Haplo on 16/7/2018 at 06:23
Windows 10 for gaming, Linux (Mint) for everything else, including DromEd!
Daxim on 16/7/2018 at 19:52
Starchat #linuxtaffers represent!
I'm too old to let software disrespect me. There's no Windows in my household. In the past, I tried many OS, mostly from seeing them on Slashdot. I still have the numerous burnt CDs around, it's quite a stack.
We have four computers and I've standardised on (
http://enwp.org/Tumbleweed_(operating_system)) Tumbleweed which is the one that sucks the least amount. (
https://www.tuxedocomputers.com/) The new laptop came with (
http://enwp.org/Kubuntu) Kubuntu and I want to replace it, but didn't bother yet because I only use it rarely for presentations and travel. My mobile phone runs stock (
http://enwp.org/SailfishOS) Sailfish.
Renzatic on 21/7/2018 at 18:51
I use Windows 10 primarily, though I wish I could hop over to Linux land permanently. I don't hate Windows, but there's so much more I like about Linux. It's flexible beyond ridiculousness, and I like the desktop layout Gnome provides.
The only reason why I haven't made the jump full time is due to a lack of a good photo editor and vector program. Yeah, I know, I've got GIMP and Inkscape. The problem is, they're just...eh. I want my Photoshop/Illustrator, or, preferably, Affinity Photo/Designer. I just don't feel like I'm truly at home without them.
Renzatic on 21/7/2018 at 18:56
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I can't stand Linux. It's so 90s as you still have to use the command line a fair bit to get anything working. What in windows would take me 10 minutes to fix always ends up taking me hours to fix there.
That's probably due to you not being used to it. Last time I used Linux, which was about a month ago, give or take, I hopped into the terminal maybe 5 times altogether, and that was just to do stuff that's simply easier to do from a command line.
With the recent developer push to provide a good user experience, and the advent of flatpaks and snaps, Linux isn't
much more difficult to use than Windows these days. It's still relatively nerdy over there, but not as bad as it was.
Tocky on 21/7/2018 at 21:28
Well I recently went all the way from XP to windows 10 and I can say of the two I prefer the former. It was simple. When it chose where things went there was only one place for it to go. Now I download a segment I've shot and have to search for it next I need it. I like being able to trim it and do minor editing without an extra program but that's a Sony thing that came with the camera I'm sure. I'm sure it's all my fault but still I hate having to relearn things I've grown so accustomed to.
Gray on 24/7/2018 at 03:05
As a mildly paranoid SysAdmin, I refuse to answer that question directly. However, thinking back for as long as I can remember, every single new version of Microsoft Windows was somehow worse than the previous, for at least three reasons: A) it was slower, 2) it was prettier, and most importantly C) it was more user friendly. I hate user friendly. It just means they've changed everything to the point where you can't find anything anymore, and the OS is trying to "help" you not find what you're trying to do. It tries to do more but allows you to do less. This is also a perfectly good reason to hate everything ever made by Apple. But there are of course a lot more reasons for that.
UNIX versions, OTOH, seemed to improve over time, but I kinda lost track in the late 90s and I can't really comment on what's happened since.
Linux was something I always meant to fiddle around with in my spare time, except I didn't have any, and thus never did. I still plan to, some day.