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Why not get a linux-based system?

by geoka9 10y ago

gnud 10y ago
I might. I've never been happy with the 'desktop' linux distros. Not the look/feel/functionality, just install/setup issues and the distro version upgrade hassle. I use arch linux for my dev work, but it seems like a chore to use that as a day-to-day system on a laptop. Maybe I'm wrong.
- gens 10y ago
  Just get an LTS. Like xubuntu or something. It's no use comparing a rolling release to whatever OSX is.
- satysin 10y ago
  Fedora is my choice for desktop Linux. It works great. If GNOME isn't your thing then almost every other DE is available in RPMFusion. Overall I find it nicer to work in Fedora than Ubuntu fwiw.
  - Klathmon 10y ago
    See, every time I try out fedora, i end up making my system unbootable just by installing packages. I don't know what i'm doing wrong, hell the reason I want to go with fedora is because I work with redhat based systems at work, so it's more familiar, but it just seems so unstable.
- fapjacks 10y ago
  Arch is a chore. It's like half Gentoo and half fascism. Badum-psh! Nah, I like Arch. It's just very opinionated. For my day-to-day development work, and the OS I use for watching cat videos and Facebook, etc, I use Linux Mint (17.3).
  - type0 10y ago
    > and half fascism. I don't like fascism, even half of it. So I don't like Arch, mainly because of the often times toxic community. How good pacman then may be - becomes irrelevant.
- geoka9 10y ago
  I find Debian Stable rock solid. I spent some time setting it up once many years ago and I'm basically running the same system now (upgrades over the years have been mostly a breeze).
serge2k 10y ago
Because my time isn't worthless.
- subsection1h 10y ago
  If using Linux on the desktop in 2016 is time-consuming for you, that says a lot more about you than it does Linux.
  - serge2k 10y ago
    I only use linux over SSH. By choice. Ubuntu is most polished desktop distro, and it's absolutely horrible, so I don't use linux on a desktop.
- type0 10y ago
  Why, it's doesn't take more time to set up than any other system (Windows, Mac OS, whatever), have you possibly started with Gentoo as your first distro?

Why not get a linux-based system?

by geoka9 10y ago

Why not get a linux-based system?

gnud 10y ago

I might. I've never been happy with the 'desktop' linux distros. Not the look/feel/functionality, just install/setup issues and the distro version upgrade hassle. I use arch linux for my dev work, but it seems like a chore to use that as a day-to-day system on a laptop. Maybe I'm wrong.

gens 10y ago
Just get an LTS. Like xubuntu or something. It's no use comparing a rolling release to whatever OSX is.
satysin 10y ago
Fedora is my choice for desktop Linux. It works great. If GNOME isn't your thing then almost every other DE is available in RPMFusion. Overall I find it nicer to work in Fedora than Ubuntu fwiw.
- Klathmon 10y ago
  See, every time I try out fedora, i end up making my system unbootable just by installing packages. I don't know what i'm doing wrong, hell the reason I want to go with fedora is because I work with redhat based systems at work, so it's more familiar, but it just seems so unstable.
fapjacks 10y ago
Arch is a chore. It's like half Gentoo and half fascism. Badum-psh! Nah, I like Arch. It's just very opinionated. For my day-to-day development work, and the OS I use for watching cat videos and Facebook, etc, I use Linux Mint (17.3).
- type0 10y ago
  > and half fascism. I don't like fascism, even half of it. So I don't like Arch, mainly because of the often times toxic community. How good pacman then may be - becomes irrelevant.
geoka9 10y ago
I find Debian Stable rock solid. I spent some time setting it up once many years ago and I'm basically running the same system now (upgrades over the years have been mostly a breeze).

serge2k 10y ago

Because my time isn't worthless.

subsection1h 10y ago
If using Linux on the desktop in 2016 is time-consuming for you, that says a lot more about you than it does Linux.
- serge2k 10y ago
  I only use linux over SSH. By choice. Ubuntu is most polished desktop distro, and it's absolutely horrible, so I don't use linux on a desktop.
type0 10y ago
Why, it's doesn't take more time to set up than any other system (Windows, Mac OS, whatever), have you possibly started with Gentoo as your first distro?