Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off
by rbanffy on Thursday November 16, 2017 @08:50AM
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> Yes it is very nice to have 1, 2 or even 5 Laptops which work with linux.
It's been a long time I haven't seen a general purpose laptop or desktop that didn't work flawlessly with both Ubuntu and Fedora. The only one I have is the MacBook Pro in front of me, but it comes with a decent OS anyway.
> Windows still runs on more devices, better.
Can it delete open files now?
Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off
by oblio on Thursday November 16, 2017 @10:03AM
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> Can it delete open files now?
Does it matter? And how is this related to the rest of the discussion? :)
Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off
by rbanffy on Thursday November 16, 2017 @10:38AM
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The open-delete-close pattern is common with Unix-like OSs. It makes temporary files invisible and inaccessible to any program that doesn't have them already open at deletion time.
Yes it is very nice to have 1, 2 or even 5 Laptops which work with linux.
Windows still runs on more devices, better.
I had never the issue, that i had to sit it out that a specific bug came into the release cycle of a windows update but i had this 4 times in 3 years with arch linux.
And i also have a strange experience with linux: One ssd does work flawless under windows and under linux it creates minilags of the whole system.
While i like my linux machine and i use it daily @work and also daily @private laptop, it takes more effort and more knowledge than windows.