i don't hate windows because of design inconsistencies and imagined security differences. i hate windows because it shoves ads in my face and spies on me, and every time i dig through the registry to get it to not do that, it gets undone with the next system update.
i use linux because it doesn't make me do that in order to have a system i consider usable.
Also the pulling-teeth-process of updating Windows. How does a commercial OS shit the bed on that so hard?
I am not a fan of the design inconsistencies or the apparent desire within Microsoft to change the entire GUI style every 5 minutes, but the way Windows has turned into bloated AF adware/spyware has been the main force behind me moving to Linux. I would have been happy with Windows XP forever if they just kept updating DirectX etc.
My other major annoyance is how Windows Update now forces itself on you, forces a reboot, then takes forever, and of course will randomly fail to apply the updates. Whereas with Linux, the updates just.... work. And they don't take half an hour to do nothing.
yeah that's what people complain about on windows sure
I don't think people's #1 problem with Windows is that the icons are inconsistent sometimes.
Sure keep telling yourself that you enjoy all the ads, malware, garbage UI and UX, bloated size, cost, etc
Nobody has fun using windows, they just tolerate it.
i'm with you on everything else, but i don't know if linux desktop as a whole is a shining example of good UX/UI, oof...
whats "linux desktop"?
- plasma certainly has better ux/ui than windows
- gnome definitely does too
- cinnamon may be debatable
- tiling window managers are in my view unrivaled in ux compared to anything else
- gtk3 and qt also offer extensive theming on posix compliant systems
- proper terminal centric design is also very important to me, making windows as a whole an unbearable user experience
Yeah your expererience can vary a lot depending on what you use or start out with as a new user.
Wow, I'm having so much fun staring at the start menu.
Nice bait and all but this is literally the other way around.
No. Windows has these "issues" if you use a diverse-enough set of apps, and there are quite-a-few things it won't let you tweak without paid or uNtRuSteD apps that Linux will. The difference is that Linux includes more diverse apps by default, and doesn't hide them away very well.
Personally, I love a bit of inconsistency, and Windows resides on my laptop because I'm more concerned with getting Linux onto my phone these days.
Oh man I love playing Start Menu. One of those games that just doesn't work on Linux.
inconsistency with icons and design in some areas
Sounds like a straw man argument. What Linux user would cite that as a complaint against Windows?
(I use arch btw)
A noob, or anyone who spends too much time on /UnixDesktops without realizing that /rainmeter is also a thing.
Just answering your question. Debian here
Linux folks can get annoying sometimes, but Windows has become absolutely painful to use recently. It's adware is absolutely disgusting, in line with everything else in corporate society. Every time I use my computer, I'm reminded that I live in a dystopia. When I get a new desktop, it sure as shit won't run Windows.
I also enjoy fucking around with a game controller while staring at the Windows Start Menu with no video game open.
Cope.
and seethe
possibly also mald
You know what, I hope they do have fun.
(i use mint btw)
straw pengiun......
also i wan that as a plushie now meow >w<
OP successfully triggered people, this isn't even offensive (I use opensuse btw)
Someone loves sucking on micro soft dicks (joking, wanted to make the micro soft joke)
I love the concept of a bunch of people holding game controllers and staring at the start menu.
Saying something that could be construed as positive towards windows on lemmy???
Arch users
As a Linux user, can I just say, fuck Arch users. Especially Arch users who tell beginners to use Arch.
What would we do without the arch wiki?
Hell, I use the Arch wiki for my Debian WSL most of the time to configure my Docker containers, it's the best linux wiki out there.
No need to push beginners towards arch, they'll become curious and check it out just for the meme anyways
On an unrelated note, have you heard the good news about our Lord and Savior, NixOS?
As an arch user, if you tell someone who's never used Linux before to use Arch, I'm taking away your using-Linux privileges. Possibly also your having-kneecaps privileges.
No way this is real
(See 3:30 timestamp)
This is so true! I would say, especially on Lemmy, but I'm so late plenty of users already made that point for me. lol
That said, I'm just waiting for Microsoft to implement that copilot crap to finally maybe actually try to transition to linux - same reason I finally left reddit (I was basically forced off)
Yah, I got tired of reconfiguring my windows every-time it updated.
The little annoyances built up to a point where the 1 hour of migrating stuff over and booting up a new OS was worth it.
All I see is 4 Linux users whose eggs are about to crack.
I'm in this picture and I don't like it
Honest question to y'all windows users:
Do you have fun with your operating system?Yes because I get to play games without having to do the equivalent of installing five different Windows library emulation tools and hours configuring/troubleshooting several scripts just to launch a simple ASCII roguelike game or an Unreal Engine game with shitty DRM.
Well, the real problem is that Windows enjails people while GNU/Linux empowers by giving freedom
linux "secure" lol
It’s open source, which in this case means a lot of people are working on it, and it is used on internet-facing computers, which means it can’t hide behind a residential firewall so has to be secure against every attack imaginable.
So yeah, the fact that is called merely “secure” is indeed lol, it should have been called “ultra mega super max secure”.
This is a seriously ironic take coming from someone whose username is a reference to the biggest breach of Linux security in history and the ease with which the trust needed to pull it off was gained
