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You're right, I've certainly never experienced a Linux system suddenly becoming unresponsive at any point.

onemoresoop 3y ago
I have but that's a different discussion altogether. Windows is an operating system that takes control away from user, privacy lacks, it's bloated with tons of garbage and so on. It may be okay for gaming but I'd use a separate partition for daily computing that isn't Windows
- SketchySeaBeast 3y ago
  OK, so the complaint was irrelevant to the conversation.
  - FirmwareBurner 3y ago
    [flagged]
tentacleuno 3y ago
To be fair, I find Linux issues way easier to fix. It's still a huge piece of software I'll never have the joy of fully understanding (I doubt most of the kernel devs. understand everything in Linux), but for the most part I know what it likes.
anon291 3y ago
My NixOS boxes have actually never frozen on me. Dozens of computers, 5+ years. No problems. Still run as good as when they were bought. Most Linux distros and Windows suffer from the same problem of state. Immutable OSes and systems basically fix this, and it's amazing. I'm happy to use a computer again.
- tentacleuno 3y ago
  To be honest most of the issues I have with Linux are with the userspace subsystems that build on it; the kernel itself never seems to have many issues (aside from strange audio delays after waking from suspend, but I suspect Pipewire / the Bluetooth stack to be at fault due to it being generally annoying). Immutable computing sounds frickin amazing!!! Being able to check your entire system configuration into Git, and effectively re-build your OS setup at any time, is really something I want to explore this year.
  - anon291 3y ago
    > Immutable computing sounds frickin amazing!!! Being able to check your entire system configuration into Git, and effectively re-build your OS setup at any time, is really something I want to explore this year. Yes, it really is amazing. My computer is amazing. I have been able to build intricate set ups that are immune to upgrades and such. I use a relatively complicated XMonad based set up right now, but because it's all in Nix, upgrades are a breeze. Yes, there is some trouble, but it's flagged before it happens or I can easily revert to the old system. This is the longest time I've gone without re-installing an OS (not that that would even be a big deal with Nix anyway, because a new install will be identical).

I have but that's a different discussion altogether. Windows is an operating system that takes control away from user, privacy lacks, it's bloated with tons of garbage and so on. It may be okay for gaming but I'd use a separate partition for daily computing that isn't Windows

SketchySeaBeast 3y ago
OK, so the complaint was irrelevant to the conversation.
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago
  [flagged]

tentacleuno 3y ago

To be fair, I find Linux issues way easier to fix. It's still a huge piece of software I'll never have the joy of fully understanding (I doubt most of the kernel devs. understand everything in Linux), but for the most part I know what it likes.

anon291 3y ago

My NixOS boxes have actually never frozen on me. Dozens of computers, 5+ years. No problems. Still run as good as when they were bought. Most Linux distros and Windows suffer from the same problem of state. Immutable OSes and systems basically fix this, and it's amazing. I'm happy to use a computer again.

tentacleuno 3y ago
To be honest most of the issues I have with Linux are with the userspace subsystems that build on it; the kernel itself never seems to have many issues (aside from strange audio delays after waking from suspend, but I suspect Pipewire / the Bluetooth stack to be at fault due to it being generally annoying). Immutable computing sounds frickin amazing!!! Being able to check your entire system configuration into Git, and effectively re-build your OS setup at any time, is really something I want to explore this year.
- anon291 3y ago
  > Immutable computing sounds frickin amazing!!! Being able to check your entire system configuration into Git, and effectively re-build your OS setup at any time, is really something I want to explore this year. Yes, it really is amazing. My computer is amazing. I have been able to build intricate set ups that are immune to upgrades and such. I use a relatively complicated XMonad based set up right now, but because it's all in Nix, upgrades are a breeze. Yes, there is some trouble, but it's flagged before it happens or I can easily revert to the old system. This is the longest time I've gone without re-installing an OS (not that that would even be a big deal with Nix anyway, because a new install will be identical).