Microsoft account bugs locked me out of Notepad – Are thin clients ruining PCs?

Post by toss1 » Sun, Feb 08, 2026, 5:20 AM UTC

bsder wrote: post #145

toss1 wrote: post #127

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All that very justifiable work to avoid a cloud-connected OS . . . and then switch to OnShape which (afaict) has zero local option and requires a full cloud connection to run at all? Seems like walking a tightrope across the river to avoid soaking your suit, then jumping in from the dock once you successfully get to the other side?

Fusion is cloud-only, as well, annoyingly. I'd love to have a Linux-based 3D CAD program, but the open source ones just aren't up to scratch. I've tried using FreeCAD, but it still scrambles things topologically (for example: adjust an underlying object and your fillets may get totally hosed). Fusion is especially frustrating as they have a macOS version. A Linux version really shouldn't be much different.

Post by zamalek » Sun, Feb 08, 2026, 5:23 AM UTC

BadBadJellyBean wrote: post #23

wlesieutre wrote: post #2

> I'm still a Windows guy, and I always will be. And this is exactly why Microsoft can get away with a buggy mess of a user hostile operating system. They only have an incentive to make a good OS if people are willing to leave when it’s a bad one.

I think saying "I'm a _______ guy" with any brand or company filling that blank can be a big problem. Most companies are there to make money and loyalty is often a one way street. From my view it is more productive to find out what you like about something and always be open to maybe finding someone else who can deliver on that. And sometimes things that we thought were essential are not. You might even find somethin…

Post by WD-42 » Sun, Feb 08, 2026, 5:27 AM UTC

raincole wrote: post #173

digiown wrote: post #157

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This actually. AI is dramatically better at helping users deal with perennial issues that Linux gets, and using the command line to fix them, compared to Microsoft's fresh new bug introduced last Tuesday or navigating anti-user GUI.

That sounds... quite bad, to be honest. I never met one single Windows issue that can't be answered by simple google search for years. A desktop expecting the user to ask AI(!) for solutions that require command line(!!) is definitely not for average users.

Post by zamalek » Sun, Feb 08, 2026, 5:35 AM UTC

bsder wrote: post #145

toss1 wrote: post #127

Earlier quoted context omitted.

All that very justifiable work to avoid a cloud-connected OS . . . and then switch to OnShape which (afaict) has zero local option and requires a full cloud connection to run at all? Seems like walking a tightrope across the river to avoid soaking your suit, then jumping in from the dock once you successfully get to the other side?

Fusion is cloud-only, as well, annoyingly. I'd love to have a Linux-based 3D CAD program, but the open source ones just aren't up to scratch. I've tried using FreeCAD, but it still scrambles things topologically (for example: adjust an underlying object and your fillets may get totally hosed). Fusion is especially frustrating as they have a macOS version. A Linux version really shouldn't be much different.

Post by zamalek » Sun, Feb 08, 2026, 5:40 AM UTC

flomo wrote: post #106

lconnell962 wrote: post #91

Comment threads on the Closed Source OS topics like this regularly remind me about the large disconnect between skilled technical users and the "average" user. That average probably isn't your (great) grandparent who never learned how to type suddenly needing to learn the rapidly evolving early-days internet, but it's still just as dangerous to suggest "Use Linux" as the solution for everyone when plenty of "Average"…

imo, the 'grandparent' type user should really be on an ipad or chromebook etc. (unless they have some specific software needs). Too easy to get unwanted stuff running on windows and it needs admin.