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I've used Linux since it was first available in the mid 90s. I use it at work and on machines at home. It is almost certainly more reliable than Windows and Mac

I've used Linux since it was first available in the mid 90s. I use it at work and on machines at home. It is almost certainly more reliable than Windows and MacOS as a server. However, the context here is desktop UI and laptops. Linux does exceptionally well considering there is almost no money at all going into this use case. But there are many bugs, sometimes due to hardware (e.g ACPI inconsistencies, even Thinkpads have issues) and because of software churn (few fix bugs in their spare time, it's more fun to create something new). If you wish to pretend that everything is perfect and there are no problems, then you aren't helping Linux either.

MonaroVXR 5y ago
> Linux does exceptionally well considering there is almost no money at all going into this use case. But there are many bugs, sometimes due to hardware (e.g ACPI inconsistencies, even Thinkpads have issues) and because of software churn (few fix bugs in their spare time, it's more fun to create something new). This is me figuring out my Optimus without Mux. My screen freezes when laptops (ASUS N76VB) resumes from sleep. (I don't know which state S1 - S4.) So I have "Fixed" the issue. But this was a problem of the HD Audio device driver? in the NVIDIA 740m? It was difficult to fix and I'm thinking about making a GitHub repository thing about it. I had this issue on Fedora, Ubuntu and Pop!_OS.
Valmar 5y ago
> I've used Linux since it was first available in the mid 90s. I use it at work and on machines at home. It is almost certainly more reliable than Windows and MacOS as a server. However, the context here is desktop UI and laptops. Desktop UI is where Linux tends to shine. Laptops... oh, those are a royal mess, usually. > Linux does exceptionally well considering there is almost no money at all going into this use case. No money at all? There are countless developers being paid to work on the Linux kernel. And on other pieces of software in userspace ~ usually by Red Hat. > But there are many bugs, sometimes due to hardware (e.g ACPI inconsistencies, even Thinkpads have issues) Hardware-related bugs are always an unpleasant can of fun... > and because of software churn (few fix bugs in their spare time, it's more fun to create something new). Bugs caused by software churn are also a thing. I personally haven't noticed anything major from many packages in the main repos. > If you wish to pretend that everything is perfect and there are no problems, then you aren't helping Linux either. Oops, I could have worded things slightly better, as in "not as "buggy"' instead of 'not "buggy"'. I sometimes miss words, only to realize later.

MonaroVXR 5y ago

> Linux does exceptionally well considering there is almost no money at all going into this use case. But there are many bugs, sometimes due to hardware (e.g ACPI inconsistencies, even Thinkpads have issues) and because of software churn (few fix bugs in their spare time, it's more fun to create something new). This is me figuring out my Optimus without Mux. My screen freezes when laptops (ASUS N76VB) resumes from sleep. (I don't know which state S1 - S4.) So I have "Fixed" the issue. But this was a problem of the HD Audio device driver? in the NVIDIA 740m? It was difficult to fix and I'm thinking about making a GitHub repository thing about it. I had this issue on Fedora, Ubuntu and Pop!_OS.

Valmar 5y ago

> I've used Linux since it was first available in the mid 90s. I use it at work and on machines at home. It is almost certainly more reliable than Windows and MacOS as a server. However, the context here is desktop UI and laptops. Desktop UI is where Linux tends to shine. Laptops... oh, those are a royal mess, usually. > Linux does exceptionally well considering there is almost no money at all going into this use case. No money at all? There are countless developers being paid to work on the Linux kernel. And on other pieces of software in userspace ~ usually by Red Hat. > But there are many bugs, sometimes due to hardware (e.g ACPI inconsistencies, even Thinkpads have issues) Hardware-related bugs are always an unpleasant can of fun... > and because of software churn (few fix bugs in their spare time, it's more fun to create something new). Bugs caused by software churn are also a thing. I personally haven't noticed anything major from many packages in the main repos. > If you wish to pretend that everything is perfect and there are no problems, then you aren't helping Linux either. Oops, I could have worded things slightly better, as in "not as "buggy"' instead of 'not "buggy"'. I sometimes miss words, only to realize later.