▲ 244 ▼ Former Microsoft engineer explains why Windows 'sucks' now - Respecting users choices and offering a hardcore mode among key suggestions. (www.theregister.com) submitted 1 year ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 55 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago (6 children) Linux has you sudo all the time so that's not weird. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago* It might be roundabout weird because using Windows you expect any request performed by the user (except perhaps modifying system32) to be accepted without questioning. Linux (with a few exceptions) gives the user the expectation that the reason they need sudo is that it is the safety glass confirmation around the potential self-destruct button (even if sometimes needed for mundane things) permalink fedilink source parent [–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 27 points 1 year ago (3 children) If you are using sudo all the time something has gone wrong permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) If you aren't trying new packages and distros are you even Linuxing? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] valter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago As a Silverblue-based distro user, I don't need root to do any of that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago I just set my computer to auto-login as root when it boots up. I never have to use sudo! permalink fedilink source parent [–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago Yeah not sure that one holds up. I'm happily on Linux now, but permissions are something that often creep up and I need to sudo often. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 1 year ago* It might be roundabout weird because using Windows you expect any request performed by the user (except perhaps modifying system32) to be accepted without questioning. Linux (with a few exceptions) gives the user the expectation that the reason they need sudo is that it is the safety glass confirmation around the potential self-destruct button (even if sometimes needed for mundane things) permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jjjalljs@ttrpg.network 27 points 1 year ago (3 children) If you are using sudo all the time something has gone wrong permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) If you aren't trying new packages and distros are you even Linuxing? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] valter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago As a Silverblue-based distro user, I don't need root to do any of that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago I just set my computer to auto-login as root when it boots up. I never have to use sudo! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 child) If you aren't trying new packages and distros are you even Linuxing? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] valter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago As a Silverblue-based distro user, I don't need root to do any of that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] valter@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago As a Silverblue-based distro user, I don't need root to do any of that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] DickFiasco@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago I just set my computer to auto-login as root when it boots up. I never have to use sudo! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 7 points 1 year ago Yeah not sure that one holds up. I'm happily on Linux now, but permissions are something that often creep up and I need to sudo often. permalink fedilink source parent