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Linux, the kernel, is one of mankind's greatest achievements, I do believe this. The Linux desktop experience, however, is a living nightmare. Your computer i
by diminoten 8y ago
Linux, the kernel, is one of mankind's greatest achievements, I do believe this. The Linux desktop experience, however, is a living nightmare. Your computer itself becomes your second hobby, in addition to whatever you do on your computer. For a professional who's at work to produce novel software, that creates an additional time-sink they don't have the luxury of indulging.
This isn't even really a debate for developers, and pretending like it is just baits the idiotic "Great OS Wars" debates that have zero rational actors. "What's the best OS (for x)" has been, for probably 25 years, a flaimbait level question.
Besides, I use "all" 3 OSes (MacOS, Linux, Windows) for various things, why does this have to be a, "YOU CAN ONLY PICK ONE!" conversation? I could happily develop on Linux or Windows, I am (along with most in the industry, based on my conversations with people over the years) just happiest on MacOS.
- jmartrican 8y ago"just happiest on MacOS" is far from what you wrote earlier, "MacOS is, by far the best generic developer OS". This points to a problem I notice, hyperbole and exaggeration when discussing software development tools and technology.
- diminoten 8y agoBecause it is the best generic developer OS (it's *nix + good desktop environment, no Linux distro can even come close to the latter), I am also just happiest with it.