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Re:Ubuntu on Windows by zeveb on Wednesday March 30, 2016 @05:40PM (#11393251)
> For devs that do heavy Linux work (but have stuck with a Mac OS for GUI/app reasons), is it time to move (back) to Windows?

Why not just use Linux? It has a GUI. It has apps. It does everything a modern desktop or laptop needs to do. It really is great.

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Re:Ubuntu on Windows by khattam on Thursday March 31, 2016 @06:03PM (#11400934)
>Why not just use Linux?

I would LOVE to ditch OS X and run Linux on it, only problem is NO DISTRO supports latest hardware. There are always things that don't work and it gets tiring.

I tried to run Ubuntu on my old Dell Laptop... there would always be some issues related to graphics card, wifi or some shit, overheating, battery drain... or something not working. At the end, had to go for Windows with Ubuntu on vagrant boxes and Desktop Ubuntu in Virtualbox.

Then on my new Macbook Pro, I wanted to run Ubuntu 14.04... but of course, so many things don't work... like right clicking on the touch pad, WiFi or such simplest of features you'd expect to be supported in such widely available and pretty standard hardware... but NOPE. So, it's vagrant and Virtualbox running mostly Ubuntu on OS X again. I am actually considering installing Windows and running Linux on a VM inside it.

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Re:Ubuntu on Windows by trill1 on Thursday March 31, 2016 @01:33AM (#11395194)
Right! This whole thread has me scratching my head.

Not long ago Microsoft schemed to stomp out Linux and now they've had a change of heart? Fuck Microsoft! To this day even they engage in anti-competitive bundling with OEMs, not to mention their seedy history in relation to open source.

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Re:Ubuntu on Windows by JdeBP on Sunday April 03, 2016 @04:41PM (#11417562)
With UbuntuBSD (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11326681) the equivalent question is "Why not just use PC-BSD?"
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