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Feb 28 at 4:30amBuffer
Show threadLittlePolarBearFeb 28
@itsfoss no AI harassment or spyware!
Show threadIt's FOSSMar 3
@LittlePolarBear Indeed, a very nice perk to have!
Show threadWestFox35Feb 28
@itsfoss No spyware or AI bullshit.
Show threadKevin Karhan Feb 28

@itsfoss the freedom to use it my way, and even #DIY it the way I want.

  • Which despite my "lack" of skills means it runs laps around #WinShit!
Show threadMiro CollasFeb 28
@itsfoss Free, open source, no ad bloat, no AI bloat, highly configurable - and it keeps getting better!
Show thread🥑 Yours Truly! Unruly 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦🌻Feb 28

@itsfoss

That one day I am going replace the operating system on the computer I haven't been using with Linux.

Show threadKev Peirce 🇦🇺Feb 28
@itsfoss It's free, no spyware and it works.
Show threadDianeFeb 28

@itsfoss

being guaranteed I can study it and change it
and not being spied on without consent.

Show threadharbeiderFeb 28
@itsfoss Linux is Big Fun!
Show threadhaltncatchfireFeb 28
@itsfoss I love how linux is this amazing, beautiful, awesome, creative, frustrating, hard, worthwhile, intelligent thing that anyone can get invovled in. It encourages, learning, exploring, community and helps with much more. I love you linux! Thanks for being here during these challenging times.
Show threadRamnarayan KalyanaramanFeb 28
@haltncatchfire @itsfoss lovely
Show threadiweinFeb 28
@itsfoss not being exploited by the #epsteinClass
Show threadbillisdeadFeb 28
@itsfoss it works
Show threadNy'hrarrFeb 28

@itsfoss The ability to customize virtually anything you want.

When I was younger I used to thinker with my Windows installs all the time to get it to look and feel exactly how I wanted, but it would constantly break, it was really frustrating. Seeing other people making their own rices was how I found out about Linux.

Show threadRamnarayan KalyanaramanFeb 28

@itsfoss aligns with the values i believe and espouse - open and free flow of knowledge and ideas, creative commons, somewhat a just process,

Technically competent, supported despite mainstream industry shenanigans

And now so effective and good to use with hardky much headache in file compatibility, or significant hardware incompatibility

And fun, absolutely fun (sometimes headachy) but at the end of the day i am technically better (and hopefully a better person) because i use linux.

Show threadTheZorseFeb 28

@itsfoss

It's not trying to use, manipulate, or trick me.

Show threadnitana  Feb 28

@itsfoss I love the things other commenters posted, but for me number one thing is ownership/control: Windows can just randomly decide to update, which is super annoying especially with work and school laptops... Being stuck staring at an update bar while you have a test in the opposite end of the campus is stressful.

Also, I had an older laptop which needed some specific drivers to run smoothly. Windows kept overwriting my drivers, >w< had to change the drivers several times in a month.

Linux respects your time and choices.

Show threadFast-BlastFeb 28
@itsfoss freedom 🦅 🇺🇸
Show threadRenan LE CAROFeb 28
@itsfoss I don't need to air-gap linux for it to be usable. Looking at you windows :)
Show threadIt's FOSSMar 3
@renanlecaro 🤣
Show threadliberloebi 📖Feb 28
@itsfoss it exists
Show threadSimon DeutschlFeb 28
@itsfoss
That it's source code is open. And that I can do with it whatever I want, it doesn't annoy me with AI and it runs smoothly on my 11 year old computer. 😌
Show threadTristanFeb 28
@itsfoss no bloat and i can run it on a potato
Show threadBoloMKXXVIIIFeb 28
@itsfoss
It returned ownership of my computers to me.
I can choose an appropriate distro for each computer I own.
I am not only allowed to, but actually encouraged to, tinker with the inner workings of Linux.
I choose which software I want to support financially.
I am not supporting a morally bankrupt company.
The community rocks!
Show threadSamuelJohnsonFeb 28

@itsfoss One-click updates of both OS and applications together at a time of MY choosing.

