jpablo68

joined 1 year ago
[–] jpablo68@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I made the switch when windows ME was released, right now I'm using win10 for work because of some software that really doesn't have an alternative in Linux but I do run it on all of my other computers. Benefits:

  • customization: If you want a desktop environment there's KDE, Gnome or XFCE, if you want just windows or a tiling window manager there's tons of them too
  • package managers: update all your software on your own terms while you brew some coffee.
  • scripting capabilities: you can automate lots of stuff with bash.
  • scalability: do you have a potato computer, no problem, do you have a nice one, even better.

Edit: I forgot to say that I run Debian on most of my machines.

[–] jpablo68@lemmy.fmhy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

I run GNU/Linux on all my computers except on the one I use for work because I need to run ETABS and SAP2000, I really wish I had the time and expertise to code my own structural analysis software so I could be free of these.

[–] jpablo68@lemmy.fmhy.ml 17 points 1 year ago

Oh god no. At least use a windows 98 skin