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It's funny. I recently switched from Linux after 10 years back to Windows. I ran Arch Linux for about 7 years. After systemd I spent years justifying why I use
by squirrelicus 8y ago
It's funny. I recently switched from Linux after 10 years back to Windows.
I ran Arch Linux for about 7 years. After systemd I spent years justifying why I used it even though it would constantly break and require a reformat more often than Win7 did. I went to Ubuntu, and it was marginally more stable. But even there, I was bitten too many times. Libicu upgrades breaking everything, updating packages breaks the package manager or ruins systemctl settings. Really, the whole problem that pushed me back to Windows is a combination of constant systemd nightmares and bad package maintenance.
I've... Kind of been loving Win10. Sure, it's marginally more evil than Linux, (but less so than Google and Apple products these days), but at least I don't have to constantly wipe my machine or keep it out of date to keep using it. Weird how the tables have turned.
- rgomez 8y agoVery sad. I jumped into the Gentoo wagon for similar reasons. And it's been working flawlessly for me since then.
- squirrelicus 8y agoI love Gentoo. I'm just not willing to wait for my packages for compile.
- andrepd 8y agoIf that's your problem why didn't you switch to a "just works" disto like Linux Mint, instead of windows?
- squirrelicus 8y ago(1)I cannot stand the standard UIs and DEs from Linux. I use openbox with no DE because it provides me with the best experience. I only ran Ubuntu Minimal when I used it. (2) all the complaints I have with Ubuntu apply equally to Mint.
- chess_buster 8y agoHuh? What's wrong with Apple now?
- squirrelicus 8y agoThe assumed-integrated ecosystem is nice but exposes your information to too many components and too many developers and business people under the apple umbrella.
- zozbot123 8y agoBecause system upgrades never break things in Windows 10, right? Seriously, if updates are problematic for you and you don't care about running the "latest and greatest", move to a stably-supported distribution like Ubuntu-LTS, Debian or even CentOS. They won't be "out of date" as long as they're in their support period. Updating every 6 months like vanilla Ubuntu does is just pointless churn, and don't get me started on what Arch does...
- squirrelicus 8y agoIf I could choose to only get security updates, I would go back to Ubuntu in a heartbeat. Instead I have to pull down a gig of system-breaking masturbatory open source "enhancements" every upgrade, even though I was on xenial LTS.