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Why is that surprising and or a fault of Windows? > If it's written for linux it can be made to work well with BSD and Mac. Maybe that's true in a theoretical
by bmitc 4y ago
Why is that surprising and or a fault of Windows?
> If it's written for linux it can be made to work well with BSD and Mac.
Maybe that's true in a theoretical sense, but it has not been my practical experience with macOS. Too many times have I found I needed a plethora of workarounds on macOS only for the same thing to work flawlessly on Ubuntu.
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y agonote that I never claimed platform specific needs didn't exist, but that those needs are far easier to meet on Mac and BSD than on Windows.
- bmitc 4y agoI just don't agree with that, and it doesn't match my experience. It's only true if things are biased towards Linux.
- P5fRxh5kUvp2th 4y agoYou mean unix, and yes, Windows is the odd man out and as such is the most difficult in terms of cross-platform compatibility. It doesn't matter WHY, but it is.
- ryandrake 4y agoIt's still just a different flavor of ice cream, even if a really, really weird flavor. Linux is strawberry ice cream, BSD is chocolate ice cream, Unix is vanilla ice cream, macOS is avocado-and-mint sherbet. Most of these easy-to-port-to platforms are just plain or exotic flavors of ice cream. Windows is hamburger.