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We're so screwed. Tahoe sucks so my Sonoma days are numbered. Win11 sucks and win10 days are numbered. On the other hand the rails guy released Omarchy linux wh

We're so screwed. Tahoe sucks so my Sonoma days are numbered. Win11 sucks and win10 days are numbered. On the other hand the rails guy released Omarchy linux which is pretty great but it will take months to make it usable.

pcardoso 1y ago
I'm getting used to Linux again after 20+ years of Mac OS. First, just using more cross-platform software on my Mac. Ditched Safari for Firefox; replaced my MacOS-only password manager; using iMessage less. Bought the cheapest Framework 13 laptop, running stock Fedora. Omarchy is interesting but too weird for me. Gnome, is still familiar enough. Using the Linux machine more and more, feels very fresh. To be honest not feeling this excited in a long time. Perhaps the year of Linux on the desktop is indeed coming.
- username223 1y ago
  I may get there at some point -- I actually ran Linux on a PowerBook for a while during the dot-com boom -- but Mac OS X was Unix with tastefully-done office software, and Gnome/KDE were tasteless kludges. Now it seems all software is converging on the same bubbly, mediocre slop. Sadly, Apple still makes the best laptops by far, and trying to run Linux on them takes me to the bad old days of editing XF86Config files and failing to sleep when the lid closes. But back to the article on hand... Windows has been shoddy since forever, and Windows-compatible laptops are mostly mediocre things that can also run Linux. I could absolutely see a lot of casual Windows users switching to Linux for email, web, and office tasks.
eviks 1y ago
But win 10 days are numbered in years, same for Sonoma? Definitely longer than months (though in reality think it should take much longer)
- anonymars 1y ago
  Erm.. > not being able to load the latest .Net; Teams and more and more other apps refuse to run despite the OS still being "in support" now
  - eviks 1y ago
    Erm, how is this relevant to the number of days???
    - anonymars 1y ago
      You're saying years remain, while he's saying there are problems now
      - eviks 1y ago
        No, he isn't, you're just confused about the comment chain. I was replying to a different person about a different issue.
        anonymars 1y ago
        I think you likely missed #1 in the chain: 1. logifail: I've been using Win10 LTSC since it first shipped, but the pain of it keeps increasing 2. MarcelOlsz: We're so screwed...Win 10 days are numbered 3. You: Win 10 days are numbered in years 4. Me: Erm + quote from #1 5. You: how is this relevant to number of years 6. Me: He's saying there are problems now 7. You (parent of this): I was replying to someone else 8. Me: this
        eviks 1y ago
        If we ignore relevance, you missed a comment above 1. If we don't, you missed an explanation how 1. is relevant when I wasn't discussing logifail's pain with Win10, but marcel's lamentation that the better version will soon be gone before a replacement is viable
        1y ago

pcardoso 1y ago

I'm getting used to Linux again after 20+ years of Mac OS. First, just using more cross-platform software on my Mac. Ditched Safari for Firefox; replaced my MacOS-only password manager; using iMessage less. Bought the cheapest Framework 13 laptop, running stock Fedora. Omarchy is interesting but too weird for me. Gnome, is still familiar enough. Using the Linux machine more and more, feels very fresh. To be honest not feeling this excited in a long time. Perhaps the year of Linux on the desktop is indeed coming.

username223 1y ago
I may get there at some point -- I actually ran Linux on a PowerBook for a while during the dot-com boom -- but Mac OS X was Unix with tastefully-done office software, and Gnome/KDE were tasteless kludges. Now it seems all software is converging on the same bubbly, mediocre slop. Sadly, Apple still makes the best laptops by far, and trying to run Linux on them takes me to the bad old days of editing XF86Config files and failing to sleep when the lid closes. But back to the article on hand... Windows has been shoddy since forever, and Windows-compatible laptops are mostly mediocre things that can also run Linux. I could absolutely see a lot of casual Windows users switching to Linux for email, web, and office tasks.

eviks 1y ago

But win 10 days are numbered in years, same for Sonoma? Definitely longer than months (though in reality think it should take much longer)

anonymars 1y ago
Erm.. > not being able to load the latest .Net; Teams and more and more other apps refuse to run despite the OS still being "in support" now
- eviks 1y ago
  Erm, how is this relevant to the number of days???
  - anonymars 1y ago
    You're saying years remain, while he's saying there are problems now
    - eviks 1y ago
      No, he isn't, you're just confused about the comment chain. I was replying to a different person about a different issue.
      - anonymars 1y ago
        I think you likely missed #1 in the chain: 1. logifail: I've been using Win10 LTSC since it first shipped, but the pain of it keeps increasing 2. MarcelOlsz: We're so screwed...Win 10 days are numbered 3. You: Win 10 days are numbered in years 4. Me: Erm + quote from #1 5. You: how is this relevant to number of years 6. Me: He's saying there are problems now 7. You (parent of this): I was replying to someone else 8. Me: this
        eviks 1y ago
        If we ignore relevance, you missed a comment above 1. If we don't, you missed an explanation how 1. is relevant when I wasn't discussing logifail's pain with Win10, but marcel's lamentation that the better version will soon be gone before a replacement is viable
        1y ago