![]() Sooner or later, once the hardware gets saturated by Linux users, they’ll want to switch over too. As for the software side, if we go by the McNeel staff responses, they rely on the market share statistics. Like I’ve been saying, gamers influence the desktop market so this covers the hardware. Most of these people arguing against Linux actually hate Windows 10. Yet, Chromebooks are selling despite their limitations. If I showed you a Chromebook back then you’d laugh at me. If you go back a bit over a decade and I described today’s tech to you, you’d laugh at me. How many colleges actually teach CAD using Rhino when compared to other CAD programs like Solidworks, AutoCAD, Technology changes and advances faster than we think. This might not be the case in other industries but in my case, it is. Whether Rhino works on Linux or not is irrelevant if I can’t even get people interested in learning it. As a business that relies on Rhino as one of the tools needed for the job, I see this as a problem in the future if I want to expand my business. The first responses I get are “ugly, outdated, and the WTF look”. I can’t get the younger kids to sit down and learn Rhino. It’s just a matter of time before the older generation kicks the bucket and take their dinosaur mentality with them. Again, I’d like to point out that the average gamer age is 35. When gamers start switching over to Linux so will PC manufacturers. Computer manufacturers follow the easiest path to make a buck. For most people, there’s a linux alternative for all programs that they use on a daily basis. Like I said, there’s only a “few” programs left that either don’t have a linux alternative or have a shitty one. I’ll keep a couple older ones for Rhino and other Windows only based programs. Once my current PC’s start to show some age, my next builds will be Linux based. I purchased three 3DC licenses because Rhino sucks at meshes. ![]() They’re still in business and going strong for that matter. These guys support Windows, Mac, & Linux! Their software costs around HALF of what Rhino costs. The switch from Windows 7 to Windows 10 “Metro” almost got a handful of PC’s thrown out the window! My mistake is that I should have switched those PC’s to Zorin OS instead of trying to teach them to navigate W10. I literally got yelled at when I upgraded the home PC’s to Windows 10. Most people just buy what’s offered to them or what’s “easiest” to use. If I switch most of these PC’s to Zorin OS (a linux distro with a Windows look & feel), most of these users wouldn’t even notice the difference. Out of all these PC’s, only a handful actually need to be Windows based because of software compatibility. For instance, if I count the “PC’s” that I own or have the power to change what OS is installed on them it would be around +50 computers. These numbers would shift dramatically if software compatibility wasn’t an issue AND if computer manufacturers decided to install Linux on their machines instead of Windows. Using these statistics to draw conclusions is totally wrong. By the way, the average video gamer age is around 35.Īs for the whole Windows market share talk. Like the saying goes, money talks… and if it weren’t for these “kids”, we’d still be using Intel Pentium and a Voodoo 3000 AGP. This topic is picking up interest and you’re going to see Linux grab a huge market share from Microsoft now that video gamers have the option of doing so. If you think privacy concerns are a dying thing, you’re mistaken. These companies sell everything about us and people are either oblivious to this fact or are plain a** stupid to give away their info like that. Other media companies like TV networks charge you for the TV service AND play ads to maximize profits. But since you brought that up, why are YOU becoming the product when you have actually paid for the software? You listen to ads on the radio because it doesn’t cost you a dime and that’s how radio channels make money to stay in business. It’s best to keep your opinion to yourself if you can’t see the benefit in the alternative.įor most of the Linux users that I know, the issue with Windows is a privacy one, not that it’s paid software. You always see the folks who barely know how to turn a device on belittle other options when presented to them. Do you know what’s common between them all? Ignorance. ![]() Intel vs AMD, Mac vs Windows, Blackberry vs iPhone vs Android, the list goes on and on. Funny how people jump to conclusions about Linux users.
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