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    [–] M137@lemmy.world 117 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    MacOS is worlds better than Windows, it's not even close.

    [–] boonhet@sopuli.xyz 50 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Hell, Mac OS is even a certified UNIX operating system, something that even Linux (or GNU+Linux) can't say.

    It's still a non-FOSS OS which is the real reason it sucks, but it's a lot better than a lot of people seem to think. Whereas Windows just plain sucks on a usability level too, not just the licensing.

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    [–] olympicyes@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

    Kali Linux as Chad OS suggests this list is as much meme as truth so I wouldn’t worry about the rankings.

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    [–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 95 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    how is windows above macos lol

    [–] bridgeburner@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

    Because at least you can do gaming on Windows lol

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    [–] Auster@thebrainbin.org 61 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Arch should be in its own tier: BTW

    [–] ruuster13@lemmy.zip 14 points 2 months ago

    Yeah: the self-own tier

    [–] NostraDavid@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Sorry, I declare NixOS being in its own tier, actually.

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    [–] voidsignal@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Is that GNU at the bottom? If so, bro, this dude don't get it.

    [–] waigl@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    Have you tried to actually use GNU/Hurd?

    [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Yeah, that's why it belongs next to Arch

    [–] TheGingerNut@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Arch is high skill floor high skill ceiling. Once you get good you can do really cool things with it. GNU/Herd is high skill floor low skill ceiling. If you're really good and practice really hard, eventually you'll be able to do things that could have been easier achieved with literally anything else.

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    [–] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    yes in a vm, specificly Debian GNU/hurd, works suprisingly, main issues is lack of hardware support, for usage as a vm guest, I would say it is already better than half of the BSDs

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    [–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Lol Gentoo over here in two categories

    [–] hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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    [–] muusemuuse@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Guys, MacOS isn’t everybody’s taste, especially now. But it does do what it’s trying to do. Windows isn’t succeeding at anything it’s trying to do.

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    [–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Missing Plan 9 from schizo tier.

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    [–] db2@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Is that X OSX? They renamed it back to MacOS.

    [–] otacon239@lemmy.world 63 points 2 months ago (14 children)

    On top of that, putting it below Windows? This is clearly someone who’s never used one or thinks gaming is the only thing you do on a computer. I’m all for Linux and use it in several places, but it has nothing on MacOS polish. Sure, it’s not perfect, but it’s a far cry from ChromeOS or Windows 11.

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    [–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    imagine having to install a whole subsystem to even gain proper environment access and capabilities..

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    [–] multiplewolves@lemmy.world 31 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    Get Kali out of the Chad tier, please.

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    [–] Morphite88@thelemmy.club 24 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    After I realized Ubuntu and Mint (the two distros I used the most) are both based on Debian, I switched to Debian with KDE Plasma. I don't know why I never tried it before and I'm never going back.

    [–] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    The reason you've never tried it before is probably that they only recently made an effort to make it palatable for the average nerd. It always had a bit of a reputation of being not easy to work with.

    [–] bus_factor@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    It's been fine for the average nerd for a couple decades. The installer has been mostly unchanged since 2005 or so, and I don't see much difference in an installed system either. I think you can live boot it ahead of installation now, maybe that's a big deal to some people?

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    [–] okaylub@lemmy.world 22 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    Doesn't have Hannah Montana Linux on the list so we know this guys opinion is trash smh

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    [–] imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Gentoo is both Chad and Schizo 🧐

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    [–] cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 13 points 2 months ago (4 children)
    [–] meekah@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 months ago (3 children)

    Oof, I really can't wait for the AI bubble to burst

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    [–] Bullerfar@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    I hope Windows 11 becomes microsofts death (and ofc the fact that their previous ceo liked to fuck children)

    [–] bier@feddit.nl 11 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    I think what will hurt them much more is the EU realizing the danger in dependence on American tech like Microsoft, and slowly replacing it with (open source) alternatives.

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    [–] Creegz@lemmy.world 12 points 2 months ago

    I don’t understand the hate for MacOS or Ubuntu frankly. Windows was fine until they stopped making “features” opt in. Fedora has been toying with adding AI, and my experiences with Arch have been subpar for my needs. I’m kinda at the point in my life where I don’t care as long as the OS works. They’re all so similar at the end of the day, they help me do the websites, work tools and vidya gaems.

    [–] Fizz@lemmy.nz 11 points 2 months ago

    Kali linux in Chad tier says it all

    [–] 9point6@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago

    This is all over the place

    [–] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    Why is Artix in the schizo tier? It is a pretty awesome project.

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    [–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 7 points 2 months ago

    If Gentoo can be both Chad and Schizo, Slack should definitely be in the Chad category too.

    [–] ulterno@programming.dev 7 points 2 months ago (5 children)

    What is the 3rd one in "Dogshit"?

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    [–] Bullerfar@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (4 children)

    openSUSE is the real chad tier though.

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    [–] instantnudel@feddit.org 7 points 2 months ago

    Cool and good 😎

    [–] Maragato@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    The distributions within the openSUSE project are, in my opinion, the most advanced and complete Linux distributions. They offer tools such as btrfs+snapper, openQA, Secure-boot, Firewall, Yast (Myrlyn+Agama), etc. as soon as the system is installed. No other Linux distribution offers all of this configured immediately after installing the system. In my opinion, the openSUSE project is at the highest level of Linux, offering solutions for most users, fixed distributions such as Leap, rolling distributions such as Tumbleweed, immutable distributions such as Kalpa, etc.

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    [–] DudeImMacGyver@kbin.earth 6 points 2 months ago

    "Yeah, I'm a normie, at least as far as Linux enthusiasts are concerned."

    [–] transscribe9468@literature.cafe 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    I'd put Fedora at normal tbh

    [–] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

    I mean, it's Torvalds' distro of choice iirc, which should count for something.

    [–] nymnympseudonym@piefed.social 6 points 2 months ago

    I, a longtime Fedora user, was not aware of this.

    TY for the vindication

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