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Skelemental

@fionor @mike @GossiTheDog your personal discomfort with the operating system is not an objective truth about its capabilities. Anecdotally I use exclusively Linux for work

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Fionor

@Skelemental @mike @GossiTheDog putting numbers in sheets is pretty easy on Linux. Even on Android. Or paper.

I work with video. Editing software for Linux is beyond shitty. And pretty much every tool I need to use don't exist for Linux or it is decade behind professional needs.

I understand that server admin circle-jerks feels good, but since Linux is unusable for actual work with actual data, it is basically proprietary trash to make entitled nerds feel special...

GunChleoc

@mike I run Windows in a VirtualBox on top of Linux, for those pieces of work software that aren't available. That setup is probably too nerdy for the average person though.

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Fionor

@gunchleoc @mike @Skelemental @GossiTheDog Workarounds are precisely the reason why I don't want to deal with Linux.
It adds unnecessary layer of complexity destined to introduce plethora of errors and bugs in tasks that are already very complex and prone to cause problems...

Windows and MacOS systems are not ideal, but they fit easily to professional workflow. Linux doesn't.

GunChleoc

@fionor It all depends on what type of work you're doing, and on how much time you can invest into learning new tools. E.g. peppercarrot.com/ is produced entirely on Linux, including typesetting a printed art book. So, while it doesn't work for you, it doesn't mean it can't work for anybody else.

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Fionor

@gunchleoc @mike @Skelemental @GossiTheDog There os this mysterious thing called industry standard... Linux ain't it.

GunChleoc

@fionor For my translation work, I decided to go against the industry standard tool and bought a different tool that is much better, and can import and export the other tool's file format. So, I can swap data with my colleague who uses the industry standard tool.

It's still on Windows though.

jell

@fionor @Skelemental @mike @GossiTheDog And yet, VFX software for Linux is amazing and regularly handles intense data (geo, volume caches, and yeah, even frames and muxed video).

koloman

@fionor @Skelemental @mike @GossiTheDog 😂 you made my day. Everyone I know who used to run a Linux Desktop (myself included) has moved on to Mac.

H.Lunke & Socke

@fionor @Skelemental @mike @GossiTheDog i am sorry to tell you, not not really, that you use the proprietory trash

Danny Boling 🌈 ☮️

@fionor

I dunno... this could be just a PEBKAC thing too. :eyeroll:

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Ian Sudbery

@Skelemental @fionor @mike @GossiTheDog

Yes, but when it comes to the average user, personal comfort with the operating system is far more important than it capabilities (and I say that as someone who uses both Linux and Windows desktops on a daily basis).

Skelemental

@IanSudbery @fionor @mike @GossiTheDog I did not make the objective claim that Linux is better or suitable for all or even the majority of users. I said anecdotally I use it for work, which means the original claim that it is unsuitable for work is false. It very well may be unsuitable for that persons work, but that is not what they stated

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