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Sure, they ask you that.
Jun. 1st, 2019 04:52 pmOne of the folks on my Facebook feed is a self-professed Linux zealot. Below is an example of the kind of thing he posts on a fairly regular basis.
I was going to respond to him and say, "The only people who ever ask that are the imaginary ones in the heads of smug Linux users."
If I was every running an application (like the space station, or a critical email server) then I would probably set it up on Linux, and hire a competent administrator to use it.
For everything else, it's not a big deal to me if I have to spent 45 seconds every month or two rebooting my system for updates.
I guess I have different OS needs than people whose needs include posting logs every month or two to show that they've not rebooted their mail server in 5 years. Hurray. That's pretty stable. On the other hand, when that seems to be their go-to boilerplate for trying to sell me on an OS, I don't find it a terribly compelling.
I was going to respond to him and say, "The only people who ever ask that are the imaginary ones in the heads of smug Linux users."
If I was every running an application (like the space station, or a critical email server) then I would probably set it up on Linux, and hire a competent administrator to use it.
For everything else, it's not a big deal to me if I have to spent 45 seconds every month or two rebooting my system for updates.
I guess I have different OS needs than people whose needs include posting logs every month or two to show that they've not rebooted their mail server in 5 years. Hurray. That's pretty stable. On the other hand, when that seems to be their go-to boilerplate for trying to sell me on an OS, I don't find it a terribly compelling.
