Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off

Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday November 16, 2017 @10:42AM (#15713536)

Your comment doesn't fully implement the Linux Desktop Evangelism playbook.

It's got variations of: "It works for me!" "You chose the wrong hardware!" "Well you can fix that because the source is available!" and "But Windows is worse!"

But it's missing: "Try distribution #132!" "You don't actually want to do that!" and my favorite: "Maybe you're just too stupid to use it!"

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Re:Dell’s gamble on Linux laptops has paid off by halbritt on Thursday November 16, 2017 @12:37PM (#15714645)

How about these:

Dual-booting on an XPS15. Running Ubuntu and Win10. I've had fewer problems with Ubuntu than Win10.

Had a HiDPI version of the same laptop at the last gig. Both Windows and Linux had some issues which were easier to overcome.

Windows definitely gets better hardware support.

However, having my local "dev" environment be native Linux is glorious. No weird Docker issues. Python is legit. Don't have to mess with Homebrew.

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