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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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[–] urska@lemmy.ca 6 points 5 months ago

Buggy and laggy. I work with it and its a daily pain for my soul and mental health.

[–] kbal@fedia.io 6 points 5 months ago (8 children)

It used to be pretty bad, back when it was using all the dirty tricks it could invent to build its monopoly. By now though it's just obsolete.

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[–] biscuitswalrus@aussie.zone 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

This thread teaches me that generally, most Linux people are looking at windows. Meanwhile Microsoft only thinks Windows is 16% of its business.

Basically, it seems, most Linux users do not think hard about Microsoft.

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[–] emberpunk@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago

There is a lot out there on why from a lot of sources, so definitely not hard to do research on this. Definitely research the history of this company regarding anti-competition, Bill Gate's letter to hobbyists regarding intellectual property and markets (which touches on the whole proprietary vs FOSS suff). You can also just use their products for a while and see for yourself, note what you like and what you don't like (for me the latter is more likely), and make your own judgement.

[–] Meowie_Gamer@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago
[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The death of Windows means more people will come to Linux

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[–] Kekin@lemy.lol 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

[–] xep@fedia.io 2 points 5 months ago

Could it be the new taskbar? It's the worst part of W11, I don't understand why they had to replace the old one.

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[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 5 months ago

I can't remember

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[–] ssm@lemmy.sdf.org 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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[–] kawa@reddeet.com 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

[–] BaalInvoker@lemmy.eco.br 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'.

[–] Lemmygradwontallowme@hexbear.net 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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[–] kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 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.

[–] uebquauntbez@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

How bad are we that M$ still has 75% market share on operation systems and office suites?

[–] trolololol@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago

What's your point? At one moment in history everybody would buy leaded fuel. That's my strawmen reply to your strawmen.

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