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Re:The mystery of why left-handers are so much rarer (2016) on Thursday October 10, 2024 @07:00AM (#41797591)
Rafael Nadal, one of the best tennis players in history, supposedly is a natural righty who was taught to play lefty.
Re:Why Linux is now my primary OS going into 2022 on Saturday January 01, 2022 @07:36AM (#29757802)
I completely agree. Linux users tend to be extremely tolerant of endless configuration and maintenance, and support for gimped software (no pun intended).

Gimp is not a suitable replacement for photoshop, it's clunky in comparison.

Libre Office inter op with another collaborator using docx files can lead to wonky formatting problems.

Gaming is still clearly better on PC.

There are constant little problems, like screen share drawing not being available on Slack for call participants running linux.

My Manjaro VM was failing to update, and the feedback online is to fresh install and that Manjaro sometimes has trouble updating if you wait too long between updates. I've had many issues like this trying to get linux stable, and I agree with what you suggest that there needs to be "the distro".

It's also frightening that so many solutions for linux problems involve entering obscure terminal commands found from stack overflow or somewhere. I want to be able to easily use my OS without hitting google all the time.

Personally I have been having a great experience with Windows 10 + WSL2 ubuntu, and can even target and build against both platforms from VSCode. It's the best of both worlds.