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by itvision·4y ago·view on hn ↗
> Some even seem like wilful lies (e.g. the one about Windows and Mac allowing you to 'configure everything via the GUI').

That's true excluding registry hacks 99.9% of people couldn't care less about.

In Linux on the other hand a TON of things do require using console.

> In short, it's FUD, and the author is not honest in his assessment.

I've heard this assessment from rabid Linux fanatics before.

However "FUD" is more likely your assessment of the article because it's as factual as it can be considering I've been using Linux as my primary OS for 25 years now.

> As such, the article is without merit.

Well, you've spent 10 seconds reading it, so your comment is without merit.

> So, what can you not do on Linux that you can do on Mac?

No clue, I've never used MacOS to a large extent (excluding wasting 3 days trying to install Windows next to it which I succeeded but I hated every second of that experience considering I had to even use BIOS loader hacks to make Windows work), the article is not about an Apple OS either.

There's no way I'll ever do that again. Apple hardware is meant for Apple software, period. Using anything else is a never ending source of pain.

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> In Linux on the other hand a TON of things do require using console.

When was the last time you used Linux?

For a 'normal' desktop user, they will see the terminal as much as they would using Windows, basically not at all. Especially across most of the main user-focused distros like Ubuntu, Mint, Pop, MX, Zorin, etc.

> There's no way I'll ever do that again. Apple hardware is meant for Apple software, period. Using anything else is a never ending source of pain.

You accuse DocTomoe of essentially being a Linux fanatic and the use the same rethoric immediately afterwards...

> When was the last time you used Linux?

  $ lsb_release -a
  LSB Version: :core-4.1-amd64:core-4.1-noarch
  Distributor ID: Fedora
  Description: Fedora release 35 (Thirty Five)
  Release: 35
  Codename: ThirtyFive
> For a 'normal' desktop user, they will see the terminal as much as they would using Windows, basically not at all. Especially across most of the main user-focused distros like Ubuntu, Mint, Pop, MX, Zorin, etc.

This is blatantly false.

Anyways, this goes nowhere, so goodbye.