TsomArp
Joined 12 years ago
Joined 12 years ago
That said, for my use case, I have never found a software that I need on Windows that is only available on Linux.
The opposite happens to me a lot.
I consider myself a geek, a fairly advanced user of software and a software developer.
I have been trying different versions of Linux since the Mandrake Linux times, so about what, 20 years?
I always come back to Windows, which from Windows 2000 has been getting better and better. Of course there have been sh*t moments like Windows Vista and Windows 8, but Windows 2k, XP, 7, and now 10 (enterprise version), have always been good to me.
I can use Linux for sure, and I appreciate the effort the community does, however, for my use case, I don't see the advantage of using Linux over Windows, and I find many disadvantages: missing software (office, adobe, although I have run it under wine), missing or not perfect drivers (energy efficiency is a problem even on thinkpads).
Again, I really like the effort, and if I must use it, I can, but I don't see the advantage.
Now, I use it on my dad's computer (he is 80), as it is much difficult for him to screw up than Windows.
From my point of view, case sensitivity in filenames is not an advantage but a disadvantage.
Why would I want to have "presentation to management.ppt" and "Presentation to management.ppt"?
Same for some of the restrictions in file names. I never found any problem. Maybe it is because I write in english and spanish.