Graphical User Interface

[Fymgee]

I don't know why but while I was moving back and forth to windows and linux I tought that windows GUI it's more stable an better that some linux distros out there. (That's just my personal opinion). Because on some DE I have found bugs that apparently no one had reported before and just tiny puny things that I think should not have bugs or glitches what so ever, like a time I was using debian 12 when it first released and the GNOME wayland will crash everytime I decided to go on an specific option within the settings menu.

On windows that just doesn't happen. Nor that I can remember at least.

 

[CaffeineAddict]

Agree, Linux desktops are buggy, although I don't think it's only because of desktops them self, but also underlaying libraries that desktops use.
MS has full control over their OS's code, no external libraries or anything like that, that would hinder their development.
Linux DE devs however only develop specific DE.

And overall GUI is difficult to get right.

But then, Windows is not free, you have to pay for it and you have to bow before MS's policies with no alternative option regarding DE's.
If MS says your computer has to look like a tablet you have to accept it and still pay for that even if you don't like it.

With Linux you have choices, if gnome doesn't work, try out KDE or LXQT or i3 window manager, there are many good options.

 

[Mike-BTU]

With Linux you have choices, if gnome doesn't work, try out KDE or LXQT or i3 window manager, there are many good options.

Exactly. I've never had that problem with Mate, Cinnamon (Mint), or KDE Plasma (Debian).

Yes, Debian 12.0 had a few bugs, as most operating systems ending in zero do. That's why I started with 12.3.

 

[Fymgee]

Agree, Linux desktops are buggy, although I don't think it's only because of desktops them self, but also underlaying libraries that desktops use.
MS has full control over their OS's code, no external libraries or anything like that, that would hinder their development.
Linux DE devs however only develop specific DE.

And overall GUI is difficult to get right.

But then, Windows is not free, you have to pay for it and you have to bow before MS's policies with no alternative option regarding DE's.
If MS says your computer has to look like a tablet you have to accept it and still pay for that even if you don't like it.

With Linux you have choices, if gnome doesn't work, try out KDE or LXQT or i3 window manager, there are many good options.

it's true, it's true

thanks!


wow, I totally forgot about the windows 8 fiasco (force all users to use a touch-screen-oriented you won't) which in that case they did lol


I think that's why they went back to their senses on w10 giving users the option to use between desktop or ' tablet ' environment


but as we know, windows 11, despite being good and all, it brings new headaches with it and people that cannot afford a mac or don't know anything about the freedom of linux and foss in general, have to suck all of it

 

[Fymgee]

Which also adds me another question...

regarding GUIs on computer OSs...

why does macOS have a superior user interface (as I read online by some users) is it because it's better for web development because it's based on UNIX or because now Apple owns both software and hardware (which they produce) and that allows them, well, in theory to optimize their OS to the fullest?