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For me Linux is a no-brainer. It runs almost any open source *nix software and most older Windows binaries with WINE. It's the fastest modern OS that supports m

For me Linux is a no-brainer. It runs almost any open source *nix software and most older Windows binaries with WINE. It's the fastest modern OS that supports my hardware fully, and by fully I mean every driver works OOTB on a newish PC (2019). Windows and macOS still make you look for driver packages online for stuff like USB wireless adapters. Meanwhile on Ubuntu these are plug and play. Work specific stuff is great, too. Virtualization support is awesome. The software repos make it insanely easy to get development tools and libraries installed, even for complex stuff like cross-architecture compiling and test tools like Qemu. Linux is probably the most useful and flexible OS ever made.

naikrovek 5y ago
as a Windows fan, I love how WINE has made Windows into (arguably) a native platform for Linux software. I can build for Windows and not worry about Linux. It's like Linux has chosen Win32 as a native application format in a way. In some ways I bet it is easier to ship Windows binaries for use on Linux than it is to ship Linux binaries for use on Linux. It's like Linux people have given up trying to solve their problems and have just chosen a Windows binary-based workaround.
- herbst 5y ago
  To be fair the majority of people I know don't use wine at all, except maybe embed in steam. There is still plenty of software that is not well supported, most software tools I've tried had issues. Many Operations like copying files can take way longer trough wine. Also most Linux folks highly prefer the Linux way of distributing software. Nobody has choosen wine as an easy workaround except lazy game Devs.
- Epiphany21 5y ago
  This sounds like something someone would say if they had not used Linux since 1998. I personally would not pay for or probably even use software that only "supports" Linux through WINE since it will have all kinds of fit and finish issues that make it painful to use. I'm actually in the process of converting all my old files so I can move to open source Linux-native apps and remove WINE entirely. Win32 apps look and perform horribly on GNOME. The Linux binary distribution "problem" (from a Windows user's perspective) has been solved for a while by things like AppImages or Flatpaks that bundle the libraries the program needs without static linking. Most Linux users simply prefer the old repository based way of distributing software.
  - dTal 5y ago
    You don't need Flatpaks or AppImages, those are just "convenient". Lots of well known software is distributed using the "unzip the folder and run the binary" scheme - the same scheme commonly used for win32 apps that don't have an installer. Firefox and Blender spring to mind. "Linux" just doesn't have an ABI problem. Provide all the libraries your app needs, and it will run.
  - Shorel 5y ago
    I use HeidiSQL in Linux because for me, it is superior to any other MySQL client that's native or Java based and runs in Linux. And I don't see how Flatpaks are better than static linking, except for some sandboxing.

naikrovek 5y ago

as a Windows fan, I love how WINE has made Windows into (arguably) a native platform for Linux software. I can build for Windows and not worry about Linux. It's like Linux has chosen Win32 as a native application format in a way. In some ways I bet it is easier to ship Windows binaries for use on Linux than it is to ship Linux binaries for use on Linux. It's like Linux people have given up trying to solve their problems and have just chosen a Windows binary-based workaround.

herbst 5y ago
To be fair the majority of people I know don't use wine at all, except maybe embed in steam. There is still plenty of software that is not well supported, most software tools I've tried had issues. Many Operations like copying files can take way longer trough wine. Also most Linux folks highly prefer the Linux way of distributing software. Nobody has choosen wine as an easy workaround except lazy game Devs.
Epiphany21 5y ago
This sounds like something someone would say if they had not used Linux since 1998. I personally would not pay for or probably even use software that only "supports" Linux through WINE since it will have all kinds of fit and finish issues that make it painful to use. I'm actually in the process of converting all my old files so I can move to open source Linux-native apps and remove WINE entirely. Win32 apps look and perform horribly on GNOME. The Linux binary distribution "problem" (from a Windows user's perspective) has been solved for a while by things like AppImages or Flatpaks that bundle the libraries the program needs without static linking. Most Linux users simply prefer the old repository based way of distributing software.
- dTal 5y ago
  You don't need Flatpaks or AppImages, those are just "convenient". Lots of well known software is distributed using the "unzip the folder and run the binary" scheme - the same scheme commonly used for win32 apps that don't have an installer. Firefox and Blender spring to mind. "Linux" just doesn't have an ABI problem. Provide all the libraries your app needs, and it will run.
- Shorel 5y ago
  I use HeidiSQL in Linux because for me, it is superior to any other MySQL client that's native or Java based and runs in Linux. And I don't see how Flatpaks are better than static linking, except for some sandboxing.