I'm a sysadmin, most of my servers run SLES nowadays. At home, i usually go for bsd, unless i have to start compiling drivers myself (in which case i usually switch to debian). It's not because compiling drivers is impossible, but because once you start compiling drivers, you'll have to manually check for new versions once in a while, and recompile if a new version has been found.
This being said: my employer forces me to use a windows PC for work purposes... So most of my time, my desktop system is windows... I hate it. It's completely bolted down, centrally managed. I can't even install any application without sending the binary to the laptop admin so he can update his filter with the hash of the binary (otherwise the system's filter won't even let me start the application). The security "features" really stop me from doing what i want to do all the time, and even if there's a setting i can change i have to go trough sooooo many configuration screens just to edit something smal.
I'm not even talking about how slow this windows system is, the updates take for ages, rebooting is slow,.... If i update my servers, i just register a new repo with newer binaries, enter "zypper up" and 3 minutes later i have all the new packages. If i reboot, it takes just a few moments from hitting enter on the terminal and being able to ping my server again.
If i had the choice, i'd probably never touch a system with a windows os ever again... But that's just my personal opinion
This being said: my employer forces me to use a windows PC for work purposes... So most of my time, my desktop system is windows... I hate it. It's completely bolted down, centrally managed. I can't even install any application without sending the binary to the laptop admin so he can update his filter with the hash of the binary (otherwise the system's filter won't even let me start the application). The security "features" really stop me from doing what i want to do all the time, and even if there's a setting i can change i have to go trough sooooo many configuration screens just to edit something smal.
I'm not even talking about how slow this windows system is, the updates take for ages, rebooting is slow,.... If i update my servers, i just register a new repo with newer binaries, enter "zypper up" and 3 minutes later i have all the new packages. If i reboot, it takes just a few moments from hitting enter on the terminal and being able to ping my server again.
If i had the choice, i'd probably never touch a system with a windows os ever again... But that's just my personal opinion
I know, to compile those drivers could be a pain in the ass, and ones it's done, then you realize you will have to compile them if you want to upgrade the kernel. #Epic
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I own a similar paranoia when I'm using Windows.
Obliviously Windows is the malicious favorite target, and also the most vulnerable for users that never learnt to protect it.
Most of the famous Linux distro offer a very good experience to the end users, even for not techy peoples. My only issue with Linux is the hardware management, and software compatibility.
That's why I'm using Linux as my main OS, for all kind of things, then Windows only for gaming.
As a paranoid user of Windows, both OS are each on a different computer. Xubuntu on laptop, Windows on desktop.
In my head Windows always been itself a virus
I own a similar paranoia when I'm using Windows.
Obliviously Windows is the malicious favorite target, and also the most vulnerable for users that never learnt to protect it.
Most of the famous Linux distro offer a very good experience to the end users, even for not techy peoples. My only issue with Linux is the hardware management, and software compatibility.
That's why I'm using Linux as my main OS, for all kind of things, then Windows only for gaming.
As a paranoid user of Windows, both OS are each on a different computer. Xubuntu on laptop, Windows on desktop.
In my head Windows always been itself a virus
I was thinking to get another laptop to manage windows and all thing relevant o bitcoin there, and as you say, the windows for games or design jobs.