If you want full access to Notepad, Microsoft now requires users to pay, with the new changes to 40-year-old software adopting the 'freemium' model.
  • TrojanRoomCoffeePot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 hours ago

    So, turns out that they final push that convinced me to start learning Linux is the ol’ Text Document.txt of all things. Swear to God, I thought that it would be the automatic updates nuking my unsaved work (again), but here we are…

  • Hossenfeffer@feddit.ukEnglish
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    5 hours ago

    Every PC I’ve ever owned has had some version of vi installed on it pretty much on day one of my owning it.

  • atrielienz@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    This is misinformation. They added the login requirement for their Generative AI and the actual notepad doesn’t require a login. But I guess we’re ragebaiting today.

  • the_doktor@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    How much shit are people going to endure before realizing Windows isn’t for them any more?

    Dump the damn thing and use Linux. Yes, Linux is friendly, easy to use, you can play most games, you don’t need your proprietary programs because there are Free alternatives that are just as good that might take you a moment to adjust to (don’t cry about how it’s different, that’s Baby Duck Syndrome), and so on.

    And Microsoft facilitates fascism and government spyware and all sorts of evil crap. So does Apple. And Google. Throw away your phone, use Linux on your PCs, free yourself.

    • phlegmy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      Crying about it being different isn’t baby duck syndrome; saying it’s better/worse compared to what you’re used to is.

      People just don’t want to spend hundreds of hours re-learning things that already work for them.
      It is objectively easier to stick with something you know than to learn something new, so that’s what most non-technical users do.

      Pretty much everyone in IT should learn linux at some point though.

      • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        5 hours ago

        If you are in IT I’d hope you know some version of Unix. Consumers I wouldn’t expect them to know, they just want it to work and don’t care about configurations and how it works.

    • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      Linux is as messy and more as the apartment where I live (really bad).

      If you want the operating system to make sense, use OpenBSD (no Wine, no Linux emulation, thus only native games) or NetBSD (there is Wine and Linux emulation, but limited) or FreeBSD (generally can do the same as Linux), but all three port graphics drivers from Linux with significant lag, and hardware support is worse in general.

      And Microsoft facilitates fascism

      There’s a lot of Linux in systems that governments and militaries use.

      Throw away your phone,

      Yes, right. Also change job so that an Android device for 2FA weren’t a requirement. And get used that I can’t communicate with someone over TG/WA/VK in transport.

      And still be surveilled, because the information you give about yourself without an Android phone is sufficient, carrying one is a symbolic decapitation of your privacy and dignity, “symbolic” is the word.

  • SpaceCowboy@lemmy.caEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    It’s so stupid that they’re making these additions to notepad. There is a need to have a basic text editor on an OS that isn’t going to try to “help” by giving recommendations, automatically backs up files or whatever other shit they’re trying to jam into it.

    They had wordpad and if they wanted to add additional features into that, that’s completely fine. There are use cases for something that does a bit more than a simple text editor like notepad can do.

    My guess is that they tracked that people used notepad more often than wordpad so they removed wordpad. Then started making notepad more like wordpad without considering why people used notepad more frequently.

    • Emerald@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      5 hours ago

      It is batshit crazy. Notepad was never meant to be what they are making it into. Not even WordPad should have AI nonsense. It’s just not for that. It would be like adding advanced spreadsheet functionality to Microsoft Word. It’s not what that’s for, you have Excel for that.

  • DFX4509B@lemmy.orgEnglish
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    9 hours ago

    Good thing whenever I set up Windows, Notepad is one of the things I nuke, using Geany to replace it.

  • Xed@lemm.eeEnglish
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    10 hours ago

    I wouldn’t be surprised if Apple does something like this too at some point in the future

  • EuCaue@lemmy.mlBEnglish
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    11 hours ago

    Thanks god that I’m not using windows for 4 years now, and at least notepad++ exists.

      • EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
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        7 hours ago

        I want a clean, advanced, well designed desktop and Im okay with redoing my work flow

        Use Gnome

        Gnome is cool but can it be slightly more Windows?

        Use Cosmic (PopOS)

        I want lots of customization, advanced features, and a traditional windows desktop metaphor

        Use KDE

        I want Windows and don’t really care about customization

        Use Cinnamon

        Dude the Windows 9x look was fucking dope

        Use Mate

        Im installing this on a potato

        Use XFCE

      • kava@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        7 hours ago

        Gnome is an opinionated desktop environment and that turns some people off. But it’s bold enough to make some design decisions and have a limited scope. KDE tries to be another Windows alternative.

        Of course, you could go with a tiling window manager but my vote goes to Gnome. I’ve had a very smooth experience on Gnome for the last couple years.

        • Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.comEnglish
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          6 hours ago

          Yeah, Gnome is like the Apple of the Linux world. The devs have the same kind of “we know better than you do” mentality towards design. The issue tracker is a lot of “hey the OS won’t let me do [edge-case scenario that an OS should be able to do, but which most users won’t bother with]” followed by the devs going “Gnome isn’t designed to support [edge-case scenario]. Bug report closed.” Like the devs have a very “it’s not a bug; It’s a feature” mentality, and anyone who runs into that bug must be using the OS “wrong”.

          • Emerald@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            5 hours ago

            we know better than you do” mentality towards design

            And I agree with them. I think people should pick whatever desktop environment needs the least amount of customization for their needs. Keep it simple. If Gnome works out of the box, use it. If KDE works out of the box, use it.

      • mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        10 hours ago

        IMO:

        • want to show off? i3wm with gaps and rofi for menu launcher. Add it some transparency effects too.

        • want the MacOS style? Gnome. Default on a lot of distros.

        • want something stable? XFCE. Install and forget.