• Sergey Kozharinov@lem.serkozh.me
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    Windows: “We dropped support for that thing you bought brand new 5 years ago”

    Linux: “We are considering dropping support for something that has existed for longer than you had”

    • argv_minus_one@beehaw.org
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      Linux: “We’re dropping support for this device because we’re fairly sure we had the last one in existence and it just died.”

  • phoenixz@lemmy.ca
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    I’ve worked exclusively with Linux servers since 2002 and exclusively Linux desktop since 2004 and I’ve come to the point where I prettyuch refuse to touch windows for fear it will infect me somehow.

    I know most people don’t know any better but it’s insanity to me that anyone still pays money for windows. It’s a scam, no other words for it.

    Don’t even get me started on Windows servers. It’s just sad to see how much money is spent on a company that has so litte focus on quality.

    Even the online services suck. Dear God Microsoft, would it kill you to understand that people might have gasp TWO tabs open with your teams “app”?

  • merthyr1831@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    1 year ago

    Windows requirements: sprawling list of unsupported hardware based on an arbitrary requirment for a security chip that doesn’t actually improve security at all

    Linux: CPU (optional)

  • Eochaid@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    1
    ·
    edit-2
    1 year ago

    Enough with the fan wars. Let’s be perfectly honest for once. Windows, Linux, MacOS - they all suck. Sometimes in similar ways, sometimes in different ways. But they all suck.

    Windows users - I get you, you use it because it sorta works 40%, of the time and sucks in the way you understand.

    Linux users - I get you, you know all of the arcane incantations you need to quickly install, update, and troubleshoot your os in a terminal window. It works - once you apply your custom bash script that applies every change you need to get everything exactly how you like it. But again, it sucks in the way you understand.

    MacOS users - well I don’t really get you. You know what you’ve done.

    We deserve better than this, guys. We deserve an os that just works, is easy to use, easy to configure, doesn’t require an IT degree to use, and that we can recommend to our grandma without a second thought.

    • Boogeyman4325@reddthat.com
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      1
      ·
      1 year ago

      just works, is easy to use, easy to configure, doesn’t require an IT degree to use, and that we can recommend to our grandma

      TempleOS satisfies all of these conditions

      • Eochaid@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Okay, this quote from the Wikipedia page made me laugh.

        TempleOS received mostly “sympathetic” reviews. Tech journalist David Cassel opined that “programming websites tried to find the necessary patience and understanding to accommodate Davis”.

    • socsa@lemmy.ml
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      1 year ago

      Macbooks just make really nice ssh terminals for accessing your Linux dev environment. Though these days there are decent options for Linux terminals with a similar form factor, they just don’t tend to be much cheaper.