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People have to live with the fact that not all software works for all OSs. Android vs iOS, Windows vs Mac vs *nix etc. If your mom got a book about photo editi
by muyuu 14y ago
People have to live with the fact that not all software works for all OSs. Android vs iOS, Windows vs Mac vs *nix etc.
If your mom got a book about photo editing for Mac-only software, would you be so sad to tell her "sorry mom, that only works on MacOS"?
For the purpose intended, I'd install a Debian distro and leave it be for the whole lifetime of the computer. Their support lasts a lot (but so does Ubuntu's for long-term support releases and other distros).
- slasaus 14y agoI prefer Ubuntu LTS with 5 year support over the 3 year support of Debian. But given the fact that there are constantly things broken or not supported yet, I do feel an urge to upgrade to the latest and greatest. Unstable Unity and old versions of Monolight are just 2 examples of that.
- MatthewPhillips 14y ago> People have to live with the fact that not all software works for all OSs. That's the reality today, but when you take a step back and look at it more broadly it sounds nothing short of ridiculous. I don't remember any scifi movies where the characters had to dual-boot their refrigerators because the main OS kept track of your food supply but another OS had the software for calorie counting. When you tell any normal person "that software doesn't work on this computer" they'll only stare back at you confused. It really doesn't make any sense and it should be the #1 priority for software development going forward.