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Step 1 install GhostBSD
Step 2 enjoy none of the softwares you are used to working anymore
Step 3 ???
Step 2 enjoy none of the softwares you are used to working anymore
Step 3 ???
Isn’t that the problem with all the flavours of Linux? They simply don’t function as well as Mac OS or even Windows.
BSD is not Linux. It "functions" quite well by itself but has very limited third party software support. At the moment and for the foreseeable future it is better suited for specific use cases like embedded systems and not as a desktop OS.
It’s unix-based just like FreeBSD and just like Linux.
Supposedly, GhostBSD aims to be easy to install, ready-to-use and easy to use. The project goal is to combine security, privacy, stability, usability, openness, freedom and to be free of charge. Other than being free of charge, it seems to have failed on most of the other core aspirations.
I disagree with you on all counts except usability, which is caused by a lack of third party software support. And I confess I had to do a bit of tinkering to stop it making my computer squeak.
Regarding said lack of third party software support, it is out of the developers power. They would need loads of constant development work poured into countless open source projects alone, just to have all those softwares run flawlessly on their OS. Obviously there is no way on earth, short of gifting billions of dollars to software companies, to achieve proprietary software support like CAD or Microsoft Office.
My own experience is it's perfectly fine for an email opener and EDF browsing device. Anything beyond that is a question of luck with your own needs.
I dunno i was forced to use Linux for a year and I dident have coding experience so that meant that I dident want to learn how to use it and only did stuff in browser
I'm either too much of a nigger or not obsessive enough to get into it; I just wanna download, extract, and use the damn thing
I'm either too much of a nigger or not obsessive enough to get into it; I just wanna download, extract, and use the damn thing
you don't need to code to use a package or application manager
You make it sound so simpleyou don't need to code to use a package or application manager
All I know is that I downloaded stuff specifically for Linux and it doesn't open. I search up how to and I have to get into the terminal and code stuff.
Its really simple for people who know what they are doing and know everything about it, I was just given it and expected to fumble around until I understood it (I didn't)
Even then there was no major upside for using Linux for me other than it was the only thing I had at the time
But whatever I'm starting to sound like ben I'll stop now
sorry for sounding the way you described it, but 99% of all apps i could ever need are in my distros app manager (actually similar to app store but free). There was never any need to download software from a publishers website.
Admittedly, I did have to add some repositories manually, which most tutorials tell you to do with the console (some app managers allow this via GUI). It doesn't help that some Stallmanites force users to do this manually because they don't want to taint their precious linux distro with nonfree software like evil Nvidia drivers.
So I guess I have to admit that if you get brain AIDS when looking at a single console command you must use Windows. Not sure though because I can't remember ever using the console on my media player laptop with LMDE.
But that's the point: if a desktop OS doesn't play well with third party software, what's the point of its existence? Sure, there are alternatives to mainstream third party software and some of them work okay but most of them don't.
If we're ever going to get away from Microshaft controlling everyone's desktops, there needs to be a revolution in software development so that alternative OS's are actually viable options for the pc masses and not just niche offerings for aspie tards who prefer to tinker on their computers than engage with the world.
as I said, email opener. There are some people for whom that is sufficient. Currently on GhostBSD I'm missing only one single application.
i cannot disagree. Although for very many use cases Linux is that revolution. Unfortunately not nearly for all. Still, it has many more third party software options than the BSDs. For example, I wonder if Softmaker Office is a viable alternative to Microsoft Office. They claim complete compatibility to Microsofts office formats and it is available for Linux, Mac and Windows.
and yet, you love apple products
and MacOS is based on BSD
explain that away
which distro was this? the vast majority of distros have gone to great lengths to make installing an app as easy as possible using a package manager or "app store"
they also bent over backwards to make installing "proprietary" media format drivers as easy as possible.
mp3 and most corporate-owned video formats had patents, which are now running out
you should NEVER have to open a terminal window to set it up for common desktop use
(admittedly if you're trying to install a virtual machine to run, for example, Windows games, that's far out of the wheelhouse for new users)
Hmm, but that’s usually with the mindset of “Well, I don’t absolutely HAVE to use this application or that application or some other app.” Essentially, you end up rationing what apps you can use and then tell yourself that you didn’t really need the missing apps.
I’ve used Softmaker Office (a while ago) and it sort of works, but not perfectly.
Unsurprisingly WRONG.
That is correct, but for me that is preferable to "software serfdom" or "fellating Microshaft" or whatever you wanna call it.
That’s a noble outlook but for most people it’s about getting stuff done with the least amount of hassle.
Oh no I'm not noble, just autistic about thinly veiled advertisement popping up where I'm not used to it existing. I genuinely hate that even more than the hassle with free software.
And yet free software is often plagued with lots of pop-ups asking you to upgrade.
Idk what you're talking about in this case