My usual reply to said employees is “if you know how to install and configure a Linux distro, you probably also know how to solve your own problems”. Everything else is pretty much deployed over AD, so if you can get to the point where you need admin creds to hook to the DCs, then do whatever you like.
Eventually, all of them failed to even get close to being a part of the AD DC and that is where the story ended.
I won’t argue about leftovers when uninstallig, some package managers do that as well, plus it’s not really the registry’s fault, that’s just bad or badly configured installers/uninstallers.
Though, yes, I do recommend LTSC as well (high seas and all that, since they cost a small fortune) vs. a Pro license. It’s basically what Windows users were used to, a Windows install that’s stuck in time, no new features, only security updates.
Oh, and no store and all that app crap, the only app installed is the settings app and there is no way to install any other store app (well, there is, but it’s complicated and I would do it only of there is absolutely no other way).
And you never dug any further to see WHY you’re being denied access or WHY that file is not found.
Simple example, some distros will block regular user access to /root. That doesn’t mean that you can’t access those files, it just means that YOUR user can’t see them WHILE you’re logged in with that user… which is why bash file/dir completion will not work if you cd to /root/path/to/dir. Log in as root in the terminal and it works just fine. Some even might out right not see the files if you’re logged in as a user, instead of root, regardless if that user in the sudoers file or not (you type in the exact path to a dir/file in the terminal and it won’t open/cd to it). In those cases, even sudo won’t work for some things, you just HAVE TO work with root.
To be honest, this is very rare and has happened to me like once or twice (on some distros). In most situations/distros, sudo will work just fine.
Well, it’s under a permissive license, so there is little he can do legally, except maybe sue them for not mentioning the original project, which I’m sure they will add and that will be that eventually.
I actually thought PS was gonna be better than cmd… turns out consistency is a lot better in cmd… can’t make heads or tails in PS. I still use cmd to invoke stuff in PS, but only if there is no other way.
It’s their choice. I’m sure they also had this in the works as well, but it eventually didn’t work out (why pay another dev when we can have the ones already working for us do this as a side project… they basically just have to clone the repo and change a few things, that’s it).
As I said, he can sue for not mentioning the original project, but not much more… maybe he’ll think a bit more about what license to choose when publishing big projects like this publically.
That is impossible. It’s like saying for Windows “can you do everything that you can do in a GUI, in PS or cmd”. That can never come true because the OS was just never designed that way.
Likewise, in Linux or any other POSIX compatible OS, you can’t expect that. Everything UI related is designed to just be a wrapper around the shell. You can’t expect everything to be configurable through a UI when everything in that OS is designed to run in the terminal (a few exceptions, but generally, yes, this is true).
To be honest, yes, I use a single monitor setup… though I don’t think many Linux users use a single monitor setup, they just use matched monitors (buy 2, 3 of the same kind).
You have to understand that, one, Linux and the devs that do work on FOSS software, do so in their free time. Two, the devs that develop anything FOSS related usually develop things to fix/overcome personal problems they might be having in their own setup or workflow. If someone else happens to like using that, great, if not, hey, I just put it out there 🤷. Three, there is no guarantee that a particular piece of software that you like and is something niche, will be supported in the future. There are hundreds of examples like this in Linux and FOSS history in general. There isn’t enough interest for it, the main dev drops development, so the project dies 🤷. Another project might take it’s place, it might get forker, but if it’s niche enough, you probably won’t see that happen. So, the only other alternative you have is to get your hands dirty and keep patching the software to work on your particular setup, or in case of closed source software, patch your setup to make it work with that piece of software for the foreseeable future, until another piece of similar software pops up on the radar and then you can switch.
I’m sorry, it’s just how things are. Linux and any other non-commercial OS project is basically a community effort thing. If everyone in the world knew how to code or patch, or at least 80% of people, then these projects would thrive, no doubt there, cuz the workload would be balanced between the users. That is not the case, so 10% of the people that use FOSS software are basically the maintainers of what is out there. That is just not enough 🤷.
I have also mentioned this on more than a few occasions. I dual boot (very rarely to Windows nowadays) and I always use LTSC installs on all my dual boot setups. 0 problems thus far regarding GRUB and other Windows update related issues.
I still don’t know why people use Pro… maybe LTSC is more niche than I thought and MS is not pushing ads for that one out there.
Prefetch and superfecth are just obnoxious services that waste disk space. You can safely disable them, there is no downside to not using prefetch or superfect on modern SSDs. On regular spinning drives, yes, they did make loading programs a bit faster.
I would say the chances of the Linux desktop taking off are slim to none. Sure, people that like playing old games will just use Linux with Steam, but let’s face it, those are very few… and they will only do it because Windows is just moving on from DX and all that and has no support for it any more. But, most gamers that like playing new games will just stick to Windows. One, it has support, two installing the game is 3 clicks away. And let’s face it, those are the majority when it comes to gaming.
And, even if they’d like to switch to Linux and there are, generally, no problems with their game running on Linux (it might even be supported by the developer natively), guess what… Linux doesn’t like your nVidia card 🤦. Or you’d have to configure the shit out of your card to make it run that game… or you have a multi monitor setup with monitors with different resolutions and refresh rates and all hell breaks loose.
Personally, I don’t have a problem with Linux. I don’t game at all, I have a single monitor setup and I’m fine with that, I don’t need anything else. But, I’m also aware that I’m not the majority of PC/laptop users. People usually want more than just one monitor these days and they like to be able to just click and play their games or their software to just work without major problems, like not being able to run because libfoo is not installed or a wrong version of it is installed and that just doesn’t work with what they wanna run. Sure, Flatpack has somewhat solved this problem, but let’s face it, it has it’s own problems (everything runs sandboxed).
And then, on top of all this, you put the companies with proprietary software that mainly don’t give AF about FOSS and generally (there are exceptions, but very few) just put out the Linux version of their software for the heck of it. It gets updated far lesser than their mainstream Windows/MacOS versions and it’s full of bugs that are not present in the Windows/MacOS versions.
And this is why Linux desktop will never take off IMO… at least not with this economic and social structure in place.
I do believe that… I have seen threads where people just gave up on trying to get the max refresh rate from the hardware they paid for, because confining that setup is just way too complicated or still not supported.
Yeah, I’m surprised as well. Not enough research I guess… MS is very clear about what LTSC is and what it’s not, as well as what it can do and what not.
Oh well, I spread the word when and where I can, will keep doing so. I hope dual booters catch on the LTSC installs and have less problems with GRUB.
Why use debloat anything… scripts or apps, regardless. Why not just use LTSC? It’s debloated by default. No MS Store, no Metro Apps, just the Settings one (it has to have that), everything else is pretty much standard for Windows.
I’ve installed it for my mom. She mostly just checks mail, writes some documents and browses the web. She said she didn’t notice a difference, everything worked as it should.
Choosing an install location is totally a Windows only thing. Every other OS has a notion of where binaries and libraries of applications are supposed to reside, except for Windows. This is why you can’t invoke anything manually installed from cmd just by typing the name of the application and hitting tab for filename completion. You HAVE TO cd to where the file physically resides, THEN type the name of the binary. Couldn’t be stupider if you ask me.
Don't have this problem to be honest, I'm the sysadmin 😁 (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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