BearOfaTime

In the real world there are way more pixels.

This is a shitty image.

That's just a bunch of pixels from a shitty image

I get downvoted to oblivion when I point out "just works" isn't true.

You make a great point about endless choices.

No single UI, no single set of tools, those are massive barriers. And it's why Windows became the de facto standard: single UI, consistent toolset.

You mean France, right? Because the US was just their mercenary on this one.

Host solution for what?

Each service you want will probably have a different set of options.

When you say Apple cloud, that could mean all sorts of things.

Specificity in tech is crucial.

You may want to start with one type of service, and go from there. You're about to head down a deep rabbit hole that includes things like Security Posture, Risk Management, etc.

you can't plan routes without internet

Oh fuck I hate that

Well fuck me.

I'm glad Google is exposing how crappy RCS is.

It's been fifteen years, and all they have is a "protocol" that's still completely dependant on a phone number.

What good is that? Why would I want that?

There are numerous systems that don't rely on a phone number, e.g. XMPP did everything RCS is trying to do, in 2010 (I ran it on my phone then, with a desktop client that kept in sync).

Teleguard works on every platform, no phone number required, as does MATRIX, Simplex, Wire, Threema, etc, etc.

Not to mention the issues people have with it. It's unreliable.

This ready exists. I forget what it's called.

Funny someone downvoted you.

Clearly that person has never managed a 10,000 pc domain. Or hell, even a 10 pc domain in an SMB.

"The license is worth the cost" - I literally had this conversation with a peer not two hours ago. They have a client who's previous IT management built a domain using Linux. Yes, you can do it, but I'd only do it if your IT is fully in-house and stable. This was an IT vendor. It saved them (the client) licensing...like $250 or so.

Imagine how quickly they're going to burn $250 for a support issue because there's something odd about how the Linux software isn't exactly duplicating a windows DC? Or the next IT vendor doesn't know what you implemented, so have to find out about which packages you used and how they work.

You don't use Linux desktop in a business to save licensing costs, unless you know the use-case inside and out. The first time your business has a need for something that doesn't exist in Linux land, all those savings are gone as you build a virtual host for Windows, and deal with the lost productivity.

And I use Linux every day for things like Proxmox, UnRAID, TrueNAS, etc. Even there the difference between design approaches is really problematic.

This is the best description I've seen.

It gets old hearing the "Linux is better, Windows sucks" mantra.

They're different things with different use cases.

I despise Linux for a desktop, it's an awful experience, because it hasn't been developed/targeted for what I need to do, and I don't have the time to play fuck-fuck with distros to work something out - I have other shit to do.

Like build and manage Proxmox/TrueNAS boxes, which are... LINUX! Because this is where Linux shines, as purpose-built solutions.

Windows works nearly every time any more - I don't have to do anything during setup. Drivers are automatic during setup.

Not sure where you get this idea from.

My Logitech mouse doesn't work at all on Linux unless I search for why and go find third-party software for it. Windows sees it as a generic HID and treats it as such. I can go get the Logitech software if I want, but have no need of it. Linux? Nope. Probably the most prolific mouse on the planet and Linux can't even use it, at all, natively.

On windows it just works.

Now let's go deploy 300, or 3000 machines.