Uses This: Bram Moolenaar

https://usesthis.com/interviews/bram.moolenaar/

by _mlxl • 6 years ago

17 7 6 years ago

ainiriand• 6 years ago

The creator of Vim doesn't know why Ubuntu fails to restart sometimes. That tells you a lot of why people prefer MBP for work and/or Windows.

It is a shame because I think a solid third work OS is very much needed.

lllr_finger• 6 years ago

My Fedora and FreeBSD laptops have been solid workhorses for years - I'm on my third MBP at work and I loathe the thing. It's hard to say how much of that is the new keyboard and all the corporate spyware it's saddled with, but it has been decidedly less stable for me.

b215826• 6 years ago

That tells you a lot of why people prefer MBP for work

From the same article:

"For work I also have a MacBook Pro. It's not my favorite, the keyboard doesn't type well, it only has USB-C ports which are so close together you can only use one out of two. I would go back to the MacBook Air if I could."

ncmncm2• 6 years ago

I have never in 25 years had a Linux system that "fails to restart sometimes". His Ubuntu machine probably has hardware problems.

So, no, it is not enough to explain why so many people endure the frequent degradation Apple and MS impose. Habituation is the better explanation.

0x445442• 6 years ago

I don't use the top and far left parts much to avoid having to turn my head all the time.

I find this to be a big issue even on smaller screens. 16x9 is great if your using your computer consumption but I find it non-desirable for production. I think I would prefer to go back to a 4x3 screen for production because I generally like my apps to fill the whole screen and I do a lot of my work in the terminal.

ncmncm2• 6 years ago

What people who use less than 1% of production want tends to have little effect, except when they are willing to pay the difference in cost for volume and niche production runs.

I.e., affordable equipment with 16:9 displays rides free on the entertainment train. If enough people were willing to pay a few $hundred more to get 4:3, somebody would make it.

daotoad• 6 years ago

Odd, they forgot to mention his use of emacs.

/me ducks and runs for cover...

Uses This: Bram Moolenaar

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