Anonymous #2 1d

If you’re reasonably good at using and troubleshooting an operating system like Windows then you’re proficient enough to make the switch. Linux is at the point where there are versions designed to be as Windows or Mac-like to ease the transition, such as Linux Mint, and having to go to the command line is largely unnecessary.

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Anonymous #3 1d

Huh

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Anonymous OP 1d

38% saying they have switched. No they haven’t. Ive met a ton of peopel who say they have. Then you see there pc or laptop. And its windows.

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Anonymous #3 1d

They might be dual-booting, or use Linux at home and Windows for work. My work laptop has Windows because I am unfortunately required to use the Microsoft ecosystem to do my job, so I’d wager that many people are in the same boat.

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Anonymous #3 1d

Do you count chromebooks as Linux? Chrome OS is technically Linux based

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Anonymous #4 1d

I’d say no for the purposes of this poll.

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Anonymous #4 1d

No. That’s not “switching” anything.

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Anonymous #3 1d

Well you had to buy the Chromebook, just like switching to Mac would require buying a Mac

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Anonymous #4 1d

Literally every smart home device run Linux

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Anonymous #4 1d

I’d argue that ChromeOS is not Linux *in spirit* due to its mostly closed-source nature and integration of proprietary Google products. To me, Chromebooks are Linux in the same way that smart TVs are Linux. Technically true, but not keeping in the spirit of it.

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Anonymous #6 1d

Hey hey no bashing non stem majors here open source software is for everyone

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Anonymous OP 1d

Chrome OS itself is open source, Google evens allows you to run native Linux apps but you need to enable it, the Google services online are not open source

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Anonymous #5 1d

Isn’t the DE closed source though? That’s a pretty big part of the OS.

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Anonymous #3 1d

“I haven’t seen it so it can’t be true” solid argument

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Anonymous OP 1d

Chrome OS doesn't have a desktop environment, if your talking about the Windows manager, it is open source

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Anonymous #13 21h

plenty of games still work fine on linux. especially if you use steam they have a really good compatibility layer built right in

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Anonymous #12 16h

yeah I know most are okay, but it feels a little silly to switch to windows just to play a few things and then switch back

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Anonymous #11 15h

I’ll admit I don’t totally understand the difference between a WM and a DE but I was under the impression that it still has a DE.

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Anonymous #11 13h

chrome is definitely has a desktop environment your desktop environment is what provides stuff like the main bar along the bottom, the login prompt, and the wallpaper. a window manager ONLY places windows on the screen and requires external packages to do things like display a task bar etc. chromeos’ DE doesn’t provide the desktop as a place to store or manage files but it does have one.

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Anonymous OP 13h

a window manager places windows for applications on the screen and handles scaling and stuff like that. a desktop environment has a window manager, as well as bundling together other things like a sign in screen, displaying wall papers, a task bar, utility applications like a file manager and network setting manager . if you install a standalone window manager you also then have to install and configure all the auxiliary pieces yourself

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Anonymous #5 13h

running native linux apps isn’t done natively by chrome os, it actually runs a very tightly integrated virtual machine running linux to install, manage, and run native linux applications

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