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.NET on Linux – bye, Windows 10
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Re: .NET on Linux – bye, Windows 10
#242Here's my anecdata after recently attempting to move permanently from Windows to Linux Mint: * No logitech mouse support = severely disabled experience. I can't use any of the extra mouse buttons in the way I want on my Performance MX. And yes I did spend several hours trying to get it to work but it seems that the button mapping works only for keyboard commands and even that I couldn't make work. And never could mak…
>>> No logitech mouse support
Make sure you support vendors that support linux, I have no logitech devices in my home for this reason.
>>>While it supposedly exists, I could not make f.lux work.
Redshift, much better
>>> The ridiculous amount of times I have to type in my password (and use sudo) is really user unfriendly.
You should only have to type the password if you are attempting to access a area outside of the users control, this should be limited to administrative functions like installing software, or changing system wide settings. Sounds like you have a configuration issue or at attempting to do things that SHOULD be locked down and SHOULD require elevation and are complaining because linux is more secure than windows
One of the reasons windows is terrible at security is because every time they attempt to add security they give people a simple "click yes" way to bypass it rendering it useless
Re: .NET on Linux – bye, Windows 10
#243Here's my anecdata after recently attempting to move permanently from Windows to Linux Mint: * No logitech mouse support = severely disabled experience. I can't use any of the extra mouse buttons in the way I want on my Performance MX. And yes I did spend several hours trying to get it to work but it seems that the button mapping works only for keyboard commands and even that I couldn't make work. And never could mak…
You shouldn't have to type in sudo for gaming or web browsing. And yes, to disable it (though not recommended, since you're only using sudo when it's admin access) you can add the text NOPASSWD to a portion of a config file.
There's a reason sudo exists. Superuser-do. It keeps automated malware and other bad things from happening without authorization.
redshift-gtk does what flux does.
Re: .NET on Linux – bye, Windows 10
#244Here's my anecdata after recently attempting to move permanently from Windows to Linux Mint: * No logitech mouse support = severely disabled experience. I can't use any of the extra mouse buttons in the way I want on my Performance MX. And yes I did spend several hours trying to get it to work but it seems that the button mapping works only for keyboard commands and even that I couldn't make work. And never could mak…
Sudo timeouts can be changed: http://lifehacker.com/make-sudo-sessions-last-longer-in-linu... Hardware support can be a genuine issue. The fault lies with Logictech in this case. If I was an arrogant Linux-head, I'd probably say that your time is better spent configuring i3/emacs/vim than getting their latest shiny toy working.
You can also edit the sudoers file to give your user passwordless sudo. So you still have to explicitly sudo for admin access (unlike, say, just logging in as the root user) but don't have to type your password.
Granted, that's not n00b friendly or anything, but it is a pretty quick solution and you only have to do it once. Just make sure you have a real root login and/or use visudo to perform the edits to avoid accidentally locking yourself out of admin access if you screw up the syntax.
Re: .NET on Linux – bye, Windows 10
#245Earlier quoted context omitted.
OS updates (or any update that potentially takes more than 2 minutes) shouldn't ever be forced. It's just terrible. Sure, there should be some prominant prompts saying "Plz update me" from time to time (so the average joe's computer isn't terribly out of date). But don't force me to update in the middle of prez. Because clearly, I'm best placed to know what's the best time for my computer to become an expensive paper…
The problem is that if you don't make them automatic, people won't install them. Microsoft spent most of the Windows XP era with people being bitten by problems which had been patched in many cases years before. The approach they've taken of making things mandatory is clearly not universally popular but most of the arguments about it tend to ignore the fact that it was designed to solve a very real problem which affe…
And yet macos doesn't have forced updates. They just prompt the user (with a very in-your-face message) and people DO update.
Same with linux.
Same with android.
Same with IOS.
If you prompt the user to update, they generally will.
Re: .NET on Linux – bye, Windows 10
#246Here's my anecdata after recently attempting to move permanently from Windows to Linux Mint: * No logitech mouse support = severely disabled experience. I can't use any of the extra mouse buttons in the way I want on my Performance MX. And yes I did spend several hours trying to get it to work but it seems that the button mapping works only for keyboard commands and even that I couldn't make work. And never could mak…
I use https://github.com/jonls/redshift on Linux instead of f.lux. Installing with "sudo apt install redshift-gtk" should get desktop integration (I don't run Mint, but it works great on stock Ubuntu).
Just installed it. Just 213k to download!
Re: .NET on Linux – bye, Windows 10
#247Earlier quoted context omitted.
Can you clarify this statement?
Well, take any problem from a user regarding Linux - and it will not be Linux problem. No hardware support? Not a Linux problem. Crappy drivers on Linux? Not a Linux problem. No Photoshop on Linux? Not a Linux problem.
But it isn't. Hardware and software support for a platform is decided exclusively by the hw/sw vendor. That's why I support the ones who do.
Does Linux make drivers harder to write than Windows or macOS? No. In fact there are many, many spaces where development is by far the easiest on Linux. Yet those companies choose that part of the market is irrelevant to them.
You might not care why there's no drivers for your joystick and use Windows, but it is 100% the blame of those companies, there's no debate about it.
Re: .NET on Linux – bye, Windows 10
#248Earlier quoted context omitted.
This is indeed the worst. By itself it is enough to make me want to switch. It's not the only thing, though. Win 10 is a decent OS in most ways, but there are too many places where it does things that I don't want and I can't (easily?) change. I use Windows because I do C# development for a living. For now, it's not practical for me to switch, but maybe it will be in a few years. I'm hoping so. Really stupid to drive…
Since when do developers have much say in which OS they use? These things are decided by corporate policy and management in most places. The best you can hope for here is that you can do the bulk of your C# development on a "rogue" Linux machine or VM, and then do some final testing and bug-fixing on Windows, since it's going to be deployed on Windows with customers (internal or external) who use Windows.
Developers get a say in which OS the same way they get a say about lots of things, by finding a job that fits their desires. For example I decided a while back that my computer had become to integrated in my life for me to consider using a company provided computer, so I don't, and I haven't had any problem finding good jobs.
Re: .NET on Linux – bye, Windows 10
#249Earlier quoted context omitted.
What if the update goes badly and locks the machine two hours before your presentation? Your post is probably the worst excuse for this behaviour I have yet to read and its frustrating, on so many levels, to see it being excused.
What if your laptop battery catches fire two hours before your presentation? It's just about as likely. I am surprised to be asked by adults to think of a solution to a broken laptop given two whole hours in which to find a solution. (Hint: borrow somebody else's laptop.)
Laptop batteries catching fire are such a rare and dramatic occurrence. A simple battery is much more likely in which case you should have come prepared with your charging cable, a very reasonable mitigation scenario. The difference here is agency - a user is empowered to bring the tools to ensure a best case scenario. When your OS decides restart time is NOW, you are not empowered. Quite the opposite.
Software is meant to serve us, not the other way around. Updates can wait for when we're ready, it's a purely coded decision to resolve otherwise. There is no value, worth, expertise, or pride to be extracted from being a slave to your machine which makes it all the more stunning that this is still happening to people today and that people like you can excuse it.