Linuxsucks
For knowledge and awareness about what using Linux is really like and pointing at its cultish toxic community. We also cover FOSS /FLOSS failures, and issues with GPL since it relates to Linux. Moderation is heavy handed to appeal to our target users.
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- FOSS (especially GPL) advocates and Linux (specifically GNU/Linux) evangelists aren't welcome (GNU Hurd will count as Linux). -We ask that you block us and we will perma-ban for violations of this rule.
- Try to stay on topic (that is LINUXSUCKS!). No bashing other OSs or each other. We aim for a cohesive non-toxic community with the interest of cautioning people / would be victims from Linux. At our discretion, we will remove what we consider pollution.
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⚠️Collection of Articles
⚠️Linux/FOSS can damage hardware or firmware
🪤Linux Community Advice Breaks Windows
😎Linux running servers isn't a brag
👾Is Linux Running Games Near Windows Performance Impressive?
🚮Wasted Ram on Different Toolkits and Distro-Agnostic Packages in Linux
🛰️Critical ISS Systems do NOT run Linux
⚠️Abandoned Software is Dangerous (and common on Linux)
🧻FOSS Devs Quit and Sellout on Unappreciative Userbase
⚠️Firmware Flashing is Riskier on Linux
💊Linux Community Toxicity Ties Directly into Inferiority Complex Psychology
⚠️How Linux Stores Browser Passwords is a Security Issue
💊The Psychology of Conspiracy Thinking
🤬Rabid LiGNUxers Ignorantly Get Angry at Devs
😳Does Linux Dominate SuperComputers? -Yeah, but So What!
⛪The Linux Cult - Religious Parallels
😎Before Wayland: “Linux is secure, Windows is insecure.” -(Selective Dishonesty)
⏳Why Wayland is Taking so Long
😎Major Desktop Applications Missing on Linux
😎Linux is NOT Great for Developers
😎Kernel Level Anti-Cheat is fine!
⚠️The Privacy / Security Paradox
⚠️Linux Storing Passwords as Plain Text
😎How to Continue Using Unsupported Windows Online on Old Hardware
😎Don't Trust Desktop Marketshare
💊Piracy is Less Harmful than GPL
😎The Most Influential Formerly‑Proprietary Projects that Became Important to Linux
🤬GNU Holds Linux Back (Directly)
💊It is Linux Fault -Why OEMs, Apps Don't Support Linux
🔐 Secure Boot + TPM 2 vs. Linux Alternatives
🛠️Checking for Linux Hardware Compatibility is Bullshit!
👾Linux Gaming: The Roast It Has Earned
💊 Linux is Better for Old Computers?
💊Lies told about BSD to retain support of cult
💊FOSS Apps Run Better on Win/Mac
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Not really, because Discord works just fine on linux. It's still the most braindead take i've ever heard. Because almost all mainstream distros come with an appstore pre-installed. Ubuntu/Mint, Manjaro, pop!os, bazzite,... You just open the software center, search for 'discord', 'steam', etc. click install, and that's it. Arguably even easier and safer than on Windows because it works like a smartphone (via an App Store) rather than requiring users to search the web and download .exe installers. Triggered by dependency issues? Avoid rolling release distributions and install some stable LTS -> solved. A beginner installing arch and complaining that it doesnt "just work" is like someone previously using apple products ordering a "build your own android smartphone" assembly kit containing the raw electrical components and no os pre installed. Then shitting on android because the iPhone just works. "I'm using arch, btw." for years now and rarely have any issues. But it's not (made) for beginners. What sucks here isn't linux, it's the user. Who didn't even bother asking chatgpt what distro is for them. Or which specific distro is not for them. Then complaining, not about their os but about linux as a whole. Almost has to be ragebait now that i think about it.
Microsoft has an AppStore too for a long time (and also winget for easy terminal installations). I'm not sure how many users prefer it or know about it though. The culture around Windows is that's search&download is still the obvious way, even though many installers nowadays aren't standalone offline packages but rather downloaders of the last stable version - a little appstore delivery in itself.
And as it's a part of the whole ecosystem, and a storefront, MS Store assumes you have an account that it sometimes asks even if you try to download free apps. I can't tell what exactly, maybe a specific Realtek sound app?, was the sole app that I had a hard time finding outside of it.
I wonder what issue could've prevented download of an exemplar Discord tho - picture seems generated with the weird text on first panel, but whatever, it's for my own curiosity. Since they ferched the list of packages, internet is on, the problem there would be with mirrors configuration/availability, I suppose? I recently encountered that issue (thanks to my government, blocking/being blocked by IP) and learnt about the reflector tool and updating mirrors list, both not having GUI due to rare demand, but it's a nice niche for a small project.