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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] 5 points 5 months ago
[–] [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

[–] [email protected] 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

Maybe it's just the hardware I've tried to use it on but it always seemed to take too long for me in 10, too (haven't used 11). Whether trackpad gesture or win+tab, it's just always seemed sluggish compared to other options.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago (6 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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[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [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

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)

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...)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago

While I can see the merit of your sentiment here, and would generally agree the world exists on a spectrum and not some binary scale of yes or no, black or white. Like others have said, with mottos like "Embrace, Extend, Extinguish" how can one ignore the bad that Microsoft brings to the table.

[–] [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 (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 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.

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

The majority are simpletons which (also) love simple stuff. That's why.

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

You mean had the education system teach them their tools specifically?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Worse than theyve been as is most every other massive conglomerate still in business since inception. As the adage goes, power corrupts. Absolutely immutable if the rest of the corporate world is any example

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