Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux
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Re: Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux
#2I honestly cannot believe that a person that uses both Windows and Mac frequently in 2022 would choose Mac if they had to choose a single platform. Not even a developer.
MacOS is a masterclass in bad design and lackluster features.
I always considered buying a Mac but was always hesitant to change. Once I got one for work I swore to never ever spend a dime on a Mac.
People that will disagree haven't used Windows in years.
Re: Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux
#3I honestly cannot believe that a person that uses both Windows and Mac frequently in 2022 would choose Mac if they had to choose a single platform. Not even a developer. MacOS is a masterclass in bad design and lackluster features. I always considered buying a Mac but was always hesitant to change. Once I got one for work I swore to never ever spend a dime on a Mac. People that will disagree haven't used Windows in y…
One mans lackluster features is another mans streamlined interface.
MacOS at least goes out of your way most of the time. Windows interrupts you regularly for stuff that's not important to whatever you're doing. Combined with third-party applications that are noisy as heck to make sure you don't forget you bought/installed them (especially AV scanners, but it seems like every app wants a place in your system tray and has it's own updater and wants your attention when it updates).
But if Windows does what you need and doesn't cause you friction just use it instead of crapping on macOS.
Re: Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux
#4I honestly cannot believe that a person that uses both Windows and Mac frequently in 2022 would choose Mac if they had to choose a single platform. Not even a developer. MacOS is a masterclass in bad design and lackluster features. I always considered buying a Mac but was always hesitant to change. Once I got one for work I swore to never ever spend a dime on a Mac. People that will disagree haven't used Windows in y…
One mans lackluster features is another mans streamlined interface. MacOS at least goes out of your way most of the time. Windows interrupts you regularly for stuff that's not important to whatever you're doing. Combined with third-party applications that are noisy as heck to make sure you don't forget you bought/installed them (especially AV scanners, but it seems like every app wants a place in your system tray and…
not like my opinion matters much, but I feel that Apple's stuff was great in year 2010. not so much nowadays. I don't know what would be a reason to favor macOS over Linux
Re: Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux
#5I honestly cannot believe that a person that uses both Windows and Mac frequently in 2022 would choose Mac if they had to choose a single platform. Not even a developer. MacOS is a masterclass in bad design and lackluster features. I always considered buying a Mac but was always hesitant to change. Once I got one for work I swore to never ever spend a dime on a Mac. People that will disagree haven't used Windows in y…
Based on this one comment, I think you should learn to disambiguate between facts and your subjective opinion.
We all have our preferences, obviously, but to assert that MacOS UI is 'a masterclass in bad design and lackluster features' is a grandiose exaggeration stated as fact.
Re: Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux
#6I’ve installed Debian on several different kinds of servers and personal computers and it’s been great. The political drama doesn’t affect me. The versions with nonfree drivers, it’s true, are not linked from the Debian website, but there is no problem in finding them. Software versions are not too old, and if I need a more recent release of a program that what’s in the package manager, so far I’ve had no problem finding a binary or compiling it—plus many projects have their own apt repositories, so you can integrate them into the package manager.
Before that I used Ubuntu, and find Debian to be a better experience. Especially lately: no need to know what a Snap is, or worry about what weird innovation the Ubuntu people are going to try next to compromise my privacy or security.
Re: Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux
#7I honestly cannot believe that a person that uses both Windows and Mac frequently in 2022 would choose Mac if they had to choose a single platform. Not even a developer. MacOS is a masterclass in bad design and lackluster features. I always considered buying a Mac but was always hesitant to change. Once I got one for work I swore to never ever spend a dime on a Mac. People that will disagree haven't used Windows in y…
Based on this one comment, I think you should learn to disambiguate between facts and your subjective opinion. We all have our preferences, obviously, but to assert that MacOS UI is 'a masterclass in bad design and lackluster features' is a grandiose exaggeration stated as fact.
I'm pretty sure the finder lacking basic features such as cut-paste or copying the path to the current folder is a fact. The finder alone would be enough to justify my statement, but it's just a small part of the numerous issues of MacOS.
The dock leaving empty space on 50% of the width of your monitor is also a fact.
Or having to run a weird command in the CLI to add an empty space as separator in the dock.
Or having no "Apply to all displays" when changing background images on monitors.
That's just 30 seconds out of the top of my head.
Re: Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux
#8I honestly cannot believe that a person that uses both Windows and Mac frequently in 2022 would choose Mac if they had to choose a single platform. Not even a developer. MacOS is a masterclass in bad design and lackluster features. I always considered buying a Mac but was always hesitant to change. Once I got one for work I swore to never ever spend a dime on a Mac. People that will disagree haven't used Windows in y…
One mans lackluster features is another mans streamlined interface. MacOS at least goes out of your way most of the time. Windows interrupts you regularly for stuff that's not important to whatever you're doing. Combined with third-party applications that are noisy as heck to make sure you don't forget you bought/installed them (especially AV scanners, but it seems like every app wants a place in your system tray and…
> Windows interrupts you regularly for stuff that's not important to whatever you're doing.
It has literally never happened to me. However it happens weekly on Mac, where I will lose the focus of my window and be prompted for an update.
Re: Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux
#9Ubuntu shouldn't be recommended anymore. Flatpak won. Snap is a disaster.
If you ask me, Fedora is the new Ubuntu.
Re: Sick of Windows but can't afford a Mac? The cynic's guide to desktop Linux
#10I honestly cannot believe that a person that uses both Windows and Mac frequently in 2022 would choose Mac if they had to choose a single platform. Not even a developer. MacOS is a masterclass in bad design and lackluster features. I always considered buying a Mac but was always hesitant to change. Once I got one for work I swore to never ever spend a dime on a Mac. People that will disagree haven't used Windows in y…
If millions of professionals are doing a thing a certain way, either they're all wrong and crazy or there's something I'm missing.
It's a Chesterton's Fence situation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Chesterton's_fence