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As a long time Linux user; do you know how bad you have to fuck up your operating system to make people WANT to use Linux?

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  • rgegriff (On a new server)R This user is from outside of this forum
    rgegriff (On a new server)R This user is from outside of this forum
    rgegriff (On a new server)
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    #1

    As a long time Linux user; do you know how bad you have to fuck up your operating system to make people WANT to use Linux?

    Regular people in my life keep asking me for advice and... I mean, cool. But, like, what the fuck is Microsoft doing over there?

    Thomas πŸ”­πŸ•ΉοΈT sungoS S leah's tiny pc retirement homeM VladimirC 26 Replies Last reply
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    • rgegriff (On a new server)R rgegriff (On a new server)

      As a long time Linux user; do you know how bad you have to fuck up your operating system to make people WANT to use Linux?

      Regular people in my life keep asking me for advice and... I mean, cool. But, like, what the fuck is Microsoft doing over there?

      Thomas πŸ”­πŸ•ΉοΈT This user is from outside of this forum
      Thomas πŸ”­πŸ•ΉοΈT This user is from outside of this forum
      Thomas πŸ”­πŸ•ΉοΈ
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      #2

      @rgegriff @mao I thought you were talking about Apple

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      • rgegriff (On a new server)R rgegriff (On a new server)

        As a long time Linux user; do you know how bad you have to fuck up your operating system to make people WANT to use Linux?

        Regular people in my life keep asking me for advice and... I mean, cool. But, like, what the fuck is Microsoft doing over there?

        sungoS This user is from outside of this forum
        sungoS This user is from outside of this forum
        sungo
        wrote on last edited by
        #3

        @rgegriff If corporations were actually people, I'd have called for a mental health check on microsoft a long time ago. Something is not right up in that brain pan and they need some new meds or to break up with that abusive lover or something. Shit ain't right.

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        • rgegriff (On a new server)R rgegriff (On a new server)

          As a long time Linux user; do you know how bad you have to fuck up your operating system to make people WANT to use Linux?

          Regular people in my life keep asking me for advice and... I mean, cool. But, like, what the fuck is Microsoft doing over there?

          S This user is from outside of this forum
          S This user is from outside of this forum
          DeterioratedStucco
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          #4

          @rgegriff
          Yup. I'm old; the VMS text UI blows Unix and its variants and emulators into a cocked hat. The Linux text UI is horrible.

          What am I using? Guess.

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          • S DeterioratedStucco

            @rgegriff
            Yup. I'm old; the VMS text UI blows Unix and its variants and emulators into a cocked hat. The Linux text UI is horrible.

            What am I using? Guess.

            clewC This user is from outside of this forum
            clewC This user is from outside of this forum
            clew
            wrote on last edited by
            #5

            Don’t know enough to guess but I’m curious. What?

            (BeOS. An unsecured login to a FORTRAN server somewhere in Mountain Time. Your Lenovo refrigerator, overclocked. ??)

            @SoftwareTheron
            @rgegriff

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            • rgegriff (On a new server)R rgegriff (On a new server)

              As a long time Linux user; do you know how bad you have to fuck up your operating system to make people WANT to use Linux?

              Regular people in my life keep asking me for advice and... I mean, cool. But, like, what the fuck is Microsoft doing over there?

              leah's tiny pc retirement homeM This user is from outside of this forum
              leah's tiny pc retirement homeM This user is from outside of this forum
              leah's tiny pc retirement home
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              #6

              @rgegriff i dunno, but they might need these: 🫲 🫱 πŸ—ΊοΈ πŸ”¦

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              • rgegriff (On a new server)R rgegriff (On a new server)

                As a long time Linux user; do you know how bad you have to fuck up your operating system to make people WANT to use Linux?

                Regular people in my life keep asking me for advice and... I mean, cool. But, like, what the fuck is Microsoft doing over there?

                VladimirC This user is from outside of this forum
                VladimirC This user is from outside of this forum
                Vladimir
                wrote on last edited by
                #7

                @rgegriff
                >what the fuck is Microsoft doing over there?
                Rich text in Notepad.

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                • rgegriff (On a new server)R rgegriff (On a new server)

                  As a long time Linux user; do you know how bad you have to fuck up your operating system to make people WANT to use Linux?

                  Regular people in my life keep asking me for advice and... I mean, cool. But, like, what the fuck is Microsoft doing over there?

                  Amy MaybeA This user is from outside of this forum
                  Amy MaybeA This user is from outside of this forum
                  Amy Maybe
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                  @rgegriff Force-feeding AI is my biggest complaint.

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                  • Matt CrawfordT This user is from outside of this forum
                    Matt CrawfordT This user is from outside of this forum
                    Matt Crawford
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                    #9

                    @T045T @rgegriff are they vibe coding updates?

                    George Liquor, AmericanL T045TT Kevin RussellK The Tattooed Nonna πŸ‘‘T 4 Replies Last reply
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                    • rgegriff (On a new server)R rgegriff (On a new server)

                      As a long time Linux user; do you know how bad you have to fuck up your operating system to make people WANT to use Linux?

                      Regular people in my life keep asking me for advice and... I mean, cool. But, like, what the fuck is Microsoft doing over there?

                      PomaxT This user is from outside of this forum
                      PomaxT This user is from outside of this forum
                      Pomax
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                      @rgegriff they took an OS, and turned it into "now what if you had no control over what it does, and also it just does whatever it wants, not what it *should* do".

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                      • rgegriff (On a new server)R rgegriff (On a new server)

                        As a long time Linux user; do you know how bad you have to fuck up your operating system to make people WANT to use Linux?

