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FWIW, I switched from using a Mac for a decade to using Ubuntu on a brand new Dell XPS and it works perfectly. Even though Linux users are a tiny minority of us

by colmvp 7y ago

FWIW, I switched from using a Mac for a decade to using Ubuntu on a brand new Dell XPS and it works perfectly. Even though Linux users are a tiny minority of users, I find they are quite helpful at publishing their problems and eventual solutions. I did have issues setting up certain drivers (i.e. the bloody wifi which tbh is still a bit iffy on my machine) but otherwise it's been amazing.

__MatrixMan__ 7y ago
I hear you about the community of Linux users. I'd rather have 100 bugs that I could fix in principle than 1 bug that I just have to deal with because some company thinks it's a feature. And I'd rather be part of thousands of engaged tinkerer types interested in improving the support community than be part of millions that would rather convince me that their expensive hardware is proportionally better instead of actually talking about the tech. I've been using Linux as a daily driver since high school (15 years ago). Lately though, I have noticed that we Linux types are insufferable in our own ways...
- K0SM0S 7y ago
  “Lately though, I have noticed that we Linux types are insufferable in our own ways...” Indeed, but this is the (sour) price of 'victory' too: it means Linux is going mainstream now. Hence, it's becoming more 'popular' with all that entails... Linux is best 'lived' in professional circles nowadays, imho: specific blogs, forums and channels with solution-driven people. I find myself more and more attracted to the RHEL/CentOS/Fedora space for this reason, too.
  - __MatrixMan__ 7y ago
    Eh. I think Linux is sufficiently fragmented (in this case it's a good thing) that there will always be somewhere to hide if dealing with the ups and downs of the masses isn't your thing. I like helping people, so if the future holds more software today breaks transparently, then that's more people I'll be able to help.
    - K0SM0S 7y ago
      Right there with you regarding help. One of my pet peeves is to write guides. Even one-offs just to reply to a comment. I thought you were referring to 'wars' between Gnome/KDE, or against systemd, and we're thankfully relatively free of these popular sports in more professional circles. If you know Noah Cheliah (podcast Ask Noah, formerly from Jupiter Broadcasting), that's my kind of guy. Up there with the pros, but always willing to go out of his way to help anyone, no questions asked, newbies very much welcome. A great steward of the community imho.

by colmvp 7y ago

__MatrixMan__ 7y ago

I hear you about the community of Linux users. I'd rather have 100 bugs that I could fix in principle than 1 bug that I just have to deal with because some company thinks it's a feature. And I'd rather be part of thousands of engaged tinkerer types interested in improving the support community than be part of millions that would rather convince me that their expensive hardware is proportionally better instead of actually talking about the tech. I've been using Linux as a daily driver since high school (15 years ago). Lately though, I have noticed that we Linux types are insufferable in our own ways...

K0SM0S 7y ago
“Lately though, I have noticed that we Linux types are insufferable in our own ways...” Indeed, but this is the (sour) price of 'victory' too: it means Linux is going mainstream now. Hence, it's becoming more 'popular' with all that entails... Linux is best 'lived' in professional circles nowadays, imho: specific blogs, forums and channels with solution-driven people. I find myself more and more attracted to the RHEL/CentOS/Fedora space for this reason, too.
- __MatrixMan__ 7y ago
  Eh. I think Linux is sufficiently fragmented (in this case it's a good thing) that there will always be somewhere to hide if dealing with the ups and downs of the masses isn't your thing. I like helping people, so if the future holds more software today breaks transparently, then that's more people I'll be able to help.
  - K0SM0S 7y ago
    Right there with you regarding help. One of my pet peeves is to write guides. Even one-offs just to reply to a comment. I thought you were referring to 'wars' between Gnome/KDE, or against systemd, and we're thankfully relatively free of these popular sports in more professional circles. If you know Noah Cheliah (podcast Ask Noah, formerly from Jupiter Broadcasting), that's my kind of guy. Up there with the pros, but always willing to go out of his way to help anyone, no questions asked, newbies very much welcome. A great steward of the community imho.