• Levi@lemmy.caEnglish
    2 months

    I only have to reboot when I want to, not when a corporation wants me to.

      • Levi@lemmy.caEnglish
        2 months

        Neat. Maybe they’ve changed it since I last used it. Still not going back though.

        • HeiligerBimBam@lemmy.wtf
          2 months

          They have not changed it. You still just can configure a range of time where its not allowed to reboot. So OP is simply no power user, or is just lying. I sadly still need to use Windows on my working machine, and the forced update+reboot happens minimum once a month.

      • Nindelofocho@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2 months

        Win 10 pro never forced me but i did power cycle pretty often anyways. It did still give me bs full screen ads for win 11 though sometimes. Now im on Bazzite with minimal disruption and even some improvements to my workflow :)

      • lost_faith@lemmy.ca
        2 months

        Funny, under win 10 I would wait weeks to do the updates, until I had no choice of reboot except update and reboot. At some point the machine would grind nearly to a halt with an update queued and soon as I did that update the machine would return to its regular speed.

  • Broken@lemmy.ml
    2 months

    Linux does what I tell it to.

    Windows does what it wants. Either what it thinks I want it to do, or what Microsoft wants me to do.

    Considering I paid for my computer, I like having control over it. It’s that simple.

  • MyBrainHurts@piefed.caEnglish
    2 months

    It’s free and using it means I don’t have to support American tech companies.

  • Bluegrass_Addict@lemmy.ca
    2 months

    I prefer Linux audio manipulation over windows. I despised plugging in say… a PS4 controller and having to redo my audio because microsoft thinks it knows better then me.

    I shake the mouse,l on Linux when I lose it and the cursor gets big.

    Linux doesn’t try to think for me… it does what I tell it too.

    I can just drag windows out if full screen… windows I gotta double click then drag away.

    there’s so many small qol features from people that actually use PCs. microslop…I swear their employees have never used a computer before

    microslop doesn’t introduce features unless they can somehow make you get funneled into some space with ads.

    no ads…screw all ads

    it’s not microslop

    creators of Linux aren’t working at every turn to make my experience worse in order to sell me some garbage cloud solution

    Linux doesn’t try to sell anything.

    Linux just works…

    • lost_faith@lemmy.ca
      2 months

      I can just drag windows out if full screen… windows I gotta double click then drag away.

      Oh, oh. You can drag a window from a screen you can’t see to a screen you can. Doesn’t sound like a big deal til you are in bed and forgot to put a window on your big tv to pick your next item to watch

      EDIT: what, did I miss on windows where you can select ‘move’ on the task manager and then move the window off a monitor you can’t see? lol

  • originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com
    2 months

    i like not having to have a microsoft account to utilize it.

    you know whats really awesome? being able to decide if i want updates. or a tightly-integrated piece of shit llm.

    being able to modify literally every aspect of the shell.

    windows 3.1 was more theme-able than win11.

    linux works out of the box for all the old people i repurpose machines for and i dont have to think about cloud-connect bullshit. fuck, half of them dont notice its not windows until i mention it.

    better question is why the fuck would you use windows without being paid to?

    • workgood@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2 months

      i use it bec i like it,i like that my cracks work there without effort. that i dont need to update my system to download an app. i like the ui,that any app will work. i never have to use the terminal. a lot of stuff. and about being paid,i didnt even pay for it i used massgravel (or whatever its named) to active it

      • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
        2 months

        Haha. I don’t believe in destiny, but the things you like about Windows are the things I liked about Windows before I switched to Linux.

        You’ll find many other fans of cracking / Liberating software, here. It’s where the “Libre” we talk about comes from.

        Anyway, keep asking questions of you’re curious.

        I’ll just add that I haven’t used the command line for anything basic on Linux in several years. Command line is really not necessary anymore, unless I’m doing something advanced like modding my games. Actually, I guess I haven’t modded anything in awhile that didn’t come with a graphical kit. But I’m sure I still might, for the right mod.

        • workgood@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
          2 months

          since you switched to linux. how do you use cracks? or did you stop using them?

          • null@piefed.nullspace.lolEnglish
            2 months

            Depends on what you’re cracking, but for games there’s tons of cracked games that work great on Linux.

          • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
            2 months

            how do you use cracks? or did you stop using them?

            I make good money now and buy all my games, but I still apply mods.

            Mod manager tools tend to just work on Linux now, thanks to the SteamDeck.

      • Samsy@lemmy.ml
        2 months

        Linux distros nowadays are fully working and usable without the need of the terminal. Terminal is mostly used in online guides. Because it is easier to write a commandline than making 5 screenshots about where you have to point in a GUI.

  • bassad@jlai.lu
    2 months

    Faster, lighter, stronger.

