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I would agree, but snap is a mess. I have core snaps that are out of date, can't get rid of them, can't update them, can't fix them. I think I have to uninstall

I would agree, but snap is a mess. I have core snaps that are out of date, can't get rid of them, can't update them, can't fix them. I think I have to uninstall the whole service and reinstall to fix it. Meh, I'll just change distro and fix it that way. Luckily I have all the control and all the choices. I like systemd, but I do understand the objections to it. Luckily if you don't want to run systemd, you don't have to. I don't like Unity, which is fine because there are tons of other options. The article author loves MacOS's look and feel. I don't. So I'm screwed because MacOS only comes in one flavour. I don't think the article gives enough coverage to this. It's not just "tinkering" with Linux. We have real choices, and it's the only one of the three where that's the case. That's way more important (to me) than a lot of the other things they talk about.

soulbadguy 2y ago
# We have real choices, and it's the only one of the three where that's the case. Choice is not a substitute for quality. It doesn't really matter if i have the choice of 23 sedans if what i need is truck. In many ways, i feel like the choices in the linus desktop ecosystem are an illusion. Repackaking and slicing of the same software stack because someone doesn't like a color theme. And the price we paying for this illusion is the fragmentation and lack of cohesive experience afforded to other major OS. # That's way more important (to me) than a lot of the other things they talk about. That's fair. But i think the point is that you might be different than the vast majority of desktop user, for which a OS is just a mean to an end.