Re: Now Hear This. This Group Is Linux Advocacy.

On Jun 23, 2025 at 3:15:37 PM EDT, "Lester Thorpe" <lt@gnu.rocks> wrote:

I can easily list several superior points:

Please do.

1) Total user control of the OS and software environment, if the
user chooses to eschew popular distros.

Users don't give a damn about "total control" of anything.  They buy a PC, it
comes with Windows or MacOS. All the software they will ever need is
available.

2) Capability with any and all hardware present or past.  Obsolete
hardware is never obsolete with GNU/Linux.  Have floppies with an
ISA bus?  No problem.  Just check out the kernels, including
historic kernels, that are available at:

Again, USERS don't give a damn about floppy drives. They don't even know - or
care about - what an ISA bus is. If they are "checking out kernels", then they
are eating corn.

3) Vast array of GUIs for both users and programmers.

Vast array of confusion for users.

4) The Linux network stack has consistently beaten all competitors
since the very beginning.

Even if that is true (very doubtful BTW), users don't give a shit. Your
internet connection is WAY more important.

Linux is written by computer geeks for other computer geeks.  Nothing wrong
with that. But don't assume that all USERS are 15 year old know-nothing
computer geeks like you.

Why don't you tell us all what - exactly - it is you DO with Linux that can't
be done in Windows or MacOS (Unix). All we ever see is you bragging about
compiling some obscure software.  So what? Is that why you have a computer? 
To compile software that someone else wrote?  Do you think compiling software
makes you a man? I was compiling software (that I wrote) 50+ years ago, but I
did not brag about it to anyone.

USERS are happy to just download the ready-to-run installer/binary and go.
IOW, users want to DO something with the computer. The underlying hardware and
software does not matter at all (It could be a Z80 running CP/M for all they
care), nor are users interested in tinkering with hardware or compiling
software.

Still waiting for your "several superior points".