Initially because it's free, meaning no cost. After learning more about it, I understood the power it gives me with so many ways to manipulate data and files. Sometimes a GUI is nice with dragging and dropping, but many times linux utilities enable me to do things that are pretty much impossible otherwise. Once you have a script or set of scripts that invoke bash, awk, sed, etc., to perform a complex task, consequences will never be the same.
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The Control i experienced in two days (newbie), basically it was something like 'love at first sight'
my laptop become 10x faster i guess , tho still I just started my journey with Ubuntu and still got a lot of stuff to learn, but feel Ubuntu still doesn't provide full control so I'm thinking of switching to Arch after getting down the basic stuff after 4-5 months of messing with with my ubuntu.
pr0fic1ency@reddit
Ideological cohesiveness.
Linux kernel, distros and apps are the means of production which we all (can) control and contributed to.
frankhoneybunny@reddit
Libertarian values apply to linux too
pr0fic1ency@reddit
Values applies just like how both communist and libertarian use forks and spoon to eat.
But Linux maintainer, Distro Maintainer, Apps Developer are mostly if not all of them left leaning.
My Opinion: Most known Libertarian within Free Software Space are leech (LunDuKKKe et al)
RAMChYLD@reddit
After fighting with Windows Update for the umpteenth time.
Swizzel-Stixx@reddit
1) free of charge
2) works on old stuff
3) actually works, unlike windows.
branch397@reddit
Initially because it's free, meaning no cost. After learning more about it, I understood the power it gives me with so many ways to manipulate data and files. Sometimes a GUI is nice with dragging and dropping, but many times linux utilities enable me to do things that are pretty much impossible otherwise. Once you have a script or set of scripts that invoke bash, awk, sed, etc., to perform a complex task, consequences will never be the same.
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Human-Equivalent-154@reddit
i don't
Smart_Vegetable_331@reddit
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
47-BOT@reddit
The Control i experienced in two days (newbie), basically it was something like 'love at first sight' my laptop become 10x faster i guess , tho still I just started my journey with Ubuntu and still got a lot of stuff to learn, but feel Ubuntu still doesn't provide full control so I'm thinking of switching to Arch after getting down the basic stuff after 4-5 months of messing with with my ubuntu.
nogieman2324@reddit
Because it's by the people, of the people and for the people!
Mr_Lumbergh@reddit
It let me set up things exactly the way I wanted, then it got out of my way and let me use them.
jermygod@reddit
Windows
PythonAndBeauty@reddit
Freedom.
Prestigious-Public22@reddit
my first pc was rpi 4 2Gb ram, I just started from linux and still going with it
Opp-Contr@reddit
Microsoft.