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Is linux your daily driver? 2 Weeks Ago by Dani Linux has come a long way, but it's still primarily a server OS, correct? How many of you linux fanboys and girls use it as your primary operating system for daily tasks? How does it compare to Windows or macOS in terms of productivity and overall user experience? Re: Is linux your daily driver? 2 Weeks Ago by Reverend Jim I've tried loinux several times over the years on spare computers, virtual machines, and a Raspberry Pi. I gave up on all of them because it was too difficult to maintain. Now all I use it for is Live USB recovery tools. Re: Is linux your daily driver? 2 Weeks Ago by Salem I use it all day, every day. TBH, M$ stopped being an OS company after Windows 7 and the so-called OS just became a marketing tool to ram ever more crap in front of your face. Re: Is linux your daily driver? 2 Weeks Ago by Vince_6 I used Linux on and off for years. I was finally willing to commit to Windows 11 when it installed some updates and it went into a reboot loop afterwards. I said screw it and went back to Linux. Been using it for months as my primary OS and I am quite happy with the decision. Re: Is linux your daily driver? 2 Weeks Ago by Dani I started this thread thinking about James, DaniWeb's sysadmin, who I was surprised to hear uses Windows as his daily driver, despite his proficiency in Linux. I believe he quoted things like Linux not being ideal for gaming. I'm macOS only these days. Re: Is linux your daily driver? 2 Weeks Ago by Benjamin_17 The last time I used Windows was Windows XP when I got a blue screen of death trying to install it. Since then, I have been daily driving with Linux (Ubuntu then Pop! then back to Ubuntu) since then. No real problems, yes I do not play the games I use to, but within Steam there is still quite a healthy choice to pick from. Honestly I would struggle… Re: Is linux your daily driver? 1 Week Ago by jkon I exclusively use Linux on my personal PCs, currently the Ubuntu distribution. I switched from Windows between 2010 and 2012. Before that, I used Linux on a different PC for several years, followed by a period of dual booting. Thanks to WINE, I have yet to encounter software I cannot run on my PC. I believe Ubuntu has become so user-friendly that … Re: Is linux your daily driver? 1 Week Ago by Reverend Jim When I ran into problems with linux I found the online help was less than helpful. The help, when offered, consisted of experts explaining things to other experts, even though I mentioned that I was anything but. All help assumed I had much more knowledge than I did. The explanations sounded like Trek techno-babble. Re: Is linux your daily driver? 1 Week Ago by Reverend Jim >Yes , that is still an issue... Many years back a neighbour was taking an evening course to become more computer literate. She was confused one day, telling me that her instructor had tried to explain to the class what "formatting a disk" meant. He talked about magnetic fields, tracks, sectors, etc. but she was still in the dark as… Re: Is linux your daily driver? 1 Week Ago by Dani Wow, I'm surprised how many people here are primarily Linux users compared to how infrequently our Linux forum gets posted in these days. Linux fanboys should feel the force, says Schneier 17 Years Ago by newsguy … Bruce Schneier has compared Linux to Star Wars and suggests fanboys feel the force a bit more. Schneier will give a… Fanboys strangely silent about secret Mac OS X security update 14 Years Ago by happygeek Microsoft [URL="http://www.zdnet.co.uk/blogs/davey-winder-10015443/microsoft-staying-silent-over-security-patching-10015776/"]recently admitted[/URL], via the Director of it's Security Response Centre, that it doesn't report every Windows security vulnerability discovered and subsequently fixed via patches and updates. No big deal you … Re: Fanboys strangely silent about secret Mac OS X security update 14 Years Ago by penguiniator ... How can you be surprised that no one is expressing outrage? The source of outrage toward Microsoft's security practices is simply that they cherry pick the vulnerabilities to publish and then use the number of those publicised vulnerabilities as if that were all the vulnerabilities they know about. Then they contrast that number with bug … Re: Fanboys strangely silent about secret Mac OS X security update 14 Years Ago by bastones The question is, would Apple admit/publicise the update anyway? No. I only think Microsoft would publicise big threats and vulnerabilities that would affect a large Windows audience, such as a vulnerability in IE that could affect millions of people. I'm not too in the know-how with trojans, malware, whatever on Macs but I think all need user … Re: Fanboys strangely silent about secret Mac OS X security update 14 Years Ago by happygeek OK, firstly if you had ever read any of my output you would not come to the conclusion that I'm a Microsoft