Assuming you can't use linux for one second. Which is better. MAC/Apple OS or PC, for a desktop computer?
osx cuz it's a mongrel bsd
>>27182PC is better the Linux even. Mac is just garbage. They stopped pretending to make PCs a long time ago. They're a laptop/phone/tablet company now. Anyone who gets a prebuilt PC is dumb anyways.
>>27182Obviously Windows, it has by far the better compatibility
>>27182Mac OS as POSIX (and with modern stable package management in the form of homebrew) is much more familiar to me than Windows, and for that reason would almost always prefer it. The main downside compared to Windows machines is the cost of the hardware.
>>27189Wouldn't using a Hackintosh make that a moot point though?
>>27182>[PC] vs PCPC wins.
>you can't use [PC]PC loses.
If I can't use Linux, I don't wanna live.
>>27182I have been reading the tanenbaum minix book so I would just write my own. it wouldn't be posix compatible though, but in a way, it would be more posix than posix itself, with something similar to zeromq for ipc and only /proc/ and /dev/ to interact with things (no ioctl/sysctl)
>>27194>I have been reading the tanenbaum minix book so I would just write my own.We're reaching levels of not touching grass that shouldn't be humanly possible.
Mac, it's unix-like and can run wine. Wine runs windows applications better than windows, which means smoother gaming experience.
pc
mac has too many compatibility issues
>>27182Windows for desktop
Apple for laptop/tablet
Android for mobile
BSD for server
>>27200this sounds like a larp post
have you ever actually used bsd?
>>27196>it's unix-likeBarely even matters knowing how bloody locked-down it is. Why not just use a BSD by this point?
>>27200GNU/Linux for everything. Except maybe servers. FOSS Android is okay ig. And the only issue I have with the BSD desktop is hardware and software support.
>>27202>>27202>GNU/Linux for everything. Except maybe servers. FOSS Android is okay ig. this. why all the treads pushing windows or other glowed up os suddenly? windows lol.
>>27203>why all the treads pushing windows or other glowed up os suddenly?Too many noobs.
>>27202>Why not just use a BSD by this point?That's sort of cheating the question isn't it? But anyway would probably prefer the GNU userland all things being equal.
>Barely even matters knowing how bloody locked-down it is.Is it though?
>>27201FreeBSD/OpenBSD are fantastic as a server OS. It's no larp
>>27206NTA. My opinion is that if you have the time to learn a new OS and there are significant advantages to using BSDs over GNU/Linux distros then I have no reason to stop you from doing that. Either way, if you use GNU/Linux, BSDs, de-Googled Android or even 9front I consider you my ally.
>>27206openbsd has shit virtualization, no cgroups (so no granular resource allocation), no containerization, nor anything you would actually expect from a modern server, not even load balancing. to say that it is good for servers in 2024 is a meme from people that saw someone repeat a talking point from the 90s and uncritically accepted it, because unknown thing must be good, am I right fellow imageboard users?
>>27208Remember being pretty excited when vmm/vmd was released, and for a few OpenBSD releases there seemed to be pretty good progress made with it. Used OpenBSD for quite a while on my laptop, think what made it nice was the sane defaults and ease of configuration. You don't have to think about what virtualization or firewall solution you're going to use because you just use the one in the base system, and configure it slightly and intelligently for your use case. Lots of people even use CWM, xterm, and mg, or vi.
MS/Windows because of all the student/hobbyist freeware that has neat original thinking interfaces & efficient KB:Use ratios
PC for a desktop computer? huh?
>>27182macOS is better overall. At least it's Unix, and there's less adware, spyware, and general malware built into the OS (not to say that there isn't any, but it's less actively hostile to the user).
>https://www.techspot.com/news/112410-security-researcher-microsoft-secretly-built-backdoor-bitlocker-releases.html>>27185Most Windows software will work on Mac these days with a compatibility layer, even on Apple Silicon. Compatibility is behind Linux, but not by that much.
>>27190Not really. Hackintoshes won't be a thing for very long now that newer macOS versions are going to be dropping x86 support, and Apple actually does sell good hardware, so you're actually not going to be saving much building a comparable Hackintosh.
>>27190apple has a budget laptop line now, unless you're a thirdie in which case you're fucked anyway because the only way to get components like RAM which don't cost an arm and a leg is to get them through an OEM like apple. i dont know why even bring this apple tax point, like have you been living under a rock? everything is scalped, you cant build a PC for cheap anymore
>>33528You can still get celeron tier laptops for $100-200, plus they will often sell old thinkpads that aren't a meme second hand at even lower prices, plus i know a guy who will buy the PC parts from multiple sources and sell me a build without VAT. Burger treatlerites might no longer have access to the same cheap PC and part imports, but that doesn't matter as much, when those still have the superior economies of scale.
even if it's not linux, id still use a unix os over windows slop
>>33532even those will get scalped as soon as some youtuber hypes them up as cheap alternatives
>>33532Those 4GB N150 shitbooks are going to chug like crazy running windows lmao.
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