• superkret@feddit.org
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      3 months ago

      At my job I run what my employer wants me to run. I get paid for it, they get to decide the OS.
      But at home I’ve been running Linux since 2006.

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      3 months ago

      Well… at least at home you can run Linux. That’s a start. And otherwise try to switch or create your own business. It seems the latter is the only option to fully get rid of Windows, since soon companies will move to Windows 11 with Windows Recall and other AI bs. No thanks, I’m out.

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        3 months ago

        Oh yuck. I also switched away - half Linux, two-thirds Mac (hehe, all fun:-) - but not everyone can manage that.

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        3 months ago

        Any company worth anything will keep recall disabled. Obviously, with Microsoft, it will get “accidentally” activated in an update, so admins will have to play whack a mole, but nobody should enable that malware when it’s released.

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            3 months ago

            Everything about it is so bad. It’s like someone woke up one day and thought, what is the legally worst piece of software I can make and force in people?

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              3 months ago

              Users of Microsoft accepted more and more. And slowly we are all in this situation (if you would still use Windows). Similar to the The Boiling Frog Syndrome. Get out now, while you still can. Try to search for alternatives. You have been warned.

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                3 months ago

                I went cold turkey to Linux this past December. Best choice I’ve ever made. I am still stuck on Windows for work and I assist friends and family with their stuff, but otherwise I’m happily out of the system.

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                  3 months ago

                  Great nice to hear! Which distro did you choice (No wrong answers)? Do you still need help or have questions or issues?

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                    3 months ago

                    I jumped right in the deep end with Arch. I’ve been a sys admin for about a decade and in IT for another 5 years, so I’m good with computers, but more importantly, I’m good at searching for and finding solutions to my problems. It was a bit rocky for the first setup, but been mostly smooth sailing since Jan or Feb. I reformatted to change to btrfs and snapper after the first month or two.

                    I still don’t know a lot about how Linux works or where any of the config files are, but I’m learning. I’m all on the bandwagon.

            • OpenStars@discuss.online
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              3 months ago

              Oh that’s no accident, nor do your words go far enough, unfortunately, bc they are doing stuff now that actually was fully illegal, back when the US government was more functional and pursued antitrust laws against Microsoft. :-(