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Similar anecdotes could be made for Linux or just about any technology under the sun. Have you seen some of the code for embedded Linux drivers? It can get do

• sandworm101 7y ago
  Every day anyone turns on a Windows machine they roll the dice. Maybe it works. Maybe a security patch was applied last night that borked the firewall. Maybe today you are checking the leave system to see which offices are free so you can borrow thier machines. Linux machines aren't like that. Errors happen but they don't generally just stop working. When you have a faulty linux machine you get the sense that it is at least trying to work. It feeds you data about what is wrong. It throws errors, list everything it has done or hadn't done, and defaults to some sort of backup mode. A windows/microsoft system just stops. You get a generic error notice, a insulting "click to diagnose" option, and it is up to you to figure our why Outlook is no longer accepting calender events from some other system that, until now, it has been playing nice with for years. (My issue yesturday.) That is IF it even admits there was an error. Often it will just not work but fail to tell you that anything is amiss until you get a note from your CO that you missed a meeting because reasons.
• nick_kline 7y ago
  No, it's different with windows. Linux doesn't have constant forced patches from the mothership that kill your system. It can happen but it's much rarer. Windows used to be better of course (back when i worked there, even though I didn't work on that part ;-)). It's staggering how bad windows maintenance is now.
  • intpx 7y ago
    Have you met my friend Ubunto 20.04?
    • nick_kline 6y ago
      touche