The interface sucks, it's buggier than the latest Windows (7 on), commercial software doesn't work (games, office, specialist software- yes I know of WINE but that isn't installed out of the box on any distro I know of and doesn't always work anyway), too many choices (what distro? What DE?) people don't want to learn a new OS, hardware support (especially printers and WiFi) still sucks, battery life in Linux is atrocious (cuts life in half compared to windows), etc.
I want Linux on a laptop. The bulk of my work involves connecting at the command-line to other systems, sometimes through SSH, sometimes through serial. I like that the same command-line interface for initiating these connections is also the command line interface through which I can manipulate files in the filesystem, edit files through text editors, and manipulate files through command-line utilities.
While usually I can do my work from the office, sometimes I have to work in the field too. It's much
I've played with OSX-based laptops, I find the GUI clunky when it comes to working with multiple terminal windows, as Apple has taken the approach of using Apple-Tab to switch between applications, rather than switch between windows. It's more awkward than it should be to switch between multiple terminal sessions quickly.
Use option-tab to switch between windows in an application on OS X.
Use option-tab to switch between windows in an application on OS X.
Strike that. It's Command + `. Was at a Windows 7 computer when I wrote that, got home and switched Safari windows on my computer & realized I accidentally told you the wrong thing.
Knowing how to use a tool most definitely makes it "more useful". Whether it makes it more useful than another tool for the same job is another question.
I just asked myself... what would John DeLorean do?
-- Raoul Duke
Laptops (Score:5, Interesting)
Why do you think its still near-impossible to buy a laptop with Linux preinstalled?
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Because no one wants Linux on a laptop.
The interface sucks, it's buggier than the latest Windows (7 on), commercial software doesn't work (games, office, specialist software- yes I know of WINE but that isn't installed out of the box on any distro I know of and doesn't always work anyway), too many choices (what distro? What DE?) people don't want to learn a new OS, hardware support (especially printers and WiFi) still sucks, battery life in Linux is atrocious (cuts life in half compared to windows), etc.
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While usually I can do my work from the office, sometimes I have to work in the field too. It's much
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I've played with OSX-based laptops, I find the GUI clunky when it comes to working with multiple terminal windows, as Apple has taken the approach of using Apple-Tab to switch between applications, rather than switch between windows. It's more awkward than it should be to switch between multiple terminal sessions quickly.
Use option-tab to switch between windows in an application on OS X.
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Use option-tab to switch between windows in an application on OS X.
Strike that. It's Command + `. Was at a Windows 7 computer when I wrote that, got home and switched Safari windows on my computer & realized I accidentally told you the wrong thing.
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