Hows the cheap people’s activation problem? lol

  • Geodes & Gems@lemmy.ml
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    14 days ago

    If you’re ditching more popular social medias for less popular open source ones, you’re probably already a Linux User.

  • TomMasz@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    16 days ago

    Windows is the safe (or was) default. If you walk into most companies, that’s what everyone has. If you buy a PC, that’s what’s installed. Using Linux or Mac is a conscious choice. That “us vs. them” feeling tends to foster community.

    • Jerkface (any/all)@lemmy.caEnglish
      0·
      15 days ago

      Windows was never the safe option, it was the anticompetative option that took away the safe options!! Windows has always been quite genuinely the least secure, least stable, least maintainable option.

      • vandsjov@feddit.dk
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        15 days ago

        I think it’s “Safe” as in “No one was ever fired for choosing IBM” or more on the nose: If you choose to install Linux on all company computers and the CFO gets mad when Excel doesn’t work, why aren’t we just using windows??!?!? Then it’s your ass on the line. You will have a million enterprise software vendors that supports Windows, fewer that supports Linux.

        It’s no longer the safe bet for a lot of companies/countries because of how USA is being run at the moment, but that’s s whole other reason.

  • MoonMelon@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    15 days ago

    They exist, they’re just more corporate and centralized, and inundated with basic tech support questions due to the huge install base.

    Like this: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/category/windows

    If you dig deep enough in there you’ll find administrators talking about powershell hacks and devops and group policy and stuff like that. There’s probably people who are “passionate” about Windows, I’d imagine, but since it’s closed source there’s only so much you can do without being literally an employee of MS. The people I’ve met like this are kind of smugly defensive about Windows because they’ve invested so much training and knowledge into its arcana, but it’s not exactly “passion”.

  • Dariusmiles2123@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    16 days ago

    I guess because no one is passionate about it. It’s just something people are using because it came with their computer.

    Here people are almost only talking badly about it. It’s not a good product but I wonder if it’s as bad as people on Lemmy make it sound.

    Still I don’t want to waste time away from Linux to discover it by myself.

    • kernelle@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      15 days ago

      Oh there are people who are very passionate about using Windows, in corporations almost exclusively. Had conversation with a system architect recently that made me go over every single reason why Windows isn’t my first choice and got more and more frustrated because if given the choice, I would always pick OpenStack over Azure.

      What Windows has are dwindling enthusiast numbers.

  • UnknowableNight@piefed.socialEnglish
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    8 days ago

    Linux for most is an active decision and requires some knowledge about tech and an interest in it, whereas Windows is default for most and used by most people, not just people who like tech.

  • baller_w@lemmy.zip
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    14 days ago

    I’ve been using both for about 20 years. I can honestly say most people can and should use both.

    I just wiped a trash celeron pc that ran windows awful. I put Ubuntu 24 LTS on it and it screams. Took about an hour.

    If you have old hardware that you want to extend the life of or repurpose, consider Linux before buying something new.