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My Linux desktop experience... I started with Linux installing it from floppy disks in about 1996. In 1995, I was back on Windows 95 within a week because I n
by ohgr 1y ago
My Linux desktop experience...
I started with Linux installing it from floppy disks in about 1996.
In 1995, I was back on Windows 95 within a week because I needed to get something done.
In 2000, I was back on Windows 2000 within a week because I needed to get something done.
In 2005, I was back on Windows XP within a week because I needed to get something done.
In 2012, I was back on Windows 7 within a week because I needed to get something done.
In 2015, I was back on macOS within a week because I needed to get something done.
In 2020, I worked out I'm wasting my time on this.
I watch my colleagues and friend struggling with it. Lots of small papercuts. Lots of weirdness. Lots of regressions. Plus many years of server-side experience says to me "I should probably just use FreeBSD" in that space.
- bnolsen 1y agoMy experience is the opposite. Epgot a hold of a bunch of floppies in 1991. Dual booted so I could play Diablo. Some time around '98/99 got tired of dual booting. Steam getting proton was a godsend, all those years of games became playable so now I have a huge back catalog.
- LtWorf 1y agoMeanwhile people who actually get stuff done all use linux :D
- MSFT_Edging 1y agoI've wasted like 8 hours in the last two days trying to upgrade windows 10 to 11 so my motherboards wifi drivers can be installed. It just worked in Linux. I don't get where this comes from, because every time I hit a problem in Linux, there's a solution. In windows, you get a vague hex error code that leads you to a support page where the error could be caused by one of a dozen reasons. And on top of that, MS is constantly hostile to any user who just wants a basic OS to use their computer with.
- ohgr 1y agoSo couple of issues there. Never upgrade windows. Fresh install only. Never had a good day upgrading it. Secondly, there isn't always a solution in Linux. I've got one now where something is utterly broken and it's 5 layers of maintainers down and no one gives a shit.
- MSFT_Edging 1y agoWindows 11 has begun making it a lot harder to install with local logins. They just disabled the typical method for enabling local only. I want to upgrade in order to retain that local account.
- ohgr 1y agoInstall LTSC: https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links https://massgrave.dev/windows_ltsc_links Then use massgrave hwid activator.
- wkat4242 1y ago> Plus many years of server-side experience says to me "I should probably just use FreeBSD" in that space. Not a bad idea. This is exactly what I do on my daily driver.