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ohgr | 10 months ago
I started with Linux installing it from floppy disks in about 1996.
In 1995, I was back on Windows 95 within a week because I needed to get something done.
In 2000, I was back on Windows 2000 within a week because I needed to get something done.
In 2005, I was back on Windows XP within a week because I needed to get something done.
In 2012, I was back on Windows 7 within a week because I needed to get something done.
In 2015, I was back on macOS within a week because I needed to get something done.
In 2020, I worked out I'm wasting my time on this.
I watch my colleagues and friend struggling with it. Lots of small papercuts. Lots of weirdness. Lots of regressions. Plus many years of server-side experience says to me "I should probably just use FreeBSD" in that space.
MSFT_Edging|10 months ago
It just worked in Linux. I don't get where this comes from, because every time I hit a problem in Linux, there's a solution.
In windows, you get a vague hex error code that leads you to a support page where the error could be caused by one of a dozen reasons.
And on top of that, MS is constantly hostile to any user who just wants a basic OS to use their computer with.
ohgr|10 months ago
Secondly, there isn't always a solution in Linux. I've got one now where something is utterly broken and it's 5 layers of maintainers down and no one gives a shit.
bnolsen|10 months ago
Steam getting proton was a godsend, all those years of games became playable so now I have a huge back catalog.
wkat4242|10 months ago
Not a bad idea. This is exactly what I do on my daily driver.
LtWorf|10 months ago