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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Most of us hate Microsoft, and yet many of us use VSCode (lemm.ee)

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I get that it's open source provided you use codium not code but I still find that interesting

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Apple isn't okay. Apple is forced onto developers. The general population using Apple products requires developers to use Macs. And, last time I checked, it's a lot easier carrying around one laptop than two. It also doesn't hurt that Apple products aren't exactly the quality of off-brand Chinese laptops.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I hope EU slaps Apple hard for abusing their market position in this. I've seen it happen in several companies I've worked in. Developers prefer Linux, but it's the only machine you can build for all target platforms, so.... macbooks it is.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Plenty of developers prefer Macs to anything else. Forcing developers to use Macs for iOS development isn't okay though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Plenty of developers prefer Macs to anything else.

Of course. They are pretty great battery wise. UX and OS is however inconsistent, buggy and frustrating. I had expected "annoying design decisions", but not wrong and buggy ones.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The general population using Apple products requires developers to use Macs

They are 20% of the laptop/desktop owners? 25%? A dev is most likely going to be writing backend software to run on a linux platform on some server somewhere or write a web application (for the browser or electron). How many devs are actually going to be writing mac-native applications?