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I'm not an artist, I came from a Computer Science background, and I still use Apple products. I don't think using Linux as a desktop environment is enjoyable. I

I'm not an artist, I came from a Computer Science background, and I still use Apple products. I don't think using Linux as a desktop environment is enjoyable. I don't get the Apple hate.

cptskippy 10y ago
It's highly contextual. Macs gained a lot of popularity with OSX because of it's BSD underpinnings that allowed developers to go mobile and disconnected without having to run Linux Desktops. However Macs have always been popular with designers, artists, and creative nontechnical users because of their simplicity and intuitiveness. A lot of the hate comes from having to deal with the later group, not the former.
- s_kilk 10y ago
  And, crucially, OSX is the only real option for running both unixy programs and high-grade commercial software such as the Adobe Suite on the same machine without dual-booting
  - WorldMaker 10y ago
    Define "real". Cygwin has been an option on Windows for a long time. It has its complications and issues, but isn't exactly "fake". Besides that, Windows 10's Bash on Ubuntu on Windows is a very interesting step in this direction. It's going to increasingly be a "real" option. ETA: Also, Virtual Machines and Remote Login are blurry edges of "real" that aren't dual-booting.
    - cptskippy 10y ago
      How about not half baked, incomplete, or restricted? Lets be honest, Cygwin is a joke if you're doing *nix development. Windows 10's Bash on Ubuntu is months old, we're talking historically on the order of 5-10 years. VMs and remote systems are fraught with compromises.
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