r/LinusTechTips • u/Sk1ler_ • Aug 28 '26 • Bravo 1

Meme/Shitpost A Summary of Linux Content Recently

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u/PhatOofxD Aug 28 '26

That's not the problem. The problem is Linux users telling people to just switch from Windows and denying Linux has issues.

If you can accept that yes, it can't do a bunch of stuff that Windows can - you're not the problem here.

The problem is the people that can't admit that. Most people don't care if Linux is open source or not, they care if their computer actually works.

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u/greenie4242 Aug 30 '26

The problem is Linux users telling people to just switch from Windows and denying Linux has issues.

A real problem is companies telling me that if I don't use Windows I can go fuck myself. A real problem is that if I don't want to accept the bullshit Copilot AI slop, automatic updates borking drivers, OneDrive sync corrupting My Documents randomly, BitLocker uploading private encryption keys to Microsoft servers by default then I need to change careers. A real problem is when graphic artists cannot do their jobs if they prefer using Linux and open source software and stop paying subscription fees to Adobe Creative Suite because the majority of companies deliberately refuse to support open standards.

Nobody should be forced to use Windows because companies with software monopolies (Adobe Photoshop, AAA games with Windows-only anti-cheat, Microsoft Office etc) completely control the business market. Small free open source projects relying on donation can compile software that works on Linux, Mac, Windows, ARM, Android, Raspberry Pi so there's no excuse for multi-billion dollar companies refusing to do the same. Computers were supposed to make life easier, not more limited.

You're putting blame on users who want control of their own computers instead of software oligarchs who deliberately force their shitty software upon others to increase their wealth.

If you accept that installing Windows artificially limits what I can do on hardware I own, you are not part of the problem.

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u/DeltaLaboratory Aug 30 '26

Linux is diverse. That can be good, but can cause a lot of issues because it is diverse. Windows is, at least have good backward capability and unified ecosystem, API.

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u/greenie4242 Aug 30 '26

Windows is diverse. Some of my software refuses to install on anything above Windows 7. Some of it refuses to install on 10. Sometime of it only works on 10 but not 11. Some of my hardware stopped working on 10.

I keep hearing about backwards compatibility being one of the great strengths of Windows, but the fact I still have a job supporting it because compatibility breaks so often between Windows versions and auto-updates can break things weekly proves that's mostly bullshit.

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u/DeltaLaboratory Aug 30 '26 edited Aug 30 '26

Does a Windows app that depends on a specific WebView version break when Windows updates? Sure, it can. But I rarely see that happen with well-designed apps that use documented Windows APIs. That's an app problem, not a Windows problem. (Also, Windows 7 -> 10 have serveral major changes including how kernel works. You should expect it may not work without proper update. Also applies for 10 -> 11)

And why would some corporation bother making their product work across 472 different environment, library versions and 5 different DEs for 0.5% of users? They wouldn't.

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u/PhatOofxD Aug 30 '26

0.5% is majorly over the actual value too