Subj : Re: Computer operating system of choice?
To   : boraxman
From : Otto Reverse
Date : Tue Feb 08 2022 10:50:06

 bo> Probably a banal question, but I'm curious as to what Operating Systems
 bo> people prefer to us.
 bo> 
 bo> I'm kind of thinking that people who like the Windows/Mac OS way of doing
 bo> things would prefer a more graphical approach, but my assumptions may be
 bo> wrong.

Been a FreeBSD then Linux user since 1994, but for a computer just for email and surfing the web and perhaps a few applications I prefer Mac. It's just more polished. Don't get me wrong, the Linux desktop has come a long way over the decades.

My son was issued a Chromebook for school. Horrible little thing with a low resolution 14 inch screen.  So for homework and studying (no physical textbooks, it's horrible) I gave him my 27" iMac. That means my Windows 10 gaming PC became my regular workstation. Windows has always been behind Mac for UI "smoothness" and polish and Win 10 is no different. It's also practically spyware too. So I didn't want to use it for regular "stuff". So it is now dual-boot with Garuda Linux (an Arch distro) that has KDE Plasma as the desktop. It is nice. Lot's of features and customizations as one would expect. But still not as polished as MacOS.

As for tools for configuring things like BBSes or servers, I'm very much a command line person. Always have been. MacOS and Linux both shine there.

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