Windows user:
*Complaining about ads on their desktop
Me, a linux enjoyer:
*inhales*
Linux user complaining about having to add repositories manually in order to get a piece of software to update or to add a tool they need.
Me as an any operating system user. Both have draw backs that aren't for normal people.
I've been bombarded with Shit about Linux ever since I signed up here.
CAN SOMEONE PLEASE PLEASE EXPLAIN TO ME THE CRAZE BEHIND THIS DAMN OPERATING SYSTEM?!!! I just dont fukin get it! Whats so special about it😭😭
Windows is a privacy nightmare. The OS is constantly sending data to Microsoft while being used.
Windows hogs resources. If you don't shovel money out for new hardware every few years, your computer will run like shit.
Windows is full of ads.
The majority of malware is written for Windows. Not really a selling point for me, but it's a bonus.
Linux is free.
Linux doesn't force updates. You update when you want to, and it takes less than a minute to do.
Think about why you joined Lemmy. Reddit has been getting greedier and greedier, so you left to a place where the grass is greener. The same thing is true with Windows and Linux (and Linux is also much more big and mature than Lemmy). It attracts the same kind of people.
Oh- huh... I mean Im outta the loop as to what Windows is doing thats so awful as well as what makes Linux so amazing.
@Cock_Inspecting_Asexual Things like, for example, putting ads and tracking into an operating system you paid money for?
I would recommend this though https://mspoweruser.com/windows-12-lite-is-here-and-it-doesnt-have-any-built-in-ads/
I use arch by the way, and I don't recommend it.
I met a vegan who uses vim and arch linux. I'm that guy. I use vim and arch linux, and I'm a vegan.
I someday hope to meet myself again.
Have you considered CrossFit?
Maybe they cook only with an air fryer.
vegoon btw
we be vegooning all night
I'm going to argue that it's very unlikely any of those people are friends or colleagues. It didn't ask if you recommend Windows on social media or forums.
We're not friends? 🥺
Sry, who dis?
Betrayal.
Given your name, I think it's for the best.
Hey! How dare you discriminate against me for my job! MODS!!! SIEZE THEM
are those real? I don't believe anyone ever said "it's like linux but it works."
it does work though, on windows i can see ads and intrusive crap all the time. Linux distros don't bother you at all, it's like linux is not even trying at this point.
This makes me want to make a Linux addon just for ads
Like make it entirely transparent Download this is you miss having ads lol
I think they're tongue in cheek.
Oh god
well duh. windows is the default everyone uses, no one needs to recommend it.
linux on the other hand is an obscure choice that may be better for that use case and may not be known.
Windows 11 has changed this, many many people now warn other people about not using Windows 11 because it is such shit. Doesn't matter what you run, just don't run Windows 11.
I gotta be honest, I actually really like windows 11.
Recall is awful and I hope enough pressure keeps it away (or at least as something you have to manually turn on). But besides that it's mostly just windows 10 but better. I get better battery life, better performance, I actually mostly like the UI changes etc.
I literally can't install Windows 11 on my current computer lol. I know there are workarounds for it but I don't feel comfortable doing that for my primary computer.
windows 11 isn' all bad. It made my mother ask me to install linux on her computer.
I use Arch btw
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