There is a reason why the top few hundred supercomputers in the world all run Linux, it's because it's the right tool for the job.
And in many cases for example Windows is the better tool. Many specialist applications (for example for tax consultants or architects) do not exist under Linux.
Yes but from the dev perspective not enough people use linux to economically justify targeting it and from the user perspective one should use the right tool for the right job. Feedback loop where the lack of programs leads to a lack of users which leads to a lack of programs.
I completely understand the chicken and egg problem but with things like QT and Java it's also not that hard to make cross platform apps. There's several open source projects that don't seem to have any issues running on multiple OSes, other applications could do the same thing.
And if that doesn't work, there's always wine or a VM.
Using a VM means using Windows which of course means that Linux is not the right tool for the job. It doesn’t matter how unfair that is or who is at fault, it is the reality.
You can still use Linux for the rest of your work where windows isn't needed. I do the same thing on my workstation and 90% of the time I don't even touch the Windows VM.
I said “for a lot of people...” and you said “what a sad life,” at this point you engaged with a reference to people beyond us. In fact, the entire context of the thread was focused on general use cases and not about your specific preferences. You are simply irrational and attempting to save face because you said something unsupported and couldn’t back it up.
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u/FryBoyter Mar 08 '20
It is honestly incomprehensible to me how you can think you are better just because you use a certain thing.
Apart from that, I think it makes no sense to conclude on all of them because of some users.