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> I don't think linux is ready for prime time. I still don't really understand why people say this, but it made me a little worried when making the switch from

by gtf21 5y ago

> I don't think linux is ready for prime time. I still don't really understand why people say this, but it made me a little worried when making the switch from macOS two years ago. My experience has been incredibly smooth. I run arch on a System76 Lemur Pro and, for the most part, this has been the most problem-free system I've ever used. I had some kernel issues at some point which were solved by just keeping the kernel version back until the bug was fixed. By contrast, I never had that option on macOS when something stopped working or became annoying. I have a number of colleagues who use various flavours of ubuntu on different machines (Dell, Lenovo, etc.) and do almost no configuration and they seem to be perfectly happy (with a small exception: compositor issues when sharing screens on zoom, but that seems to be it).

gtf21 5y ago
I've thought about why this has been the most stable system experience for me, and I think it comes down to simplicity: my linux system just has far fewer moving parts than my mac did (I can read the process list and mostly understand everything that's running at any given time). I think the main problem is that the simplicity of my system comes from the fact that I have set up each part of it, by hand, to do exactly what I want it to do, which is definitely _not_ realistic for the majority of users (for whom a mac is considerably easier to set up, even if less stable).
- zeagle 5y ago
  I think you have answered your own first post's question with the second paragraph of this post. I also gave pretty concrete examples in my original, downvoted post of how a using a laptop that was designed to run well with linux more or less out of the box based on hardware choices still falls short. I'm happy your transition was smoother than mine!
zeagle 5y ago
I am happy to use linux and run a VPS and a basement server with some of my posting history describing my projects. The reality is it needs constant tinkering and I think most of us don't realize it the same way someone that has a hobby of fixing up their old car doesn't realize they spend many hours in the garage.

by gtf21 5y ago

gtf21 5y ago

I've thought about why this has been the most stable system experience for me, and I think it comes down to simplicity: my linux system just has far fewer moving parts than my mac did (I can read the process list and mostly understand everything that's running at any given time). I think the main problem is that the simplicity of my system comes from the fact that I have set up each part of it, by hand, to do exactly what I want it to do, which is definitely _not_ realistic for the majority of users (for whom a mac is considerably easier to set up, even if less stable).

zeagle 5y ago
I think you have answered your own first post's question with the second paragraph of this post. I also gave pretty concrete examples in my original, downvoted post of how a using a laptop that was designed to run well with linux more or less out of the box based on hardware choices still falls short. I'm happy your transition was smoother than mine!

zeagle 5y ago

I am happy to use linux and run a VPS and a basement server with some of my posting history describing my projects. The reality is it needs constant tinkering and I think most of us don't realize it the same way someone that has a hobby of fixing up their old car doesn't realize they spend many hours in the garage.