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It's part of the HN Cycle™ * Blog complains about Windows being a mess * Comments about how the Mac workflow is better * Blog complains about how the Mac is

by tapoxi 5y ago

It's part of the HN Cycle™ * Blog complains about Windows being a mess * Comments about how the Mac workflow is better * Blog complains about how the Mac is too restricted * Comments about how Linux is finally good now® * Blog complains about Linux desktop * Comments about how WSL2 saved them from the nightmare that is GNOME/KDE/etc repeat ad nauseum

ASalazarMX 5y ago
Except it's not a cycle, those are different people commenting different topics.
- hapidjus 5y ago
  Its a cycle on HN.
  - deleted 5y ago
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  - robertlagrant 5y ago
    Yes, if someone from one group states a position, someone from another group will rebut it. It's not a quirky pattern, it's just how discussion works.
AQuantized 5y ago
I do think it's finally become true (for me at least) that desktop linux is Actually Good © Previously on more user friendly distros like Ubuntu I didn't feel that the advantages over Windows were significant enough to warrant certain software suites being unavailable (adobe, autocad, etc.). And lightweight distros like Arch caused too much headache even with the wiki and knowing "what you were doing." Arch now feels both relatively easy to use day to day, while still being incredibly customizable with almost no bloatware. The only real problem is certain almost non-negotiable utilities like PulseAudio not necessarily being as high quality as most of the user utilities.
- Closi 5y ago
  Linux desktop is awful. At least WSL2 saved me from the nightmare that is GNOME/KDE/etc
  - dividedbyzero 5y ago
    I like the Mac workflow a lot better.
    - bogeholm 5y ago
      I think the Mac is getting too restricted these days, with the T2 and SIP and all
- deleted 5y ago
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- criley2 5y ago
  I'd be willing to try linux again, but the thing that stops me every time is having to go into terminal and start building my f'n software and manually updating or fixing some terminal only setting that is breaking things I absolutely refuse to use an operating system for casual use that requires daily terminal knowledge and endless googling to remember and use. It is what it is, but I do enough of this stuff professionally that I want an operating system that works from the second you push the power button with peripherals and software that work instantly after plugging in. The second I'm digging through old forums looking for some multi-line arcane terminal script to paste to make things work, I boot back into something else and delete the linux partition
  - db48x 5y ago
    Obvious troll is obvious.
    - PpEY4fu85hkQpn 5y ago
      The obvious troll is describing exactly why most people don't use linux.
Mikeb85 5y ago
True the gist of it is that people just like complaining and that the grass is always greener.
prewett 5y ago
This is hilarious because it's so true... There's also a conversational/argumentative style where you take the opposite position, either because you like to go against the flow or because you want to see how well the other guy's argument stands up to yours. I think if you look at my comments I tend to have a lot that are "well, no, <contrary idea because reasons>". If I'm at all representative of HN, it would surprise me if part of the HN Cycle™ is contrarianness.

by tapoxi 5y ago

ASalazarMX 5y ago

Except it's not a cycle, those are different people commenting different topics.

hapidjus 5y ago
Its a cycle on HN.
- deleted 5y ago
  [deleted]
- robertlagrant 5y ago
  Yes, if someone from one group states a position, someone from another group will rebut it. It's not a quirky pattern, it's just how discussion works.

AQuantized 5y ago

I do think it's finally become true (for me at least) that desktop linux is Actually Good © Previously on more user friendly distros like Ubuntu I didn't feel that the advantages over Windows were significant enough to warrant certain software suites being unavailable (adobe, autocad, etc.). And lightweight distros like Arch caused too much headache even with the wiki and knowing "what you were doing." Arch now feels both relatively easy to use day to day, while still being incredibly customizable with almost no bloatware. The only real problem is certain almost non-negotiable utilities like PulseAudio not necessarily being as high quality as most of the user utilities.

Closi 5y ago
Linux desktop is awful. At least WSL2 saved me from the nightmare that is GNOME/KDE/etc
- dividedbyzero 5y ago
  I like the Mac workflow a lot better.
  - bogeholm 5y ago
    I think the Mac is getting too restricted these days, with the T2 and SIP and all
deleted 5y ago
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criley2 5y ago
I'd be willing to try linux again, but the thing that stops me every time is having to go into terminal and start building my f'n software and manually updating or fixing some terminal only setting that is breaking things I absolutely refuse to use an operating system for casual use that requires daily terminal knowledge and endless googling to remember and use. It is what it is, but I do enough of this stuff professionally that I want an operating system that works from the second you push the power button with peripherals and software that work instantly after plugging in. The second I'm digging through old forums looking for some multi-line arcane terminal script to paste to make things work, I boot back into something else and delete the linux partition
- db48x 5y ago
  Obvious troll is obvious.
  - PpEY4fu85hkQpn 5y ago
    The obvious troll is describing exactly why most people don't use linux.

Mikeb85 5y ago

True the gist of it is that people just like complaining and that the grass is always greener.

prewett 5y ago

This is hilarious because it's so true... There's also a conversational/argumentative style where you take the opposite position, either because you like to go against the flow or because you want to see how well the other guy's argument stands up to yours. I think if you look at my comments I tend to have a lot that are "well, no, <contrary idea because reasons>". If I'm at all representative of HN, it would surprise me if part of the HN Cycle™ is contrarianness.