Re:ReactOS 0.4.13
by jchw on Saturday April 11, 2020 @10:30AM
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Linux is a viable desktop OS. ReactOS is not. It's definitely going to come down to opinions, but the difference in my opinion is I am typing to you from Linux (and use only Linux, no VMs, as my desktop OS, even at work) and I don't think anyone here is typing on a daily driver running ReactOS. I don't enjoy everything about desktop Linux, but in an age where Windows 10 and macOS feel borderline hostile I don't really see much of an option. I do at least think there's a lot of interesting work going on with Linux, like NixOS and GuixSD, that are totally worth exploring.
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Re:ReactOS 0.4.13
by DeathArrow on Saturday April 11, 2020 @01:36PM
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Windows and macOS just work and don't need constant tinkering and fixing stuff.
Also, Windows runs all software I need, desktop Linux does not.
> Windows and macOS just work and don't need constant tinkering and fixing stuff.
I agree with this. After even finding the time to 'try out' many Linux distos and dual-booting Ubuntu for a long time, I keep finding myself always going back to macOS since the keyboard shortcuts just work everywhere without diving into the dotfiles or apt-getting a missing package to fix it or even Googling a weird X11 error that could be specific to my setup.
The last thing I want to do is end up spending days customising, playing around or fixing annoying issues with my computer just to get to work. I don't need to do this often with macOS and Windows. Some Linux distros however....
I didn’t tell you to use Linux.