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    [–] [email protected] 33 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (15 children)

    Any judgment of “best” needs to specify “for what use case?”

    I’m a MacOS daily driver, and I think it is the best for most of the use cases that matter to me.

    But not all of them. And my use cases could easily change a little bit and make MacOS a miserable choice to stick with.

    Everything is a trade-off.

    Edit: And as for closed source security, I hope nobody seriously makes that argument anymore, do they?

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (12 children)

    To quote from a paper on the topic of OS security:

    https://iststudentlab.uap.asia/student-exhibits/periodicals-on-advancements-in-operating-systems-and-networking

    According to the paper [5], windows is the most user friendly and has more hardware compatibility. In terms of security, Linux is the most secure among all OS given that it is an open- source operating system which gives users the ability to customize and implement security patches. As for memory management, macOS is the better option due to its fully integrated virtual memory system which is often on and continuously provides addressable space up to 4 per process. The virtual memory system allocates extra space for swap files on the root file system as a program uses space.

    All available OS offer some level of security features such as firewalls, antivirus software, and encryption [6]. macOS has a level of security due to its unique operating system designed specifically for Apple devices with no third-party developers involved. Linux, being open source, is often regarded as more secure than Windows, which is a target of many malware attacks [7].

    [–] JackRiddle 15 points 1 month ago (3 children)

    windows is the most user friendly

    This is entirely dependend on what you're used to I think, because I used to think this too but now I can't do anything with windows anymore.

    [–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    I thought MacOS being the most user friendly was its only claim to fame.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

    Shoving basic settings under "accessibility" is not intuitive in the slightest.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

    A good gui first interface is probably their main metric.

    Linux is great for tinkering. But if you don’t want to tinker just change some setting it’s pretty awful. Every DE and their associated settings programs leave a LOT to be desired. Windows at least has only one (maybe two thanks windows 8+) ways to do anything and it’s well documented.

    Command line? Yeah Linux is great. But most people want to avoid that at all costs.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 4 weeks ago

    Sounds settings have at least 3 places where they can be set in Windows, and the places don’t necessarily implement all of the functionality of the others.

    Windows settings are a mess.

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

    Basically. Using windows after spending a decade plus with Gnome and macOS is cumbersome.

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