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It seems so weird to me to want to use Linux on the desktop. This is not The Year. I decided at the very start of my career, before Google, to use a laptop at
by wffurr 3y ago
It seems so weird to me to want to use Linux on the desktop. This is not The Year.
I decided at the very start of my career, before Google, to use a laptop at the primary interface and only use workstation / dev environment / etc. remotely. That way I have the same working experience at my desk, at a cafe, on my desk at home. The only thing that changes is the number and size of monitors. It's worked out really well, and during the COVID era it only got better due to investments in the remote workflows.
I wouldn't even notice if my VM lost internet access and root.
- 40yearoldman 3y agoI would still want Linux on my laptop. It has been “the year” for Linux on the desktop for the last 10 years, even more so if you use Emacs as your WM.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 3y agoI've been using Linux since I started nearly 5 years ago, plus the previous 8 at my last company. I don't have any major issues. SSH disconnects are still annoying. And mosh/tmux/screen don't do it for me.
- wffurr 3y agoMosh and tmux have worked great for me for the last 12 years. Different strokes I guess.
- throwbadubadu 3y agoWhat's wrong with the desktop at Linux, why "classical desktop" at all? I love my tiled wm setup so much since >10 years, and absolutely hate my corp windows desktop so much for everything it does to me. Gf similar regrets her chosing a private Mac Airbook everytime she uses it and swears to never buy one again every time she uses it (but uses it to seldom to consider just installing an Ubuntu, otherwise would do that)... so we are maybe strange people but > It seems so weird to me to want to use Linux on the desktop. This is not The Year. It seems so weird to me everybody considering their Windows or Mac as desktop ;)
- omgmajk 3y ago> It seems so weird to me to want to use Linux on the desktop. This is not The Year. Why? I've used it for many years and still like it very much. I use Windows too, but I do most of my work in Linux. Why would this be weird?
- Ferret7446 3y agoI understand that a large proportion of Googlers use Google's slightly customized Linux on laptops (which is also the default/recommended), which is completely compatible with your workflow, so I'm not sure what argument you were trying to make (unless you don't count laptops as "Linux on the desktop"?) I can only infer that you're suggesting people would only want to use Macbooks? Setting aside the fact that that is wrong, you don't make any argument as to why that would be.
- wffurr 3y agoChromebooks are great too. gLinux laptops are OK I guess? I dunno. Every time I've tried to use Linux as my main interface, it's been crashy and confusing. Maybe it's gotten better since the last time I tried.