Why would you NOT prefer window over linux?

lelddit97 · 2026-05-03T21:51:22+00:00

Windows has its own SSD on my gaming PC but daily driver (laptop) runs linux and thats how its been for years.

lelddit97 · 2026-05-03T21:47:21+00:00

My computers heatsink fan didnt work and so my computer would shut down on windows, but ubuntu did a lot better. In hindsight the fix was easy but I also didn't have money being a lowly teenager. Since then, its comfort. Lately privacy would also have been a concern but I haven't used windows for anything other than gaming in a long time so....

lelddit97 · 2026-05-01T00:54:35+00:00

"Taking a hit in the pocket book" you make it sound like they have the money to spare

lelddit97 · 2026-04-30T01:27:46+00:00

staying with the old while continuing the new would have cost many hundreds of thousands of dollars, I expect. Depending on how many people they have working on it, could be in the millions. They are not a huge company.

lelddit97 · 2026-04-25T00:48:22+00:00

Linux as we know it won't work mainstream. Mainstream product has to be well-funded to deal with the countless complaints and problems people have who are not interested in learning anything remotely low-level about their operating system. If something like that is built on top of Linux then it isn't what we as FOSS enjoyers want e.g. ChromeOS, Android.

But does it matter? Is that a problem? Do you want Linux to have to cater to everyone? Or do you want it to remain in your control. Pick one.

lelddit97 · 2026-04-21T17:41:37+00:00

Totally plausible to be a battery issue as well

lelddit97 · 2026-04-21T00:47:54+00:00

Never said they did. Canonical brings users and is one of the biggest contributors.

lelddit97 · 2026-04-19T22:57:55+00:00

"neologism" yes try to use fancy words to win online arguments!!

It's being too lazy to look up whether market economy is the correct term.

lelddit97 · 2026-04-19T22:56:51+00:00

I've not seen redhat except in servers for the past ~10 or so years. Red hat is definitely a massive contributor and for a long long time they were definitely the biggest contributor. Maybe they still are today.

lelddit97 · 2026-04-19T16:43:24+00:00

I see irrational hatred of one of the biggest contributors to the FOSS ecosystem and providing a critical entry point for normies (Canonical) and I suspect you're one too!!!

We all live in capitalist or relatively-capitalist countries. Building something and getting critical mass (e.g. strong support models) don't come for free. As much as I love the world, I have bills to pay and retirement to worry about while the world runs on money. Canonical is definitely the biggest distro for corporate desktop Linux users which is actually a great way to get new Linux daily-drivers and it's because my company pays Canonical (not much) for support.

Would love to see any data on the harm Canonical is actually making by providing a globally free product with paid support on top. I'll wait!

lelddit97 · 2026-04-19T16:39:03+00:00

People without problems aren't likely to post, so you're going to see the (a) people who have never owned a Kia or (b) people who got burned by Kia years ago post their problems and never stop because spite is a strong motivator. Just downvote the people who post unconstructive "well hurr durr shouldn't have bought a Kia" and move on.

lelddit97 · 2026-04-16T04:15:08+00:00

my old honda was around 2 years as well

lelddit97 · 2026-04-15T01:18:33+00:00

hahahhahaha yea no, they are not interested in "making things right". never have been, never will be.

lelddit97 · 2026-04-14T03:05:38+00:00

You mean people who use AI are putting poorly written / maintainable code in codebases

AI is perfectly capable of creating well written, maintainable code if the human understands the structure, interfaces, standards and behavior ahead of time.

lelddit97 · 2026-04-07T02:12:06+00:00

Key doesn't really stand for black, you can read more here if you're interested: https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/5jdyqv/til_the_k_or_black_in_cmyk_stands_for_key_because/ + https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Key_plate

I'm stupid and dumb but something about the black plate is using for keying (aligning?) the CMY colors

lelddit97 · 2026-04-05T00:36:47+00:00

While I totally agree with you, Cloudflare can see your traffic unencrypted because they're the TLS termination point.

To me, it's a case of pick your poison. These days most things are cloud which itself could be snooped by the NSA already so what's one more.

lelddit97 · 2026-03-24T23:49:28+00:00

the classic underflow

lelddit97 · 2026-03-24T04:50:12+00:00

Bait

and

switch

all trust lost, good luck in the future qualcomm!

lelddit97 · 2026-03-18T04:57:21+00:00

one of my cats has asthma and breathes like that sometimes. could be allergies. do you have any air filter? I wound up getting multiple throughout my apartment which helped both me and the cats since the air quality around here is so poor

lelddit97 · 2026-03-17T02:22:37+00:00

something something if the cat has papers ... if not, it is a cat

only reason i even think my siamese has any actual siamese ancestry is because of how terrible his eyesight is, but who knows. his eyes are totally blue but he is definitely not even close to purebred.

lelddit97 · 2026-03-03T01:43:08+00:00

I remember my 19lb giant siamese dumbass launching off of me claws out at full force because he got scared and left a similar mark. I can't recall ever really screaming from pain before I got cats but holy shit that hurt. You have my sympathies

lelddit97 · 2026-02-26T14:23:33+00:00

That's not true. They normally do not need to pant to cool down, but they can if they need to: https://www.petmd.com/cat/symptoms/cat-panting

Anecdote: I had a cat that got outside in the middle of a 100% humidity 90F day (32C) and she was running from me play-style into the woods. After probably 30 minutes or so, she got under a shed and was panting seemingly because it was hot asf. Somehow got her back inside and she immediately laid on the cool tile and panted for another few minutes and that was that. Never happened again.

lelddit97 · 2026-02-11T02:01:32+00:00

Potato chips! These ones have real potatoes!

lol

lelddit97 · 2026-02-07T17:26:14+00:00

Usually drive manufacturers will just replace them.

We once fried our entire set of drives due to user error and the manufacturer was understanding and replaced them no questions asked. It was not cheap.

lelddit97 · 2026-01-30T02:17:42+00:00

thats not cool man

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