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Re: Microsoft is driving users away

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Post by probably_satan »

firesteelrain wrote: post #4

As much as I like Linux, tides won’t be shifting for desktop to Linux. It will be Microsoft Windows for years to come

I've converted a handful of some of the least computer tech heavy people to Linux. This was years ago.

The final few nails of Microsoft's coffin are being nailed as we speak. Not only because they are just fundamentally bad at innovation, but because they also sold out the United States to China. Billy boy is scared, and he should be.

Re: Microsoft is driving users away

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Post by epolanski »

doawoo wrote: post #7

I really agree with this article- I used Windows as my primary OS (not counting work machines) until about 2 years ago, the mess of non coherent design and CONSTANTLY resetting my user preferences every update (like shoving new buttons [see: ads] onto my taskbar) ultimately lead me to buying the first m1 mbp as my new personal machine. Never looked back. I only boot up windows for occasional games now, and even then,…

I really don't care about design to be honest but the fact that update after updte they keep changing where you find things and how they work pisses me off so much.

The good thing is that powertoys and WSL2 at the end of the day compensate for me enough.

But get into setting up some bluetooth device and you want to cry if it doesn't work at first shot. You want to find help online? Pretty much all guides speak about the same OS like Windows 10, and yet they are already outdated with everything having been moved away.

Re: Microsoft is driving users away

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Post by naasking »

nickelpro wrote: post #15

This is basically an article by a guy angry that the UI for printers changed and predicting the end of the Windows empire based on that.

He's not angry that it changed, he's angry that the new settings interface doesn't let him fix the issue at all, and while he used to be able to easily access the old interface so he could fix it the old way, MS has now hidden that ability too. If not for some user-hostile magical incantation, printing would have been permanently broken. Who wouldn't be seriously annoyed with this situation? How many non-technical users would have chucked a perfectly good printer because of a poorly executed software change? The Windows control panel UI transition has been a serious boondoggle from the start.

Re: Microsoft is driving users away

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Post by zeroCalories »

It's amazing to me that Microsoft messed up Windows. All they had to do was not not change things, but they continued to force junk on me that I don't need, take power away from me, and spy on me. Honestly MacOS isn't much better. Linux is still crap software, but we've reached the point where most things can be done on Linux, so good riddance. I hope that more people switch and Linux continues to improve. There's actually interesting improvements being made in the Linux world too, like NixOS.

Re: Microsoft is driving users away

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Post by doublerabbit »

JALTU wrote: post #13

Enterprise Windows is a cash cow, lock-in is perhaps...forever; long MSFT. (Typing this on one of my three Macs.)

Hate to break it to you, OSX/Mac are just the same cash cow with proprietary vendor lock-ins for forever.

Unless that was the irony you were pointing out. Good show.

Re: Microsoft is driving users away

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Post by realusername »

ThePowerOfFuet wrote: post #3

>To Access the old devices and printer use the run prompt and type the following: shell:::{A8A91A66-3A7D-4424-8D24-04E180695C7A} This is the finest advertisement for every OS not named Windows that I have ever seen.

That's the most ironic twist, I'm using more command line on a windows install than a modern Linux distribution nowadays.

Re: Microsoft is driving users away

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Post by hypothesis »

doawoo wrote: post #7

I really agree with this article- I used Windows as my primary OS (not counting work machines) until about 2 years ago, the mess of non coherent design and CONSTANTLY resetting my user preferences every update (like shoving new buttons [see: ads] onto my taskbar) ultimately lead me to buying the first m1 mbp as my new personal machine. Never looked back. I only boot up windows for occasional games now, and even then,…

> CONSTANTLY resetting my user preferences every update (like shoving new buttons [see: ads] onto my taskbar) ultimately lead me to buying the first m1 mbp as my new personal machine.

Boy are you going to be disappointed when you discover that settings reset quite aggressively, especially in cases where Apple really thinks it knows better.

Want to keep bluetooth off? Both iPhone and macs will not abide.

Want to keep your passwords in local keychain? Nah, they will be automatically migrated to cloud keychain on next upgrade.

Re: Microsoft is driving users away

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Post by o11c »

doawoo wrote: post #7

I really agree with this article- I used Windows as my primary OS (not counting work machines) until about 2 years ago, the mess of non coherent design and CONSTANTLY resetting my user preferences every update (like shoving new buttons [see: ads] onto my taskbar) ultimately lead me to buying the first m1 mbp as my new personal machine. Never looked back. I only boot up windows for occasional games now, and even then,…

I for one have stopped supporting Windows for friends and family. The last version I used myself was XP, but I could still muddle around to help people with later versions for a long time. Now I can't.

At least the move to using web browsers for everything really eases migration to easier platforms.

Re: Microsoft is driving users away

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Post by markles »

rodolphoarruda wrote: post #5

I used Ubuntu on my laptops from 2008 to 2023. Last year I switched to Windows 10. Looking at what's going on, I believe I'll be back to Ubuntu in my next laptop. Cycles...

I've always preferred Mint over Ubuntu itself. It runs better and seems to drain the battery on my laptop more slowly. Cinnamon is a nice and simple DE, though I usually use Plasma.
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