Linux requires time but it's the way to go for developers, if you want to be fully in control of your workstation.
The stability depends on the Linux flavour you choose. During these 20 years, Debian froze only 4 times (!), and only when I was deeply digging in the system files.
Yes, with Linux you can access every single corner of your OS, which is a must for a professional usage. Which other OS would you recommend wrt. this requirement?
I agree i too fuck up sometimes with godot on linux, but it's just Linux being Linux. I can't complain about compatibility cause it's open source software after all. They're not earning a single buck off this tool I use.
I understand your problem. The Linux experience sucks, but that's because it's free and we can't expect more from free software.
Well-suited to developers does not mean exclusively for developers, any more than a decent set set of tools is only for professional mechanics, carpenters or what have you.
Not everyone who prefers DIY D's for a living.
"Not suitable for non-techy users" is like saying that an automobile with a manual transmission is suited only to gearheads.
Yeah, Linux is not for non-techy users. It's true. What do you think about word processing in Linux? Normal students need that, and using wine is not a good choice, as it decreases the GUI of software and the actual performance as well. Students don't like Libre office, it's kind of bulky.
Um, no. I've been a developer for almost 30 years, used Windows (and DOS) since the beginning, and a mix of BSD and Linux distros over the past 20 years. I can count on one hand the number of times I've had to access the "corners" of the OS (e.g. modify the kernel).
I can also count on one hand the number of times I've encountered a truly unresolvable situation in Windows.
Saying Linux is a must for developers is like saying you can only do graphic design on a Mac. The truth is usually that someone just doesn't know the other OS as well as they think they do. I've known Linux fans who are still under the impression that Windows hasn't progressed since Win 98 and we all need to reboot every day and get BSODs daily. I also know Windows fans who think Linux is purely shell and don't know what KDE or GNOME are.
Just let people use what they're comfortable with and stop trying to pretend that one OS is superior over others, because you're comparing apples and oranges.
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I'm using Debian for 20 years.
Linux requires time but it's the way to go for developers, if you want to be fully in control of your workstation.
The stability depends on the Linux flavour you choose. During these 20 years, Debian froze only 4 times (!), and only when I was deeply digging in the system files.
Yes, with Linux you can access every single corner of your OS, which is a must for a professional usage. Which other OS would you recommend wrt. this requirement?
Yeah, that's what I was trying to say. Linux is for developers.
It's not. Any tool is what you make of it.
There's so many distros for the exact same reason.
Linux can be for anything we need it to be it. It's the duty of the distro creator and the application developers to maintain a healthy usability.
Saying it's for Devs is like saying it's the holy water only a priest can touch. And that is toxic for the community.
I am saying that it's suitable for devs and other techy person not for normal users. Even in development world, linux has some issues with gamedev.
I agree i too fuck up sometimes with godot on linux, but it's just Linux being Linux. I can't complain about compatibility cause it's open source software after all. They're not earning a single buck off this tool I use.
I understand your problem. The Linux experience sucks, but that's because it's free and we can't expect more from free software.
Well-suited to developers does not mean exclusively for developers, any more than a decent set set of tools is only for professional mechanics, carpenters or what have you.
Not everyone who prefers DIY D's for a living.
"Not suitable for non-techy users" is like saying that an automobile with a manual transmission is suited only to gearheads.
Feh!
Yeah, Linux is not for non-techy users. It's true. What do you think about word processing in Linux? Normal students need that, and using wine is not a good choice, as it decreases the GUI of software and the actual performance as well. Students don't like Libre office, it's kind of bulky.
I was unaware that you speak for all students.
Actually, I'm still unaware that you speak for all students.
Your biases are not the Way o' the World.
"which is a must for a professional usage"
Um, no. I've been a developer for almost 30 years, used Windows (and DOS) since the beginning, and a mix of BSD and Linux distros over the past 20 years. I can count on one hand the number of times I've had to access the "corners" of the OS (e.g. modify the kernel).
I can also count on one hand the number of times I've encountered a truly unresolvable situation in Windows.
Saying Linux is a must for developers is like saying you can only do graphic design on a Mac. The truth is usually that someone just doesn't know the other OS as well as they think they do. I've known Linux fans who are still under the impression that Windows hasn't progressed since Win 98 and we all need to reboot every day and get BSODs daily. I also know Windows fans who think Linux is purely shell and don't know what KDE or GNOME are.
Just let people use what they're comfortable with and stop trying to pretend that one OS is superior over others, because you're comparing apples and oranges.