From Newsgroup: comp.sys.mac.advocacy
On 2026-03-12 9:42 p.m., knuttle wrote:
On 03/12/2026 8:47 PM, CrudeSausage wrote:
On 2026-03-12 6:42 p.m., Lars Poulsen wrote:
On 2026-03-12, Mr. Man-wai Chang <toylet.toylet@gmail.com> wrote:
Modern Linux can run Windows programs via WINE or maybe CrossOver. I am >>>> NOT tracking those things.... so far. It's been a long time.
Business applications can use Java which runs inside a browser, and
hence not tightly coupled with Windows.
Some Windows programs can run with Wine, but some very significant ones
cannot, and do not have easy substitutes.
For example:
- QuickBooks. Pretty much the "must-have" small business accounting
software.
- PhotoShop. Pretty much the "must-have" professional image application
program for photographers, print shops, graphical designers etc.
When Linux versions of these become available for Linux, the world will
shift. But at this time, these will lock their user base into Windows or >>> Mac.
Here's the kicker: Linux versions of either program will never be
available. Anyone developing a product worth a damn has no idea
whether it should be a Flatpak, a Snap, compiled from source, a .deb
or an .rpm. Even if they get it right and go with Flatpak, the angry
people running Linux desktops will protest and make them regret ever
bothering with the operating system. It's happened numerous times
before and it will happen again.
Linus has been the operating system of the future for as long as I can remember. (I got my first computer in 1982) It is like rain in this
area, it is always going to rain three days in the future, but rarely
rains today.
I've had hope since 1994 that Linux would indeed become superior to the alternative and take over the desktop. In fact, I can't count the number
of times I tried to give up everything and go to Linux. Every time, I
end up being disappointed because something has to fail. If it's not
wake from suspend, it's updates breaking the graphics driver. If it's
not the desktop environment forgetting my window size preferences, it's
a third-party application not working as expected for mysterious
reasons. If it's not screen tearing, it's an update breaking something important and causing what's called dependency Hell. You would think
that my love for the operating system grew in those 32 years, and it has
to a certain extent. However, so has my tolerance for mediocrity. I'm
finally surrendering to the fact that I am simply too old for this. I
can't watch productive people get perfect integration of their hardware
onto the computer they bought and which runs for sixteen hours without a compromise in performance and say "Linux with its terribly battery life
and inability to synchronize anything without complicated configurations
is better." The delusion it would take to continue is greater than I can manage.
I will still love Linux, but from a distance. At some point, when you're
a professional with a busy work and private life, you just don't feel
the need to jump through twelve thousand hoops just to tie your shoes.
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CrudeSausage
John 14:6
Isaiah 48:16
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