fanboy, quite the opposite I would imagine. Secondly, people get to know about the Apple update in the same way they get to know about the Microsoft updates that have been done 'secretly' in that they read the news stories that appear. … Re: Fanboys strangely silent about secret Mac OS X security update 14 Years Ago by macmad Thats funny, I read about it this week and I don't make a living writing articles, which I would investigate to make sure that what I state is true! Re: Fanboys strangely silent about secret Mac OS X security update 14 Years Ago by penguiniator [QUOTE=happygeek;1252897]... people get to know about the Apple update in the same way they get to know about the Microsoft updates that have been done 'secretly'[/QUOTE] You quote the word secret as if I were the one to characterize the update that way. You did, not me. [QUOTE]... in that they read the news stories that appear.[/QUOTE] … Re: Fanboys strangely silent about secret Mac OS X security update 14 Years Ago by dioioib Firstly how are we calling this a real threat? The program in question is a trojan which requires some really stupid people to manually install it by entering in their root password. Anyone can be affected by trojan's if they install them, the real threat was the use of social engineering and calling the program iPhoto to trick users into running … Re: Fanboys strangely silent about secret Mac OS X security update 14 Years Ago by macmad Well said dioioib!! Re: Fanboys strangely silent about secret Mac OS X security update 14 Years Ago by happygeek yawn! Re: Fanboys strangely silent about secret Mac OS X security update 14 Years Ago by dioioib happygeek I expected more of a debate, not laying down and sleeping. Re: Fanboys strangely silent about secret Mac OS X security update 14 Years Ago by happygeek Sorry. Perhaps I should have said 'meh' instead. :) (this is an eight month old news story after all...) Re: Fanboys strangely silent about secret Mac OS X security update 14 Years Ago by Danarchy I started on Windows and swiftly moved to Apple within a year of dealing with Windows security. Now I only maintain friends' Windows machines. I don't trust Apple as far as security patches much either. I've not updated from 10.6.5 to 10.6.6 since I've found no sure way to disable the App Store program, even though there are security fixes and … Re: Fanboys strangely silent about secret Mac OS X security update 14 Years Ago by dioioib Interesting you are alleging browser hijacking in OSX I have never seen that ever. I do agree with you on the App Store thing though. I am not a fan of the move to a seemingly iTunes like distribution method. This is where I will actually start to show some distain for the Apple brand. 1) I don't go with the flow and iPhone app store forces … Re: Fanboys strangely silent about secret Mac OS X security update 14 Years Ago by Danarchy "I suppose if you are totally new to computers and have no clue what software you need its a great marketing tool,". That's it in my opinion. And maybe a bit of information mining for marketing. I posted, some time back, looking for help on the Camino and Opera "hijacking" issue. Plenty looked but no ideas. Both browsers went… Re: Typical MS-Fanboy FUD Debunked [part 1 of 2] 17 Years Ago by Infarction … same mistake, whether they be Microsoft fanboys or Linux fanboys, or not even fanboys at all. However, your argument about…developers". I've seen similar statements by Linux fanboys who also demonstrated as little knowledge as you proclaim… the MSFT fanboys to have. Just callin' the shots as I … 15 reasons why the iPad is no game-changer 15 Years Ago by happygeek … write on this thing do you (part 2)? Aha, the fanboys respond, there's an optional keyboard dock for that. Riiiiiiiiiiiiiight… HDMI connectivity to view videos on your TV. Sure, as fanboys everywhere are quick to point out, a dock will be… along to handle that at some point. But, as fanboys are quick to ignore, that's just Apple screwing you… The ultimate Angry Birds fanboy guide 14 Years Ago by happygeek … an app? Well the simple answer is that's what fanboys do. The slightly more detailed answer would be because this… to every future level and game variant as well. Real fanboys will love the ability to press a button in the… one with both birds and pigs on. Of course, real fanboys might prefer the subtle understatement of a white feather from… Re: 15 reasons why the iPad is no game-changer 15 Years Ago by happygeek … iPad is perfect for, but I'm not sure the fanboys will appreciate me saying it: all-in-one remote control… Re: Linux Desktop Stigma Draws Ire and Fire 14 Years Ago by Clanky … both sites are Linux users who are sick of the fanboys and the harm that they do to Linux. Most of… from Linux users who are sick and tired of the fanboys who only use Linux because it has become fashionable in…. When you have a desktop OS which has millions of fanboys screaming about how wonderful it is then you end up…