nixCraft 🐧Do you agree? #linux
Markus Udosson Bo@nixCraft I need Anger Management for Windows, and Drugs. Tranquilizers mostly
Alexey@alphasixtyfive @nixCraft That would imply there is an evil force in it. I think it‘s just chaos, neutral evil chaos.
Kevin Russell@alphasixtyfive @hankarus @nixCraft
200 million computers running windows will be abandoned by Microsoft, no support, no new malware removal, no virus help, abandonware.
If you own a Windows 10 machine, you can throw it onto the far too big tech junkpile, or put linux on it, ffs, please.
Or give a thousand away to schools or free computer activists in cities everywhere.
Any Windows 10 machine can be saved, reborn, made ACTUALLY USEFUL, without surveilance.
Warlock Of Wires@kevinrns @alphasixtyfive @hankarus @nixCraft I think that there should be tribunals held for how much E-Waste is going to be caused by Microsoft's intentional euthanization of reasonable computers...
We as Society already hold Apple to a high standard as we should and I think it's high time we also start pointing some serious blame at Microsoft for a copycatting apple when it comes to e-waste. We can do better as a society and we need to and we should..
Baron Vonskinnback@Warlockofwires @kevinrns @alphasixtyfive @hankarus @nixCraft apple is the worst offender for doing this across their mobile, tablet, laptop & desktop devices, they have been doing this shit for years...
@Vonskinnback @kevinrns @alphasixtyfive @hankarus @nixCraft that's ironic because Apple has about a 7-year fixed life span on their laptops and desktops and they're consistency allows me to then make Capital purchases on a regular basis every 2/3 of a decade knowing the exact lifespan of my Hardware on the other hand Microsoft is going to cost me $6,000 this year because they're absolutely asinine requirements for Windows 11 means that my 7th gen I5 Panasonic Toughbook that I use for my work in the field and in my lab is it going to be supported in about a year. And to replace it I have to buy a brand new model not a used one because only those support 11.
Apple has cost me $4,000 in the last 10 years because in 2012 I bought a Mac Pro Tower then I ran until last year. And I just replaced it this last July with a M2 Ultra Mac studio...
Maybe I'm a unique use case but in my case I see far more damage done as a business from Microsoft and they're unpredictable lifespans.
@Vonskinnback @kevinrns @alphasixtyfive @hankarus @nixCraft I also do not use their tablets or their smartphones because their Hardware doesn't do what I need it to do so I'm not a part of that mess....
@Vonskinnback @kevinrns @alphasixtyfive @hankarus @nixCraft and I am absolutely fuming mad at the Android ecosystem right now because Samsung has decent life support cycle but their phones are lacking headphone Jacks and they just tore out the SD card slot so there they have no functional advantage and Hardware over anything else that's spectacular I would buy a Sony Xperia because you know they're actually quite nice but Sony is so darn stuck up they won't support their phones past 2 years so even though the hardware could be relevant for five years with one major battery swap during this lifespan the phone won't get updates past 24 months after the phone is released...
If I was the president of this world you would have to support your phones for a minimum of 5 years. The Android ecosystem being touted as a open system of tons of user Choice really doesn't have that much Choice anymore now that HTC decide to leave along with LG...
@Vonskinnback @kevinrns @alphasixtyfive @hankarus @nixCraft as you can probably gather that I have a bone to pick with everything and everyone..
I would love to be able to root for the best boy Linux but unfortunately it still sucks in my profession.
I will give credit Where credit is definitely due well at the same time acknowledging the deficiencies in a system....
It's called being brutally honest...
A great example Apple's Hardware is very much anti repair...
Yet if you consider a repairability to include software because you know without the software things are just bricks of silicon..
Apples repairability of the operating system is far better than Windows...
First off there's no license Keys you have to deal with so when you swap out Hardware losing your right to Windows as a moot point..
One of my core tenant rules of repairability is that swapping out Hardware should never affect your software...
Windows will always fail in this regards...
Pick your poison...
@Warlockofwires @kevinrns @alphasixtyfive @hankarus @nixCraft you are right about the ridiculous licensing model that Microsoft adopts & apple creates some fantastic hardware, but the maintenance of them is always a battle, whereas Microsoft laptops as long as you buy the right manufacturer were always gonna be repairable, Intel Windows 11 came along...