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by pessimizer 1792 days ago
It's very difficult to make most proprietary enterprise trash work with Linux. That will always be the case, no matter how superior or inferior the OS is, because unlocked hardware/OSes are bad for some business models based on lock-in/subscriptions, and that are meant to be a portion of entire ecosystems that are being sold. The only reason most of them work eventually is because Linux users are tinkerers, and usually completely against the wishes of the software vendors.
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f6v 1792 days ago
An OS isn’t just an OS, it’s OS + apps. Doesn’t matter who’s fault it is. The bottom line is that productivity is affected.
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fsflover 1792 days ago
Nevertheless you cannot reasonably say that the OS itself is bad. It's the pressure of the monopolies against freedom.
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deltaonefour 1791 days ago
It's not about the blame game. When asking a user that has no care, ideology or stakes in the game how "good" an OS is... if the OS crashes, that OS is likely bad.

This is the overall the most important metric.

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fsflover 1791 days ago
Linux does not crash anymore. Proprietary apps can though. Is it still on the OS?
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deltaonefour 1791 days ago
Linux does crash. I've seen it crash yesterday. It depends on the hardware you're using.

When it crashes it's 100% a problem in kernel space. Driver issues, compatibility issues. It is NOT an app. The OS should not give the privilege to an app to crash anything else other than itself.

What you MEANT to say is Linux crashes less than before and likely never crashes for certain hardware.

OVERALL linux will still crash MORE than windows when you look at everything holistically.

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fsflover 1791 days ago
> It depends on the hardware you're using.

Buy hardware designed for Linux and you will have no problems. Ideally, with preinstalled Linux.

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boudin 1792 days ago
It does matter. But companies should not pick software solution with garbage Linux support if some employees are using Linux. Nobody would pick a software that does not work on Windows and Macos.
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f6v 1791 days ago
There’re companies that solve it easily by just giving everyone the same laptop. Most of the times you can’t make everyone happy.
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