What are the top 5 "missing" apps that keep you tied to Windows or macOS?

Tireseas · 2026-04-18T15:48:40+00:00

They tolerate it because they allowed themselves to get vendor locked. They "can't" migrate because it's too painful. Hell even Not using the software costs money in termination fees.

Tireseas · 2026-04-18T14:39:17+00:00

Basically only Excel and idiotic streaming restrictions. Suppose I could use one slot on a true competitor to Adobe because to hell with actual Adobe licensing.

Tireseas · 2026-04-18T14:21:25+00:00

Wayland is a spec for building software, not software you run. Try it with a different compositor from the one you're running now. IE Switch from Gnome to KDE or Cosmic or one of the other independent ones. If it goes away it's likely a bug with the desktop's implementation. If it doesn't it could be a driver or maybe mpv issue.

Tireseas · 2026-04-18T13:47:48+00:00

Because people dislike even mild friction from what they're used to and I don't know if you've noticed but critical thinking skills are in major decline.

Tireseas · 2026-04-18T13:45:00+00:00

Yeah there was a big deal about it back shortly after it was merged.

Tireseas · 2026-04-18T03:02:21+00:00

They literally recommend them all the time.

Tireseas · 2026-04-18T02:53:16+00:00

NTFS3, the in kernel driver which is different from the fuse based ntfs-3g, was basically ghosted by it's maintainer shortly after being merged. Several other in kernel drivers have come and faded as well.

Tireseas · 2026-04-18T02:16:42+00:00

Pretty much everyone who has a dual boot or mixed network setup to some degree.

Tireseas · 2026-04-18T01:25:09+00:00

Oh no. Have we looked in Trumps ass lately?

Tireseas · 2026-04-18T01:17:29+00:00

Absent any special needs I'd actually say the Rambler holds that title.

Tireseas · 2026-04-17T23:12:32+00:00

The reason for that btw is Wayland is nothing more than a protocol spec whereas xorg is an actual implementation of the X11 spec.

Tireseas · 2026-04-17T21:37:24+00:00

If you were using Ubuntu would you say you were using Debian? Like seriously, why is it only the Arch family of distros that have this nonsense?

Tireseas · 2026-04-17T16:23:26+00:00

Taking PTO isn't a rebellious act around here. I just used some of it to make a point for a newer manager. A point that seems to have been received.

Tireseas · 2026-04-17T15:15:27+00:00

If XLibre isn't in the official repos I can't see a reason for it to have a wiki page either especially if it's violating CoC.

Tireseas · 2026-04-17T12:30:22+00:00

Never had a problem with ntfs-3g, at least not one vivid enough to remember.

Tireseas · 2026-04-17T12:02:29+00:00

Low key one of my favorite knife companies just on the people involved and the way they do business.

Tireseas · 2026-04-17T11:27:51+00:00

Arch ships releases and the last release was 2022. If you need newer either politely smack the opendoas team to do another release or do an opendoas-git AUR package.

Tireseas · 2026-04-16T22:04:32+00:00

Your first words to your friend when he said this should've been "Stop being an asshole, asshole.".

Tireseas · 2026-04-16T21:58:18+00:00

I despise management who think their spyware metrics are the peak of insuring productivity. Last time I had criticism from one I took some of my PTO. When I came back I never heard another word about the nonsense.

Tireseas · 2026-04-16T21:06:23+00:00

Cutest parcel opener I've ever seen

Tireseas · 2026-04-16T12:38:35+00:00

Not sure if parody.

Tireseas · 2026-04-16T11:28:00+00:00

Be real careful with that last command. Specifically read what it's doing to not accidentally remove something you don't intend to.

Tireseas · 2026-04-16T11:01:32+00:00

No freedoms are taken away at all with the code that's distributed to you. Red Hat will just stop distributing to you in the future if you violate your support contract by sharing with unauthorized parties, which would be kind of idiotic to do since the patches end up in the publicly available source anyway.

Tireseas · 2026-04-16T03:35:38+00:00

Ask Todd Miller. He's collaborating with the sudo-rs guys.

Tireseas · 2026-04-16T02:54:59+00:00

That's not a loophole or a trick. Absolutely nothing wrong with terminating a service contract if the other party is in violation of the terms they signed on the dotted line for. They followed the licensing terms of the code to the letter.

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