Re:ThinkPad X1 Carbon
by nolemurs on Saturday December 31, 2016 @12:24AM
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> I haven't tried out desktop Linux in awhile
I read your first sentence and was like "wow, this guy hasn't used Linux in a while." Then I got to your second sentence.
So, yeah, maybe give it another go. In my experience most of the complaints I had 4-5 years ago are gone at this point, and the convenience gap has closed substantially. OS X is still more user friendly of course, and there's a little bit of configuration required to make everything work smoothly under Linux, but it's a lot better than you remember.
Importantly, I've seen some devs using OS X, and they spend way more time dealing with dev tooling issues than I spend dealing with printers, devices, and gui stuff.
I read your first sentence and was like "wow, this guy hasn't used Linux in a while." Then I got to your second sentence.
So, yeah, maybe give it another go. In my experience most of the complaints I had 4-5 years ago are gone at this point, and the convenience gap has closed substantially. OS X is still more user friendly of course, and there's a little bit of configuration required to make everything work smoothly under Linux, but it's a lot better than you remember.
Importantly, I've seen some devs using OS X, and they spend way more time dealing with dev tooling issues than I spend dealing with printers, devices, and gui stuff.