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Is Linux ready for desktop? tl;dr – NO

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Post by maximveksler » Tue, Jan 05, 2016, 11:14 AM UTC

Is Linux ready for desktop? tl;dr – NO
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Post by sigsergv » Tue, Jan 05, 2016, 11:52 AM UTC

Most of points there make sense for power users only. If you need just basic internet station (no gaming, professional video/audio editing etc) then linux works almost perfectly.

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Post by realharo » Tue, Jan 05, 2016, 12:02 PM UTC

sigsergv wrote: post #2

Most of points there make sense for power users only. If you need just basic internet station (no gaming, professional video/audio editing etc) then linux works almost perfectly.

Unless you're on a laptop and need the touchpad to work correctly (including gestures, palm rejection, etc.).

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Post by humanrebar » Tue, Jan 05, 2016, 12:06 PM UTC

ChromeOS uses the Linux kernel and works rather well. There is a paragraph dismissing Android as a desktop OS, but ChromeOS (including the Chromebox) is very close to a classic desktop experience, especially if you consider typical consumer use cases.

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Post by bmn_ » Tue, Jan 05, 2016, 12:07 PM UTC

This is a re-submission. Previous discussions:

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10812214 (368 comments)

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10757785 (2 comments)

• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=616146

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Post by onli » Tue, Jan 05, 2016, 12:07 PM UTC

dang, the title is editorialized (and in bad taste).

It was discussed a few days ago with a lots of comments: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10812214

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Post by scotty79 » Tue, Jan 05, 2016, 12:08 PM UTC

> Computing-wise that three week vacation turned out to be very relaxing. Machine would suspend and resume without problem, Wi-Fi just worked, audio did not stop working, I spend three weeks without having to recompile the kernel to adjust this or that, nor fighting the video drivers, or deal with the bizarre and random speed degradation that my ThinkPad suffered

For three weeks every system works. After six months every system breaks. Even Windows 10 and Mac OSX developed various strange bugs (or annoying idiosyncrasies) after few months of my use.

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Post by carlsborg » Tue, Jan 05, 2016, 12:09 PM UTC

Its a great dev desktop.

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Post by crncosta » Tue, Jan 05, 2016, 12:12 PM UTC

I am using Debian as my main desktop (laptop in this case) for the last 8 years... sure I am not the only one.

I have suspend/hibernate, great Gnome experience, no issues to run presentations or use public printers, really stable and very fast experience, and I did not configure any system aspect to make it work, just installed the distribution and that works out of box.

Well, I am very happy with Linux desktop. Just presenting a contra-example :)

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Post by yitchelle » Tue, Jan 05, 2016, 12:13 PM UTC

crncosta wrote: post #9

I am using Debian as my main desktop (laptop in this case) for the last 8 years... sure I am not the only one. I have suspend/hibernate, great Gnome experience, no issues to run presentations or use public printers, really stable and very fast experience, and I did not configure any system aspect to make it work, just installed the distribution and that works out of box. Well, I am very happy with Linux desktop. Just…

What laptop are you using to get such great compatibility match?