Hows the cheap people's activation problem? lol
Why is a MacOS related screenshot posted in a Linux community for a question about Windows?
Clearly this is Commodore
I guess because no one is passionate about it. It’s just something people are using because it came with their computer.
Here people are almost only talking badly about it. It’s not a good product but I wonder if it’s as bad as people on Lemmy make it sound.
Still I don’t want to waste time away from Linux to discover it by myself.
Oh there are people who are very passionate about using Windows, in corporations almost exclusively. Had conversation with a system architect recently that made me go over every single reason why Windows isn't my first choice and got more and more frustrated because if given the choice, I would always pick OpenStack over Azure.
What Windows has are dwindling enthusiast numbers.
Windows is the safe (or was) default. If you walk into most companies, that's what everyone has. If you buy a PC, that's what's installed. Using Linux or Mac is a conscious choice. That "us vs. them" feeling tends to foster community.
"thats whats installed" I remember those times, but now Microsoft is forcing you to bloat your cheaper PC with win11, otherwise it will be out of date.Thats the problem now.
Windows was never the safe option, it was the anticompetative option that took away the safe options!! Windows has always been quite genuinely the least secure, least stable, least maintainable option.
They exist, they're just more corporate and centralized, and inundated with basic tech support questions due to the huge install base.
Like this: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/category/windows
If you dig deep enough in there you'll find administrators talking about powershell hacks and devops and group policy and stuff like that. There's probably people who are "passionate" about Windows, I'd imagine, but since it's closed source there's only so much you can do without being literally an employee of MS. The people I've met like this are kind of smugly defensive about Windows because they've invested so much training and knowledge into its arcana, but it's not exactly "passion".
!windows11@lemmy.world.
I found this community
I think it's not that active, right?
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That could be considered (relative) dead, given how many Windows users exist compared to Linux. In more serious note, I just think that Lemmy attracts more Linux users than Windows. That's all to it.
i find quite ironic that it's full of troublshooting, while linux comms are primarily full of entertainment. "Windows just works out of the box" btw
I recon its because nearly everyone who uses windows hates it, and with MacOS and Linux there are proud users.
Imagine being proud of using Apple 😂
Imagine being proud of using Microsoft!
At least Apple makes decent hardware (and questionable software practices). But at least macOS is true Unix. With WSL now I'm not really sure which experience is better.
I'd still take Linux any time.
Apple products are shit. There is no way around Linux for anyone with half a brain.
They have the best ARM CPUs in any consumer product and very good software/hardware security. I hate Apple because their shit is overpriced and locked-down but that doesnt mean its garbage.
Agreed. ipads and iphones being locked as a platform, i would never buy them. The PCs? You can install Linux and be happy with it (if you're lucky enough).
Imagine buying a trash Mac for something like that lmao
It's corporate trash. Fuck Apple and their fanboys.
It's poor people's idea of pricey hardware.
It's unusable crap with horrendous design.
My CPU positively destroys anything made by those idiots.
I know several 😅 And me who are using an iPhone SE 2020 only for testing and learning the shitty system, can't understand how the F people love iOS. I have also tried macOS. Hated it.
Why? They just wanna be computer experts, I think. Windows users look like they don't even care.
'Cause Lemmy.
loolloddol
Customers don't make good good communities.
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