• yeehaw@lemmy.ca
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        11 days ago

        The funny thing is there are lots of things that are designed better on Linux vs Windows/macos too.

        My memory is fading on some of them since I primarily use Windows for work and a steam deck for gaming now, but keyboard shortcuts was definitely one of them. Easier to get shit done automation-wise from simple scripts. CMD is so basic and PowerShell feels like my fingers are exhausted from doing a simple thing, and like you always need to write a paragraph to get a simple thing done.

        • Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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          11 days ago

          Afaik from my limited interaction with bash: At least you have proper datatypes.
          Isnt bash essentially treating everything like a string and it’s up to you to resolve that?

          • Rob Bos@lemmy.ca
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            11 days ago

            Pretty much, though I use a lot of jq these days and many tools support json output and input. I’d love to see that paradigm expanded for more Unix tools. Maybe a new kind of pipe symbol for shells that implies strict json objects.

        • Blackmist@feddit.uk
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          11 days ago

          Yeah, command lines just feel native on Linux, where in Windows it feels like it’s running off behind the scenes to fetch a grown up.

  • tehn00bi@lemmy.world
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    10 days ago

    I made the switch recently for probably the strangest reason.

    I’ve been running win 11 for over a year using a shell tool that allowed me to move my task bar to the top of the screen and some other win 10 functionality.

    However win 11 removed the ability to move the task bar and my shell program lost most of its functionality. After that I was done.

    I’ve Linux off and on since 2002ish so it’s not scary to me and I’m pretty happy with Arch and KDE right now. Still the occasional crash that appears to happen sometimes when watching YouTube.