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0 pointsgrishka4y ago0 comments

I've been using macOS for 10 years. Can't fathom going to anything else at this point. Especially anything that requires as much maintenance and DIY as desktop Linux does. I'm fine with running Linux on my servers though — it's robust, simple and reliable for this purpose.

Besides, I simply don't like the approach Linux takes to desktop. The desktop should be part of the system, not a bunch of loose add-on components that you can mix and match and pray they work together.

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Underphil4y ago

I can appreciate your POV, but your experience is not the same as mine. DIY and maintenance is a thing of the past. At least the kind that I think you're referring to.

If you buy hardware that's well supported and proven, that isn't a thing anymore. You already have to do that with MacOS, so why should Linux be any different?

GeoAtreides4y ago

>maintenance and DIY as desktop Linux does

That's what I like about my (l)ubuntu, I literally don't have to do any kind of maintenance or DIY. It just works. And it keeps working even when I don't restart my PC for months.

larrik4y ago

So far, I find macOS to be more maintenance and trouble than Linux. Plus if there's something I want to change in Linux, it's usually a configuration somewhere, while on macOS I need to buy an app, which is pretty frustrating.

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