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Darko
09/03/2024, 9:19 AMhttps://world.hey.com/dhh/why-don-t-more-people-use-linux-33b75f53 - honest question: Why don't you personally use Linux? 😄
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ITEnthusiasm
09/03/2024, 12:48 PMLol secretly an ad in disguise.
ITEnthusiasm
09/03/2024, 12:51 PMNah but he asks a good question. I like Linux, but at work I use a MacBook for convenience. I get just enough terminal power (compared to Windows) without running into as many of the headaches as a Linux User might.
Plus, when it comes to developing for iOS, Apple seems to make it a pain to do that on any OS besides MacOS (unless that's changed). The other platforms don't seem as "gatekeep-y". That was my main motivation for choosing a MacBook for my job.
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Darko
09/03/2024, 12:52 PMFair enough 😁
Darko
09/03/2024, 12:52 PMI've been a very happy pop_os user for a while now
Darko
09/03/2024, 12:52 PMubuntu before that
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ITEnthusiasm
09/03/2024, 12:53 PMpop_os, huh? Haven't heard of that one. 🤔
ITEnthusiasm
09/03/2024, 12:53 PMYeah Ubuntu is what I reach for by default with Linux too
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Darko
09/03/2024, 1:13 PMbased on ubuntu, but much better IMO
Darko
09/03/2024, 1:13 PMsaner update policies, general stability, consistency across updates
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ITEnthusiasm
09/03/2024, 1:14 PMOh wow. Maybe I'll check it out sometime. 🤔
ITEnthusiasm
09/03/2024, 1:15 PMThe Linux ecosystem is so huge. lol
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Darko
09/03/2024, 1:18 PMthat's true
Darko
09/03/2024, 1:18 PMthe amount of choices is a blessing and a curse 😄
Darko
09/03/2024, 1:18 PMpretty overwhelming for newcomers for sure
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Koha
09/03/2024, 1:20 PMheyy! Windows user here 🙂
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ITEnthusiasm
09/03/2024, 1:23 PMPowerful. Is that what you've primarily used when it comes to computers or have you explored other OS options too?
ITEnthusiasm
09/03/2024, 1:23 PMI once had a friend who tri-booted Windows, Linux, and MacOS on the same machine 🤔
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Koha
09/03/2024, 1:34 PMPrimarily, yes! I tried making a switch once. took out windows and installed ubuntu. Used that for a while and got tired of the UI for most of the apps (I used to do design a lot then, hhaha).
then dual-booted with windows. after a while realised since the dual booting I havn't launched the ubuntu. took it out a while after. Since then I've been mostly on windows. macos sparsely for a period.
had some fun with kali for awhile too.
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Darko
09/03/2024, 1:38 PMexactly the kind of madness I love 😄
Darko
09/03/2024, 1:39 PMone thing I do absolutely agree with from the article
Darko
09/03/2024, 1:39 PMis that Linux really makes you understand computers in a more "under-the-hood" way
Darko
09/03/2024, 1:40 PMat one point, I had to recompile GPU drivers (the old AMD ones) and my kernel to make sure I was able to use all of the video outputs on the laptop I had back then
Darko
09/03/2024, 1:40 PMof course, I broke the installation at least four times before making it work
Darko
09/03/2024, 1:40 PMbut once I got it working... 🎉
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ITEnthusiasm
09/03/2024, 2:22 PMlol I feel you, dude. College is where I was first forced to learn Linux. And I did a lot of back-and-forth between dual-booting OS's, wiping one out, etc.
Actually, during that time, Linux wouldn't work on one of the computers that I had. So I ended up leaving Windows on one of them and then getting Linux on another machine. Since I still have those computers, I usually end up choosing a specific computer depending on what I want to accomplish. Linux is typically for development. Windows is for games. (It's hard to do games on Linux sometimes. 😔)
ITEnthusiasm
09/03/2024, 2:23 PMI tried using WSL(2). Definitely nice. But I ran into some issues when trying to use SvelteKit. 😕 I wonder if that bug's been fixed yet.
ITEnthusiasm
09/03/2024, 2:24 PMLOL! Yeah that's the part I was always scared of. Didn't want to go around breaking things accidentally.
I think at some point I'd like to try doing stuff like that. I'd just want to do it in a "safe space" where I still have something to fallback on if I absolutely obliterate everything.
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