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comp_ed82
in reply to Ren • • •rtannerf
in reply to comp_ed82 • • •@comp_ed82 you just gotta change this obscure undocumented dword key under Microsoft/Windows/System/sys32/catacombs/deadcode/ in the HKLM hive to 0 and it fixes it
see aren't you glad Windows is easier than Linux??
Joakim Fors
in reply to rtannerf • • •comp_ed82
in reply to Joakim Fors • • •Critical Silence
in reply to Ren • • •The mainstream still applauses.
Feike πͺπΊπ³π± π«π
in reply to Ren • • •Kevin Russell
in reply to Ren • • •Our era explained, or choices shown, our bosses exposed, our problems defined.
This image (posted by mstdn.social/@stevelieber@mastβ¦) is AI and its tech Bros now. All that enshittified commercial software.
#ms #windows #ai #linux #ready
Mastodon π
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The Cyberwitch
in reply to Ren • • •And next update they'll have to do it all over again =D
God, I hate playing GPO wack-a-mole at work
Marius
in reply to Ren • • •I will happily switch to Linux as soon as installing print drivers is as easy as on Windows. And to be honest: Word and Excel far exceeds Libreoffice. So for now I will keep running Linux on servers and Windows on desktops π
Seth Galitzer
in reply to Marius • • •Johannes Hentschel
in reply to Seth Galitzer • • •Exactly, both suck like crazy!
@fere @rogueren
traecer
in reply to Johannes Hentschel • • •Ren
in reply to Marius • • •@fere I've has LESS issues with printers on Linux thanks to the CUPS driver which works with basically every common consumer printer nowadays.
Office stuff I use OnlyOffice which is much better than LibreOffice IMO. Word is basically 1:1 but Excel is almost impossible to make 1:1 since desktop Excel uses its own language for advanced fuctions (Visual Code Basic) which not even the web version of excel uses, THAT uses a custom fork of javascript. So basically Excel is utterly fucked no matter what. (OnlyOffice uses normal vanilla javascript for its advanced scripting functions).
Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Marius • • •@Marius @Ren what is this βinstalling print driversβ you are talking about?
I've just bought a new printer, I've connected it to the local network (not even to the computer), and the print dialog was showing it, with full supports for its various features, no installation required
(I'm not sure what would happen for scanners: the one I have is just a printer, and the scanner I have is pretty old (and does require installing a couple of packages from the distribution))
Marius
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Marius • • •Miakoda
in reply to Marius • • •...Installing mine was just installing hplip and running setup. It asked me stuff, had me give it my printer's IP, and there it was - printer. π€·ββοΈοΈ
Adrien Plazas
in reply to Marius • • •Thomas Tanghus
in reply to Adrien Plazas • • •VulcanTourist
in reply to Ren • • •Ren
in reply to VulcanTourist • • •VulcanTourist
in reply to Ren • • •I literally guess not.
A software developer favorited my original reply to you. You should consider that and your choices and why you make them, and whether they're truly in your best interest.
This is not a religious hill that I'm willing to die on.
David Scott Moyer
in reply to Ren • • •ZeStig
in reply to David Scott Moyer • • •David Scott Moyer
in reply to ZeStig • • •ZeStig
in reply to David Scott Moyer • • •and Microsoft would have shoved AI literally everywhere they could. Notepad has AI. File explorer has AI. Looks like Regedit and even Cmd would get AI at this point, because why not milk users for their money and data?
Recall is but the beginning...
David Scott Moyer
in reply to ZeStig • • •Miakoda
in reply to David Scott Moyer • • •David Scott Moyer
in reply to Miakoda • • •Miakoda
in reply to David Scott Moyer • • •Ji Fu (Domestic Terrorist)
in reply to David Scott Moyer • • •Mx Amber Alex (she/it)
in reply to Ren • • •Ren
in reply to Mx Amber Alex (she/it) • • •Darth Hideout π³οΈβπ
in reply to Ren • • •Zep
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in reply to Ren • • •jirayu
in reply to Ren • • •Ren
in reply to jirayu • • •jirayu
in reply to Ren • • •I have. But I couldn't say the same for most people
Also, most guide for fixing stuff on Linux still written with command-line centric. despite many of them could also do in GUI.
Community also the same. I understand that from us tech savvy will see command as faster and easier. but that's not what average user expect from us when then want a solution.
