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Re: Elementary OS

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Post by api »

sz4kerto wrote: post #87
mavelikara wrote: post #9

My mini Ask HN: After over a decade of using Mac OS X, I am considering switching to Linux for my dev laptop. The tools I worry about are those that interact with audio and webcam - Go To Meeting, Google Hangout etc. My work involves me having to teleconf with others often. Does anyone here have experience using Linux well in such scenarios. If so, what hardware are you using? Also, does sleep-on-closing-lid work wel…

I am using Slack, GotoMeeting, join.me, etc., and in general -- I'm working remotely. Linux is better for development, but worse for collaboration. You can get almost everything working, but it takes effort. GotoMeeting screensharing tends to work, but not always. Join.me doesn't. The tools for Windows (my other OS) are much better if you need to capture screenshots or recordings often (typical use case: hotkey -> re…

I've considered the switch too.

Having a Windows VM on Linux seems workable albeit clunky for the ~5% of things that I must have like GoToMeeting, etc. Thing is I already use a Windows VM on Mac for some things like that because I am very security-conscious and OS-pollution-conscious and don't like installing intrusive stuff like GoToMeeting on my main OS.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by SwellJoe »

bangonkeyboard wrote: post #67

The Mac UI ripoff issue may not matter to you, but it does to me. It's gross and slavish, like using a KIRF Chinese knockoff phone with stolen icons.

I agree. Every time Elementary OS comes up, people are like, "Finally a nice looking Linux desktop!", and I'm over here thinking, "meh...regular old Gnome 3, as shipped with recent Fedora versions, looks nicer and more cohesive, to me."

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by SwellJoe »

edcastro wrote: post #50
t0mislav wrote: post #13

For me, only showstopper to migrate from Mac to Linux is alternative for iMovie and Lightroom. Any progress on this alternatives for Linux in last year or two? What programs do I need to check? Elementary is nice, it is also my backup OS, and I also donated some money to them 1 year ago.

Plenty of options there. iMovie: Pitivi, OpenShot, KDEnlive and even Lightworks for something more advanced. Lightroom: Darktable, Rawtherapee and Corel Aftershot Pro.

Video editors on Linux are strikingly crappy in my experience. KDEnlive is the one I settled on and have been using for my tutorial videos for a couple of years, but it still has random crashes and some of its UI choices are questionable. But, it's the one I recommend when people ask.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by grimgrin »

sz4kerto wrote: post #87
mavelikara wrote: post #9

My mini Ask HN: After over a decade of using Mac OS X, I am considering switching to Linux for my dev laptop. The tools I worry about are those that interact with audio and webcam - Go To Meeting, Google Hangout etc. My work involves me having to teleconf with others often. Does anyone here have experience using Linux well in such scenarios. If so, what hardware are you using? Also, does sleep-on-closing-lid work wel…

I am using Slack, GotoMeeting, join.me, etc., and in general -- I'm working remotely. Linux is better for development, but worse for collaboration. You can get almost everything working, but it takes effort. GotoMeeting screensharing tends to work, but not always. Join.me doesn't. The tools for Windows (my other OS) are much better if you need to capture screenshots or recordings often (typical use case: hotkey -> re…

Can you elaborate on "Linux is better for development"? Guessing it can only come down to differences in apt and brew and not much more (not that this couldn't be reason enough)?

edit: this article mentioned MacOS and Linux and so that's all I thought OP's comment was referring to. We all know the advantages compared to Windows. Of course Windows is constantly improving.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by izacus »

Scea91 wrote: post #89
izacus wrote: post #5

I really like elementaryOS - not for myself (need to use macOS for dev), but pretty much all of my family was migrated to it. It has proven to be significantly more stable and simple to use than Windows and the default applications really nicely hit the simplicity and usability for a user that primarily needs web, email, photos and minor document editing. I'd even argue it's better than macOS for that user profile (e…

Not sure about the stability. I am using Ubuntu for over a year and it's way less stable than Windows was. Sometimes I encounter crashes when suspending or waking up. I also encounter lots of minor problems. For me the Windows experience was definitely more polished. Is Elementary OS significantly different?

eOS uses Ubuntus core, so if your hardware isn't compatible with Linux, it's not going to be better in that regard.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by AhtiK »

Ianvdl wrote: post #19
adamors wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you rely on Skype in any way, avoid Linux. The Linux version was killed years ago and basic stuff like screen sharing isn't working as expected. Last time I tried (2+ years ago, it might be different now) Go To Meeting also wasn't working on Linux. I've used Linux on the desktop between 2009-2014 and basically anything multimedia related was a chore.

Linux is getting a new Skype version: https://blogs.skype.com/2016/07/13/skype-for-linux-alpha-and...

Unfortunately this seems to be just a wrapper around their web app. Meaning there is zero chance for a significant native linux skype client update.

Re: Elementary OS

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Post by [deleted] »

Ianvdl wrote: post #19
adamors wrote: post #10

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you rely on Skype in any way, avoid Linux. The Linux version was killed years ago and basic stuff like screen sharing isn't working as expected. Last time I tried (2+ years ago, it might be different now) Go To Meeting also wasn't working on Linux. I've used Linux on the desktop between 2009-2014 and basically anything multimedia related was a chore.

Linux is getting a new Skype version: https://blogs.skype.com/2016/07/13/skype-for-linux-alpha-and...

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Re: Elementary OS

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Post by flavor8 »

nemo1618 wrote: post #43

I've been using elementaryOS for a few years now and just upgraded to Loki. On the whole it has been great, but there are just a few buggy elements that occasionally make me want to wipe the thing and start fresh with Ubuntu, which at least I can trust to not break. Hoping that eOS continues to become more polished.

I really wish that they'd narrow their ambition and just ship a really great desktop environment that could be installable in stock Ubuntu. I guess that's harder to monetize.
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