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I was thinking more of developers who can target the web/server, multi-platform. If you're dependant on Cocoa/SwiftUI then sure, but that means you'll always be
by AsyncAwait 6y ago
I was thinking more of developers who can target the web/server, multi-platform. If you're dependant on Cocoa/SwiftUI then sure, but that means you'll always be at Apple's mercy. It's up to you to decide if you're fine with that.
> For the majority of users, this is irrelevant because linux is unusable for them.
While I think I get what you're trying to say, I don't think it's necessarily unusable for regular users, more so unreachable in a nice, preinstalled form from a well-known brand & retailer.
Also, there's no ads for GNU/Linux machines on TV or on the Metro, which I think is often underappreciated.
I know because I've personally witnessed friends and family members who swore Linux is unusable give it a serious try only after Windows or macOS crossed them for the nth time and haven't had a single one switch back.
The key is to get hardware that is well-supported and not 2nd tier i.e. not a netbook etc. that I'm just going to throw Linux on and compare the experience to my 10x more expensive MBP.
The experience's not perfect, but that's not the case for macOS either. Is it "unusable"? Far from it.
The key is to get top-class hardware with the express intention of it running Linux, rather than installing it on the laptop Windows will no longer run reasonably on.
It is true however that such as switch is easier for developers like myself who are not dependent on Cocoa/SwiftUI etc. but that's a choice you have to make.
- gowld 6y agoLinux runs better on old commodity hardware than new "top-class" experimental hardware.
- AsyncAwait 6y agoNot from my experience. Linux does run better than Windows tends to on old HW, sure, but comparing that experience to macOS on new hardware is less than fair. There's plenty of new hardware Linux runs great on, I am not sure what you call "experimental" hardware, but I am using a Surface Pro 7 as my main machine with exclusively Linux on it, no problems. Any recent standard ultrabook should also work fine, heck I even have a random, no-name Chinese UMPC that works well.