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> Monitors are bigger than ever with huge resolutions, and yet UIs are being dumbed down to uselessness and alienating an increasing number of users. > I wonde

> Monitors are bigger than ever with huge resolutions, and yet UIs are being dumbed down to uselessness and alienating an increasing number of users. > I wonder how much damage they will inflict before people start turning to WINE and a saner Linux distro, just to run their Windows applications. The issue is, operating systems aren't something you have a whole lot of choice in; you use whatever OS goes with the software/hardware that you need to run. (It's like that classic "I need you to understand that friends don't go around recommending operating systems to one another" meme). Sure, you could try setting up Linux+WINE, but that is a lot of effort for a few taskbar improvements. Even most power users wouldn't go that far.

emkoemko 5y ago
that,s what i did about a year ago, got sick of windows forcing updates that take forever, dealing with garbage being installed on my computer, advertising, spying etc. Now Linux UI/UX is way better then Windows depending on the desktop enviroment you choose, but it has other issues that i hope they will solve soon. Installing a printer on Windows... you have to go through so much crap to get it running but on Linux you just connect your printer to WIFI or to your pc and its ready to print. No idea why Windows makes it so hard. I was also surprised when i seen my wacom tablet just works without doing anything and its settings or in the settings panel, but GIMP UI/UX is horrid that's what you get when programmers try to do UX/UI
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- jcelerier 5y ago
  If you have a wacom tablet I heartily recommend Krita.
  - emkoemko 5y ago
    yea i have it, but with how powerful Darktable is compared to Lightroom, i rarely need to use GIMP or anything else.
    - jcelerier 5y ago
      Ah yes for RAW work Darktable is my go-to software, it works great.
- tonyedgecombe 5y ago
  >on Linux you just connect your printer to WIFI or to your pc and its ready to print To be fair that is exactly what happens with my printer with Windows.

emkoemko 5y ago

that,s what i did about a year ago, got sick of windows forcing updates that take forever, dealing with garbage being installed on my computer, advertising, spying etc. Now Linux UI/UX is way better then Windows depending on the desktop enviroment you choose, but it has other issues that i hope they will solve soon. Installing a printer on Windows... you have to go through so much crap to get it running but on Linux you just connect your printer to WIFI or to your pc and its ready to print. No idea why Windows makes it so hard. I was also surprised when i seen my wacom tablet just works without doing anything and its settings or in the settings panel, but GIMP UI/UX is horrid that's what you get when programmers try to do UX/UI

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jcelerier 5y ago
If you have a wacom tablet I heartily recommend Krita.
- emkoemko 5y ago
  yea i have it, but with how powerful Darktable is compared to Lightroom, i rarely need to use GIMP or anything else.
  - jcelerier 5y ago
    Ah yes for RAW work Darktable is my go-to software, it works great.
tonyedgecombe 5y ago
>on Linux you just connect your printer to WIFI or to your pc and its ready to print To be fair that is exactly what happens with my printer with Windows.