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Original link: https://www.theregister.com/2024/08/07/your_windows_updates_can_all/
What if I did told you that you didn’t have to deal with MS bullshit at all?
every few months more Linux enjoyers are minted.
They all deny deny deny until microshit done something that triggered them, next thing you know they are posting about which distro is good for their use cases.
it is a rather slow process, but we are going the right way.
fuck mega corps.
How Mega are IBM (Red Hat) and Canonical (Ubuntu) these days?
too big but that doesnt invalidate using linux instead of Windows
That was my point - there’s commercial support for those who require it and community distros for those who don’t. Personally my daily driver is Arch with a Cinnamon desktop.
I use Arch, btw
Personally my daily driver is Arch
Yes
Windows bad. Microsoft bad.
Does that satisfy the group think here on Lemmy?
I suspect you lack value of software freedom.
Incorrect. I just think there is a lot more nuance to be considered rather than constantly beating people over the head with “just install Linux”.
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).
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 or interesting for some of us, I wish people on Lemmy would stop shooting them down just because they don’t like Windows/Micro$oft.
Seeing people in toxic relationship with their computing 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.
We’re on Lemmy so literally everyone is reminded non stop by you dogmatic weirdo’s.
Yeah it is turning into echo chamber lol
Every here who was going to be converted likely already switched, we need some fresh blood. Did reddit just botch something? looks like we got a new wave last few days.
There has to be a windows-looking flavor of Linux, right?
I know ElementaryOS looks like Mac.
Linux Mint is what you’re looking for.
Or you are free to install the Cinnamon desktop on any other distro.
Does it have Clippy
Just throw this in an Electron app or something https://github.com/pi0/clippyjs
try linux mint!
It’s Mint for real. Mature, no-nonsense, get out of your way so you can get shit done on your terms OS.
Zorin OS is going for the Windows look
I prefer mine to not look like Windows.
I’ve never understood why you’d want it to. Windows has like six design languages mashed together.
zorin emulates the look and feel of windows and is an out of the box that comes with a lot of preinstalled software including play on linux that allows for easier running of windows software.
cinnamon, lxde, kde, and mate are all desktop environments that mimic the basics of windows ui like the taskbar, start menu, and windows with minimize, maximize, and exit buttons at the top. and all can be installed/selected during install on pretty much every popular distro. there’s prolly some others i’ve forgotten but those are all solid choices.
edit: whoops had mint listed but that’s not a de that’s a distro
Do you just want open-source Windows? There’s always ReactOS.
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!
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.
I’d ask how you suddenly converted the majority of workplace PCs and software to run on something other than Windows.
Done. It’s all in the browser already.
Considering how much worse Windows seems to get with each update and new version, Microsoft will soon be developing methods of invisibly install Windows updates to force them through.
I look forward to a future where the battle between Microsoft and malware brings Windows computers to a standstill in an endless loop of invisibly installing and removing updates.
At what point does Microsoft Windows become illegal to install on your computer?
See, i love linux but in no world would i ever even be remotely tempted to download it for my relatives, its just not idiot proof enough for end users, who will never ever make the effort to learn.
In my experience, it depends on the relative. Some of them just need a web browser, word processor, and a handful of other basics that are pretty similar across OS.
After trying linux and discovering that their system ran faster and had far less down time than with Windows, my relatives didn’t want to go back.
Just install FydeOS then
It’s essentially just ChromeOS
Doesn’t get simpler than that.
That said, Ubuntu itself has been enough for my essentially computer illiterate dad. He never could use Windows but he at least learned basics on Ubuntu.
Not even mint 😮
The problem is that the quality on Mac has been degrading so It might just be time to consider a switch. Honestly, for that type of user, I recommend Chromebooks.
The register simply says “nothing to see here” 😂
