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Is Windows FOSS now? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[-] ZILtoid1991@lemmy.world 82 points 2 days ago

I think, to punish Micro$lop for its collaboration with fascists and its monopolistic behavior, the whole Windows codebase should be made public domain.

[-] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 38 points 2 days ago

does the public really want more garbage than they already has?

[-] Skullgrid@lemmy.world 41 points 2 days ago

Do you not want all the hardware support Linux is missing to suddenly become available?

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 16 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

The kernel and NTFS seem decent from what i heard. Or at least was (the kernel, no guess what they vibecoded into it now).

About NTFS: it was actually pretty good for it's time (90s), but the tooling makes no use of some of it's better features and abuses some others close to breaking point. Literally pearls for the sows.

[-] skip0110@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

There were decent (at least, worked for me) NTFS drivers for Linux like 20 years ago. (Back when I felt the need to dual boot)

[-] bitwolf@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

We don't have to use it for anything other than compatibility.

Personally I'd very much like for ACPI to be un-fucked

[-] Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 2 days ago

Haven't we been exposed to enough horror?

[-] leftzero@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

Probably wouldn't work, at this point I doubt they're capable of feeling shame anymore, if they ever were.

this post was submitted on 13 Feb 2026
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