And just before this, I finally managed to fix Spotlight pegging one core at 100% constantly. Next thing, I reboot into a laggy system. macOS is my favorite OS, but the shit I put up with... it's basically an abusive relationship at this point.
Apple folks in this thread, this was terrible
I almost cannot believe the actual cause. Absolutely awful experience.
Idk, the several Linux distros I’ve used recently, and Windows, have a much longer list of “shit _I_ put up with”
(P.S. I despise Windows from a technical standpoint though)
This is a good point actually - with their walled garden approach, Apple has a much easier job with drivers than Windows or Linux have.
Of course, the end user may not care a jot, but it's an interesting point from a technical perspective.
I just replaced that pos with a mac mini....
I use centos 7 for my daily driver, it'll get 8 on it next hardware upgrade. Touch wood not a single problem with that for years now, and amd5000/nv3000 are looking very tasty.
In a previous company the IT dept had to revert a forced by MS update manually on each machine by “hacking” and deleting and replacing files as it was causing BSOD.
A co-worker keeps telling me to try Manjaro. I'm just not sure if I want to spend a weekend reinstalling all the stuff I use.
As for the Safari issue, I have no idea off the top of my head.
Oh, I do like the gesture support, though even Windows 10 supports gestures nowadays.
[1] https://www.techradar.com/in/news/microsoft-kills-off-window...
[2] https://www.techradar.com/news/dont-install-this-windows-10-...
[3] https://www.techradar.com/in/how-to/windows-10-may-2020-upda...
Meanwhile on Linux, I cannot upgrade to the new kernel that contains a lot of support and fixes for my new shiny AMD Ryzen chip because it completely breaks the Nvidia driver, refusing even to boot.
Apple may suck, but it still sucks less than the alternatives
Well that's the problem with Linux distros for the desktop in general. A user upgrading a newer version of a single system component risks breaking the whole desktop: systemd, libdrm, x11, whatever and something else doesn't work. I'm even excluding drivers here but again it's clear what happens when a user finds that out for themselves on Linux. If they even have the time and energy to do all that digging and googling of cryptic errors.
To save yourself the time and frustration, Just keep using Windows 10 with WSL2. I don't have any reason to dual boot to a Linux desktop any more due to this.
It is - quite clearly - a gross exaggeration that "every update borks the system".
Aside from MacOS, I use Windows 10, and have done for several years. I have the Microsoft Action Pack, which means I get multiple Windows 10 Enterprise licenses - and no forced updates.
- Lack of little useful apps in the $10 range. Windows seems either freeware or costly bloatware.
macOS' problem is fixable but OS being worse isn't something you can wait to get fixed quickly.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superfish#Lenovo_security_inci...
It is my understanding that a lot of modern GPUs that are cutting edge ship with non-oss binary blobs, which goes against Debian's core principals.
Unfortunately, it means that Debian has poor support for hardware vendors that mandate these binary blobs.
[0] https://packages.debian.org/buster/firmware-amd-graphics
Yikes. This is painfully true. Maybe Apple knows they have a ton of breathing room here.
I’ll jump through a few more hoops to continue using the machines they make. Then again all I do is edit text.
Anxiety from what Apple's agenda will do to your computer next update? anxiety from if a 1hr windows update is awaiting you when you turn your pc on? ... Linux awaits.
Linux awaits and then when it comes it borks AMD driver, because AMD decided not to support older cards on the new FOSS driver, and the old perfectly working driver is not compatible with modern kernels, driver ABI be dammed.
Linux awaits and then when it comes it breaks hard disk encryption forcing a full install, and feeling lucky that I actually backup /home regurlarly.
Linux awaits and then when it comes half of the stuff doesn't work in Wayland.
Eventually I rather just deal with macOS, Windows, Android and leave Linux just for the kernel itself.
No man gets to deal with all of the possible computer problems, thankfully. But in my experience, most Linux problems have been fixable and I managed to fix them, while more closed OSs have left me stumped many times. I no longer believe that a computer can work without problems, so my priority is making sure that when problems appear, I can diagnose them and fix them easily.
So I agree, Linux problems are usually much more fixable.
If you have any other insights, I'd be happy to hear them. We have a workaround, but It'd be nice to get imports working again.
As for Windows... really no issues there other than forced errors of whatever absurd company policies are in place that cause software I don't want or need being forced on my machine.
