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Re:The bizarre role reversal of Apple and Microsoft by dpacmittal on Saturday October 29, 2016 @12:09AM (#12822600)
I've been using Linux as my primary OS since 2009. Not once I had to compiled anything at all. It works surprisingly well with almost any hardware you throw at it.
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Re:The bizarre role reversal of Apple and Microsoft by pjlegato on Saturday October 29, 2016 @12:33AM (#12822658)
It's not just hardware support (though even that still requires stuff like editing text files before the GUI will start on certain common machines.) The UX of the GUIs leaves much to be desired - certainly relative to an Apple machine. Linux GUIs were all designed by committee and coded by volunteers, and it shows.
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Re:The bizarre role reversal of Apple and Microsoft by 58 on Saturday October 29, 2016 @01:51AM (#12822797)
> editing text files before the GUI will start

What text files are you referring to? I've been using linux for 10+ years and have never had to do this.

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