The OP isn't talking about Linux users as consumers though, but about Linux developers. So:
> lack of commercial software like Adobe CS / MS Office
Usually inconsequential for developers
> problems with hardware video decoding
Same
> desktop environments like GNOME3 that like to remove features periodically
This is subjective.
1) You can choose not to use Gnome
2) Personally, I've been using Gnome for the past ~6 years and I haven't noticed any significant feature reduction. I'm sure there've been many, I just haven't noticed (hence subjective).
> that they even can't understand why someone would use a different platform.
I fully understand why people want to use Apple for their consuming needs. I really don't understand why my fellow developers choose to go with Apple as their work machine. I then frequently see they have to fire up VMs/containers to do work that I can do natively. No idea what's the upside for work (dev, coding-heavy).
PS: I'm writing this from my personal Apple computer. When I'm up for my hardware refresh at work, I'll 100% go with another Linux-compatible Lenovo/Dell.
> lack of commercial software like Adobe CS / MS Office
Usually inconsequential for developers
> problems with hardware video decoding
Same
> desktop environments like GNOME3 that like to remove features periodically
This is subjective.
1) You can choose not to use Gnome
2) Personally, I've been using Gnome for the past ~6 years and I haven't noticed any significant feature reduction. I'm sure there've been many, I just haven't noticed (hence subjective).
> that they even can't understand why someone would use a different platform.
I fully understand why people want to use Apple for their consuming needs. I really don't understand why my fellow developers choose to go with Apple as their work machine. I then frequently see they have to fire up VMs/containers to do work that I can do natively. No idea what's the upside for work (dev, coding-heavy).
PS: I'm writing this from my personal Apple computer. When I'm up for my hardware refresh at work, I'll 100% go with another Linux-compatible Lenovo/Dell.