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> Contrast that to the Linux desktop where you can't turn off the "it just doesn't work" The modern Linux desktop is pretty damn usable, especially if you go w
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> Contrast that to the Linux desktop where you can't turn off the "it just doesn't work"
The modern Linux desktop is pretty damn usable, especially if you go with something like PopOS. It's got to be covering 99% of non-workstation-type of use cases out of the box.
- Ygg2 3y agoEh. It depends. If you have something exotic as analog mouse it just doesn't work on Linux. And Linux suffers from OS version of Lisp curse - i.e. whenever two nerds disagree you get a new distro with slightly incompatible behavior. Not to mention Linux breaks compatibility left and right, while Windows lives with its mistakes forever.
- PaulHoule 3y agoI was shocked when I was able to install Office 97 at work on a Windows 11 machine and… it “just worked”, paperclip and all the lame ways it tries to take over your desktop…