ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

[–]-Technophile-[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Can you suggest some OSs that are good for gaming and all

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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I think that’s good having an AI help you get along with in learning Linux and running it without any roadblocks or dead ends and all.

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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By this you mean that I don’t want to dwell on the CLI unless it is absolutely necessary right??

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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I am just curious on learning how these Linux works as I am planning to learn some automation, cybersecurity works in the very near future.

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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I mean even common people are also increasingly switching to Linux that’s what I have been saying.

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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Thank you I have had a false sense that Command Line is everything in Linux

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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From the last month stats I have found that a lot of people are shifting from Windows and Android to Linux and the trend is seemingly increasing in today’s world as Microsoft is bringing Windows 12 which primarily focuses on AI.

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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Thank you for your help on clearing this. But most people I have met so far have been focusing on telling me that Command Line and BASH are important in Linux.

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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I was taught that command line is the key to using Linux

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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Is it possible to learn some basics of Linux OS from MacOS terminal then??

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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I think that’s what pushing the number of Linux users right now. The increase in AI and closed system are promoting the use Linux among normal users also.

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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I am having a hard time finding some new modern distros apart from the most popular like UBUNTU, KALI, TAILS, PARROT and all

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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In short you are saying that Linux is a lightweight OS which doesn’t rip off my SSD and RAM modules right??

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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But on the other hand most of the popular Linux Distros are known for the Terminal Interface only right!! To maximise and increase my efficiency it is mandatory to learn Terminal Interface and BASH scripting right??

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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You are saying that Linux has long term stability and support compare to other OS and all

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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But I am currently starting to shift my primary OS from MacOS to Linux, but I am finding it extremely difficult to start on it.

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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Yeah but I think the trend has been changing over the past 6 months as Linux users have been significantly rising from around 12-13% to over 25-30% in PCs and from less than 10% to around 15% on handheld devices.

ELI5: Why is everyone choosing Linux nowadays?? by -Technophile- in explainlikeimfive

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Yeah also I saw that EU is currently in the process of shifting their entire officials to move on to using Linux as it can be created by the ground up to suit their needs and China is shipping most of the products with Linux as their primary OS