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dcdevitoon XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350

you can set symlinks up, but true not internally (yet), but it's coming in the next update. And which tools "simply do not work in windows"?

dcdevitoon XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350

yeah, it's odd that there is a new UWP Settings app, and the old control panel - but it isn't that difficult to find. I mean, since you're surfing YC I'm assuming you're tech savvy - is Windows that hard for you to use?

dcdevitoon XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350

I found eOS to be the WORST distro I have tried in years. It's more limited than macOS, and only half as stable. It only gets attention because it tries to hard to be the most aesthetically pleasing Linux distro ever, I applaud their efforts but it's such a beta product. No thanks.

dcdevitoon XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350

Win8 was a disaster. Win10 is what 8 should have been. It's fast, stable and reliable.

dcdevitoon XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350

Most devs simply hate Windows, no matter how much better value Windows hardware gives you. I used to hate Microsoft in every sense years ago, but not anymore. Win10 is a great OS, I don't understand why more people just don't give it a chance. Especially with WSL now there's almost little excuse to use Linux or macOS other than bias against Microsoft.

dcdevitoon XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350

there is, the XPS has the best Linux support on a high end laptop, maybe ever. But don't confuse driver support for overall experience. Linux DEs, to me, are a complete waste of my time. I need my machine to work in an instant, EVERY TIME I turn it on. I would rather spend my time developing an app or website for a client than dorking around with a Linux DE just to get it work the way I want. That's why it's simply Windows or macOS for me, and these days Apple's shenanigans have me comfy in Windows 10. The Windows bias here on this site is baffling. It's a great OS, by far the most stable OS I have ever used.

dcdevitoon XPS9350-macOS – macOS patches for Dell XPS 13 9350

As a Mac user of 9 years, I sold my 2015 rMBP and eventually built my own rig and went the hackintosh route. But it wasn't worth it, sound would drop after each update, I had some weird visual glitch near the Apple menu logo, there still isn't any driver support for GTX 1070/1080 cards, and I had major sleep/wake issues. In the end it wasn't a Mac experience, it was almost as much work as Desktop Linux but far less work than Windows 10.

So I stuck with Windows 10

dcdevitoon Finding an Alternative to Mac OS X – Part 2

It's just so much work getting Linux to work on the desktop. The hatred and bios against Windows 10 is baffling. It's fast, stable, secure and reliable. I've been running it for 6 months and never had an issue. I run Linux VMs via VMware and they work great, especially in Unity mode (v7).

And now with WSL it's becoming increasingly easier to keep using Windows. The "forced" reboots/updates is simply 2 config changes away from getting out of your way (takes 10 seconds) and the recommended apps takes 30 secs to uninstall. Seriously it isn't rocket science, it makes me laugh seeing developers (who are technical in nature) complain and struggle configuring the OS, all the while they'll gladly spend hours/days/weeks configuring Linux. For what? "Freedom"? Please.

dcdevitoon Privacy and Security Risks of Android VPN Permission-enabled Apps

I agree, PIA is fantastic, been using it for years. Works great on mobile, I use it on my Android phone and iPhone.

dcdevitoon Privacy and Security Risks of Android VPN Permission-enabled Apps

TL;DR Get yourself a good, paid VPN service

dcdevitoon Updates to our Google Voice apps

It's nice to see GV isn't dead (yet), but unless I can make it my default SMS app it's pointless - so I am keeping my GV number integrated into hangouts.

dcdevitoon Ultimate Linux on the Desktop

Cool? Absolutely. Time consuming? Probably. Worth it? Well....

dcdevitoon Ultimate Linux on the Desktop

"Windows having forced updates you can't schedule"

Are people that inept at using Windows? I'm not trolling you, I'm serious. In Windows 10 I configured my active hours and set a scheduled reboot time if necessary, why is this so hard?? Seriously...

dcdevitoon Ultimate Linux on the Desktop

This is a joke, right? If this is the "ultimate" Linux desktop then Desktop Linux has already died. I get what the author is trying to do, but it (along with WMs like i3) to me feels like we regressed 25 years of desktop computing.

I mean, if you're going to do this, then why not just do what I do and run Windows 10 with a bunch of Linux VMs for development? I run a bunch in VMWare 7 in Unity mode and it all works great, all the while I still have a modern and fast OS on top. Put your MSFT hate aside for 10 minutes and see what I'm saying.

The Linux Honeymoon won't last very long, all these macOS users jumping ship will return to the motherland soon enough, most Mac users I know WOULD NEVER have the patience or desire to do all this work, hence why they started using Macs in the first place.