    I still can use a 15yo laptop for daily tasks, still boot in less than 20s (with ssd).

    No surprises, I remember having stuff unremovable, like google toolbar, and no forced reboot when you are still working (they fixed this issue).

    Software management is way faster : you don’t have to download a zip, unzip, hit the .exe, then accept a fuckload of agreements.

  • TimeSquirrel@kbin.melroy.org
    2 months

    I’m a tinkerer. It’s made for people like me that like to take stuff apart and put it back together to see how it works. It also, quite literally, does EXACTLY as I tell it and set it up to operate. It doesn’t do disrespectful shit like revert my default browser settings to Edge. It is MY operating system and MY computer to 100% control however I wish, not some stale-ass predatory slop-driven corporation’s.

    • bizarroland@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2 months

      And one major thing that Linux also does that Windows does not is Linux will never install an application on your computer that you didn’t explicitly tell it to install.

      I have uninstalled nopilot on work computers so many times. I run scripts to manually disable and remove it and prevent Windows from installing nopilot, and Windows updates, reverts what I did, and then reinstalls fucking nopilot, and then sneakily launches it in the taskbar where I can’t easily see that it’s running to begin with.

      Voluntarily running windows at this point is kind of like voluntarily allowing yourself to be sexually assaulted.

      Only weirdos and sad people who don’t know that it could easily not be like that continue to put up with it.

  • NathanUp@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2 months

    Everything everyone else said, but also it literally has more features. KDE Plasma and apps like Dolphin make Windows look like a toy.

  • Pommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.org
    2 months

    Linux is an operating system. It handles your system resources and makes them available to your applications. It was built by devs who tried to make the system good.

    Windows is a marketing tool. It is designed to get the user to subscribe to the cloud services that make Microsoft money.
    It was built by devs who tried to make the system profitable.

  • utopiah@lemmy.ml
    2 months

    i dont like linux nor use it

    What is this? Arguing with a 5yo? No offense but do you genuinely believe “I don’t like X” without even explaining why could lead to interesting conversations? Do better. At least provider argument on why you like Windows (there are actually some good reasons, even for people who don’t like Microsoft) and why you don’t like Linux (there also are good reason).

    You’re not actually “intersed” otherwise you’d have at least bothered to link to couple articles, videos, etc arguing either way and would have at least taken the time to write 2 sentences properly.

    Blocked as I have to assume it’s either engagement bait or just the laziest person on Earth.

    • oopsgodisdeadmybad@lemmy.zip
      2 months

      Preach!

      I get pissed off by typos in general, but when it’s just a quick chat and they missed the correct letter by one or just bad autocorrect, I can deal. (at least until they “accidentally a word” too many times to be readable)

      But going to a group you disagree with to ask questions and get answers while, speaking like a kid in elementary school is actually bewildering.

      Unless they actually are a kid in elementary school.

    • lost_faith@lemmy.ca
      2 months

      How dare you be so succinct. Where is the flowery words that take space and say nothing?

  • warmaster@lemmy.world
    2 months

    Because of everything.

    I can chose however I want it to be and behave. It won’t nag me, it won’t show me ads, my hardware will receive support for ages, it consumes less resources, it’s more responsive, I don’t need to update any drivers, it uses less disk space, installing apps is easier, changing settings is easier, backups are easier, zero maintenance , it’s reliable, it’s free and open source and it uses the same Kernel that the world runs and relies on.

    I’m 42, since I was less than 8 years old until now I’ve used:

    • DOS
    • Windows 3.11, 95, Me, XP, Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10
    • MacOS 8.1, 9, OSX 10 - 10.11

    Linux:

    • Mandrake
    • Mandriva
    • Ubuntu
    • POP OS
    • Elementary
    • Manjaro
    • Endeavour
    • Debían
    • Zorin
    • Mint
    • Fedora
    • Aurora
    • Bazzite
    • Vanilla

    That said the only thing I dislike is that my kids can’t play EA’s FC26 or Epic’s Fortnite because those companies chose to actively not support Linux on purpose. Those games are predatory gambling casinos disguised as games, but still… I wish I could have the choice to play or not play them.

    But that’s a small price to pay for everything I get in return.

    I’ve been running Bazzite for 2 years now. For me, it’s honestly the best computing experience I’ve ever had. I’m very happy with it and I feel joy using it every single day, I’m in love.

  • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
    2 months

    I like having a system I know the internals of and can control.

    But honestly, nowadays the software quality of Windows is just… Bad.

  • CerebralHawks@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    2 months

    Mac guy… I’ll say desktop environments. It’s an advantage over both macOS and Windows. The ability to choose your desktop environment. I prefer GNOME.

  • flameleaf@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2 months

    It works.

    Which is a quality of standard that Windows does not maintain. I wouldn’t wish that garbage on my worst enemy.