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I guess each person's usage would change their view on this, but I actually do think it's better. You've got the rock solid shell that Unix popularized, reposit

by opan 8y ago

I guess each person's usage would change their view on this, but I actually do think it's better. You've got the rock solid shell that Unix popularized, repositories of software that's just a command away to install, dependencies handled for you across all your packages, and things are generally able to work together better due to software freedom and a community of tinkerers. If you're running firefox and an office suite, maybe you don't care too much about your operating system, but I definitely think there is some importance to it. Maybe something like a shell and the tools you run in it would be counted under "apps" for you, but to me it feels a little different.

joe_the_user 8y ago
I would personally also have the view that Desktop Linux is superior. But the problem is it's superior in a not-exciting way. Not-exciting is exactly what I want. It accomplishes everything needed in a low-key way. But the thing is the average person get no boost of endorphins for installing Linux. They can do what they did before just fine but there's no literal or metaphorical explosion of stars. And means they'll abandon the effort after a while.
- wvenable 8y ago
  And maybe they don't get any sound, or when they plug in a second monitor it doesn't work, and Fortnite doesn't run, and they can't Skype their parents. The Linux desktop is inferior in a lot of non-exciting ways as well.
  - opan 8y ago
    Not being able to run all the proprietary software is a given, although I believe Skype is natively supported for the record. I don't run into hardware issue support, though. Especially with something as basic as sound or a second monitor. The worst I've heard recently is that some wireless cards may not be supported because they need proprietary blobs to work. Most things works out of the box since the support is all built into the kernel.

by opan 8y ago

joe_the_user 8y ago

I would personally also have the view that Desktop Linux is superior. But the problem is it's superior in a not-exciting way. Not-exciting is exactly what I want. It accomplishes everything needed in a low-key way. But the thing is the average person get no boost of endorphins for installing Linux. They can do what they did before just fine but there's no literal or metaphorical explosion of stars. And means they'll abandon the effort after a while.

wvenable 8y ago
And maybe they don't get any sound, or when they plug in a second monitor it doesn't work, and Fortnite doesn't run, and they can't Skype their parents. The Linux desktop is inferior in a lot of non-exciting ways as well.
- opan 8y ago
  Not being able to run all the proprietary software is a given, although I believe Skype is natively supported for the record. I don't run into hardware issue support, though. Especially with something as basic as sound or a second monitor. The worst I've heard recently is that some wireless cards may not be supported because they need proprietary blobs to work. Most things works out of the box since the support is all built into the kernel.