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290 points XzetaU8 | 1 comments | 23 Jul 25 09:33 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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blindriver ◴[23 Jul 25 11:38 UTC] No.44658043[source]▶
This is why I’m not moving off Windows 10. I’d rather move to MacOS than Windows 11 and if they force me I’ll do it.
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deadbabe ◴[23 Jul 25 11:39 UTC] No.44658051[source]▶
Why not Linux?
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ubermonkey ◴[23 Jul 25 11:43 UTC] No.44658087[source]▶
I'm not who you asked, but the reason I migrated to Macs years ago, and the reason I stay, is that I don't want my computer to be a maintenance hobby unto itself. I need to do actual work.

I also enjoy the polish Apple provides in other ways -- the platform features you get if you're on a Mac, use an iPhone, have a Watch, etc, are all pretty great. Cobbling together something like that on my own under Linux probably isn't possible.

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guappa ◴[23 Jul 25 11:53 UTC] No.44658180[source]▶
Use a stable distribution like Debian and maintenance only happens every 4-5 years, if you don't mind staying with older software.
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aleph_minus_one ◴[23 Jul 25 12:08 UTC] No.44658283{3}[source]▶
> if you don't mind staying with older software.

The problem is: it depends a lot on the specific program whether I want the newest or stay with some older version of some program. Many GNU/Linux distributions make this hard, while Windows makes this easy.

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1. guappa ◴[23 Jul 25 12:46 UTC] No.44658607{4}[source]▶
There's backports to install specific programs.

But I'm not here to convince anyone.