i don’t hate windows because of design inconsistencies and imagined security differences. i hate windows because it shoves ads in my face and spies on me, and every time i dig through the registry to get it to not do that, it gets undone with the next system update.
i use linux because it doesn’t make me do that in order to have a system i consider usable.
I am not a fan of the design inconsistencies or the apparent desire within Microsoft to change the entire GUI style every 5 minutes, but the way Windows has turned into bloated AF adware/spyware has been the main force behind me moving to Linux. I would have been happy with Windows XP forever if they just kept updating DirectX etc.
My other major annoyance is how Windows Update now forces itself on you, forces a reboot, then takes forever, and of course will randomly fail to apply the updates. Whereas with Linux, the updates just… work. And they don’t take half an hour to do nothing.
yeah that’s what people complain about on windows sure
I don’t think people’s #1 problem with Windows is that the icons are inconsistent sometimes.
Sure keep telling yourself that you enjoy all the ads, malware, garbage UI and UX, bloated size, cost, etc
Nobody has fun using windows, they just tolerate it.
i’m with you on everything else, but i don’t know if linux desktop as a whole is a shining example of good UX/UI, oof…
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dude i use i3 and arch as a daily driver. for work too. and i LOVE it even if it can get a little janky.
but you cannot with a straight face tell me a user new to linux will find it comfortable to use. let alone people used to other tools like graphic designers (try telling THEM to switch to gimp and inkscape, or even worse to try to use the adobe suite with wine, and see the response you get)
we linux weenies can make our desktop and tools comfortable for us. the average person will ask you where chrome is and give up after you try explaining to them what a flatpak is for the third time.
Yeah your expererience can vary a lot depending on what you use or start out with as a new user.
Wow, I’m having so much fun staring at the start menu.
Nice bait and all but this is literally the other way around.
No. Windows has these “issues” if you use a diverse-enough set of apps, and there are quite-a-few things it won’t let you tweak without paid or uNtRuSteD apps that Linux will. The difference is that Linux includes more diverse apps by default, and doesn’t hide them away very well.
Personally, I love a bit of inconsistency, and Windows resides on my laptop because I’m more concerned with getting Linux onto my phone these days.
I’m more concerned with getting Linux onto my phone these days.
Ah, hello fellow masochist
jk im happy chrooting into a distro via termux, i dont have the money for an actual phone i can get linux into :<
I just spent $200 on eBay for a OnePlus 6T (which is the newest phone supported by postmarketOS). First impressions: it is buggy as all hell and running what is essentially a desktop Linux OS on a 5 inch touchscreen does not work as well as I had hoped it would, but it is open source and it does kind of work, and I’m hoping with a lot more experimentation I can get it to kind of work slightly better
Oh man I love playing Start Menu. One of those games that just doesn’t work on Linux.
Linux folks can get annoying sometimes, but Windows has become absolutely painful to use recently. It’s adware is absolutely disgusting, in line with everything else in corporate society. Every time I use my computer, I’m reminded that I live in a dystopia. When I get a new desktop, it sure as shit won’t run Windows.
inconsistency with icons and design in some areas
Sounds like a straw man argument. What Linux user would cite that as a complaint against Windows?
(I use arch btw)
A noob, or anyone who spends too much time on /UnixDesktops without realizing that /rainmeter is also a thing.
Just answering your question. Debian here
I also enjoy fucking around with a game controller while staring at the Windows Start Menu with no video game open.
Cope.
and seethe
possibly also mald
You know what, I hope they do have fun.
(i use mint btw)
straw pengiun…
also i wan that as a plushie now meow >w<
I love the concept of a bunch of people holding game controllers and staring at the start menu.
Saying something that could be construed as positive towards windows on lemmy???
