I am a control freak. I like to be in control. I got my pilot’s license so I could fly an airplane for fun, but it also helped me understand what is happening when I fly commercial. So now I find myself explaining to other travelers that, while not a normal occurrence, landing with the malfunctioning flaps in the up position is something that all pilots train extensively for. Yes, that is something that happened to my wife and me on a commercial flight a couple of years ago.
  • @PeterLinuxer@lemmy.ml
    9•3 years ago

    And the control goes even further:

    You decide which software you install (EDIT: including even system software while in Windows you are normally stuck to the official desktop-software and stuff like that).

    With a basic distro (Arch, K1ss etc.) you control even the system conf/setup.

    You control even which init/daemon system you use. You don’t like systemd? Then there are distros for that, too.

    And you can tweak your kernel.

  • @Valso@lemmy.ml
    7•3 years ago

    I switched to Linux 6 years ago when I first heard that Windows 7’s support will be ended. So I figured I’d better start using Linux, so that I’ve gotten used to it when Windows 7 dies. In time I found out that Linux does many things better and faster and so my love for Linux kept growing. Nowadays I do have a dual boot with Windows 7 but I keep the Win for only 1 thing: to reprogram the G-keys on my keyboard whenever I need (the software for that works only in Windows) which happens once in 6 months or so.

    Funny thing is that when I first switched to Linux (Mint), there was a weird problem that caused the distro to think my 1 TB HDD was a “Picture CD” and what’s even funnier is that none of the linux gurus I asked could ever solve the problem. Eventually I solved it myself and started using Linux normally without restrictions.

  • grtcdr
    7•3 years ago

    This is so true, I use Arch Linux, and since I built my system from the ground up (minus the kernel part). I know what’s in my system, if something breaks, I know where to look and how to debug it.

    I’ve never been tempted to go back to Windows once I realized how much it meant to me that I finally have control over what my system does.

    Long gone are the days where the only fix you (or Microsoft “MVPs”) can come up with is rebooting your machine.