Guys, MacOS isnβt everybodyβs taste, especially now. But it does do what itβs trying to do. Windows isnβt succeeding at anything itβs trying to do.
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So i've since moved to Arch (btw), but what's wrong with Manjaro? I never had an issue with it, but I have seen quite a few people dunking on it... just without any explanation.
Fedora is a chad, please
I donβt understand the hate for MacOS or Ubuntu frankly. Windows was fine until they stopped making βfeaturesβ opt in. Fedora has been toying with adding AI, and my experiences with Arch have been subpar for my needs. Iβm kinda at the point in my life where I donβt care as long as the OS works. Theyβre all so similar at the end of the day, they help me do the websites, work tools and vidya gaems.
ChromeOS is definitely better than windows, you can run all your normal Linux things just with a slightly annoying desktop environment
Meh. Granite is open source, and as long as they don't try to force integration with a third party service I'm down for local LLM integration. It's not all chatbots, and LLMs happen to be honestly pretty good at searching through eg man pages and pulling out relevant bits.
Oof, I really can't wait for the AI bubble to burst
I pray every evening before bedtime it is a bobbel and the world economy finally will reset.
"... brainstorming is already underway to figure out how to harness AI..."
Ah yes, the ol' solution looking for a problem routine
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What is the 3rd one in "Dogshit"?
Looks like wojakified GNU, which says it's an OS on their website.
But as I understand it, it's a SW collection that gets shipped with OSs but needs a kernel (usually Linux) to work as an OS.
Apple / macOS
True
Doesn't have Hannah Montana Linux on the list so we know this guys opinion is trash smh
Is it still chad if I'm using Debian Unstable?
Mint is for both noobs and the very experienced computer nerd, fight me!
I hope Windows 11 becomes microsofts death (and ofc the fact that their previous ceo liked to fuck children)
I think what will hurt them much more is the EU realizing the danger in dependence on American tech like Microsoft, and slowly replacing it with (open source) alternatives.
I hope so
Steve Ballmer is in the Epstein files?
Who was ceo back in 2000?
I'm thinking about switching back to Arch or maybe trying Debian; I'm on Fedora Silverblue at the moment.
OpenSUSE and PopOS are deffo normal and its why i like them
i like my fedora bazz flavor tho
MacOS is worlds better than Windows, it's not even close.
Kali Linux as Chad OS suggests this list is as much meme as truth so I wouldnβt worry about the rankings.
Well it was. It's got a major update recently which ruined everything. Still better than Windows tho xD
Hell, Mac OS is even a certified UNIX operating system, something that even Linux (or GNU+Linux) can't say.
It's still a non-FOSS OS which is the real reason it sucks, but it's a lot better than a lot of people seem to think. Whereas Windows just plain sucks on a usability level too, not just the licensing.
I read a deep dive into the macos "certified UNIX" thing and it's a scam. I dont remember the details but the certification is obtained only through a set of testing exceptions. The macos used by people is not the macos that is Unix certified.
As a former macos user (2013-2024ish), macos has become IMO a very user hostile experience. It's not quite as bad as windows, but macos is not the "user friendly, it (mostly) just works and gets out of your way" os it used to be.
I'm full time Linux now and when I have to use macos or windows I cannot believe how user hostile they both are.
Linux is far from perfect, but at least I control my system/os.
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However good it is and however many certificates it has i personally agree with the dogshit classification. It won't install on any of about 8 computers in my house, including one I bought from apple. Literally unusable to me for the last 10ish years. Windows would probably install on one or two of them I think, so I'll give it a few hypothetical points for usability for that.
how is windows above macos lol
MacOS has no reason to exist.
If you are ok running corporate software just use windows with its huge array of software and compatibility with pretty much everything.
If you want to be cool and different and have problems with software and hardware compatibility run Linux.
MacOS is the Porsche Panamera of operating systems. People just have it because it matches their 911/iThing
Because at least you can do gaming on Windows lol
where is tails?
Hidden
Is that GNU/HURD in the last place?
Peak Script-Kiddie Shit.
/r/masterhacker laugh at you too much, op?
Kali linux in Chad tier says it all
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