Microsoft's “Love” of Linux

Re:Microsoft's “Love” of Linux by disintegore on Thursday November 21, 2019 @01:55PM (#21597927)

A "cobbled-together kludge of disparately developed software" is how I would describe the average Windows' user's workstation. You only need to boot it to be immediately hit by a barrage of dysfunction. I think you're simply comfortable in your own mess.

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Re:Microsoft's “Love” of Linux by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Thursday November 21, 2019 @02:24PM (#21598325)

I use Linux on 3 of the 5 computers I interact with frequently, and the Windows mess is not comparable to the Linux mess.

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Re:Microsoft's “Love” of Linux by dependenttypes on Thursday November 21, 2019 @04:30PM (#21599877)

I use Linux on 3 of the 4 computers I interact with frequently and my experience is the exact opposite of yours. The linux ecosystem might be a mess but at least it is usable, unlike windows, where it is painful to do even the simplest task.

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Re:Microsoft's “Love” of Linux by AnIdiotOnTheNet on Friday November 22, 2019 @12:22PM (#21607661)

I'm having a hard time thinking of a simple task that is easier on Linux.

Here's an example in the other direction: install a piece of software to a different disk than the OS resides on. This is trivial in most Windows software, but requires recompilation from source for most Linux software.

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Re:Microsoft's “Love” of Linux by dependenttypes on Friday November 22, 2019 @02:33PM (#21609158)

> I'm having a hard time thinking of a simple task that is easier on Linux.

Installing any program, compiling a c file, opening non-zip archives, writing an iso to a usb, counting the lines that contain a certain word in a file, removing the preinstalled spyware, etc.

> install a piece of software to a different disk than the OS resides on

Windows is certainly much better than this than most distros (although it is not perfect, many programs such as the sims 2 expansion packs for example had issues with being installed in another disk). That being said, I am pretty sure that Nix does not have this issue.

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