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[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I know a lot of people like macOS, and I'm sure they get a lot done with it. For me however, it's easily my least favorite popular OS. That's even considering the terminal running zsh by default, which is miles ahead of Windows.

A quirk that recently bit us at work is that Safari has a maximum allowed version based off your OS version. Now if it was just me as a user, I'd download a 3rd party browser. However, as a developer, I have to build solutions that work for every "reasonable" browser. This means I can't use features that every modern browser has, including Safari, because Safari from 4 years ago didn't have it.

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

I've had issues with add-ons on some sites too. For those times I just use a different Firefox profile (each has its own set of add-ons and settings :D)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

That makes sense! Thanks for sharing

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (4 children)

I'm kind of curious why you don't just buy a HDD or two. At $600 a year you'd break even really quickly.

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

I completely agree. Software that utilizes dark patterns to push me towards behavior that monetarily benefits them while degrading my experience simply rubs me the wrong way.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

Thanks for introducing me to this song, I like it a lot! I can't really think of a song like that, but most of the time I'm just treating the vocals as another instrument and not paying too much attention to the lyrics.

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

I completely agree. But most people don't see how significant free software is (e.g., OP's friend is using Windows). If a libre system means a worse experience for the user, many won't care enough to stick with it.

Linux with proprietary software is at least a step in the right direction; I agree that it's not the final destination though.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I like using the tool called "import". It's a command line program that takes a filename for it to write to. It gives you the option to write whatever save name logic you want around it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Is it possible the rough edges of Trisquel would turn OP's friend off of Linux as a whole?

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