Should I dump my iMac for Linux or Windows on the desktop...?
by rhimbo from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4XZWB)
Hi folks,
Lately I've been thinking that I won't buy another Mac. I'm debating what to use for my "desktop." I would very much like your comments and opinions to my thoughts below or just your independent ideas on desktop environments.
Reasons I love my Mac. Apple Mail beats any other mail client I've used (search, for one thing). Thunderbird is a joke. Outlook should be pitied (search effectively doesn't work).
Google is evil, but their browser works well. Firefox took money from Google years ago and I don't trust them either.
I love Open Office, but it can't work with .docx, .xlsx and .pptx. So I feel I still need a Windows 10 desktop ('cause Windows does not run atop a VM... intentionally by M$).
I love Gimp.
Linux on the desktop is a toy. Yeah I used to be an old Unix hack and love bash, but I'm not a sysadmin and don't want to spend weeks configuring system utilities, volumes, backups, etc. I must admit using Time Machine on my Mac is effortless, and I have double external hard drive backups.
I could run Windows 10 and cygwin. So I could have a "decent" mail client (Outlook, although far from perfect), a nice touch screen for signing documents using a real signature (which I have to do a lot), etc.
I'm leaning towards Windows 10 with cygwin. That being said, I'm scared as my buddies who are techies tell me each update breaks their systems.
I have Ubuntu on a 5-year old Lenova right now. It's been very challenging to convince myself that it would suffice as a daily use desktop system.
I am not a Windows person at all. I'm not even sure how easy it is to do regular backups of disks and file systems to external drives. That's a critical piece for me. But I'm not sure how to do it (easily, as in via a nice GUI app) on Linux either. In that area, I think Mac OS shines.
So... without flaming me, please, I am seriously interested in your input, feedback, comments and suggestions.
Thanks,
Lately I've been thinking that I won't buy another Mac. I'm debating what to use for my "desktop." I would very much like your comments and opinions to my thoughts below or just your independent ideas on desktop environments.
Reasons I love my Mac. Apple Mail beats any other mail client I've used (search, for one thing). Thunderbird is a joke. Outlook should be pitied (search effectively doesn't work).
Google is evil, but their browser works well. Firefox took money from Google years ago and I don't trust them either.
I love Open Office, but it can't work with .docx, .xlsx and .pptx. So I feel I still need a Windows 10 desktop ('cause Windows does not run atop a VM... intentionally by M$).
I love Gimp.
Linux on the desktop is a toy. Yeah I used to be an old Unix hack and love bash, but I'm not a sysadmin and don't want to spend weeks configuring system utilities, volumes, backups, etc. I must admit using Time Machine on my Mac is effortless, and I have double external hard drive backups.
I could run Windows 10 and cygwin. So I could have a "decent" mail client (Outlook, although far from perfect), a nice touch screen for signing documents using a real signature (which I have to do a lot), etc.
I'm leaning towards Windows 10 with cygwin. That being said, I'm scared as my buddies who are techies tell me each update breaks their systems.
I have Ubuntu on a 5-year old Lenova right now. It's been very challenging to convince myself that it would suffice as a daily use desktop system.
I am not a Windows person at all. I'm not even sure how easy it is to do regular backups of disks and file systems to external drives. That's a critical piece for me. But I'm not sure how to do it (easily, as in via a nice GUI app) on Linux either. In that area, I think Mac OS shines.
So... without flaming me, please, I am seriously interested in your input, feedback, comments and suggestions.
Thanks,