Linux Is Free If You Don't Value Your Time

I have the opposite experience. I spend less time managing and fixing computers of people that upgraded to GNU/Linux. It just runs more stable and does not clog up over time needing a reinstall to actually get it back to normal. Also if something goes wrong it is much easier to diagnose and fix problems remotely with GNU/Linux. So yeah GNU/Linux is also much closer to free when it comes to time needed to keep it running.

I have spent far too much time trying and failing to get Linux to sync its clock from the internet, out of a stubborn refusal to accept defeat, for me to entertain the thought that it's usable to the average person.

I moved from Windows to Ubuntu in 2020. I have spent less time fiddling with Ubuntu than I did Windows. I think this attitude is out of date.

Windows is closed source, full of ads and telemetry, and increasingly user hostile.<p>MacOS is a mostly closed source, expensive, user-condescending walled garden.<p>Linux, BSDs, and free &#x2F; open source operating systems give the user freedom and control over their computing experience:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;Ag1AKIl_2GM?t=57" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;youtu.be&#x2F;Ag1AKIl_2GM?t=57</a>

Let me help you out ... I wrote this 10 years ago - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;antipaucity.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;06&#x2F;04&#x2F;this-is-not-the-year-of-the-linux-desktop&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;antipaucity.com&#x2F;2013&#x2F;06&#x2F;04&#x2F;this-is-not-the-year-of-t...</a><p>And it&#x27;s as true <i>today</i> as it was <i>then</i>

Five comments so far, and literally none of you bothered to watch MO&#x27;s actual video.<p>He is mocking the phrase, not agreeing with it.

On the contrary, it is more free than macOS or Windows if I value my time. Because nobody else can fix the time and quality to answer support questions.<p>Within Linux there is also the Windows-like subsection of Ubuntu (a huge timesink), compared to the unix-like subsections of arch or fedora&#x2F;redhat.