It's not the same to dumping some package manager on top of an OS (like apt on bash) to having it be part of the core OS.
When a package manager is part of the core OS, it handles ALL installed apps, and can update, or remove anything.
apt on bash won't update my firefox, or let me uninstall apps. Stuff will make it in sideways, and won't be tracked by any package manager.
> Windows has one of the best window managers around and you can make it do pretty much anything you want.
Like I said, there's a strong matter of preference, but what can objectively be said is that ONE window manager isn't enough for everybody, and everybody want something different. That's why you have different WMs on Linux.
Also, Windows' WM (whatever it's called) can't do any of the stuff i3wm does, so you're just exagerating.
> Obviously millions of users and devs use the Windows filesystem to great success.
Users don't count, because they barely interact with it. And when they do, they have to follow guides, because they can't understand it. Go ahead. Ask any windows user where specific stuff is stored.
> Imagine a filesystem where you don't spread one single application's files around to 10 different locations which differ based on the target distro...that's Windows.
Why is that a good thing? If you want to know how owns a file, we have package managers to track that.
What exactly do you think i3wm can do that Windows 10 can't be made to do?
Windows 10 has tiling and workspaces. I can add any number of automations via AutoHotKey.
> Users don't count, because they barely interact with it...
Didn't I mention the millions of devs that are on Windows? I also live with a 3rd grade school teacher and she absolutely uses the heck out of the Windows file system. Anyway - as a developer, I use Linux, Mac and Windows to build Node.js and Cordova apps and I use them all fully. Linux for servers, Mac for iOS builds and the occasional Swift app...and Windows for Android and Web development. I just can't see what you think is so "unusable" about Windows filesystem.
Honestly, it just sounds to me like you just hate Windows without even knowing anything about it.
> It's not the same to dumping some package manager on top of an OS (like apt on bash) to having it be part of the core OS...
It might as well be since even on Linux you have to break out of the package manager often in order to get work done!
Have you not seen the hundreds of FOSS projects that ask you to install by curling a shell script right off their site? You can't do shit with just a package manager.
In any case - I'd rather not get stuck using one OS forever. Linux leaves a LOT to be desired. That's why I use multiple systems and I am well versed in each of them. Life would seem so dull if I only knew one OS. I feel sorry for people who are so adamant about never using some tech because of their politics or whatever.
When a package manager is part of the core OS, it handles ALL installed apps, and can update, or remove anything.
apt on bash won't update my firefox, or let me uninstall apps. Stuff will make it in sideways, and won't be tracked by any package manager.
> Windows has one of the best window managers around and you can make it do pretty much anything you want.
Like I said, there's a strong matter of preference, but what can objectively be said is that ONE window manager isn't enough for everybody, and everybody want something different. That's why you have different WMs on Linux.
Also, Windows' WM (whatever it's called) can't do any of the stuff i3wm does, so you're just exagerating.
> Obviously millions of users and devs use the Windows filesystem to great success.
Users don't count, because they barely interact with it. And when they do, they have to follow guides, because they can't understand it. Go ahead. Ask any windows user where specific stuff is stored.
> Imagine a filesystem where you don't spread one single application's files around to 10 different locations which differ based on the target distro...that's Windows.
Why is that a good thing? If you want to know how owns a file, we have package managers to track that.