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    [–] [email protected] 100 points 1 year ago (24 children)

    Honestly what is wrong with 'just works'. If the policies behind the project and the security and privacy is all in place using this option is nothing wrong.

    For linux to grow it needs to be more 'just works'. Let the complex stuff and simple stuff be there. It's not one or the other.

    [–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Exactly.

    When I was younger, tinkering around was a hobby in itself. But today I actually used my machine and I want it to work without hassle. I don't want to think about swap partition sizes, modeset kernel parameters and that kind of stuff. I want a reliable tool.

    That's why so many devs use MacBooks. They're essentially Unix machines with a proper GUI and mostly work absolutely flawlessly.

    I've been using MacBooks for over ten years now and had exactly one crash: when the drive was failing so hard, it couldn't even spin up anymore.

    [–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

    This is exactly me. For a server it’s Linux but for everyday use/work a MacBook Pro is great. It just works. It’s great as you can fire up the command line to manage Linux servers easily. That’s how I admin my Lemmy Ansible install.

    For gaming I use Windows. It’s all about the best tool for the job.

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