Every time I've tried using Linux on the desktop, it's worked just fine until I tried to update something. Sooner or later, there's some broken patch or some incompatible thing here or there that breaks my window manager and throws me to the command line, ruins my network settings, overwrites my boot config or some other maddening mess. Linux works brilliantly, AS LONG AS YOU NEVER TOUCH ANYTHING
Today my mouse and keyboard were acting as if they weren't plugged in. Just no power, no reason, no change. Reboot fixed it for now
The thing that's changed recently is that I had to update the kernel to support my audio interface.. which was also a pain in the tits
The only relevant search results are StackOverflow spam talking about a version 10 years old
Linux awaits
Ain't that the truth with every OS. I use Windows for gaming, PopOS for work on my desktop and MacOS for work on my laptop. The amount of weird issues is about constant.
But linux is free both as in free beer and in free speech, windows required you to pay the Microsoft tax to use, and lastly macOS required you to pay a premium on hardware.
Paying $100 for Windows seems like a better solution if you just want a working OS without a hassle.
And what premium do Mac hardwares have? It seems I paid what they deserved as I can't find anything better in the market. Even moreso now that M1 is out, it seems all Windows machines have premium.
Yeah, I don't use peripherals as it's only a gaming machine (I don't see other reason to use Windows) but it's working as intended for years.
A level of detail I value is that none of that BS is baked into systems I use. Doesn't matter whether those who did not do so were paid for it or not.
I had to make a phone call since none of the methods Windows or the internet suggested worked and that phone literally took 30 min to reactivate my license again. That wasn't fun.
(wink wink)
>> Paying $100 for Windows seems like a better solution if you just want a working OS without a hassle.
I've been running Fedora for 15 years and haven't had any of those pesky Linux issues for at least 8 of those years. Meanwhile, I was issued a new Windows laptop at work just last week and it Sucks pretty bad. It's smooth and polished, but with all the advertising and "first ones free" preinstalled shit it feels a lot like Facebook rather than a computer. I'm glad its me-at-work being monetized and not me at home...
I can't help but think you meant, "I've accepted there's no real way to salvage and diagnose my computer when it breaks so reformatting it has become second nature. I always keep an up to date Win10 install USB ready, and I even have a second hard drive that I keep all my files on."
With Macs, you have to put up with MacOS and Apple (one big premium is lack of choice). It's also not that easy to self-administrate without MDM, and software options are relatively limited if you come from either Linux or Windows.
FWIW I switched from XP to Vista 1 or 1.5 year after its release date. It has been a great OS for me, I never had a problem with it (except that it's then they started with the bullshit telemetry).
Of course YMMV, but since late Vista stability isn't a major issue anymore.
I wish you weren't wrong.
If Windows 10 was unstable I should be swamped. But I spend more than 90% of my time on software dev.
And the machines are not new with fresh installs, I all migrated them manually from Windows 7.
> software options are relatively limited
When was the last time you used macOS? I see the options limited on Windows rather and even moreso on Linux.
What do you mean "take care of the level of detail"?
I can download Debian right now, install it on hardware in about 10min, and get everything to work rock solid without any hitch.
I can't say the same about either Windows 10 or macOS.
In fact, I had mojave crash and reboot more times in the last month than Ubuntu 18.04 since it was released, and mojave is preinstalled in its own target hardware, which is supposed to be high-end, while Ubuntu is installed on a cheap laptop that cost between a third and a fourth of my apple laptop.
What exactly do you mean by level of detail?
Half of the apps I use are on Linux as well but that won't get me to the productivity on macOS.
Or just run macOS in a virtual machine
As developers and engineers, we ought to be jumping off this platform like a sinking ship. It's clear that they want to lock it down like the iPhone. Why else would they be measuring which apps are in use if they didn't want to control it?
If your argument is "compatibility research", you're missing the other warning signs.
- Logic had the pole position for non-pro-tools music at the time, and sold (IIRC) for about $600
- Apple bought Logic and stated publicly "we will not discontinue it on windows"
- I think a year later, might have been two, they cancelled it on windows
- Some time later, they dropped the price, and also put out garage band, using Logic's engine.
- Logic's product roadmap (from what I've heard) became more general user friendly (can't attest to this personally though)
Basically, anything Apple owns becomes part of the plan to get you on a mac and iEverything, secondary to whatever it's originally purpose is. I won't touch any music software now that doesn't run on at least 2 operating systems. Fortunately most of them now realize the importance of this.
I'd recommend looking at other options like Reaper, Cubase, or Digital Performer, all of which have been improving steadily and can on windows or OSX.
Personally I'm sticking on High Sierra, and doubt my next machine will be a mac. Man I'm going to miss Bash everywhere though. Sigh
Right there with ya.
/s obviously.