• Rooki@lemmy.world
    482·
    7 days ago

    > Linux
    > Everything works out of the box in comparison to dindows ( no driver search, no go to installer page x, no installer page z, no search for updates, everything in one place )
    > Gets in all games 10+fps more because of reduced bloat
    > Distro hops back and forth with no data or functionality loss and almost 1 click “restoration” of apps etc.

    Is it just me?

    But i can understand if artists really need photoshop they cant do that on linux because adobe explicitly gives no f*ck about any linux compatibility.

    I must say if an app doesnt work, mostly its intentionally by the devs, and that sucks. Especially on games with Kernel level spy… i mean anti cheat.

  • Engywook@lemm.ee
    141·
    6 days ago

    I’d understand getting Windows instead of Linux… But MacOS? That things has the usability of a bent spoon.

    • Urist@lemmy.mlEnglish
      4·
      6 days ago

      Mac has a decent terminal (even defaults to zsh IIRC), homebrew for package needs, no obnoxious ads in the desktop UI, great (although pricey) hardware. I am an avid Linux user forced to use Windows at work. I would much rather use a Mac.

    • Arkhive (they/she)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      2·
      6 days ago

      It really just comes down to what you know. Moving from MacOS (from OS9 through like 10.12 or something) to Windows made me feel like Windows was the bent spoon. So many small things that to this day infuriate me. Just a couple that really stuck with me even after ditching both for Linux.

      • if you have highlighted text to select it, and hit the right arrow, where should your cursor end up? MacOS decided the cursor will be after the last character within the highlight. Windows places the cursor after the first character outside of the highlight. Why does this matter? The reason I noticed it was trying to edit file names quickly. I would like to right click, select rename from the context menu, which selects the text in the editing field, tap the right arrow once to move my cursor to the end of the string, and begin deleting whatever amount of text I need. If I try to do this on windows I end up deleting part of the file extension unless I tap an additional time. Not a huge deal but it legitimately messed with my muscle memory in just basic typing on windows.
      • the other aspect of MacOS that really is far and above anything windows has is ‘Preview’. Not QuickLook, which is a detail view of a file triggered by tapping space with it selected. I mean ‘Preview’ the graphics viewer utility. It’s one of those pieces of software that “just works”. It can import from pretty much any scanner, print to any printer, do basic image editing, open and edit PDFs. It’s really a phenomenal piece of software that feels like such a basic set of features that should exist in a default install of a flagship OS. Even the best free option of anything similar on windows doesn’t hold a candle to it.

      These are two VERY cherry picked examples, but I also feel they exemplify the “what you already know is more comfortable” dichotomy. Like having to find a functional PDF tool is kind of just “normal” for windows. Few windows only users I know actively miss the inclusion of that by default, and a whole industry has formed around the need for PDF editing, and yet humble Preview still puts Adobe Acrobat to absolute shame.

    • Snot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      3·
      7 days ago

      Yeah even when my desktop broke I fixed it via command line narrowing down which file in .config/ was causing the desktop environment to fail to load

  • muusemuuse@lemm.eeEnglish
    21·
    6 days ago

    There are some peculiar machines out there that can misbehave in weird ways when you take windows off them. Unless you bought your computer from Walmart you are probably fine though. Linux has dramatically improved over the years while windows got so much worse. It’s just better now.

    Windows is for stupid people at this point who don’t want to learn anymore.

    • rtxn@lemmy.worldM
      7·
      7 days ago

      I’ll leave it up because it’s technically about Linux and technically contains a meme, and somehow I didn’t suffer any spinal damage with that stretch.

      This is prime linuxsucks material, yes offense.