No wait for 30 minutes
No separate apps to track available updates
No need for license keys
No need to register or pay*
No need to restart (usually)

*I donate to several projects but I won't get cut off if I can't / don't

Show threadarrakeen_urbaniteFeb 28
@itsfoss Not subject to near-weekly shifts in the winds of whatever Microsoft and Apple decide their users should have shoved down their throats
Show threadIMFeb 28
@itsfoss Adding to all the other good reasons. Lack of enshittification for the sake of selling some other product almost nobody wants.
Show threadChai FrühlingFeb 28
@itsfoss Freedom, it respects me, it let me use my hardware for myself instead of taking most of it for spyware, and it allows me to do whatever I am able to because of my technical skills without bs barriers. And it is objectively superior.
Show threadOldCoderFeb 28
Hold the phone
You can roll your own
Not just fork or patch
You can build it from scratch
Try that with Windows
Not as simple as you'd suppose
Linux is a genre and not a single thing
If you'd like to make the angels sing
You can be the one the book to write
It's out of sight

No, that isn't LLM.
#CoderSongs
Show threadDwoskyFeb 28
@itsfoss I like the possibility to contribute and be part of the community. From commenting problems faced and getting help to contributing with either ideas or code changes.
Show threadBaranauskasŽFeb 28
@itsfoss free applications
Show threadExcal / ae7erdevFeb 28
@itsfoss
Free and customizable
Show threadJoe | 🇵🇸 | 🧑‍💻Feb 28
@itsfoss Software ownership + hardware control.
Show threadSpringy Owlbear Feb 28

@itsfoss freedom, no AI foisted on me, distros that don't start with the assumption that I'm stupid, the Arch Wiki (no matter what distro I use), choice of window managers - or even a usable terminal shell if I want…

Basically, everything. It's better than either major commercial OS by miles in almost every way.

Show threadBongmasterFeb 28
@itsfoss it's not windows or mac
Show threadAvocaFeb 28

@itsfoss

Tux.

Show threadCaptain SalemMar 1
@itsfoss No Liquid Glass
Show threadkhánhMar 1
@itsfoss no ai, no spyware, but most importantly, customization and the freedom of choice
Show threadTeacherThomasMar 1
@itsfoss The ability to give new life to old tech, preventing e-waste.
Show threadheartcode.dev 💚Mar 1
@itsfoss My system, my rules. Free, open source and blazing fast
Show threadRIBBBITn3rdingMar 1
@itsfoss I mean... what's not to love?
Show threadKevinCrrlMar 1
@itsfoss "because I like linux xd"
https://mastodon.social/@itsfoss/116129327027554182
Show threadIt's FOSSMar 3
@kevincrrl hehe well played
Show threadԎєηυкι, 手抜き🚀🐧♏ 🔭 ⚫⚪Mar 1
@itsfoss
that I built my complete education, my university exam and the rest of my career at space science from 1986 through 40 ys until today on Linux. When I started studies all elder profs told me it makes no sense. My way proofed them beeing wrong.
Show threadFuqEyesMar 2

@itsfoss

It's empowering because I choose my computing experience i.e., simple or complex, manual or automated, look & feel, and privacy & security.

And #foss of course 🤘🏾

Show threadWGMar 2
@itsfoss First and foremost, Linux runs better on my hardware than Windows did. I like all the selections available for desktops and window managers. Running it at home is a LOT easier now than it was when I first looked at Linux in 2008-2010. With all the different distros available, I can find one that runs on the specific system where I want to install it.
Show threadMarsDudeMar 2
@itsfoss Choice. If 'your' distro doesn't fit you anymore, just take another one.
Show threadAxisKernelMar 3
@itsfoss The userland(ie GNU tools) and then the kernel.