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   brigrammer (brigrammer@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 28-Feb-2025 16:15:54 JST brigrammer

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   @Humpleupagus @Tony @nyanide I started on windows 3.1 and had to learn DOS so I could launch games, and have spent over 30 years on it. Linux is great for deploying code to (especially having had to work on Windows Server for clients) - but kinda shit at being used, especially if you are used to Windows.

   In fact, despite MS fucking up Windows with every other release, even its bad versions are easier to use than supposedly "easy" linux distros like Ubuntu.

   And that is because linux users hate the idea of a user experience and still can't grasp the idea that programs should require compilation to work, or that there shouldn't be dozens of incompatible basic utils for everything. Linux is ruined by communist people who use Vim and release their code under copyleft.

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   e(Ag)le (silvereagle@furry.engineer)'s status on Friday, 21-Jul-2023 18:25:17 JST e(Ag)le

   I know the fact that the Windows lock screen tries to clickbait you into clicking their little descriptive tags on whatever picture isn't that big of a deal, but it just infuriates me because it speaks to everything that is wrong about modern Windows.

   In modern Windows, you're stuck in this adversarial relationship with your own OS. It's trying to get you to use a browser you don't want, or services you don't want, or send data you don't want to send to people you don't want to have it. It's never respecting your consent; the button is never "No", it's always "Maybe Later". Everything is built to make you do what they want, not what YOU want.

   Even if you don't use Linux every day on your desktop (I still don't, for complicated reasons), it's hard to imagine not at least rooting for them. I want Linux to do better and better every year, and it *is*, and that delights me. Apps "just work" more and more often, and gaming is way, way better. Honestly, thank goodness it exists, for so many reasons.