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290 points XzetaU8 | 2 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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bornfreddy ◴[23 Jul 25 13:27 UTC] No.44659015{4}[source]▶
Huh, what? With Linux you can at least dockerize apps and run multiple versions with negligible performance impact. Doing the same in Windows is a mess at best.

Or did you mean that you want to pin an app to a specific version? This can be done also, trivially - not that it is a good idea in general.

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1. delfinom ◴[23 Jul 25 15:47 UTC] No.44660540{5}[source]▶
Ah yes, dockerize apps. Jump through hoops to use an app, compared to Windows where it's just some clicks.

Nobody ever disputes that there are workarounds to the default packaging workflows of Linux distros. The problem is, your average user, even technical ones don't want using an OS to be a second job outside their real job.

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2. guappa ◴[24 Jul 25 08:41 UTC] No.44668458[source]▶
Is this the moving the goalposts Olympic games?