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Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by inetknght »

deltasevennine wrote: post #46
jgillich wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Software development is a much better experience on Linux compared to Windows (unless you stay within Visual Studio). If you do tasks that are well supported by your OS, your experience will be mostly good. Don't run servers on MacOS, don't develop on Windows and don't game on Linux. Or do it anyway and deal with the unpolished aspects of it.

True, however user experience in windows is still superior.

Try Linux Mint. It uses Cinnamon and Cinnamon is very similar to Windows and without all of the baggage

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by JohnFen »

ajkjk wrote: post #56
JohnFen wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not everyone. Very few of the people I know use iPhones.

Don't worry, nobody thought it was literally everyone.

The implication, though, is that iPhone is at least the most common device used. At least in the US, this is not true.

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by onehair »

Andrex wrote: post #54
deltasevennine wrote: post #46

Earlier quoted context omitted.

True, however user experience in windows is still superior.

Comparing Gnome to Windows 10/11? No way.

Yes. The UX is much better. Linux customization capabilites are phenomenal I give you that, but it takes a very big amount of time if you want something specific for you, and when an update hits and things just break :-(

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by jll29 »

goodJobWalrus wrote: post #40
ajkjk wrote: post #14

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I read "Sent from my iPhone" as "I apologize for brevity and typos" and don't get offended.

When I read "Sent from my iPhone" I feel sorry they don't have a proper keyboard and that they have to touch cold, hard glass instead; what an unpleasant tactile experience!

And then I remember I now have to do the same, because someone switched off my fantastic BlackBerry (R.I.P. until resurrection comes!)...

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by loudmax »

> WireGuard is a great demonstration of why the total complexity of the implementation ends up affecting the UX of the product.

This is absolutely true! Probably everything you could do with WireGuard you could accomplish with OpenSSL/OpenVPN, but the complexity is staggering. This makes it much more difficult to troubleshoot and far more likely that there will be an error in the configuration that could lead to compromise.

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by echelon »

JohnFen wrote: post #72
ajkjk wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't worry, nobody thought it was literally everyone.

The implication, though, is that iPhone is at least the most common device used. At least in the US, this is not true.

Every statistic I've found shows not only a 50+% share of the existing market, it also shows new phones from Apple are selling to over 50% of the market.

It makes the email signature even more bizarre.

https://gs.statcounter.com/vendor-market-share/mobile/united...

https://hypebeast.com/2022/9/apple-iphone-overtakes-androids...

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by beached_whale »

jgillich wrote: post #29
Dalewyn wrote: post #20

Strangely enough: Windows. Yes, I fucking hate Windows 10/11 for several laundry lists' worth of reasons, but you know what? At the end of the day, Windows is the only desktop OS that enables me to use my computer to do the shit I need or want to do. So long as that fundamental principle as a tool is not violated, I will forever be thankful for Windows regardless what criticism I might have for it.

Software development is a much better experience on Linux compared to Windows (unless you stay within Visual Studio). If you do tasks that are well supported by your OS, your experience will be mostly good. Don't run servers on MacOS, don't develop on Windows and don't game on Linux. Or do it anyway and deal with the unpolished aspects of it.

docker and clion is an amazing experience. One can change their toolchain very easily without worrying about interference from all the crap on my dev machine I have installed over time, or that one needs a different config all togethor. It's similar to clion with windows/mac but the experience deteriorates, but the VM for WSL is much better on windows(no need to allocate a huge chunk of ram) than macos for docker

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by onehair »

loudmax wrote: post #75

> WireGuard is a great demonstration of why the total complexity of the implementation ends up affecting the UX of the product. This is absolutely true! Probably everything you could do with WireGuard you could accomplish with OpenSSL/OpenVPN, but the complexity is staggering. This makes it much more difficult to troubleshoot and far more likely that there will be an error in the configuration that could lead to comp…

For my simple road warrior setup, 8 lines that are clearly understandable were all it took in wireguard.

OpenVPN was always a nightmare

Re: Software I’m thankful for (2021)

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Post by isametry »

mhb wrote: post #43

Davinci Resolve PyCharm Clion Audacity

I was so delighted to discover DaVinci for a multitude reasons, but one of the biggest ones was that it doubles as a full-blown audio editor (for my use-cases, anyway). This allowed me to finally ditch Audacity, after its development took some very questionable turns last year.
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