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GNOME isn't an OS is it, so how is it superior to Windows and macOS? It's just a desktop shell as far as I know. So even that shows the downsides of Linux: "Hey
by bmitc 4y ago
GNOME isn't an OS is it, so how is it superior to Windows and macOS? It's just a desktop shell as far as I know. So even that shows the downsides of Linux: "Hey, try GNOME." "Ok, what distribution?"
I used to be a heavy Macbook user but am no longer. I use Windows because it simply has the least amount of friction. Every time I try Linux for anything other than a certain style of software development, it's an endless chain of web searching and configuration. Windows is far superior to macOS in terms of memory management. On a high-end Macbook Pro with 16GB, I am almost always maxed out, and the Macbook can't even drive my monitor properly with a dedicated graphics card. Mouse and keyboard settings reset every other day. I can't even imagine how much time I would have to spend setting up just my monitor, webcam, mouse, and keyboard setup with Linux, if drivers and applications are even available. My Windows laptops and desktops don't have any of these issues.
- ISV_Damocles 4y agoI am pointing at GNOME because from my experience you can basically substitute any of the big distros these days and get a near identical experience. What webcam, mouse, or keyboard doesn't work with Linux? I have not run into one, and I have several weird ones like the Tap keyboard.
- UncleEntity 4y agoOther than the fingerprint scanner thing on my touchpad I haven’t encountered a non- working out of the box piece of hardware on a laptop for so long I don’t even know how long its been. And apparently the fingerprint scanner works but I just never got around to it because I don’t care. So, I have spent zero minutes setting up hardware on Linux in at least the last 15 years and then it was one of those hand tracking things the company donated to the Blender Foundation that I ended up with which was experimental so didn’t have drivers in the distro.