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Re:Ask HN: Why use Linux for coding? on Thursday February 15, 2018 @09:23PM (#16389426)
I stopped using linux this month after 3 years. I'm a game programmer and I want to do casual things and get productive work done. I had appreciated linux for the speed it gave me when i had a slower PC. I could do more quicker and customize it a lot. The cost was that with the less bloated distros, most things didn't work well and had very few sensible solutions. Linux overall is terrible for casual users and productivity at the expense of a lot of time configuring it.

As a game dev, i like to play games as well and there are a fair bit that are windows only. The only wine app that worked was lutris. Everything else crashed with vague errors and no info online. Even then, games were slower (as expected) and often had errors. John Carmack had made a post before that he doesn't really see Linux as fit for gaming and that effort should be put into making wine better due to how few people on linux make up sales sales and I agree.

The community can be quite unhelpful as well. A lot of people are elitist and use their ego to bash people's choice of software or at their problems getting things working. There are a lot of genuinely helpful people as well though, just not as impactful.

I think linux will have a place in tech like servers and lightweight gadgets like Android, but not for every day use. And I've used Linux every day before. Instead of making multiple distros that due some of the same thing, the community could have focused on solid high quality apps to become competition to windows. Ubuntu is the best thing to that and even that isn't very usable. Using Windows, things just work. I'm uncomfortable with how Microsoft treats users but was more willing to put time into improving privacy and interference on an OS that can last. I'm still an advocate of linux, but only when it's needed.

Re:I realized my brain belongs to my phone on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @05:19PM (#16018538)
Luckily I don't have friends, so I don't have to worry about constant notifications.
Re:Chrome is Not the Standard on Thursday December 21, 2017 @04:18PM (#15982852)
I use chromium because firefox and chrome remain memory hogs that are slower. Other than that, I'd go firefox.
Re:Oh shit, git: Getting myself out of bad situations on Monday December 18, 2017 @01:50PM (#15954179)
I use the CLI because I don't currently work on any group projects.
Re:What Bitcoin shows us about how money works on Monday December 18, 2017 @01:48PM (#15954157)
ELI5 how bitcoin works anyone? I'm curious but not willing to deep dive atm.
Re:A plan to rescue the Web from the Internet on Monday December 18, 2017 @01:47PM (#15954139)
Now we just need to save the web from slow JS apps. Is there something doing that right now by chance?
Re:Why I love Go on Tuesday December 05, 2017 @09:47PM (#15858097)
It's a no-go for me. I like the lang but I make games and don't like GC. Jai seems to be in the se direction as Go in other aspects though
Re:A Comprehensive Super Mario Bros. Disassembly on Monday October 16, 2017 @01:32PM (#15485039)
Is the gameplay logic in a different file or did i miss something?
Re:D as a Better C on Wednesday August 23, 2017 @12:58PM (#15083116)
Funnily, the D code looks more verbose than the C code.