Re:Ask HN: Why don’t you use Linux as your daily driver OS?
by xtracto on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @09:00AM
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I run Linux Mint on my home pc that I built. However when I started a new job this year I chose a MacBook pro because I know all the time needed to fiddle with linux to make things work:
- Flaky multimonitor setup (it's always this or that, in the case of my PC apparently connecting 1 monitor to the Nvidia card and 1 monitor to the integrated GPU is not possible... I didn't want to deal with the laptop version of that).
- Android Studio: Setting up the environment for android studio was a pain. Adb sometimes works , sometime doesnt.
- Bluetooth audio: I use the Galaxy Buds pro. They sometimes work and sometimes doesn't work in my linux PC. I need them for hangouts.
- Tidal client with Master reproduction isnt available in Linux (pet peeve of mine).
So in general when I was making the decision between Mac or Linux, I decided for Mac because I didn't want to spend any time tinkering for things to work (I didn't consider Windows as to me it feels as a toy OS. And I have it on my pc for the very rare occasion when I want to play something I can't play on linux).
- Flaky multimonitor setup (it's always this or that, in the case of my PC apparently connecting 1 monitor to the Nvidia card and 1 monitor to the integrated GPU is not possible... I didn't want to deal with the laptop version of that).
- Android Studio: Setting up the environment for android studio was a pain. Adb sometimes works , sometime doesnt.
- Bluetooth audio: I use the Galaxy Buds pro. They sometimes work and sometimes doesn't work in my linux PC. I need them for hangouts.
- Tidal client with Master reproduction isnt available in Linux (pet peeve of mine).
So in general when I was making the decision between Mac or Linux, I decided for Mac because I didn't want to spend any time tinkering for things to work (I didn't consider Windows as to me it feels as a toy OS. And I have it on my pc for the very rare occasion when I want to play something I can't play on linux).