Regards, A former Mac user running Windows 10

dcdevitoon Why I switched from OS X to Linux

How exactly has Linux been improving??

dcdevitoon Why I switched from OS X to Linux

I agree with you 100%. All these Mac users leaving for Linux will eventually realize how much work is involved in keeping a Linux system running. I was the opposite, I left OS X after nearly a decade (used Linux prior) and I hate Linux more now than I did before I switched to the Mac. Way too much work, errors everywhere for no apparent reason.

dcdevitoon Why I switched from OS X to Linux

I was excited when MSFT announced WSL, I immediately started digging into it when I received the AU last summer. What killed it for me was being unable to edit the same files between WSL and Windows - I'm a CLI guy but I do like the occasional text editor to write in. So I gave up a couple months ago. I also found no way of storing ssh/ppk/pem keys anywhere for WSL.

I know it's in beta and I know many changes are coming, but I needed to start working on a real side project and needed a reliable and dependable dev environment. maybe one day we can replace CMD with bash entirely, that would be nice.

But I also need to target and test Ionic apps on iOS, so I need OS X in some capacity. I've used Phonegap Build but it's a hassle and not free, I'm just more comfy in OS X

dcdevitoon Why I switched from OS X to Linux

I was a Windows user from 1993-1998, then when Win98 was released my new custom PC would lock up every 90 seconds, so I bought a 6" Linux bible and learned enough to get a Linux machine up and running.

Then XP came out, it was better, but still much of the same, I wanted Linux. Went back to Red Hat. Then Ubuntu came out a few years later, stuck with that, but overall Linux didn't progress much.

In 2007 I switched to Mac and stayed with the platform until summer 2015, when I sold my Macbook Pro and switched to a Lenovo Thinkpad running Win10.

Windows 10 is solid, stable and fast, but it just isn't - and will never be - a developer's OS (unless you're a .NET dev). This past summer I built a rig and was running Win10 for a while but couldn't stand it. I installed Linux Mint with Cinnamon. But Cinnamon crashed every time I logged in, no idea why, even on fresh builds (as I kept a separate /home partition).

So a week ago I ventured into the mysterious world of Hackintosh, and I am kicking myself for not doing this sooner. It's the best of both worlds, assuming you don't mind maintaining the system before/after updates to keep it running. I don't have a WiFi card/adapter nor a bluetooth one, so I obviously don't have all the functionality the platform offers but I don't care, it's plenty good enough otherwise. I even have iMessage working with no issues at all.

OS X is the only platform for me, plain and simple.

dcdevitoon Leaked Apple emails reveal employees' complaints about toxic work environment

I work for a startup and I agree with this statement

dcdevitoon Extracting Qualcomm's KeyMaster Keys – Breaking Android Full Disk Encryption

https://www.appmobi.com

the only way to fly

dcdevitoon Linux at 25: Q&A with Linus Torvalds

I've used Elementary exclusively for a month. I found it lacking many built in tools and utilities, and the UI an OSX ripoff and also rather stripped down and limited.

dcdevitoon Why Apple and Google are struggling to design simple software

So you're bashing Microsoft for offering a cross platform solution on a Google account reliant device such as Android?

Then why did you install Word? If you didn't want to "jump through hoops" then why not just use Google Docs - which won't ask you anything since you're already using your Google account?

dcdevitoon Why Apple and Google are struggling to design simple software

I agree about Apple - but Google? I'd say their situation is the opposite - their software is too simple.

dcdevitoon Google launches Public Datasets program

Sorry Google but my trust in cloud solutions reside in AWS and Azure.

Why? Because when Amazon and Microsoft announce something I know there's a good chance it will still exist 24 months later

dcdevitoon Linux at 25: Q&A with Linus Torvalds

Linux has changed my life for sure, like others who have commented here. I just wish there was a bit more commercial support for a true polished, seamless desktop Linux experience (and more OEMs selling machines with it preinstalled).

Google is the only company who has championed Linux for mass market success, but calling Android handsets and Chromebooks Linux computers makes me cringe a bit. But that's what makes it great, being so modular and flexible.

On the flip side, Windows get bashed way too frequently. Say what you want, but since Win8 Windows has been fast, fluid and stable, and gaming and video performance are top notch. That's hard to walk away from when comparing to Linux.

dcdevitoon Unofficial Google Play Music Desktop Client

My thoughts exactly.

dcdevitoon Why we maintain desktop apps for OS X, Windows, and a web application

Chrome packaged apps do what your last paragraph is calling for