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[-] CallMeAl@piefed.zip 8 points 3 weeks ago

My work gave me a choice of a chromebook or a windows laptop when I started since the company uses the Google stack for everything.

I asked if I could get a high end chromebook and it was approved. Its easy to install linux apps in the dev container and they run seamlessly with the the chrome apps on the desktop and the window manager has multiple desktops (which is how I like to do things). Since I have to use Gmail and Google Docs for work anyway, the chromebook is really not bad and much better than having to use Windows.

[-] 4grams@awful.systems 3 points 3 weeks ago

I’m sure it works great but it’s like curing a toothache by breaking another one out on the other side of your mouth. My problem with windows isn’t how difficult to use it is, it’s how restricted and how connected it must be. I don’t have full control of the system and I’m required to have external accounts for it to work. Same with chrome.

My data is mine, I don’t want it accessed, owned and controlled by a faceless internet corporation.

So, professionally I do not care what system I am expected to use, they are all functional. If the person signing my paycheck is comfortable with it, so be it (in fact, I’m a big proponent of externalizing risk in a corporate setting). Personally though, I’ll keep up my greybeard routine :).

[-] a14o@feddit.org 6 points 3 weeks ago

Image refuses to load over my VPN. Well played, consider me thoroughly annoyed.

[-] woelkchen@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Then your VPN provider is blocking catbox. You should switch to a different VPN.

https://catbox.moe/faq.php

[-] juipeltje@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Considering chromeOS "freedom" is wild.

[-] Johnmannesca@lemmy.world 2 points 3 weeks ago

It's only truly free when the write protection screw is removed

[-] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 weeks ago

I have to admit, this bugs me a little.

[-] ragas@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 weeks ago

Thankfully chromebooks are not a thing where I live.

[-] YourMomsTrashman@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago
[-] irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Chromeos is actually more Linux than normal Linux, because it has three different types of Linux packed into one.

It's funny how my opinion of this really is:

Linux > Only using a smartphone (GrapheneOS) > Only using a smartphone (LineageOS) > Only using a smartphone (ARM Linux) > Literally not having a computer at all > Returning to the woods and living completely off-grid for the rest of my sorry days > Screaming into the void hoping it claims me > Chromebook > Mac > Windows

I just did Linux/Chromebook(derogatory)/Mac/Windows but it really didn't capture my disdain for the last 3 enough

[-] atopi@piefed.blahaj.zone 1 points 3 weeks ago

my list is:

linux>windows>Screaming into the void hoping it claims me>>>Android(one of the better ROMs)>Android(one of the worse ROMs)>IOS>"Smart" TVs

[-] Mikelius@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'll be honest, I think the grammar and way the post was written is what's annoying me most. I'm reading it with at least 3 different possible meanings.

[-] bryndos@fedia.io 0 points 3 weeks ago
[-] Nioxic@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 3 weeks ago

Real men use Hannah Montana linux

[-] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 0 points 3 weeks ago

Stallman: Android-shmadroid. That's why I always insist on "GNU/Linux" name, not just Linux.

[-] flamingos@feddit.uk 0 points 3 weeks ago

Given Ubuntu is testing replacing the GNU coreuitils with uutils, we might have to start unironically calling it systemd/Linux.

[-] Lembot_0006@programming.dev 1 points 3 weeks ago

I prefer the "shit" term regarding Ubuntu :)

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