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I actively avoid Windows now after Windows 10, I was ambivalent before. It's unfortunate that Linux on desktop has kinda stagnated, as if they got their act tog

I actively avoid Windows now after Windows 10, I was ambivalent before. It's unfortunate that Linux on desktop has kinda stagnated, as if they got their act together they could really take over with the behavior Microsoft is pushing in 10.

sandGorgon 10y ago
you should try Fedora 24.
uola 10y ago
The best opportunities, Windows XP being retired and Apple neglecting their pro users, have already past. With Google entering the market there is even less holes in the market today for other Linux variants.
- digi_owl 10y ago
  Oddly it seems that browser tracking sites are reading ChromeOS as Linux. Because there seems to have been a recent uptick in Linux computers registered.
- jolux 10y ago
  Is Apple really neglecting their pro users? I'm a pro user and after three years of using a Mac I'm just way way more productive than I ever was after ten years of Windows usage. Every time I see something cool in Windows 10 (like Linux subsystem, PowerShell package manager, etc) that might make me switch back I remember how shitty the control panel is, how cluttered the interface is, how bad the system search is, how poorly designed everything else seems. And yes, I know they're working on these things but the problem is OS X has had them for nearly 15 years now and Microsoft is still figuring it out. What is OS X/MacOS missing for pro users on the software side? I'll admit the hardware could use an update (likely later this year) but I'm pretty content with the way everything works in software right now. With macOS 10.12 we'll be getting an amazing new file system too. I have to use Windows 10 for CAD software and sometimes playing games and it's inarguably the best Windows so far. Unfortunately, that's not saying much.
  - uola 10y ago
    Yes, my understanding is that they did (and to some degree continue to), especially before the new Mac Pro. We're talking about users that spend 99% of their time in an application suite.

sandGorgon 10y ago

you should try Fedora 24.

uola 10y ago

The best opportunities, Windows XP being retired and Apple neglecting their pro users, have already past. With Google entering the market there is even less holes in the market today for other Linux variants.

digi_owl 10y ago
Oddly it seems that browser tracking sites are reading ChromeOS as Linux. Because there seems to have been a recent uptick in Linux computers registered.
jolux 10y ago
Is Apple really neglecting their pro users? I'm a pro user and after three years of using a Mac I'm just way way more productive than I ever was after ten years of Windows usage. Every time I see something cool in Windows 10 (like Linux subsystem, PowerShell package manager, etc) that might make me switch back I remember how shitty the control panel is, how cluttered the interface is, how bad the system search is, how poorly designed everything else seems. And yes, I know they're working on these things but the problem is OS X has had them for nearly 15 years now and Microsoft is still figuring it out. What is OS X/MacOS missing for pro users on the software side? I'll admit the hardware could use an update (likely later this year) but I'm pretty content with the way everything works in software right now. With macOS 10.12 we'll be getting an amazing new file system too. I have to use Windows 10 for CAD software and sometimes playing games and it's inarguably the best Windows so far. Unfortunately, that's not saying much.
- uola 10y ago
  Yes, my understanding is that they did (and to some degree continue to), especially before the new Mac Pro. We're talking about users that spend 99% of their time in an application suite.