Windows, Mac, Fedora (RHEL), or Ubuntu (Debian)

I've got a new system and want to move off of Windows. I admit, my Win10 system has been nothing but solid. But I don't like the privacy issues surrounding Microsoft's new version of Windows. I feel like it's a spy machine.

I like Ubuntu and Debian, but I'm in the Centos / RHEL camp with my servers. So, I'm thinking about moving to Fedora. After using Fedora for the last week, I like it.

Mac is another option. I could do a hackintosh and run MacOS on my computer. I use to be in IT and managed a lot of Macs. I'm very familiar with the OS. The thing with Mac is I'm not sure where the company is taking the OS. Seems to be turning into a mobile operating system.

I guess in the end, I want control. Both Mac / Win are corporate, linux "generally" isn't. While I'll take a hit using any flavor of Linux with Adobe, I like the idea of knowing where everything is in the OS. Since I use Centos for my servers, I can find my way around the system and handle issues pretty well.

What are you thoughts? What are your favorite operating systems?
updated by @jimmy: 10/21/16 02:30:47AM

Wow, what an article: http://itvision.altervista.org/why.linux.is.not.ready.for.the.desktop.current.html

Another article: https://medium.com/@rothgar/major-linux-successes-on-the-desktop-2016-ca7b6ddf98dc#.3emprb1t0

LinuxMint? Been using it for a while...ever since I got bored with Ubuntu. But really any Linux distro will give you an up2date package manager these days and given that, it's just a question of subjective preference. They all work equally well imho


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updated by @adolygwr: 07/13/16 10:13:29PM

I heard some good things about Linux Mint. I'm using Fedora right now and it's quite nice. Waiting to get all the parts delivered for my new system, then I'll really play around with Fedora.

I was also throwing around setting up a Mac via a hackintosh.

Is it worth the time spent to make a hackintosh? From reading about it you'll save a couple of hundred dollars, but not have the design of an apple.


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I've done it in the past and it's pretty straight forward - as far as installing the software. Hardware mileage will vary depending on what you choose and how old it is. The hackintosh crowd is pretty good with making sure a good portion of hardware is supported, but not every mobo and peripheral is compatible.

http://www.tonymacx86.com/threads/unibeast-install-os-x-el-capitan-on-any-supported-intel-based-pc.172672/

I personally prefer Debian based systems since I like apt better than yum, but other then that it really should be about what window manager you prefer.


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Using kubuntu here, works great for programming stuff. Graphic and video editing the options for available software that work consistently leave you wishing you had a mac sometimes.

Only disadvantages I can think of is sometimes there are too many settings, eg: phpstorm has a fullscreen and kubutnu has a fullscreen option for programs. If i turn on the fullscreen via KDE then phpstorm thinks it turned it on, so reverts to it when it starts.

Makes for a juggle:
* turn off fullscreen via phpstorm
* turn on fullscreen via KDE

firefox has its own juggle too for using multiple profiles. and sometimes the developers of KDE add in new features that I dont want without ways to turn them off, so thats slightly annoying. ie "activities: Just like what you've already got, but buggier!"

For the most part happy with it though.

I did see a macbook pro with a retina display and was soooooooo jealous of the font rendering, its beautiful. But I think thats more of a hardware issue than a software one.

@michael one of the biggest things missing from Linux is Adobe. There are some alternatives, but the Adobe Creative Suite is still king by a wide margin. There is one thread on the Adobe forums about Linux and it's very long spanning over multiple years. There are some great alternatives on Linux. I'm glad the phpstorm is on Linux, that would've been a deal breaker for me.

A lot more people would move over to Linux if access to the Adobe Creative Suite was available. Not having access to Adobe products is one of my biggest hang-ups about Linux.
updated by @jimmy: 07/14/16 07:40:10PM