                        Regular people in my life keep asking me for advice and... I mean, cool. But, like, what the fuck is Microsoft doing over there?

                        ZerodimeZ This user is from outside of this forum
                        ZerodimeZ This user is from outside of this forum
                        Zerodime
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                        #11

                        @rgegriff Easy, M$ tries to think for their customers, instead of with them. Also money! PRoblem is, it's still working, as companies don't want to switch and they are the ones M$ really makes money with.

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                        • Matt CrawfordT Matt Crawford

                          @T045T @rgegriff are they vibe coding updates?

                          George Liquor, AmericanL This user is from outside of this forum
                          George Liquor, AmericanL This user is from outside of this forum
                          George Liquor, American
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                          @thecrawford @T045T @rgegriff YES AND DON'T CALL IT SLOP
                          #MicroSlop

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                          • Matt CrawfordT Matt Crawford

                            @T045T @rgegriff are they vibe coding updates?

                            T045TT This user is from outside of this forum
                            T045TT This user is from outside of this forum
                            T045T
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                            #13

                            @thecrawford @rgegriff eh. probably more down to shifting resources to copilot and firing people that were Windows experts (admittedly I don’t have any data to back that up, but it tracks with what all the tech companies have been doing)

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                            • rgegriff (On a new server)R rgegriff (On a new server)

                              As a long time Linux user; do you know how bad you have to fuck up your operating system to make people WANT to use Linux?

                              Regular people in my life keep asking me for advice and... I mean, cool. But, like, what the fuck is Microsoft doing over there?

                              JonathanJ This user is from outside of this forum
                              JonathanJ This user is from outside of this forum
                              Jonathan
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                              @rgegriff Windows 11 is what three trillion dollars looks like πŸ€ͺ
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                              • sungoS sungo

                                @rgegriff If corporations were actually people, I'd have called for a mental health check on microsoft a long time ago. Something is not right up in that brain pan and they need some new meds or to break up with that abusive lover or something. Shit ain't right.

                                fabiosantoscodeF This user is from outside of this forum
                                fabiosantoscodeF This user is from outside of this forum
                                fabiosantoscode
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                                @sungo @rgegriff if corporations are people, why aren't hundreds of them in jail?

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                                • VladimirC Vladimir

                                  @rgegriff
                                  >what the fuck is Microsoft doing over there?
                                  Rich text in Notepad.

                                  Anthony DavidA This user is from outside of this forum
                                  Anthony DavidA This user is from outside of this forum
                                  Anthony David
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                                  @contaminase @rgegriff

                                  \documentclass[13pt,portrait]{report}

                                  \begin{document}

                                  ...
                                  πŸ™‚

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                                  • Matt CrawfordT Matt Crawford

                                    @T045T @rgegriff are they vibe coding updates?

                                    Kevin RussellK This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Kevin RussellK This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Kevin Russell
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                                    @thecrawford @T045T @rgegriff

                                    The President of Microsoft says 30% of their code is AI -- and its taking down their OS.

                                    Vibe Coded Bankruptcy.

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                                    Satya Nadella says as much as 30% of Microsoft code is written by AI

                                    Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said that as much as 30% of the company's code is now written by artificial intelligence.

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                                    CNBC (www.cnbc.com)

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                                      @thecrawford @T045T @rgegriff

                                      The President of Microsoft says 30% of their code is AI -- and its taking down their OS.

                                      Vibe Coded Bankruptcy.

                                      Link Preview Image
                                      Satya Nadella says as much as 30% of Microsoft code is written by AI

                                      Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said that as much as 30% of the company's code is now written by artificial intelligence.

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                                      CNBC (www.cnbc.com)

                                      Matt CrawfordT This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Matt CrawfordT This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Matt Crawford
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                                      @kevinrns @T045T @rgegriff Ironically I guess I'm very naive to this, considering I couldn't update off windows 10 due to old hardware so migrated fully to Linux anyway last year.

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                                      • rgegriff (On a new server)R rgegriff (On a new server)

                                        As a long time Linux user; do you know how bad you have to fuck up your operating system to make people WANT to use Linux?

                                        Regular people in my life keep asking me for advice and... I mean, cool. But, like, what the fuck is Microsoft doing over there?

                                        Moses IzumiM This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Moses IzumiM This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Moses Izumi
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                                        @rgegriff The window managers (I've mainly used XFCE and KDE) have a lot of nifty features: stuff that could've been implemented during Windows 8 if it was designed by the Powertoys and Sysinternals people instead of a coked-up touchscreen salesman.

                                        The Metro environment worked kinda well on tablets, but I'm still shocked that Microsoft completely ignored the ramifications of forcing a half-baked parallel ecosystem of fullscreen-only applications onto every desktop, and replacing the startmenu with a fullscreen version.

                                        My dad still gets fired up when reminded of the Windows RT situation: MS ported the entire OS to energy efficient ARM systems only to ban them from running any desktop software beyond Office and the mediocre pack-in stuff (because they didn't allow desktop apps on the Windows Store).

                                        The Copilot push is arguably less agressive, in the sense that it seems to be sequestered to action buttons in applications, along with the telemetry/spyware/adware that's been active by default since 10.
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                                        • Matt CrawfordT Matt Crawford

                                          @kevinrns @T045T @rgegriff Ironically I guess I'm very naive to this, considering I couldn't update off windows 10 due to old hardware so migrated fully to Linux anyway last year.

                                          Andrew DeaconA This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Andrew DeaconA This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Andrew Deacon
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                                          #20

                                          @thecrawford @kevinrns @T045T @rgegriff I migrated to Linux (linuxmint) when Windows 7 died, I looked at Win8 and said no way.I have not used Windows since then.(and I don’t miss it)

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