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I actively use windows, macos and linux. They all suck and they're all great. You just have to know what you want in different contexts and use the best tool fo
by _8j50 4y ago
I actively use windows, macos and linux. They all suck and they're all great. You just have to know what you want in different contexts and use the best tool for the task.
You can control linux more but you also have to babysit it more as it is so sensitive and fragile.
- hxugufjfjf 4y agoExactly. Use the OS that will run the software you need to run in the context you are working in. This is why I use all three on a daily basis, and have never been religious about either OS.
- timbit42 4y agoWhat is fragile about Linux? Is it your package manager, distro, desktop choice?
- _8j50 4y agoIt's a deep architectural issue resulting from who the primary audience of Linux is and lack of things like UAT and market research/targeting and a holistic UI design which macos and windows have because they have armies of people to do that stuff. Explaining a developer or someone who can even just install Linux how fragile it is is difficult and that's why such people don't make UI decisions usually in commercial products. The very user friendly DEs do a good job at wrapping around the ugly underlying UI... except when they don't. The expectation I suppose is you open bug reports and issues or contribute. Regardless of what type of user you are, on Linux you are always a product tester alongside an admin alongside what you normally do. And as a Linux user I accept that fact.