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As someone who has been a Linux or Windows user all my life, every little interaction with the desktop environment is off in a way I'm not used to and it's unco

by coryrc 3y ago

As someone who has been a Linux or Windows user all my life, every little interaction with the desktop environment is off in a way I'm not used to and it's uncomfortable and productivity-sapping. I don't think I'd go that far as saying "sucks balls" though. But apart from some stick-in-the-ass upower devs who think their tool should randomly shut down laptops without any choice to disable (I patched it out) I just live within my limitations. Wish my nvidia mobile graphics worked.

hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
> every little interaction with the desktop environment is off in a way I'm not used to and it's uncomfortable and productivity-sapping. Now that explanation totally makes sense to me. We spend so much time in our OS environments (often with a ton of personalized customizations) that switching to something with different interaction paradigms is a pain I can totally understand not wanting to bear. As another example, I'm a Mac user but have been on Android for about a decade now, and whenever I use an iPhone I go nuts because I don't know the special magic swipes or taps or tap-and-holds to do what I want it to. But that's just because I'm not used to an iPhone. Then I also really liked your comment "I just live within my limitations". That is, Linux users I know like it and use it for different reasons, but they all know it has particular nits and shortcomings (usually around drivers) that they accept as the price for using it. But what I can't really wrap my head around is having the approach "I want a *nix desktop, that I'm willing to pay for, and I don't care if it's closed source, but I just want it to work." That thing exists, it's called MacOS, and if those reasons were important enough I'd just bite the bullet for the one-time switchover costs and get a Mac.

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As someone who has been a Linux or Windows user all my life, every little interaction with the desktop environment is off in a way I'm not used to and it's unco

by coryrc 3y ago

hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
> every little interaction with the desktop environment is off in a way I'm not used to and it's uncomfortable and productivity-sapping. Now that explanation totally makes sense to me. We spend so much time in our OS environments (often with a ton of personalized customizations) that switching to something with different interaction paradigms is a pain I can totally understand not wanting to bear. As another example, I'm a Mac user but have been on Android for about a decade now, and whenever I use an iPhone I go nuts because I don't know the special magic swipes or taps or tap-and-holds to do what I want it to. But that's just because I'm not used to an iPhone. Then I also really liked your comment "I just live within my limitations". That is, Linux users I know like it and use it for different reasons, but they all know it has particular nits and shortcomings (usually around drivers) that they accept as the price for using it. But what I can't really wrap my head around is having the approach "I want a *nix desktop, that I'm willing to pay for, and I don't care if it's closed source, but I just want it to work." That thing exists, it's called MacOS, and if those reasons were important enough I'd just bite the bullet for the one-time switchover costs and get a Mac.