Subject: Re: Windows 10 end of life is pushing users towards Apple Mac devices - is it time for you to make the big jump?
On Nov 8, 2025 at 2:55:48?PM MST, "vallor" wrote <10eoe94$2s48r$
1@dont-email.me>:
At Sat, 8 Nov 2025 13:10:13 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver" <G6JPG@255soft.uk> wrote:
On 2025/11/8 7:7:54, Brock McNuggets wrote:
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All OSs / systems have challenges. One that desktop Linux distros have is >>> getting as consistent of a UI as you see on Windows and macOS (not that either
of those is perfect).
Does this mean Linux is unusable? NO! Does it mean I am against it? NO! Does
it mean it does not have other advantages? NO!
Each have their pros and cons. For my day to day work I use macOS. I used to
use Linux and Windows more. Hmmm, also use ChromeOS sometimes these days -- >>> which of course also runs on Linux (but is not the GNU/Linux we usually mean
when we speak of Desktop Linux).
I am happy all these choices exist.
you are far too sensible and tolerant to take part in this discussion;
to do so, you have to join one camp, and pour scorn on all the others.
:-)
He's a "concern troll" -- appears reasonable in one post,
but then throws shade at anything other than MacOS in another.
You'll see. ;)
I tend to prefer macOS. I make no secret of it. But I do not care what you
use. Or, I suppose, I am happy for you to use whatever. I do not get the religious wars.
Yes, I can talk in more depth about macOS benefits *BECAUSE I USE IT MORE*. I welcome others to speak of benefits of their systems. More than that, I like
to hear about people's workflows, especially for things that are reasonably common. I am a bit of a UI / efficiency junkie when it comes to computers... meaning I am interested in such things.
With that said, if one system or setup requires 3 more mouse clicks than another (or whatever metric we are going by) then... SO WHAT? Might be a curiosity of mine but I am not going to condemn the "bad" system here (and
even to call it "bad" out of this context is silly).
If that is an issue for you, so be it.
(Me: I started with 6800, then 6502, some time in bit-slice [2901 and
clones] and the DSP processors [TMS320, 56000, 96000] ...; for home,
Tangerine, Oric, Atmos, BBC Master [all 6502], then at the choice of
architecture between x86 and ARM went for the former - feeling like a
traitor - but on price; in the X86 world, DOS [Dr. then MS, but
initially they _were_ pretty interchangeable], then Windows,
98SElite>XP>7>10 - all the time being _tempted_ by the Linux
_concept_, but never investing the effort - and now, too set in my ways
[please don't bother]. Windows, always _trailing rather than leading
edge. But not _anti_ any of the others [Apple, Linux, Android, the
Windows ahead of the one I'm using], and grateful for the odd _idea_
that comes from them.)
As someone else wrote, "it's about the apps." If Windows
has the apps you like to run, don't leave it behind...
Personally, I have exactly one Windows app that I "need",
so I run Windows 11 Pro for Workstations in a virtual host
when I need to run it. Otherwise, Linux has everything I
need, including Steam -> proton for running Windows games.
You are evil to be running Linux. You are wrong. You should immediately switch to my preference. How dare you not. I am going to tell the ghost of Steve Jobs on you.
Does that fit your view of me better? :)
Seriously, if that is how you see me then you simply misunderstand me.
I even run MS Teams on Linux, thanks to Office 365...
--
It's impossible for someone who is at war with themselves to be at peace with you.
--- PyGate Linux v1.5
* Origin: Dragon's Lair, PyGate NNTP<>Fido Gate (3:633/10)