Ren
in reply to jirayu • • •jirayu
in reply to Ren • • •International Journal of Matti
in reply to Ren • • •mzf-bee
in reply to Ren • • •skedarwarrior
in reply to Ren • • •Well I realized windows was bad around 8.1, but boy oh boy, I am glad I ditched windows before 10 AND ESPECIALLY 11 were the norms.
lol, I got out at the last best time.
It would've probably been better to get out before then, but oh well.
meowki
in reply to Ren • • •Clep-Karb @ π
in reply to Ren • • •I think the difference is that Linux makes it harder to get something while on windows it's harder to get **rid** of something.
Not only is the latter required less often but I also would guess that ignoring something you don't need is a lot easier for most users than to try and work around not being able to have something you do need
Ji Fu (Domestic Terrorist)
in reply to Clep-Karb @ π • • •JoΓ£o Tiago Rebelo (NAFO J-121)
in reply to Ren • • •OSNews (@osnews@mstdn.social)
OSNews (Mastodon π)Worm
in reply to Ren • • •Miakoda
in reply to Worm • • •C++ Wage Slave
in reply to Miakoda • • •@hellomiakoda
Which version of #Windows introduced the requirement to contact them and register? And, if you upgraded your hardware, Windows might decide that this was a different system and you'd have to ring #Microsoft and plead to be allowed to use your computer again? XP, maybe?
Yeah.
No.
I went #Linux-only in about 2005. I've not looked back.
@ad_infinitum @rogueren
Miakoda
in reply to C++ Wage Slave • • •C++ Wage Slave
in reply to Miakoda • • •@hellomiakoda
I hope I didn't come across as competing with you or blaming you! We're on the same side. π
@ad_infinitum @rogueren
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in reply to Ren • • •Ji Fu (Domestic Terrorist)
in reply to antifa super soldier gritty • • •Jonas KΓΆritz
in reply to Ren • • •Red π₯
in reply to Ren • • •Miakoda
in reply to Ren • • •I am amazed at the constant shit Windows users will do to avoid the "difficult" task of just using a Linux computer.
Just a note to any Windows users reading - I'm in the terminal all the time because I find it powerful and easy. You don't actually have to do that. You can just click on the little pictures like you'd do in Windows, if that's more your speed.
jan Tusi (trucy) π³οΈββ§οΈπ
in reply to Ren • • •Ren
in reply to jan Tusi (trucy) π³οΈββ§οΈπ • • •Patrick
in reply to Ren • • •wonofone π
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in reply to Ren • • •Ji Fu (Domestic Terrorist) likes this.
bananas_pizza
in reply to Ren • • •Not trying hard enough π²
in reply to Ren • • •I only needed two apps to use mint. My password manager & VeraCrypt
But, nope.
Tired of wasting my time on trying to get Linux working.
Nicolas Pettiaux
in reply to Ren • • •Peter Koopman π¦£
in reply to Ren • • •oneloop
in reply to Ren • • •Loy Hena
in reply to Ren • • •miccaman βοΈ
in reply to Ren • • •Can someone help me to remap the copilot key on my laptop keyboard to Right-Context-menu key plz?
Tried powertoys, and autohotkey, but did not succeed.
And yes Linux is easy. At least I can break AND fix things.
Agent Rosenflower
in reply to Ren • • •Ryek Darkener
in reply to Ren • • •Fennek | Commissions OPEN π¦πΎ
in reply to Ren • • •I dont want everything only with AI. Its already annoying enough on phones and worst if you cant delete all this shit. I always deactivate everything. Its nice for people that want it but should not forced to everyone.
Wilma_Wein
in reply to Ren • • •apt get into it π
Pau Cabrera
in reply to Ren • • •hobbs
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in reply to Gardiner Bryant • • •diana π³οΈββ§οΈπ¦π±
in reply to Ren • • •FoolishOwl
in reply to Ren • • •I always struggle with the conflict between the thoughts that computers are harder to operate than they should be, and that a lot of the complexity is the result of trying to hide the complexity, and that perhaps the problem is that people are compelled to use them who perhaps would be happier not using them.
Like, HTML was originally very simple, but the web became the universal interface, and now fewer people are likely to write a web page from scratch.
DaytonaH
in reply to Ren • • •Nazo
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