There is no "Linux" operating system. There is Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora and 1001 others. This is the primary reason GUI interface is lacking. So you must resort to command line, 50 years after computer mouse was invented.
Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
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Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
#202They both suck. They just suck in different ways. Choose your poison. Or don't choose and use both.
This is the real answer. I'm tired of people comparing Linux and Windows, they're based on completely different philosophies and design styles, it's truly apples vs oranges.
I would tend to agree. Linux has been my main OS for the past few years in part because I agree with the principles behind it, but also simply because I _feel_ better using it than using Windows. I'm not at ease with the user experience and the behaviour of Windows. So I'm using Linux and I don't really run into any meaningful issues day-to-day. The biggest issues I had to solve lately were on my VPS, not even my desktop.
But as the GP said : you can always use both, and there are a lot of ways to do so. A few games and softwares I use can't run on Linux so I keep a windows on dual-boot. WLS 2 is a great experience for a lot of folks, etc.
Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
#203Earlier quoted context omitted.
Its not that "Wayland is not ready" and more "NVidia does not care". Wayland works on all Free drivers.
I know, but it doesn't matter for me, I care about "work" or "not work". Also, I heard that Wayland still have problems with Remote Desktop, screenshot, screen recording...
Sharing your screen through slack... Zoom works though..
The screenshot thing just depends on the tool...
Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
#204Earlier quoted context omitted.
> can use udp What are you even talking about? Any unprivileged process can open a udp socket.
That comment was in response to > Why do you need web apps wrapped in their own window, though? Just open a browser.
Interesting. The context isn't even very far from the comment. It's literally one comment up. I've noticed this quite often on HN. Is it a working memory issue?
Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
#205I am a sample size of 1. For me, the inconveniences of using linux are far greater than the inconveniences of using windows. This article is targeted at the developer community mostly. As a programmer, I cannot recall being hindered by file name conventions, un-resizeable dialog boxes, bug trackers etc., as much I have been inconvenienced on linux by poor driver support, and regularly dropping to command line for con…
Have you ever tried to disable something that windows insists you use? Like all the telemetry? Just try to stay on top of that. Impossible because you're not in charge of your machine, Microsoft is. You change it, they just change it back. Frustrating. On Linux? Its yours. Change anything you want. All arguments of convenience go out the window when you are not in control.
Recently had enough with windows and gave linux a try. Love it.It’s really good for SW development especially for experimenting and exploring languages. For work I still use windows but as soon as work is over i reboot into linux.
But Im no tipical user, I don’t play games and don’t consume a lot of modern media or crazy new hardware, but do watch some youtube, listen to podcasts and read a lot and linux offers more than what I need. Linux got to a point that installing it is way frictionless. I had some attempts to install linux 15 and then maybe 10 years ago and gave up quickly. Nowadays not only that it runs live off a usb stick, it also installs easily on an existing windows system with a choice of partition of any convenient size.
Also playing with python, racket, chicken scheme plays a whole lot nicer under Linux. I am really thrilled to be on Linux.
Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
#206I started my journey with linux at the age of 12 when Canonical was sending out free CD's of Ubuntu Hardy Heron 8.04. After nearly 13 years of usage I am a happy user of Windows 10 now. My reasons are: * Horrible font rendering that makes me not even want to code * Terrible application support * Audio and touchpad support is noticeably superior on Windows * Small things that you have to tinker with in order to get ev…
> After nearly 13 years of usage I am a happy user of Windows 10 now.
All right, then I really need to ask: it took you 13 years of using Ubuntu unhappily before you decided to switch to Windows?
> Horrible font rendering that makes me not even want to code
I know every system does font rendering a bit differently, and what people like to see really seems to have a big subjective factor it. Personally, I've always had a preference to how fonts are rendered on, for example, Ubuntu compared to Windows 10, especially with 2x scaling on high-DPI displays, but I acknowledge everyone's different.
> But the most important thing is that I am just tired of tinkering. Nowadays I just want to open my computer and get on my programming job and have everything just work.
Not disagreeing with you on this point. However, when it comes to "tinkering", I find all the cloud-connected nonsense and "extras" that Windows comes with turned on and thrown in your face by default after an install a much bigger annoyance, and I often have to go digging through all kinds of settings windows to get a good deal of that turned off, and even then it's not always possible (see telemetry, for example). A new Windows 10 install is a lot more effort in "tinkering" with all the settings into some sane configuration than any Linux distro where you're not compiling your own kernel and/or packages (and maybe even then).
Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
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> Linux runs better on both new and older hardware. This is very much debatable. What's true however is that if your HW is not supported by at least Windows 8.1 you're SoL. > Better as in programs open faster, the file manager opens faster, the task manager opens faster. Everything uses less memory and less CPU cycles. Everything is snappier. I haven't observed any slow downs in Windows 10 for ages. As for "less memo…
You can't buy/use an OEM license for windows on a box you build yourself can you? The last windows machine I put together, I paid > $100 for Windows itself.
My brother built a PC and bought a Windows 10 key for $10 online and it worked fine.
Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
#208My reasons were that I had a better CLI and dev tools for the things I'm working on. I don't think I care about telemetry etc.
I still use Windows for games and stuff, but Windows terminal emulators mostly seem to suck and I spend a lot of time in there.
Either way the platform wars are over. Electron + WSL made them irrelevant. On Linux I have access to every modern app I want. This has been fantastic. All the guys who championed web standards and the web as an application platform should feel proud of being visionaries. Well done.
Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
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You can't buy/use an OEM license for windows on a box you build yourself can you? The last windows machine I put together, I paid > $100 for Windows itself.
Many PC builders just don't activate Windows at all—other than a few occasional nags, Microsoft doesn't really enforce Windows activation anymore. It's just like how Apple doesn't crack down on Hackintoshing. Both the build-your-own PC market and the Hackintosh market are small enough that it's not worth the time.
> Microsoft doesn't really enforce Windows activation anymore
Except an unactivated Windows, once past its trial window, will shut down after an hour of use, without warning. That's very annoying.
MS absolutely does enforce activation. They likely won't come after you for using cracks (unless you have hundreds of corporate machines using them), but they will make your life awkward remotely, as they are entitled to by the EULA.
Re: Reasons to prefer Linux over Windows (2014)
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I agree with pretty much everything you wrote. But I still run Windows because the only really good video editor on Linux (Davinci Resolve) is really unstable there with the hardware I have, the USB audio interface I use has all sorts of issues on Linux and not all games run well on Linux. Basically what it boils down to is I've been one of those folks who builds their computers from parts for 20+ years with the goal…
ReactOS or Qubes can solve this right now (at least the software running on it)
Which of his problems are you referring to that would work on ReactOS? The last build of ReactOS I tested could barely run the built-in explorer without screen artifacts and weirdness.
It is POSSIBLE to do a lot of things on Linux that you can do in Windows? Yes. The question is: how much time will it take you to make it work?