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Thoughts on Desktop Operating Systems in 2024 (tbolt.space)

submitted 5 days ago by [email protected] to c/technology

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 days ago (5 children)

Software development, particularly web development, on Windows is pretty good now. Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL/2), Windows Terminal, and VS Code make for a strong and complete environment. On a recent project it was easy to clone a repo in Terminal, run it in a docker container, and use VS Code’s Remote Development extension to edit directly in WSL or Docker Containers.

So basically it's "good" because it can feel more like Linux? Linux terminals are way better, VSCode works fine on Linux, and Linux doesn't need a VM to run Docker containers (provided you avoid Docker Desktop, which sucks anyway).

MacOS itself has best-in-class UI Design

Disagree, but I'm apparently in the minority here. I absolutely do not like macOS, and this is after more than 3 years of using it every day for my job. I dislike pretty much everything about it, but at least it has decent third party package managers (I use MacPorts, coworkers use Homebrew).

If you like Apple's design ethos, you'll probably love it. I don't.

Ubuntu with GNOME

Gross. GNOME seems to try to be the macOS of Linux UIs, with everything being simplified to the absurd. It's fine, but mostly because I ignore the GNOME bits most of the time.

I'm quite happy with KDE on openSUSE. I'm very much not a fan of Ubuntu (snaps is a major reason), so I think the author should try something else.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I used to like mac OS when I used it on a macbook as a daily driver, years ago (haven't owned a mac in a decade now). But recently I helped my mom set up a new macbook and I found it unwield.

I'm also with you on the Ubuntu and gnome front, although a buddy of mine swears with it. I just don't like it. Not sure why, I have tried to work with Ubuntu + GNOME several times and I always end up switching to a different build.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

I don't mind GNOME and switched to it when KDE had buggy Wayland support, but I don't prefer it. It's just.. okay.

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