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I feel the same, but actually far prefer Windows 10 to MacOS (I've been a Windows user far longer than a MacOS user tho). For server, I'm all-in on Linux - it'
by GordonS 6y ago
I feel the same, but actually far prefer Windows 10 to MacOS (I've been a Windows user far longer than a MacOS user tho).
For server, I'm all-in on Linux - it's the perfect server OS.
But for desktop, I reckon Windows 10 is the best desktop OS by a stretch, and everything "just works" - whereas even on MacOS I have constant issues with multiple monitor and hi-DPI support, never mind Linux.
I prefer bash to the Windows command prompt or Powershell, and Git Bash fulfils pretty much all of my needs there. Otherwise I have WSL available.
For backend services used during development (postgres, rabbitmq, redis, whatever), there is Docker Desktop, which was a bit dodgy in the early years, but has worked marvellously for a long time now.
TBH, I'm struggling to think of anything Linux or MacOS has that Windows 10 doesn't...
- hunterloftis 6y ago> TBH, I'm struggling to think of anything Linux or MacOS has that Windows 10 doesn't... The issues that still bug me are: 1. Less-useful keyboard navigation (I use Autohotkey to mitigate this) 2. Frustrating file system (I use WSL to `rm -rf` sometimes when Windows refuses to let me delete a file or folder) 3. Less coherent / polished app ecosystem (Linux distros use real package managers and OSX apps tend to be higher quality; Windows is a crapshoot)
- GordonS 6y ago1. TBH this isn't an issue for me. I'd argue any real problems with keyboard nav are application-specific 2. OK, this does bite me rarely, where I can't delete a folder because of messed up permissions. Probably last time was a couple of years back 3. I disagree about the app ecosystem, but fully agree about package managers. The Windows installer system is horrible - I'd rather grate my face than have to build another MSI package...