Hows the cheap people’s activation problem? lol
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Why is a MacOS related screenshot posted in a Linux community for a question about Windows?
It’s like the mr worldwide meme
Clearly this is Commodore
MacOS is UNIX, Linux is UNIX, if I’m not mistaken.
Linux is software, windows is software, War Thunder is software so this comment is sponsored by war thunder
Linux is unix-like.
No, Linux is not UNIX. It is UNIX like. MacOS is UNIX, based on a BSD system.
Linux could be unix if someone wanted to pay to have it certified. It’s meaningless.
Hard to swallow pills: GNU is not Unix and Linux is just a kernel
If you’re ditching more popular social medias for less popular open source ones, you’re probably already a Linux User.
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I’m not saying all who use lemmy use linux, I’m saying most who use lemmy are probably using linux.
This is like asking “where is White Culture?”
My sibling in Christ, its called the Mainstream.
Or “Why isn’t there a straight community? Are the gays winning?”
“But when is white history month??”
Found the person reddit banned.
I guess because no one is passionate about it. It’s just something people are using because it came with their computer.
Here people are almost only talking badly about it. It’s not a good product but I wonder if it’s as bad as people on Lemmy make it sound.
Still I don’t want to waste time away from Linux to discover it by myself.
Oh there are people who are very passionate about using Windows, in corporations almost exclusively. Had conversation with a system architect recently that made me go over every single reason why Windows isn’t my first choice and got more and more frustrated because if given the choice, I would always pick OpenStack over Azure.
What Windows has are dwindling enthusiast numbers.
Windows is worse than people on lemmy make it sound.
They exist, they’re just more corporate and centralized, and inundated with basic tech support questions due to the huge install base.
Like this: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/category/windows
If you dig deep enough in there you’ll find administrators talking about powershell hacks and devops and group policy and stuff like that. There’s probably people who are “passionate” about Windows, I’d imagine, but since it’s closed source there’s only so much you can do without being literally an employee of MS. The people I’ve met like this are kind of smugly defensive about Windows because they’ve invested so much training and knowledge into its arcana, but it’s not exactly “passion”.
I do sysadmin and hate all Microsoft software from Windows to their cloud offerings.
Linux for most is an active decision and requires some knowledge about tech and an interest in it, whereas Windows is default for most and used by most people, not just people who like tech.
Windows is the safe (or was) default. If you walk into most companies, that’s what everyone has. If you buy a PC, that’s what’s installed. Using Linux or Mac is a conscious choice. That “us vs. them” feeling tends to foster community.
Windows was never the safe option, it was the anticompetative option that took away the safe options!! Windows has always been quite genuinely the least secure, least stable, least maintainable option.
I think it’s “Safe” as in “No one was ever fired for choosing IBM” or more on the nose: If you choose to install Linux on all company computers and the CFO gets mad when Excel doesn’t work, why aren’t we just using windows??!?!? Then it’s your ass on the line. You will have a million enterprise software vendors that supports Windows, fewer that supports Linux.
It’s no longer the safe bet for a lot of companies/countries because of how USA is being run at the moment, but that’s s whole other reason.
Customers don’t make good good communities.
I’ve been using both for about 20 years. I can honestly say most people can and should use both.
I just wiped a trash celeron pc that ran windows awful. I put Ubuntu 24 LTS on it and it screams. Took about an hour.
If you have old hardware that you want to extend the life of or repurpose, consider Linux before buying something new.
I don’t understand. Why should people run windows?
because they want to see ads in their start menu, send their pictures to some MS servers and have their notepad.exe crawl and crash because of AI.
you know, all the fun stuf…
Or I want the hardware/software I paid for to work
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I recon its because nearly everyone who uses windows hates it, and with MacOS and Linux there are proud users.
Imagine being proud of using Apple 😂
Imagine being proud of using Microsoft!
At least Apple makes decent hardware (and questionable software practices). But at least macOS is true Unix. With WSL now I’m not really sure which experience is better.
I’d still take Linux any time.
Apple products are shit. There is no way around Linux for anyone with half a brain.
They have the best ARM CPUs in any consumer product and very good software/hardware security. I hate Apple because their shit is overpriced and locked-down but that doesnt mean its garbage.
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It’s corporate trash. Fuck Apple and their fanboys.
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It’s poor people’s idea of pricey hardware.
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It’s unusable crap with horrendous design.
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My CPU positively destroys anything made by those idiots.
- It’s corporate trash but still does a couple things right
- Your CPU uses 5 times the energy and gets way hotter
- You can hate apple but also see the couple of things they do correctly.
- Yes Linux is better in every way except it’s a bit more to maintain, but I personally find it worth the effort.
- That goes for qny company. Zero points.
-Yes, it’s better.
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The only thing they’re good at is marketing and you’re falling for it. It’s technology for tech illiterate idiots.
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Linux fucks every other OS.
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Agreed. ipads and iphones being locked as a platform, i would never buy them. The PCs? You can install Linux and be happy with it (if you’re lucky enough).
Imagine buying a trash Mac for something like that lmao
I don’t understand why you are being so impolite.
I understand making fun of apple shills, it’s not a mature thing to do, but I get it. I just want to point out that being so “anti shill” is just as cringe.
Why do you care about what other people buy? We are having a technical discussion about different platforms, and your whole argument is “lmao buying apple”.
