We’re on Lemmy so literally everyone is reminded non stop by you dogmatic weirdo’s.
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zcd@lemmy.ca 1 month ago
What if I did told you that you didn’t have to deal with MS bullshit at all?
Summzashi@lemmy.one 1 month ago
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 month ago
How do you know someone is a Linux zealot?
Don’t worry, they’ll tell you.
mrcleanup@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I think the long stripey socks?
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Yawn, right, right.
CAD would like a word.
As would all the automation built to export/import excel sheets.
I can go on and on, even for a home user.
Summzashi@lemmy.one 1 month ago
Nobody is going to debate you on this. They just peddle Linux and almost literally tell you to go fuck yourself if you run into all the inevitable issues “just Google it”.
They just cannot accept that their precious OS isn’t even remotely viable for the vast majority of people.
barsquid@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I have sortof the opposite reaction as you. Like if I know what I want to do why am I clicking through GUIs hunting for stuff? Why would I want things that aren’t scriptable? It is the 21st Century, software components should work with my existing setups.
I also remember you from the last time you posted that little anecdote.
Like one day I turn it on and the monitor doesn’t look right. So I installed twenty things, run some arbitrary collection of commands, and it works… only it doesn’t save my preferences.
Surely blindly installing 20 things and running whatever commands you can find doesn’t fix a Windows problem either? No wonder they’re constantly needing to wipe out the install and try again. I don’t think they said anything better than you, they have a child and don’t want to spend any time learning Linux.
Petter1@lemm.ee 1 month ago
😄I have a child and installed Linux to grow him wit a proper free open OS 👌🏻
Droechai@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Otherwise DOS got an open release lately, and then find him some Zork, Umoria and Keen :)
Get him started on Lotus for homework as well
Canis_76@feddit.nl 1 month ago
I’m not saying right, or wrong, but wouldn’t known battery issues be the domain of the manufacturers? Sincerely strange that there has been no standard set up seeing as his so much of the foundation of the Internet depends on Linux machines. Did no manufacturer consider this? Seriously? Not trying to fight, but if dead battery truly is an issue… Seems odd.
ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
There has to be a windows-looking flavor of Linux, right?
I know ElementaryOS looks like Mac.
alleycat@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Linux Mint is what you’re looking for.
nickb333@fedia.io 1 month ago
Or you are free to install the Cinnamon desktop on any other distro.
LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Does it have Clippy
yoshisaur@lemm.ee 1 month ago
try linux mint!
henfredemars@infosec.pub 1 month ago
It’s Mint for real. Mature, no-nonsense, get out of your way so you can get shit done on your terms OS.
nickb333@fedia.io 1 month ago
I prefer mine to not look like Windows.
dalakkin@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Zorin OS is going for the Windows look
aggelalex@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Zorin. But, tbh, imitators won’t offer the most streamlined, seamless experience out there nowadays. If you like the most authentic Linux experience while staying on the user friendly side I’d say go with Gnome. There’s KDE too, for an experience like older windows (eg. Win 7) and that’s pretty authentic as well, just not my cup of tea. Try them out and decide for yourself!
catloaf@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I’d ask how you suddenly converted the majority of workplace PCs and software to run on something other than Windows.
Zwiebel@feddit.org 1 month ago
Done. It’s all in the browser already.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Hahahaha, right, right.
AlligatorBlizzard@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Sadly, the certificate program I’m doing requires either Mac or Windows. I’m considering picking up an old Macbook Air for it just to not deal with Windows bullshit, but I already have a second SSD in my computer with Windows, whereas a sufficiently powerful MacBook would be around $200 used unless I can find one from Free Geek for a bit less.
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Windows bad. Microsoft bad.
Does that satisfy the group think here on Lemmy?
tabular@lemmy.world 1 month ago
I suspect you lack value of software freedom.
gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Incorrect. I just think there is a lot more nuance to be considered constantly beating people over the head with “just install Linux”.
tabular@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Nuance is the friend of truth. Still, I would argue that’s limited to a transition period away from proprietary software to some free software alternative (Linux is just one good answer).
Mars2k21@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I literally cannot use Linux at the moment due to incompatible software, as much as I love Linux and use it on every other computer I own.
These posts about Windows and other mainstream platforms are helpful for some of us, I wish people on Lemmy would stop shooting them down just because they don’t like Windows/Micro$oft.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 month ago
I think many of them don’t even know how to use Windows.
I don’t see most of these problems using Windows Pro - it affects Home versions. There’s a reason I make my family pay for a Pro license.
tabular@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Seeing people in toxic relationship with their computing and refusing to leave can be frustrating. I can’t blame others for expressing themselves in response by either beating a dead horse, poking a sensitive spot for schadenfreude, or circlejerking.
BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 1 month ago
Ah, yes, the insult retort.
tabular@lemmy.world 1 month ago
No insult was intended.
I have no expectation to convince anyone of anything.
Not “open source” but software freedom. It’s open source but with a moral component.
Indeed I have no idea about that and, if you care about that, perhaps someone else can help you with specifics.