Why do people hate Linux? Is it because its too hard to use?

Question

The only people I see who hate Linux are Macintosh users and Windows users.
have they heard of Conficker? Well yeah, that little malware/ whatever it is can effect both Macintoshes and Windows. This is the best reason for Linux! There's barely any viruses made for it and not so hard to use. To you macintosh users and Windows users. Linux is not as hard as you may think it is. Maybe you guys need to stop being racist to Linux.

Answer 1

I think perhaps to use the word racist is taking it a little too far, however to a certain extent I take your point.

Odd questions pop up now and again on here with regards to people that use Linux.



The one below even questioned our sanity at the same time as quoting a load of nonsense and its not been the first one from that contributor. I even went to the trouble of emailing him trying to establish what his overall issue was with Linux but no response was forthcoming



https://answersrip.com/question/index?qid=20090409145527AAYDfMN





I have learnt to become tolerant of the arrogance of others and those who do not wish to know and concentrate my time on those that do and I can help with their transition to Linux.



Its not about racism its about many folks being misinformed and much of what is said is going on here say. Its like if one person has a bad experience with Linux then five of his mates will refuse to even look at it.



LUg.

Answer 2

I think its kind of (to use your language) "Racist" labelling all Macintosh and Windows users anti-linux



Yeah I guess there's some who do. There's also a bunch of Mac users who are total os-x evangelists and think everyone who uses computers should "get a mac" - If you spend any time on this site theres hundreds of examples every day



There's also a bunch of windows users who dont like os-x, regarding it as the kindergarten-friendly OS for people who dont have the ability to use windows (!)



Not to mention the Linux geeks who go on and on about how secure Linux is and rubbish other operating systems based on that credential alone.



All very tiresome.



Yes, they're out there. I hardly think "computer racism" is a problem unique to (a) discriminating against Linux, or, (b) practiced soleley by "Macintosh users and Windows users"



Personally Ive used it quite a bit over the years, and still use Puppy occasionally. My 4 other machines all run windows though - to cut a long story short - because I can get what I need to get done with them more easily - with Windows. (try setting up an HTPC with Linux and you'll see what I mean)



So I dont "hate" Linux. I use it. But I use it for purposes its practical for, for me. (Does that make me a "windows user" in your estimation?).



Also Ive never told anyone "dont use Linux". I have, however, usually added the rider when people have asked me about using it, for them to be prepared for an added degree of difficulty thats not apparent with windows. It *is* more difficult to use, there's no getting around that.

Answer 3

People dont hate it.



Linux can be quite hard to use for the average user as a lot of things require opening up and using terminal which can be daunting, espicially as you have to know exactly what to write. Although it is getting much more user friendly, is still has a long way to go.



Also linux doesnt have as much support as Windows or Mac, espicially in terms of software and drivers, which is a big problem for many people.



Linux is just not as well known as Windows or OSX either, most people probably dont even know what it is!



I agree with BSOD aswell that a lot of things you can do on Linux you can do the same on Windows, if not better.



P.S, as far as i know, conficker hasnt actually done anything 'bad' yet, and people who keep Windows updated (a large majority) cant get infected.

Answer 4

The only reason you see so much malware for Windows if because the majority of people/companies use it. If everyone switched to linux or the Mac OS, then I'm sure we would seem more malware for those OS's too.

Answer 5

Linux must be designed by a retarded monkey.I guess it is designed for computer geeks because for the average user it is easier to learn Chinese than learn how to work with Linux. Second,you have the compatibility issue since everything is designed to work around Windows.

If Linux was a decent OS it wouldn't be free! There is NOTHING you can do with Linux that you can't with windows.So why the switch? Tell that to some morons that click to anything pops up on their computer and they are full of infections.

Answer 6

Ubuntu user here

No one hates linux, except for people who remember it back in 1995 and tried to use Red Hat.... That was a horrible.

Answer 7

Oh, there's a truckload of issues!



In the first place, remember that it might be that not all of the flames about Linux online are genuine; corporations have been caught astroturfing, and there's no reason to see them stop. I just posted about astroturfing not long ago:



http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index.php?title=a_reminder_that_asstroturfing_exists&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1



It's called astroturfing because people are paid to fake a grassroots movement.



In the second place, Linux and FOSS in general is free, which means that it can't hire those big corporate marketing and PR firms to promote a better image.



In the third place, there's people who just don't like to think for themselves or change. I compared them to having a 'prisoner mentality':



http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index.php?title=does_microsoft_impose_a_prisoner_mentali&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1.



And finally in the fourth place, there's the sheer logistics of moving the computing world from Microsoft dominance to Linux dominance. This is the huge, obvious issue that I never see ANYBODY else address, so I did a whopping seven-part mega-essay that begins here:



http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index.php?title=the_tragedy_of_linux_you_can_hack_an_os&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1.



Briefly: You can't cure computer illiteracy by slinging Ubuntu CDs at people any more than you can cure reading illiteracy by giving away books. You have to follow through with support. Step one is easy. Step two takes a lifetime. We have thousands of people who want to run out and promote Linux and advocate Linux and give away Linux - Bless them! (most of them anyway) - but we have almost nobody willing to TEACH Linux.



Then there's the anti-FOSS trolls:



http://penguinpetes.com/b2evo/index.php?title=the_six_kinds_of_anti_foss_trolls&more=1&c=1&tb=1&pb=1.



It's really a guaranteed formula for success: sell a bunch of Microsoft ads on your site, flame about Linux, all the Linux users link to your site to flame back, you get tons of traffic + revenue. And I explore other motivations for people to be anti-Linux as well, some of which they can't help. An unfortunate side effect is that otherwise intelligent people read these flames and perpetuate myths about Linux.



I'm sorry to be posting links to half my blog in here, but I just noticed that I've spent half of the past four years struggling to answer this very question. And haven't even gotten all the answers yet.

Answer 8

Unless you're running the most mundane, antiquated, one monitor/gpu something or another you are absolutely wasting your time. About once a year, for the last 10 years or so, I keep coming back to Linux. And I always leave feeling the same way. Totally aggravated and pissed off that I wasted so much of my time trying to get the "alternative" to work properly. While I don't care much for Windows, it WORKS!!! And with little to no effort. Anyone that says that about Linux is a phookin' lyin' PO S!!! Sorry...you're not the all rage nerd just cuz you got some distro to work on your Windows 95 machine. PHUCCKKK LINUX!!!

Answer 9

what did you expect people to say? i have a mac and i like triple booting all three systems. don't segregate you operating systems.

Answer 10

Too many commands to memorize.