grandma@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · edit-22 months agoWhat a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OSsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square201linkfedilinkarrow-up11.18Karrow-down134
arrow-up11.15Karrow-down1imageWhat a joke, can't believe people still voluntarily use this OSsh.itjust.worksgrandma@sh.itjust.works to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · edit-22 months agomessage-square201linkfedilink
minus-squarekhánh@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up26arrow-down7·2 months agoAlways remember: Your OS should do nothing more than provide a GUI for you to access apps and run apps. Anything else is not necessary.
minus-squarecalcopiritus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up16arrow-down1·2 months agoFrom a non-technical user’s pov kinda true. But not true at all when you enumerate the actual responsibilities of an OS.
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down1·2 months agoYour OS provides a GUI? fancy
minus-squarekhánh@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down2·2 months agoBecause people actually have a life.
minus-squareJerkface (any/all)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down2·edit-21 month agoRemoved by mod
minus-squarekhánh@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months ago“Prey tell” lock in, man. But also, Linux.
minus-square7toed@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoOkay be real, you want to do all your networking config and drive pools and high availability all through the CLI?? There’s still a reason I use the CLI in the GUI but thats just nuts
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoGirls, calm down, you’re both pretty. I was being sarcastic. Let’s not argue over a joke.
minus-square7toed@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoHonestly though if you pulled out a picture with 14 monitors all with terminals, I would be impressed
minus-squaremuusemuuse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months ago3 screens with 3 virtual desktops is my limit man.
minus-squareCycadophyta@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThe OS shouldn’t even do that. That’s the job of the display manager and desktop environment
minus-squareGuyIncognito@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up7·2 months agoI also want it to have a built-in clock and calendar in the taskbar. But Microsoft won’t even let me have that! They got rid of the calendar!
minus-squareMidsizedSedan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 months agoYour OS can run your home server. No need for GUI if you know what you’re doing.
minus-squarekhánh@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoFor some tasks (e.g. web browsing), you need a GUI. CLI browsers won’t cut it.
minus-squareMidsizedSedan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 months agoBut what if my computer is JUST running Jellyfin? No need for a web browser?
Always remember: Your OS should do nothing more than provide a GUI for you to access apps and run apps. Anything else is not necessary.
From a non-technical user’s pov kinda true.
But not true at all when you enumerate the actual responsibilities of an OS.
Your OS provides a GUI? fancy
Because people actually have a life.
Removed by mod
“Prey tell” lock in, man.
But also, Linux.
Okay be real, you want to do all your networking config and drive pools and high availability all through the CLI?? There’s still a reason I use the CLI in the GUI but thats just nuts
Girls, calm down, you’re both pretty. I was being sarcastic. Let’s not argue over a joke.
Honestly though if you pulled out a picture with 14 monitors all with terminals, I would be impressed
3 screens with 3 virtual desktops is my limit man.
The OS shouldn’t even do that. That’s the job of the display manager and desktop environment
True.
I also want it to have a built-in clock and calendar in the taskbar. But Microsoft won’t even let me have that! They got rid of the calendar!
Your OS can run your home server. No need for GUI if you know what you’re doing.
For some tasks (e.g. web browsing), you need a GUI. CLI browsers won’t cut it.
But what if my computer is JUST running Jellyfin? No need for a web browser?