Gregory's Server@heinz @uep it's a funny thing. i use windoze, but i have no real idea it is there (apart from when it demands patching!!!!!!!!!!). does anyone actually use a desktop OS for anything these days? honestly it could be running on anything. having been a UN*X user since the mid-80's i've always been a windoze desktop user because it simply kinda works for all the dull stuff i do. on a chromebook right now, i can't readily see the difference between this and windoze. i'll end with "as it should be".
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  @pavsmith well, there's a couple things I do that require specific features… or at least work differently depending on what OS I'm using sure… I can substitute a proper OS and it's tools with WSL, git-bash (or cygwin) and similar. And I could play windows games using proton and whatever. but as soon as I start to see mountpoints or get annoyed by windows' crappy window manager, it's still kinda obvious? @drazraeltod i spend 90%+ of my time in a browser and so sitting here on a chromebook my experience is more or less identical. if i had to use it as a workstation... ugh! i'd be back on some kind of UN*X derivative asap. plus i have muscle memory for vi, and only use the keyboard commands! arrow keys were for those mainframe types! |
@pavsmith @heinz @uep well there's a couple of things.
1st it feeds unaltered screenshots of your desktop for AI processing.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/
2nd it shows ads.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations
I mean WTF people still pay for this shit, me included.
@pavsmith @heinz @uep well there's a couple of things.
1st it feeds unaltered screenshots of your desktop for AI processing.
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/microsofts-new-recall-feature-will-record-everything-you-do-on-your-pc/
2nd it shows ads.
https://www.theverge.com/2024/4/12/24128640/microsoft-windows-11-start-menu-ads-app-recommendations