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> neither of them run macOS, and that's probably a dealbreaker for me I strongly suggest that you give Linux a shot. Depending on the distro, it can be very n

by zeveb 10y ago

> neither of them run macOS, and that's probably a dealbreaker for me I strongly suggest that you give Linux a shot. Depending on the distro, it can be very nice, and it means that you get to keep both your money and your freedom, which I really appreciate.

valuearb 10y ago
Applications matter.
- zeveb 10y ago
  You're not wrong, but all the applications I care about run on Linux: - emacs - vi - zsh - st - SBCL - tmux - Inkscape - sxiv - Firefox - Gnucash - GraphicsMagick - Nethack - Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup - Minecraft Of those, only Minecraft isn't developed on Linux first (and maybe Firefox, depending on how you define that condition). I can be productive. I can read email (in emacs, of course!). I can play games. I can read documents. I can browse the Web. I feel as though my needs have been met.
  - valuearb 10y ago
    That's what makes you a representative of a tiny minority. I've spent part of a career writing software for people whose daily workflows required Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, and a dozen other supporting applications, and they always ran much better on MacOS and were far easier to use and train people to use. But even those people are still a tiny minority, where most of the world revolves around MSFT Office and hundreds of applications on Windows.
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TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago
I am bemused by your suggestion I haven't used Linux before. I switched to OS X after having switched back and forth between Windows and Linux for several years, always getting upset with each other's deficiencies.
- stcredzero 10y ago
  I switched to OS X after having switched back and forth between Windows and Linux for several years, always getting upset with each other's deficiencies. Same thing happened to me in the early 2000's. I also just bought a Windows gaming laptop with a GTX 1070 GPU to do VR development, but I find I still find my non-VR experience as a dev and a user superior with my 2012 Macbook Pro!

by zeveb 10y ago

valuearb 10y ago

Applications matter.

zeveb 10y ago
You're not wrong, but all the applications I care about run on Linux: - emacs - vi - zsh - st - SBCL - tmux - Inkscape - sxiv - Firefox - Gnucash - GraphicsMagick - Nethack - Dungeon Crawl Stone Soup - Minecraft Of those, only Minecraft isn't developed on Linux first (and maybe Firefox, depending on how you define that condition). I can be productive. I can read email (in emacs, of course!). I can play games. I can read documents. I can browse the Web. I feel as though my needs have been met.
- valuearb 10y ago
  That's what makes you a representative of a tiny minority. I've spent part of a career writing software for people whose daily workflows required Photoshop, Illustrator, QuarkXPress, and a dozen other supporting applications, and they always ran much better on MacOS and were far easier to use and train people to use. But even those people are still a tiny minority, where most of the world revolves around MSFT Office and hundreds of applications on Windows.
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TazeTSchnitzel 10y ago

I am bemused by your suggestion I haven't used Linux before. I switched to OS X after having switched back and forth between Windows and Linux for several years, always getting upset with each other's deficiencies.

stcredzero 10y ago
I switched to OS X after having switched back and forth between Windows and Linux for several years, always getting upset with each other's deficiencies. Same thing happened to me in the early 2000's. I also just bought a Windows gaming laptop with a GTX 1070 GPU to do VR development, but I find I still find my non-VR experience as a dev and a user superior with my 2012 Macbook Pro!