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I got to share several laughs about how "it's the year of the Linux desktop, yeah?" The amount of time that joke's been around should be taken as a sign of a p
by stcredzero 8y ago
I got to share several laughs about how "it's the year of the Linux desktop, yeah?"
The amount of time that joke's been around should be taken as a sign of a persistent condition.
unless my kernel does Strange Things and panics, I basically plug and play into whatever I want
The kernel doing strange things and panicking doing plug and play was never a thing on OS X when I started using it. Seems to me it's not been a thing for Windows since before Windows 7.
It's long been speculated that one problem with Linux is cultural. Are Linux desktops trapped by cultural expectations?
- klardotsh 8y agoThe only piece of this I'm going to engage on is the kernel panic bit, and only as far as a counter-anecdote (so take it as you will), but I had almost as many kernel panics on a 2016 Macbook Pro over a bit over a year of using it at a past job. In fact, almost the exact same scenarios that I'd see panics on Linux on an XPS 13, would panic the Macbook: plugging in external displays through USB-C/TB3 ports. Probably double or triple the frequency if those displays were connected to a full docking station - probably something odd in PCIe code, potentially even firmware level. The only OS I haven't had kernel panics on in recent memory is, indeed, Windows starting with 7, but I have a long list of other reasons I can't/don't/won't use it as my daily driver.
- stcredzero 8y agoI had almost as many kernel panics on a 2016 Macbook Pro over a bit over a year of using it I'm still rocking my 2012 Macbook Pro. It's been solid. The only OS I haven't had kernel panics on in recent memory is, indeed, Windows starting with 7, but I have a long list of other reasons I can't/don't/won't use it as my daily driver. I can only stand to do my development on a windows machine by using a Linux VM.