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When you switch from Linux to Mac/Windows, you think "wow, this OS was actually made for GUIs. Everything just works. I don't have to restart ALSA every 3 days.
by blt 6y ago
When you switch from Linux to Mac/Windows, you think "wow, this OS was actually made for GUIs. Everything just works. I don't have to restart ALSA every 3 days."
When you switch from Mac/Windows to Linux, you think "wow, this OS was actually made for software development. Everything just works. I don't have to resolve a library version conflict every 3 days."
- happymellon 6y agoI have never needed to restart ALSA, but I agree that it can be a bit rougher around the edges. Bluetooth is flakey everywhere, but I do seem to encounter more "edge cases" in Linux than my Mac. If you can live with the rough edges, I find the general experience with applications or my printer suddenly being incompatible under MacOS for "reasons" is much less of an issue under Linux.
- blt 6y agoAgree that Mac OS backwards compatibility is atrocious! I think another big challenge for Linux is battery life and sleep/wake on laptops. Last time I considered replacing Mac OS with Ubuntu on my laptop, I got scared away by reports that battery life would decrease by half.
- happymellon 6y agoMy Lenovo laptop gets better battery life under Linux than it did under Windows, and I've generally found the battery life estimations (for my use cases anyway) to be complete bullshit even under MacOS. I'm excited to be able to upgrade to the M1 series Mac's as it sounds like I might actually get battery life, though I have the 2019 16" Pro and can't justify the upgrade just yet, even if that thing overheats with just a Slack video.