' MagicQ runs on Linux. Infuriating when you know Grand MA consoles are linux-based. ETC? Don't ask.
It's niche (how about Enttec or DMXKing interfaces configurator?) but it's my niche. I survive doing things differently, and, yes, owning a dual-boot AsahiLinux/MacOS device.
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For instance, Linux hasn't started putting ads+AI in everything. It is 2024 people get with the program!
For me, it's hardware support, i.e my laptops fingerprint sensor just isn't supported, for the speakers to work I had to find a script that remapped the speakers, multiple desktops (especially with different resolutions) are a pain.
But the killer at the moment is a good solution to manage and post process my raw photos. Went from Lightroom to On1 Photo RAW...unfortunately DarkTable is still not there yet. Also still missing the affinity suite on Linux :-(
Also, sadly these tools also don't run well in a VM
This is correct. Linux doesn't suck and Windows most definitely does that very well. I'd also add you can do quite advanced things on Linux, as well.
Also disclaiming: Using Linux since 1999
Linux killed my dog.
Linus bit my penguin
Origin story of the manguin
A penguin once bit my sister. its true!
Better to die in freedom!
That Linux is a single OS where OS means a distro. They end up thinking that there are 3 systems in the world, Windows, Mac and Linux.
They're pretty close, there are three types of kernels used my majority of modern computers but they since they aren't really into different OS software they equate it with "there only 3 types of OS GUIs".
But Linux consists of more than 1 GUI?
Desktop environment to be specific.
That Wayland works for everybody.
Yes, but "Wayland is trash and will never be better than X" is also misinformation.
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That arch is the best system. Everyone has their different use cases.
You don't know what misinformation is? Basically it's all kinds of lies, intentional or not.
is a lie a lie if it's unintentional?
Depends on context. All lies are misinformation. I wouldn't describe unintentional lies as lying though.
Not really but it's still misinformation.
Misinformation is the stuff you spread in c/privacy about GrapheneOS and Android in general
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