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I have never once managed to get "suspend" working on my computer with any version of Ubuntu. Every time I install a new distro I immediately disable this featu
by dre85 11y ago
I have never once managed to get "suspend" working on my computer with any version of Ubuntu. Every time I install a new distro I immediately disable this feature. Suspend on Ubuntu is basically a "freeze/crash immediately" button.
I've experienced the majority of the bugs that the author is talking about and a lot of them do happen on a daily basis. Somehow, I just learned to live with it. It's kind of like a chronic disease.
For me operating systems are a "choose the lesser evil" situation. For me it's a balance between:
A) Linux (Ubuntu)
- negatives. boring, super buggy desktop. Mainly weird/incompatible for entertainment purposes. Major hardware incompatibilities. Fixing bugs takes hours of Googling and compiling random things.
Q. My so and so doesn't work? A. It's a free product, don't complain!
- positives. Despite what people say I find package management wonderful. Awesome for developers, everything is one apt-get install away with the exception that you may have to add a PPA like the author mentions. Fast. Never bloated. No viruses. No spyware.
B) Windows
- negatives: Bloated. Slows down over time. Needs a yearly reinstall. Viruses galore. Spyware galore. Windows 10 has taken the Google approach of spying on you as much as possible and sending home every last drop of personal data for their own financial gains.
- positives: Most software works well. Pretty much every application ever made has a Windows exe for simple installation. Nice looking GUI.
C) Mac:
- Negatives: Pay double the money for half the hardware. What if I want a touch screen? Buy our other products too!
What if I want a 2 in 1? Buy our other products too!
What if I don't want to pay 2-3000$ for a laptop with a 1 inch bezel in 2016? Buy it anyway!
- Positives: Never used it, but it looks brilliant at first glance. Seems to be the perfect combination of Linux performance/capabilities with the good looks and refinement of having a multi-billion dollar company behind it.
- cowardlydragon 11y agoMac positives: - searching... sweet sweet searching magic - reloading your state after reboot magic Mac negatives: - Mac hotkeys... slowly drives you insane, remapping doesn't work, 1/3 applications won't respect it or are broken by it. - Finder / file manager is just awful. Awful. I could probably argue Win 3.1 file manager is better. - not a Linux UNIX core... It drives me nuts that desktop OS isn't a solved problem, given how many people use it and how much CPU horsepower exists to emulate the crufty old stuff. Why Google never grabbed Linux and made a genuinely usable desktop OS is beyond me.