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Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by NullPrefix »

webjac wrote: post #148

Apple 2019: Siri remind me to call mom when I get home Linux 2000: … Apple 2019: Use my iPad as a secondary screen wirelessly Linux 2000: … Apple 2019: AirPlay to my TV this content Linux 2000: … Apple 2019: Sync my contacts, notes, calendars, wirelessly with all my devices Linux 2000: … Can we stop being ridiculous now or do I have to keep lowering myslef to the stupidity of the writer of this?

> Apple 2019: Use my iPad as a secondary screen wirelessly Linux 2000: …

When was VNC first released? Sure, wasn't available on iPad .. because iPad was not available yet.

>Apple 2019: Sync my contacts, notes, calendars, wirelessly with all my devices Linux 2000: …

You keep repeating that word, wirelessly. Are you trying to make a point that rsync over ethernet does not count?

This all sounds like a bunch of buzzwords and proprietary gimmicks when standard solution was already available. That standard solution may needed some work, but the basic functionality was there.

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by wil421 »

webjac wrote: post #148

Apple 2019: Siri remind me to call mom when I get home Linux 2000: … Apple 2019: Use my iPad as a secondary screen wirelessly Linux 2000: … Apple 2019: AirPlay to my TV this content Linux 2000: … Apple 2019: Sync my contacts, notes, calendars, wirelessly with all my devices Linux 2000: … Can we stop being ridiculous now or do I have to keep lowering myslef to the stupidity of the writer of this?

Apple 201X: Release something new software or hardware. HN: 5 articles daily about the end of Apple and how bad the new thing sucks.

The amount of hate Apple gets is so much larger compared to Microsoft, Google, Linux, or any big tech. It might even me more than the others combined.

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by jussij »

> it said that there is not enough free space available to run the installer. So I deleted a bunch of files and tried again.

This sounds like the Samsung phone I purchased new some 5+ years ago.

This brand new phone never managed to do an update in all that time.

It would always insist a new update was available but on every attempt it would fail with some vague recourse issue.

It would even ask for permission to send details of the failed attempt back to home base.

After a dozen of failed attempts, a dozen approvals for feedback requests, the purchase of addition SIM memory cards to give it more memory in the hope the update would work, the online thing that did work was to just take the phone offline (data offline) and ignore the update request.

Now this was never a top end phone (less than $300 some 5+ years ago) but what was amazing is how bad this new phone from day one would continually insist an update was required, with each an every update failing to install.

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by DoofusOfDeath »

skrebbel wrote: post #126
threeseed wrote: post #20

1. Never once seen an issue with USB-C to HDMI or VGA connections. It doesn't even make any sense since MacBook Pro users with external, third party monitors are an extremely common combination. 2. I just downloaded Caret (Markdown editor) from their website and used Homebrew to install a CLI tool. Nothing has changed between the current OSX and previous ones. 3. If you have a tech support issue go into the Apple Sto…

> 5. If you resort to calling groups of people "condescending elitist hipster latte drinkers" then pretty sure you've lost the argument. As a condescending elitist hipster latte drinker on an ultralight convertible Lenovo Yoga + Windows 10, I feel excluded. The days that condescending elitist hipster latte drinkers only used Mac have long passed.

With respect, you post wasn't very condescending.

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by gmac »

consp wrote: post #113
gmac wrote: post #5

Apple 2019: if your problem is not google-trivial, there's nothing you can do. Calling Apple's tech support line does not help, because they will just type your problem description into Google and read the first hit. Really? My experience of calling Apple tech support (to troubleshoot something to do with Messages on my Mac) was that they were surprisingly well-informed, and they fixed my issue with approximately zer…

> is-it-turned-on? Is not nonsense as most simple problems are caused by simple mistakes. Don't reflect your experience with computers and tools to the average user's experience.

Well, OK, it’s reasonable place to start, but I think most of the HN crowd will have experienced the frustration of being unable to break out of that model. Obligatory XKCD: https://www.xkcd.com/806/

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by elagost »

bluegreyred wrote: post #132
esotericn wrote: post #120

Well, no, it's not the Linux of 2000, it's worse than that, because it's closed source. The GNU/Linux (e.g. the ecosystem) of 2019 is really fantastic. It keeps on getting better, and better, and better. There may be a few missteps, maybe you don't like GNOME 3, but you can still use Xfce, or KDE, or LXDE, or i3 or whatever else if you want, no-one is stopping you. By contrast, if Apple or Microsoft update the OS and…

As somebody on a 2015 15" MBP looking to make the switch, how do you deal with things like Word/Excel documents or updating the firmware of IOT things (not mine but those of relatives) that only offer proprietary Windows and Mac updaters/installers? Do you just spin up a KVM and pass through USB, or use a separate computer? These edge cases (and the uneasy feeling that there are many others that I won't discover unti…

I run all Linux at home (and LineageOS on my phone). For things like this I keep an old Windows laptop (Core2Duo) in the closet. For IOT/app-based stuff (none are mine - they all belong to my parents/relatives), I have my brother's old screen-shattered iPhone.

For documents I just use LibreOffice and suffer; if I absolutely need Office I suppose I could use my old discs and install it on the Windows machine, but have not had any need to in the past 3 years since I switched. When I send documents to people I just export as PDF and they're none the wiser.

Save for extracting BIOS updates from custom .exe files (thanks HP and Dell) I never use either of them.

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by CJefferson »

threeseed wrote: post #20

1. Never once seen an issue with USB-C to HDMI or VGA connections. It doesn't even make any sense since MacBook Pro users with external, third party monitors are an extremely common combination. 2. I just downloaded Caret (Markdown editor) from their website and used Homebrew to install a CLI tool. Nothing has changed between the current OSX and previous ones. 3. If you have a tech support issue go into the Apple Sto…

I'm sure 3 is great if you live in a city, but my nearest apple store is about 2 hours away...

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by bytebuster »

This is so shallow it feels like it was written just to create buzz.

It's so easy to build a shallow and polarized list like this about ANYTHING. All I can take from this article is that this guy doesn't seem to be good at argumentation. 2/10 on Apple whining.

Here, take your buzz.

Re: Apple of 2019 is the Linux of 2000

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Post by mlakkadshaw »

threeseed wrote: post #20

1. Never once seen an issue with USB-C to HDMI or VGA connections. It doesn't even make any sense since MacBook Pro users with external, third party monitors are an extremely common combination. 2. I just downloaded Caret (Markdown editor) from their website and used Homebrew to install a CLI tool. Nothing has changed between the current OSX and previous ones. 3. If you have a tech support issue go into the Apple Sto…

I face the problem on a daily basis connecting my external monitor with my Macbook Pro and Mac Mini via thunderbolt. Either monitor is not detected or I am not able to wake the computer from sleep when the external monitor is connected.
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