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Well, my experience has been drastically different - although I haven’t tried to use Linux as my daily driver in the last 4-5 years when I switched to macOS aft
by __sr__ 8y ago
Well, my experience has been drastically different - although I haven’t tried to use Linux as my daily driver in the last 4-5 years when I switched to macOS after having used one or the other Linux distribution as my main OS for about 12 years. Maybe Linux has improved since then, but I am not buying a Dell XPS or a Thinkpad to find out. Nor do I have no desire to spend all my free time playing the sysadmin.
PS. I make a living out of working on massive mission critical Linux deployments on the server side. So I am very well aware of how to fix the issues — I just don’t care anymore.
- sverige 8y agoI'm totally with you in not wanting to spend free time fiddling with a system for a laptop that is used for really basic stuff. The interesting thing is that in the last couple of years, some of the Linux distros are now pain-free to the point that I have had no problems installing them for my wife and then leaving the rest to her. She has zero interest in anything beyond getting stuff done. I guess my point is that certain distros have actually sort of quietly gotten to that place where it's better as a consumer laptop OS than Windows. So for very little money compared to a Windows or especially an Apple laptop, it's easy to buy her a well-equipped machine and get her up and running quickly, and it's very easy to maintain. That is a good thing.