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Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS (tech4gamers.com)
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wow.. OS Subcription-Based with AI?

you'll own nothing, and you'll be happy

I'm glad I already moved to Linux for 2 years

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[–] 59 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

I remember in early 2024 when I switched to Mint I got some mild pushback from acquaintances, saying in so many words that I was overreacting to Windows getting shittier and that "you can just strip all that bullshit out/you can make a local account/etc." (while at the same time telling me "linux is too hard/painful because of all the stuff you have to do to make it work right/doesn't have xyz program").

I have been getting ever more smug and feeling more vindicated about this decision every day for the past two years.

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  • [–] 34 points 8 months ago (1 child)

    It's like complaining about requiring the command line but willing to mess with regedit, group policies or even powershell to just get Windows to a temporarily usable state (before an update overrides your settings).

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  • [–] 21 points 8 months ago*

    That was the breaking point for me, actually, back in February 2024; when I realized I was going to have to tard-wrangle my operating system to get it to behave right no matter which OS I used, I'd rather use the one that's free, doesn't include spyware I have to rip out, and won't re-fuck itself after an update. Like, yeah, the terminal is still a pain in the ass for me on rare occasions I have to use it, but it's no bigger a pain than any of that stuff on Windows; nor is it inherently any scarier than Command Prompt or PowerShell like some seem to think; and unlike Windows things actually stay fixed instead of some corporation going "ah-ah-ah, you can't do that, let me just fuck that right back up for you."

    Like, I was prepared for the same kind of fight with Linux I'd had with Windows because the fight didn't seem all that different by that point; that Mint ended up just working most of the time was an unexpected delight.

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  • [–] 1 point 8 months ago

    I have been getting ever more smug and feeling more vindicated about this decision every day for the past two years.

    This is so true. I'm at about twenty years since I switched and Microsoft has done nothing but validate my decision over and over and over since then. I sincerely feel bad for people who still use Windows.

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