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> In return you get stability Does that imply that Linux is not stable? I've had my Arch installation for a full year and it has never broken down on me. No pa

> In return you get stability Does that imply that Linux is not stable? I've had my Arch installation for a full year and it has never broken down on me. No package has ever broken, and updates are always smooth thanks to pacman. Meanwhile, I can recall a handful of instances where bugs slipped into the macOS userspace in the last year (and made it to the front page of Hacker News)

chrisseaton 4y ago
> Does that imply that Linux is not stable? I think I've almost never seen someone connect to a projector from Linux without some kind of glitch along the way.
- ars 4y ago
  I have to reboot my Mac machine every couple days because it forgets that the external monitor exists if you disconnect it and try to reconnect it. My Linux machine on the other hand has never even once done that.
brimble 4y ago
> Does that imply that Linux is not stable? The desktop environment is not, no. Various applications one is likely to run on it are not, compared to some closed-source alternatives, including those provided on macOS. Heavy Linux on the Desktop user for about 10 years, here (~2001-2011). I still try it periodically. I see a lot more bad glitches, X/Wayland crashes (may as well be a whole system crash, on a desktop), and application crashes, on Linux than elsewhere. I find it's most stable when I build up from something minimal and hand-configure everything, but I just don't have time for that anymore, and stopped finding it entertaining years ago.
- silon42 4y ago
  Personally, I'd have to spend as much or more time tweaking the mac (finding helper apps) to work the way I want (starting with Ctrl/Alt swap, and then reconfiguring the broken apps).
bodge5000 4y ago
I wouldn't say its not stable, as much as I wouldnt say you have no control of macOS, its just less so, generally speaking. So many variables (mainly who's using the computer and for what) go into this that its impossible to speak for everyone, but yeh generally speaking macOS is more stable than linux. You might have experienced more stability, whereas someone else might have experienced more control using macOS than on linux.

chrisseaton 4y ago

> Does that imply that Linux is not stable? I think I've almost never seen someone connect to a projector from Linux without some kind of glitch along the way.

ars 4y ago
I have to reboot my Mac machine every couple days because it forgets that the external monitor exists if you disconnect it and try to reconnect it. My Linux machine on the other hand has never even once done that.

brimble 4y ago

> Does that imply that Linux is not stable? The desktop environment is not, no. Various applications one is likely to run on it are not, compared to some closed-source alternatives, including those provided on macOS. Heavy Linux on the Desktop user for about 10 years, here (~2001-2011). I still try it periodically. I see a lot more bad glitches, X/Wayland crashes (may as well be a whole system crash, on a desktop), and application crashes, on Linux than elsewhere. I find it's most stable when I build up from something minimal and hand-configure everything, but I just don't have time for that anymore, and stopped finding it entertaining years ago.

silon42 4y ago
Personally, I'd have to spend as much or more time tweaking the mac (finding helper apps) to work the way I want (starting with Ctrl/Alt swap, and then reconfiguring the broken apps).

bodge5000 4y ago

I wouldn't say its not stable, as much as I wouldnt say you have no control of macOS, its just less so, generally speaking. So many variables (mainly who's using the computer and for what) go into this that its impossible to speak for everyone, but yeh generally speaking macOS is more stable than linux. You might have experienced more stability, whereas someone else might have experienced more control using macOS than on linux.