I like Linux, I hate the app names. It's confusing as hell, especially if you are looking for some app that functions the way you imagine, then they name something weird like Nautilus instead of file explorer lmao.

Don't worry guys, I know how to fix this. I'll just create another package manager!! That should do it

I love simplicity and convenience. I just don't like giving up control.

No lie, it's got to the point that it's more convenient to use Linux. Windows has become very intrusive with trying to help, privacy issue landmines you have to navigate, it's not unpleasant to use Windows. It's just more work to do it.

The person who made this has never had to deal with Windows driver issues obviously

Thing is, I use Linux cuz it allows to have simplicity and convenience where those things are of value to me.

Not having an online always connected local user account is simplicity to me.

Having file permissions changeable with a simple command rather than having to fuck about a ui and registry is simplicity to me.

Having an os that's under my control is convenient for me.

Having a user interface that suits my wants/needs and has ample options for customization is convenient for me.

Things that are simple are often not simple to use. Things that are simple to use are often complex. Although, hammers also exist so it's not exactly an universal rule...

As a disclaimer, I didn't make this myself, and I lovingly use Linux for all my computing needs.

But when I selfhost nextcloud to avoid google, or use proton, I am aware that I don't allways choose the easy way.

I love simplicity. This is why I use Linux. Its just simpler to get simple Software that does just one thing and that good.

And I love tinkering with my os.

Apparently Windows users just want something that never works, is unsupportable, and required re-installation 3 times a year.

I've used Linux as my main desktop OS since 2008, and the only times I had problems were when hardware manufacturers supplied device drivers as binary Windows blobs and I had to kludge up a workaround. In all other instances, it was smooth sailing. If I don't like the desktop look, I can change it, if a file manager bothers me, that too can be changed, if I have older hardware, I can find a lightweight distro and avoid spending money and creating unnecessary e-waste.

With proprieatry operating systems, you do not own your machine. You paid for it, but you do not own it. Don't like the browser that came with the OS? Fuck you, we're gonna shove it down your throat. Don't want ads in the taskbar? Lmao get rek'd peasant! Want to search files locally without triggering our third-rate search engine? Bing bong, choke on our ding-dong! To be frank, even if Linux was less user friendly (and Windows is downright user hostile) I'd still use it, because I'd rather learn a thing or two about computers than be treated as a shearing sheep.

I upvoted this meme, but to be fair, I often feel like it's more certain Linux developers that don't like (or understand) simplicity and convenience rather than the users. Users that migrate to more simple distros like Mint, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, etc. generally get to have a pretty simple experience.

I was on Linux Mint with Cinnamon for almost a year at one point because I was tired of Windows giving me problems, and was able to handle it because I wasn't really playing games during that time. Only had to leave because I got sick of trying to get my games to work through WINE because back then, it was actually difficult and not like nowadays with Proton and Steam Deck. I still got World of Warcraft working though, oddly enough.

Meme creator has obviously never used Linux Mint.

I mean that's just not true.

Lol. I started with Slackware and used it for many years, but I got tired of dealing with dependency hell.

I switched my desktop and laptops to Kubuntu, but ran Slackware on the server for a few more years. I switched my server to Debian maybe 5 years ago, and I'm glad I did.

Sorry, Patrick, but I just didn't have the time to handle it any more.

I disagre. But don't want to downvote.

This meme was made by not a real Linux user actually.

I moved away from w10 to Ubuntu back when it still used Unity as it's DE. I found it delightfully simple to use and I loved that it was so different from windows, because I hated my experience with w10. It was clunky, unpolished and just a shitty experience in general. The only thing that I found difficult was when I tried to install VERY niche software by compiling it from the source code. The rest of it just worked out of the box. I didn't even have to use the terminal to install programs, I just used the GUI installer that came preinstalled.

Now, I use debian. And that's a different story. I still don't have wifi or Bluetooth.

Nowadays, knowing nothing of how windows works any more, I am always frustrated if I have to try to use it

Once you set things up properly, linux is incredibly convenient. Installing something literally takes 5 seconds. Updating everything is a single command instead of manually checking the websites for every piece of software.