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I eliminated Microsoft from my life nearly 20 years ago. While my impression is that their software is less buggy and irritating in some ways now, I haven't hea

I eliminated Microsoft from my life nearly 20 years ago. While my impression is that their software is less buggy and irritating in some ways now, I haven't heard anything compelling to pull me back into that world. Apple lost me a year ago. Their software design and implementation has been declining for years, but it was the MBP keyboard fiasco that finally did it for me. Observing what has happened with Catalina has affirmed my decision. Meanwhile, the state of Linux as a daily driver has greatly improved. And far more hardware just works with Linux. Right now, a System76 laptop running PopOS is really great. Considering cost, such a setup is far cheaper than a Mac, and I'm guessing less than a Windows laptop (since you avoid the Windows tax). If you are comfortable developing in a Linux environment, and you don't have to use MS (or Apple) systems (e.g. because you are developing for those platforms), I can't imagine why you wouldn't use Linux right now.

BracketMaster 6y ago
Apple really messed up with the keyboard. I've heavily considered going completely Linux - I just can't give up the MBP touchpad or battery life. Second to none...
tdom 6y ago
See, I love the Linux environment. I've been using Arch for the past 6 months and I absolutely love it. I have problems with it though. Watching 4k (or even full hd) netflix on Linux can be an absolute nightmare. I'm pretty sure that's just because of lack of good hardware acceleration support on Linux because I tried everything. Also the battery life isn't quite there yet on my machine :(. I think I will be switching back to Linux soon, upgrade my ram and just run a Windows VM for those rare occasions I need it.
verdverm 6y ago
I just started using ChromeOS to see if it can support developer workflow, and boy am I blown away. Fantastic UX You get Debian 10 in a WSL style. Finally have dual touchscreens working 100% Just realized my first experience with Linux was the achievement of editing xorg.conf so that dual screens would work at all (2002). Ironically, my first and last Linux desktop experiences where dual screen. Unless of course Windows starts running on Linux...? Do you think they are on a path to run Windows as just windows on Linux?

BracketMaster 6y ago

Apple really messed up with the keyboard. I've heavily considered going completely Linux - I just can't give up the MBP touchpad or battery life. Second to none...

tdom 6y ago

See, I love the Linux environment. I've been using Arch for the past 6 months and I absolutely love it. I have problems with it though. Watching 4k (or even full hd) netflix on Linux can be an absolute nightmare. I'm pretty sure that's just because of lack of good hardware acceleration support on Linux because I tried everything. Also the battery life isn't quite there yet on my machine :(. I think I will be switching back to Linux soon, upgrade my ram and just run a Windows VM for those rare occasions I need it.

verdverm 6y ago

I just started using ChromeOS to see if it can support developer workflow, and boy am I blown away. Fantastic UX You get Debian 10 in a WSL style. Finally have dual touchscreens working 100% Just realized my first experience with Linux was the achievement of editing xorg.conf so that dual screens would work at all (2002). Ironically, my first and last Linux desktop experiences where dual screen. Unless of course Windows starts running on Linux...? Do you think they are on a path to run Windows as just windows on Linux?