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Re:Using Windows after 15 years on Linux by yjftsjthsd-h on Thursday April 07, 2022 @03:41PM (#30949447)
I am told, every time someone claims *nix isn't a good desktop, that having to fix things is unacceptable; if a problem can be fixed by editing a config file/setting or installing an additional program, that proves the platform will never be good enough for desktop use. I am perfectly happy to watch NT failing by the same standard.
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Re:Using Windows after 15 years on Linux by pbhjpbhj on Thursday April 07, 2022 @06:59PM (#30951339)
It was interesting to me to see Linus, of YouTube's LTT, mess up unzipping and then last into the distro he was using because - even though there was on screen feedback (obscured by his massive screen) - a folder needed updating to see changes. But, for me, across dozens of machines and many years MS Windows' file explorer has failed to do live updates, egg when making a new folder from the right-click menu (even pressing F5) the folder doesn't show, folders occasionally get littered with New Folder subfolders. Same happens with unzipping, the exact thing that apparently made Linux unusable and "not ready for the desktop" ... except for me Ubuntu at least always shows a notification for unzipping (and new folders just work).

Mostly these things are familiarity, using Windows just boils my blood though, it feels so hostile to me,

Buying and installing Minecraft client on Linux was super easy and straight forward (I did that pre-MS), buying and installing on MS Windows was a total trauma, the account process was so convoluted. Their greed just wrecks all their awesomeness.

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