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Comment by aucisson_masque

14 days ago

Obligatory Linux comment when speaking about Microsoft, windows or anything related.

I don't have Linux but you guys make it hard to like it.

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leptons  14 days ago

I was on Windows for 30 years. I advocated for it and even got a few CTOs to switch from MacOS to Windows because they saw Windows was actually more capable than Apple propaganda would have you believe.

I'm not really sure how you figure that my comment makes Linux hard to like.

I simply don't like the direction Microsoft is headed in, and haven't for some time. Many people don't like it. Microsoft recently may have had a realization as a company and they might change their current direction, but I still doubt I'll go back. They expected me to pay twice for software that I paid a "lifetime license" for, only because I upgraded the CPU in my computer. If you think that somehow makes Linux look bad, then I don't know man...

I run my email inside a virtual machine, so it was easy for me to switch over from Windows/Outlook to Linux/Thunderbird. I certainly don't expect everyone to switch.

papichulo2023  14 days ago

Dude you are on HN no Reddit, most people around here use Linux

  • esseph  14 days ago

    I wished I believed this, but it feels closer to 50% Apple, 35% Windows, 15% Linux.

    • nottorp  14 days ago

      You also need to define "use".

      No one or almost no one specifies whether they use $OS at work or for their own stuff, or whether the work $OS is mandatory for the organization.

      And at home... the IT HNer probably has everything. I'd bet everyone who says they use Mac OS on the desktop also has Linux boxes.

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