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Here, I have a better, simpler , all encompassing rule: do not expose anything closed source to the Internet. No, this is not Linux zealotry, I also advocate a
by chx 3y ago
Here, I have a better, simpler , all encompassing rule: do not expose anything closed source to the Internet.
No, this is not Linux zealotry, I also advocate against using Linux as a daily driver on a modern laptop.
The right tool for the right job: OpenWRT on routers, Windows + WSL on laptops.
But, you are asking, how do you use your Windows laptop like this when away from home?
Easy: GL.iNet has tiny travel routers with OpenWRT supported out of the box.
- KeplerBoy 3y agoWhy would you advocate against Linux on Laptops? If it works just as well and floats my boat, why change to windows?
- chx 3y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36678027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36678027
- KeplerBoy 3y agoI agree. Life's too short for fiddling with the OS and i would have wiped PopOs from my Laptop a long time ago if it wouldn't work flawless, but it does (cheap Thinkpad L580).
- pschastain 3y agoWindows has it's own fun set of problems with drivers: https://www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/malicious-microsoft-drivers/ https://www.esecurityplanet.com/threats/malicious-microsoft-...
- metalforever 3y agoI don't know bro, I've been installing Linux on random computers (not-preselected) for years and I don't have these problems.
- jacquesm 3y agoFWIW I haven't had any hard tech issues with Linux across many different kinds of computers (laptops, desktops, servers, as well as some stuff never intended to run Linux at all such as Macs) and haven't had a serious hardware issue in more than 15 years. The biggest stumbling block was to get Linux installed on an early issue Macbook air just after it came out, other than that not a single glitch. Meanwhile, my family members have issues with their windows boxes every other week or so. I'm sure there are plenty of people that never have a problem with Windows and that can't get Linux to work on their hardware but I'd be careful to generalize from personal experience.
- squarefoot 3y agoFor what is worth, last time I encountered compatibility problems wrt Linux on a laptop has been when I was using RedHat 6 or 7 on the cheapest+crappiest Asus laptop I could purchase at that time, and had to recompile kernel and gfx drivers at every update. That happened like 22 years ago, and was 100% the laptop's fault, not Linux, which also worked flawlessly on every laptop I installed later on.
- rfoo 3y ago> Easy: GL.iNet has tiny travel routers with OpenWRT supported out of the box. It supports modified OpenWRT with proprietary drivers, which are closed source. Still better than completely black-box travel routers but /shrug. From https://github.com/gl-inet/glbuilder https://github.com/gl-inet/glbuilder: > Since the driver part uses the driver code maintained by many chip manufacturers, we have no right to open it to users. We have tried to provide it to users in the form of ko, but we will always encounter many strange problems.
- matheusmoreira 3y ago> I also advocate against using Linux as a daily driver on a modern laptop. Why would you do that?
- chx 3y agohttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36678027 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36678027
- stavros 3y agoIf you're as right about one as you are about the other recommendation, I might have to start exposing closed-source stuff to the internet.
- thefreeman 3y agoWhy would anyone who needs to program willingly choose windows + wsl over macbooks