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"Mostly" is not enough when it's not a hobby. It needs to "just work". Of course other OS'es aren't at 100% in that regard either, but at least they don't break
by roel_v 15y ago
"Mostly" is not enough when it's not a hobby. It needs to "just work". Of course other OS'es aren't at 100% in that regard either, but at least they don't break stuff that used to work so often. I've used Linux since late 1990's into 2005-2007 or so, after that only revisiting it every now and then to see if things have improved. They have, but not enough. And the curve is only getting flatter, especially with much/most of the crowd that used Linux because it wasn't Microsoft moving to Macs over the last 5 years.
- rbanffy 15y agoI started using Linux in 2001 and can agree with you that things were a bit messy up until 2005 or so. In my experience, I had very little problems since then, the only major frustration was Compiz not working on a cheap notebook that had 3D acceleration but no Linux support for it. Since then, everything just works, provided I don't sabotage myself buying hardware I know won't work properly. I've also been a Mac user since the late 90's and I have a very solid experience with OSX since 10.2. It's not as flexible as Linux or FreeBSD, but, for a consumer-grade experience, it's excellent. I find the hardware choices somewhat limiting, but that's me. For work, I prefer Linux for its flexibility and, like I said before, I can't remember the last time my machine stopped working.