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I agree with all the points here. Despite all of this, Linux is still my preferred desktop. Why? The power! I can literally do anything with it. Including wri
by belleandsebasti 11y ago
I agree with all the points here.
Despite all of this, Linux is still my preferred desktop. Why?
The power! I can literally do anything with it. Including writing my own drivers/applications. Linux is my go to for doing things with zero crap. The same can't be said for Windows nor Mac.
For me, this pro weighs very close to all of the cons I have experienced, experience daily, or will experience.
Also as a desktop Linux user since 2002, it has gotten a lot better. Xrandr and pulseaudio apt-get are good examples of this, despite their design criticisms.
Of the things he listed, the things I would like to see most:
* application-level Sandboxing
* stable and universal high level application API, like Win32/GDI32/DirectX or Cocoa. GTK2+/Xlib/Xwhatever really dropped the ball here. An API that not only assumes a file system, or additionally a graphics system, but an all-encompassing desktop.
* stable and universal application packaging
- Const-me 11y ago“same can't be said for Windows” is subjective. I can do literally anything with my Windows. Including writing my own drivers/applications. And I can’t say the same about Linux. Not because that's impossible, but because I ain't a Linux developer.
- belleandsebasti 11y agoYeah that's fair. Though I think there is more of an abundance of open source code on Linux that I can build off of and use freely. Windows utilities are usually closed source, hence not easily extendable.