[Link] are you tech-savvy enough?
Mar. 9th, 2025 07:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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This post rang so relatable for me in many ways. Enough that I want to touch on a couple of things mentioned in the post.
This is so me as well. I've used Linux from about 2001/2002 all the way to today in some form or fashion, and mainlined it up until early 2012. I was happy until things just stopped being fun to use, and became more work than anything. In fact, I moved to a Mac from Linux because it had the Unix-like tools I liked on top of a great GUI and apps. For me, it became the best of both worlds.
Updates have become so unstable and horrible on Windows, but equally so on Linux. My whole problem for months with Debian and Fedora both were with updates breaking my system. I dreaded using dnf up or apt upgrade because of that, especially with the hell I've experienced on Windows 10.
Hell, my gaming tower is currently in limbo because of an update. I have my 2009 iMac in its place for a home theater machine right now, and I'm dragging my feet repairing that tower's OS because the iMac is just working without making me worry that it's not going to stop working the next time I press that power button. I have plenty of videos and such copied over to the SSD that's in it, and the screen is fantastic for watching both TV shows and movies. Plus the Superdrive and the built-in DVD player makes it simple as hell to watch my DVDs on it as well.
But yeah... Like Artemis, I got tired of dealing with having to deal with spending more time "perfecting" and maintaining a machine, rather than actually getting things done. Mac OS X has put my mind far more at ease than modern Linux.
This post rang so relatable for me in many ways. Enough that I want to touch on a couple of things mentioned in the post.
I used to be a hardcore Linux guy until I realized I was spending more time perfecting things than using them. Buying a Mac freed up so much time for other, actual hobbies because it removed the mere possibility of me toying with things. There are merits to having things locked down just like there are merits to the opposite.
This is so me as well. I've used Linux from about 2001/2002 all the way to today in some form or fashion, and mainlined it up until early 2012. I was happy until things just stopped being fun to use, and became more work than anything. In fact, I moved to a Mac from Linux because it had the Unix-like tools I liked on top of a great GUI and apps. For me, it became the best of both worlds.
Updates on Linux were always like Russian Roulette. I would restart and pray to every deity in human history for nothing to break. Mind you I didn’t use Arch, that was my experience on Ubuntu, Fedora and openSUSE. At least openSUSE had a way to rollback, but app support was lack luster and finding solutions online was like an easter egg hunt.
Updates have become so unstable and horrible on Windows, but equally so on Linux. My whole problem for months with Debian and Fedora both were with updates breaking my system. I dreaded using dnf up or apt upgrade because of that, especially with the hell I've experienced on Windows 10.
Hell, my gaming tower is currently in limbo because of an update. I have my 2009 iMac in its place for a home theater machine right now, and I'm dragging my feet repairing that tower's OS because the iMac is just working without making me worry that it's not going to stop working the next time I press that power button. I have plenty of videos and such copied over to the SSD that's in it, and the screen is fantastic for watching both TV shows and movies. Plus the Superdrive and the built-in DVD player makes it simple as hell to watch my DVDs on it as well.
But yeah... Like Artemis, I got tired of dealing with having to deal with spending more time "perfecting" and maintaining a machine, rather than actually getting things done. Mac OS X has put my mind far more at ease than modern Linux.
