• @umbrella@lemmy.ml
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    -11 year ago

    Because Linux, by its very nature, is the solution to these kinds problems, but if you insist on suffering through using Windows thats on you.

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        -31 year ago

        So what? I was not talking about situations where there is vendor lock-in. I needed Windows for Photoshop in the past, I’m not that dumb.

        I’m talking specifically about stuff like ads, privacy, unremovable bloatware, forced logins and such. And I stand by what I said: Linux by its very nature will not have these issues. And its very reasonable for people to recommend it in face of those.

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            If you use Windows you know they will re-enable that on the next update, after you took your time turning all the garbage off. That was the final drop in the bucket for me to switch away from Windows some years ago actually.

            I do agree Windows can be pretty decent when you do that, but if I am to have all this work to set up my machine, and then having them undo it, then I might as well learn a system that actually does what I tell it to.

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                What really bothers me is simping for corporations. I’ve had Windows reset my stuff multiple times to the point I had a script to set it up every update. At this point I decided it would be less work to switch to an OS that would not do this. You said yourself you need a whole procedure, not because the system itself is bad, but because of bullshit they tack on top of it.

                I understand Linux will not play nice on all hardware but my Ubuntu install has been perfect for 6 years now (through changing motherboards and cloning to another disk).

                I absolutely never said Windows is 100% bad and nobody should use it and Linux is completely perfect. I’ve even been saying the opposite on this thread. I needed to use it at many points.

                But if you want to get rid of ads, bullshit like the OP article, Linux is the only sane solution and I stand by it, it is much better to learn a new system than constantly deal with issues on another just because it is what you are used to.

          • @hightrix@lemmy.world
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            21 year ago

            Same. I recently built a new machine and considered putting win10 on it instead of 11 due to all the complaints I’ve read. Instead, I just went with 11 to give it a try. After install it took me about an hour, but I had all recommendations, ads, and other annoyances turned off. After that setup, I’ve really liked the OS. Everything just works. Plug in new hardware and it just works. Download some random new software and it just works.

            I say this as a software engineer that works with Linux systems daily.

            For my personal use, I want my pc to just work. I spend enough time configuring and making things work at my job, I want my home pc to be no hassle and to work with everything I throw at it.

            For this, windows is, by far, the best.

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            It’s good, but you can’t know for sure if you removed all bloatware. Also if you install updates you can easily miss newly added ones.

            Windows is like Reddit. There is more content and users, but we use Lemmy for a reason. So I’m not surprised that many people joke about GNU/Linux in this thread. GNU/Linux is not for everyone, but so do Lemmy.

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        I hope you’ve got backup solution if Windows ever prevents you from working.

        It must be important if you’re prioritizing it over your software freedom…

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            Hopefully a reinstall is the most you ever need and there is no chance Microsoft would ever happen to make changes that shaft you.

            Software freedom is about being in control over your own computing. If being in control of your research and the results is important then I think it should be important to you too.

            I consider myself like a smoker telling you smoking causes cancer in regards to my use of proprietary software. I am proud of the efforts I’ve made over the years to reduce using proprietary software.

            • @Telodzrum@lemmy.world
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              51 year ago

              Can’t be in control of your own computing if you can’t do your computing at all. From their responses, it’s clear that Linux is not supported for hardware essential to their workflow. How is this difficult to understand?

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                -51 year ago

                There is no misunderstanding there. For free software alternatives to be created you need people to want it and contribute to creating it (not just software). It’s not obvious to me they lament the lack of free software alternatives and their lack of control over their important computing.

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      Last time I used Linux it came with its own bag of problems like hunting down drivers and incompatibility issues and random bugs that wouldn’t let me use the wifi without digging up solutions in some obscure forum. Maybe it’s not the case anymore but I don’t hear many people lauding it for its competitive UX and ease of use.

      • @umbrella@lemmy.ml
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        81 year ago

        GNOME’s UX has come a looong way in just like 3 years.

        I assume the same is true for KDE now that Valve is investing money in it.

      • @TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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        51 year ago

        Huh, my experience is the exact opposite. On Linux there was zero hunting for drivers of any kind. At all. They were all just included in the Linux kernel. Out of the box drivers for everything I had.

        On windows it was: ok first I need my motherboard chipset driver, now I need my WiFi driver, and now my graphics driver, now the driver for this microphone, and finally the driver for this controller.

        Each of which I had to search online for the right website, download an installer, run an installer, and delete the installer afterwards.

        To me, that was a much more clunky experience.