cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/36600876
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they actually still 'win', because you're still using their platform.
JUST. MOVE. TO. LINUX.
I don't get why people complain about windows when there's CLEARLY an alternative.
It doesn't fit everyone's use case.
Perfect is the enemy of good. It fits most people's use case.
As a Linux enjoyer, I agree with you but try not to sound so negative, it's off putting to normal folks.
The rabid amount of Linux fanboyism on Lemmy is quite off putting in general. Any conversation about Microsoft gets brigaded with “Just use Linux!” even if the conversation has nothing to do with it. It makes it a pain to have any decent discourse about things.
Think people who got on lemmy originally lean techy (and thus more likely to use linux and be passionate about it), and people who joined after the IPO thing have more diverse reasons for abandoning reddit.
Linux is enough for me personally, but some ppl use software like Photoshop so it's impossible unless they use winapps or something
To a lot of people it's difficult. Vendor lock-in, support, cartels (the old kind) and familiarity are very important factors in choosing what you're going to use to compute things.
We should embrace the new ones and build things that they are going to use.
Virtual reality on my valve index is basically unplayable on Linux currently due to driver issues :(
Yeah same for me with my rift cv1 the current driver altough better than before is still pretty bad in comparison to windows like 50fps at best and with other drivers it gets 28 fps.
I prefer a user-friendly interface, plus I regularly use VR with my Quest, which Linux does not like
There are legitimate reasons not to use Linux, but the user interface is not one of them, Linux can be way friendlier UI-wise than windows, see Desktops like cinnamon.
Yeah, linux can be almost anything you want it to be. It'll run faster and look and feel just the same as windows, if not better. The only bad thing, and I say this as someone who's still on windows and will switch soon^tm^, is that there's a lot of work that comes with that.
A friend of mine who's all about linux is always fixing something about his installation. Though from what I know, he's using Arch, which apparently is less stable/needs more work to get going (something about bleeding edge).
Only reason why I haven't changed yet is because of VR and adobe programs. As soon as VR is a bit more seamless and I get replacements for adobe I'm off of windows.
if you want to be super cursed I've seen people replicate several of the windows UIs with desktop environment themes
I think VR might actually be a reason to still use windows unless something changed in the last two years
WiVRn from quest app store, wivrn desktop app. I also needed xrizer nightly for secondary gun mode to work in half life alyx. Can't guarantee much else though since I only really play beat saber.
I'll use what I want, when I want, how I want, where I want.
Who are you to demand otherwise? People like you are the reason other see Linux people as hostile neck beards.
They also tell people to use it if there's something wrong with their license.
Microsoft owns GitHub, which hosts mass graves. If they wanted people to stop using Windows and Office for free, they could make that happen by flipping a few switches. Given a choice between "pirating" Microsoft products and using an alternative, Microsoft wants you to use their stuff for free. Anything but give Linux any oxygen.
Doesn't Massgrave have mirrors exactly for that reason?
It's Microsoft's own activation mechanism, not some backdoor crack. The point is they know full well it exists and are doing nothing to curb it, because they don't want FOSS picking up steam. Microsoft doesn't make their money off consumers. They make their money off enterprises that don't view Linux environments as feasible because all their workers have ever known is Windows.
irm https://get.activated.win | iex
I love how ez it is now. XP was harder.
QW4HD-DQCRG-HM64M-6GJRK-8K83T
sometimes i forget the names of the people but this XP activation key never leaves my brain
Wow that's crazy! I've also gotten an XP key burned into my brain, but it's a different one. I had no idea there were multiple people memorised:
FCKGW-RHQQ2-YXRKT-8TG6W-2B7Q8
It used to have it's own Wikipedia page, but now it's just a mention on this page:
Ah. The fuck key. That's the one that most had it's rounds imo. Good memories. Even though I had a legit windows for free back then thanks to my student account.
Yeah, this is the one I remember!
I have my own version of it:
eBay auction number 234839940
Die hard in swabian dialect: https://youtu.be/WM35KnAx0gY
one batchy boi activates windows 11 so really there's no winners here
Their business model is data harvesting. So more users is just a win. Still better than paying them
Actually, Linux will win. >>INSERT CURRENT YEAR<< is the year for desktop Linux!
A script that even Microsoft uses?
What's next, sideloading apps on your desktop??
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