• dream_weasel
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    2 years ago

    “do you have a life” -> “Are you independently capable”

    FTFY

    • NightDice
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      42 years ago

      It’S a HaCkeR dIsTrO /s

      My guess is the person who originally made this doesn’t have all that much Linux experience and doesn’t know that Kali is just Debian with lots of pre-installed security tools (and not intended as a daily driver)

      • @[email protected]
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        12 years ago

        From its core I think it’s correct we just need a Compactable kernal and drivers and some script to get our work done

  • @[email protected]
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    102 years ago

    It’s more about gaming compatibility for me.

    I know Linux had been making great progress. But not every game runs well on non mainstream OS’s.

  • @[email protected]
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    172 years ago

    What an odd take.

    Every dev I know must be terrified of technology as they all use apple laptops. I don’t love apple but they make a pretty sweet *nix laptop for dev work.

    • @[email protected]
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      32 years ago

      My shop is about half and half, and I wouldn’t say that the devs with macs are afraid of technology, but I would say they don’t look real comfortable using a command prompt…

      • @[email protected]
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        22 years ago

        lol it’s the opposite for me. many people use terminal all day every day and run Linux VMs if necessary.

  • @[email protected]
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    402 years ago

    Windows isn’t afraid of tech, but MacOS is? Give me a break, the Unix style terminal is the reason for using MacOS professionally.

    • @[email protected]
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      142 years ago

      Depends on the person. Most of the people I know who use MacOS, use it as a glorified Facebook machine. Outside of perhaps Word, they only use the web browser.

      • @[email protected]
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        132 years ago

        In my circles it’s used exclusively for software engineering. Mostly by people who like Linux but don’t wanna deal with any instability brought by customizing your install.

      • @[email protected]
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        52 years ago

        That’s what I always read but literally the only people I see using them are developers like me.

        At work many use Windows but they’re Java developers; they can have that mess.

    • @[email protected]
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      142 years ago

      Yeah this used to be the case up until the early 2000s. Then Microsoft started making Windows much less technical (e.g. instead of showing Error: HRESULT 0x80070002 it just showed Sorry, something went wrong :(). Conversely, Apple started exposing more tooling for MacOS, e.g. tracing, terminal, etc. instead of just showing <bomb picture> if something went wrong.

    • @[email protected]
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      152 years ago

      Honestly, most windows users I know at least know where their files are stored and stuff like that. Average Mac users don’t know if something is synced with the cloud or not and can’t unpack a rar archive without calling support because they are deliberately kept dumb by that restrictive, overly oppinionated, lock-in OS and unrepairable, un-upgradable hardware ecosystem. I’m using linux as daily driver on laptop and desktop for almost a decade now and I hate windows with a passion, but mac manages to be even worse. Although windows is also getting worse with every version since win7, so they might be on par soon…

      • @[email protected]
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        32 years ago

        The defaults on Finder are terrible; you’ve just got to have it not default to the “All My Files” view.

        As for your RAR archive scenario I’m wondering if you’re talking about System 9 or something? Lol

        • @[email protected]
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          The rar example was pretty random because I encountered that once. Also, I have t admit that I also know windows users who haven’t got the tiniest clue what they are doing. I just feel like it’s even worse on mac because the OS is more oppinionated and tends to hide even more complexity from its users without actually solving it. Windows also has got some horrendous default settings btw., e.g. hiding file extensions in explorer and searching through documents content when using the explorer search bar.

    • @[email protected]
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      82 years ago

      To quote a designer friend of mine ‘Apple is the king of average’. :-P Most people I see using apple don’t even understand how shitty the UI is if your workflow is keyboard driven (snap windows w/o 3rd party programs for example.)

      • @[email protected]
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        32 years ago

        I’m not sure if my experience is any kind interesting or not, but here goes. This is coming from the perspective of a software engineer.

        After using Windows for a few years, I switched to macOS for several years before needing to use some Windows-only software and switching back.

        I always hated using iPadOS, and for a long time, I assumed this was primarily due to the lack of windowed applications (as well as the lack of software that was truly competitive with Windows/macOS offerings, at least at the time).

        On the other hand, my experience with macOS is just the opposite. As soon as the feature was introduced, I started using applications exclusively in fullscreen whenever possible. This is partially the fault of macOS’s vanilla window system being unhelpful in several regards, but that doesn’t explain why I now miss it on Windows.

        Yes, I know Windows now implements comparable multitouch gestures, but in my experience, it is terrible to use. The scroll speed is far too fast and cannot be changed independently, AFAIK. And maximized applications still have to choose between a persistent window border and a borderless mode that comes with its own pitfalls. I really don’t like it, but I still use alt+tab 99% of the time, just like I did on XP and 7.

        I think the root of the problem is that you can only physically look at one thing at a time, but fullscreen applications work best in multitasking when the time spent switching windows (including the time spent consciously thinking about it) is minimized. iPadOS sometimes takes longer and the gesture is uncomfortable to perform on a tablet. Windows gets it wrong in how much you have to keep an eye on it. macOS, in my opinion, gets it just right.

  • darcy
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    12 years ago

    i use linux BECAUSE i fear technology…

    maybe more accurately it should be ‘understand’ technology, but then why would windows be there ?

  • @[email protected]
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    52 years ago

    lol, yeah somebody really hates Macs… I work in tech, and lots of my colleagues also use Mac, I love my Mac…

  • darcy
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    -12 years ago

    i use linux BECAUSE i fear technology…

    maybe more accurately it should be ‘understand’ technology, but then why would windows be there ?

  • darcy
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    262 years ago

    i use linux BECAUSE i fear technology…

    maybe more accurately it should be ‘understand’ technology, but then why would windows be there ?