• TwilightVulpine@lemmy.worldEnglish
    169·
    10 months ago

    If Linux is not for you that’s understandable. The thing here is that they are not having a conversation about Microsoft. They are having the pettiest, least technical possible discussion about Linux, it’s devolving to pure clique shit talking.

    If you want to talk about Microsoft, just talk about Microsoft.

    • Kayn@dormi.zoneEnglish
      135·
      10 months ago

      Problem is, whenever you try taking about Microsoft, someone just has to interject and be like “yeah you should be using Linux instead”

      • voodooattack@lemmy.worldEnglish
        8·
        10 months ago

        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.

        /s

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.worldEnglish
      22·
      10 months ago

      The Microsoft company is not happy with me–that’s okay, I’ll still keep downloading patches for that garbage.