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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I was curious what the Linux people think about Microsoft and any bad practices that most people should know about already?

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago

Michaelsoft is literally the devil

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

Very bad

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The death of Windows means more people will come to Linux

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (2 children)

One pet peeve of mine is how in Windows 10 switching between virtual desktops was flawless, and somehow in Windows 11 they fucked it up. At first it had no animation when switching, the taskbar kind of glitches. Now it has an animation but it's kind of delayed and the taskbar still kind of glitches, it seems to reload or something. Kinda crazy honestly

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I consider their new push for webapps in stead of traditional client as bad practice, its buggier and runs like absolute shit

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

One word:

Recall.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I can't remember

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

Microsoft is evil, but are they more or less evil than Google?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (8 children)

I don't think the world is black or white. Of course Microsoft can make bad choices and prioritize profit, but Microsoft isn't a person or and entity. MS is an enterprise driven by people that work there.

Linux community or any other community can also make bad choices, afterall it's also people-driven and people are flawed.

I don't excuse MS for really bad choices, but also don't blame it. I just think that's better to see the world complex as it is, not by judging stuff as 'bad' or 'good'.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

My good sir... if their modus operandi is rotten to the core... then you could generally say the enterprise is affected by it... (a few bad apples can spoil a bunch...)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I personally have no problem with people using Windows but I don't want it shoved down my throat. When people first boot their computer they should have the option to choose what OS to install (Windows, various Linux distros, and FreeBSD) and that choice should always be available in the bios.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

not quite as bad as adobe, but they are among the worst

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