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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 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
    wrote on last edited by
    #8

    @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 👑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
        wrote on last edited by
        #10

        @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
          wrote on last edited by
          #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
            wrote on last edited by
            #12

            @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
              wrote on last edited by
              #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
                wrote on last edited by
                #14
                @rgegriff Windows 11 is what three trillion dollars looks like 🤪
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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
                  wrote on last edited by
                  #15

                  @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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                    #16

                    @contaminase @rgegriff

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                    \begin{document}

                    ...
                    🙂

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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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                      #17

                      @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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                      • Kevin RussellK Kevin Russell

                        @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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                        #18

                        @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
                          wrote on last edited by
                          #19
                          @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
                            wrote on last edited by
                            #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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                            • fabiosantoscodeF fabiosantoscode

                              @sungo @rgegriff if corporations are people, why aren't hundreds of them in jail?

                              Jordan BiserkovJ This user is from outside of this forum
                              Jordan BiserkovJ This user is from outside of this forum
                              Jordan Biserkov
                              wrote on last edited by
                              #21

                              @fabiosantoscode @sungo @rgegriff
                              Because they use their money as “free speech“ to bribe politicians.
                              if that sounds like the incoherent ramblings of a conspiracy theorist check out this Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC

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                              • Andrew DeaconA Andrew Deacon

                                @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)

                                Matt CrawfordT This user is from outside of this forum
                                Matt CrawfordT This user is from outside of this forum
                                Matt Crawford
                                wrote on last edited by
                                #22

                                @aadeacon @kevinrns @T045T @rgegriff I skipped 8, but still mostly use my pc for gaming which, until recently, could only be done on windows.

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                                • Andrew DeaconA Andrew Deacon

                                  @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)

                                  Kevin RussellK This user is from outside of this forum
                                  Kevin RussellK This user is from outside of this forum
                                  Kevin Russell
                                  wrote on last edited by
                                  #23

                                  @aadeacon @thecrawford @T045T @rgegriff

                                  #Linux loves immigrants.

                                  🐧 ❤️ 🫵

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                                  • Kevin RussellK Kevin Russell

                                    @aadeacon @thecrawford @T045T @rgegriff

                                    #Linux loves immigrants.

                                    🐧 ❤️ 🫵

                                    Matt CrawfordT This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Matt CrawfordT This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Matt Crawford
                                    wrote on last edited by
                                    #24

                                    @kevinrns @aadeacon @T045T @rgegriff I've been using it on and off for work for a decade, just never on my personal devices.

                                    I've recently migrated a second hand intel MacBook to fedora as it was cheap now they've announced the drop of support for them!

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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?

                                      Mandrake 🐎M This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Mandrake 🐎M This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Mandrake 🐎
                                      wrote on last edited by
                                      #25

                                      @rgegriff Microsoft is literally telling their users that they need to throw their computers in the trash and buy a brand new one during the middle of a RAM price hike so that they can continue watching YouTube and playing Balatro

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                                      • Kevin RussellK Kevin Russell

                                        @aadeacon @thecrawford @T045T @rgegriff

                                        #Linux loves immigrants.

                                        🐧 ❤️ 🫵

                                        Andrew DeaconA This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Andrew DeaconA This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Andrew Deacon
                                        wrote on last edited by
                                        #26

                                        @kevinrns @thecrawford @T045T @rgegriff I love immigrants, which is a good thing as I live in Leicester

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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?

                                          David GerardD This user is from outside of this forum
                                          David GerardD This user is from outside of this forum
                                          David Gerard
                                          wrote on last edited by
                                          #27

                                          @rgegriff look, the whole *point* of running linux is so i know none of my shit works but also *why*

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