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    [–] JJROKCZ 52 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    I mean, if you have the gui enabled and are just using it for web browsing it’s no different than windows.

    [–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Yep, so why even use Windows nowadays?

    [–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

    Because a handful of programs and likely my job will force me to use Windows. I'm interviewing next week for a position where they'll give me "all IT equipment", and there were several technical questions about Windows in a prior interview, so no Linux there.

    Still, whenever I can choose to do so, e.g. at home, I pick Linux.

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Sounds to me like radical terrorism will help convince them to change to and port their programs to Linux

    [–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    "Bearded man with penguin fetish holds fellow office workers hostage, more at 11."

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

    Haha, I could see that

    [–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I would straight up refuse job if it forced me to use Windows, however I mostly do server/cloud/dev so it just makes sense.

    [–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Considering I have no income right and I've been rejected from ~150 jobs, I need to take what I can get.

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

    Whaaaat? You filthy windows lover.

    But seriously though, some people talk here like if folks have a choice.

    [–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

    Do you know how truly privileged you are to be able to consider not taking a source of income for something like that? Lol

    [–] captainlezbian 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    Yeah as an engineer in factories I’d be shocked if someone let me use linux

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    That's literally been the types of jobs I've been applying for, and they always want me to be an instant expert in their proprietary SCADA/DCS/PLC software even for "fresh graduate" positions. Not using proprietary software is tantamount to not working in manufacturing engineering.

    [–] AffineConnection 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

    Because sometimes one has no choice, be it for your job, or hardware support, etc.

    Unfortunately, there is some scientific and medical equipment that only supports Microsoft Windows (often obsolete versions, which is even worse).

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

    I feel you... some machines in my previous lab were running on windows 98.

    [–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

    as much as I love Linux, some softwares don't work with it

    haven't dualbooted windows yet though because I have a small drive and I don't need Windows update fucking with my bootloader

    [–] FuglyDuck 2 points 1 year ago

    To make the Microsoft PC go faster?

    (Toss it out the window….)

    [–] Pyroglyph 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

    For general use, Linux is fantastic. But as other people have said, some software only works on other systems. Also, some software does run on Linux, but not acceptably so (for example, SteamVR).

    [–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

    But as other people have said, some software only works on other systems.

    For most of the general tasks that people have traditionally used computers for, it seems that most people nowadays generally just use their phone. Usually when anyone decides to use an actual computer for something, it's because they have a task that requires them to use some specific piece of software, and that software is unfortunately often only available on Windows/macOS.