AdamBomb

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You paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it went in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

Not the OP but I agree WSL doesn’t offer much over Mac unless you care about GNU vs BSD.

You paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it went in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I feel this one. The Finder and file-picking dialogs are genuinely awful.

You paid me, a long-time Linux user, to use Windows 11 exclusively for a month: here’s how it went in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Way off. Macs are BSD Unix computers saddled with a desktop whose opinions are both worse and more strongly held than those of GNOME’s. The steering wheel you’re begging for is the terminal. When you get everything done from there, it’s grand. iPads are devices made for consuming only. Macs are for creating.

Microsoft Needs Windows Lite, No telemetry, no spying, no ads, no AI, no .NET, to retain gamers and developers in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.world 124 points 1 month ago (16 children)

.NET is just a runtime, not problematic at all, and definitely doesn’t deserve to be lumped in with ads, spyware, and AI.

Google Chrome's next update will mark the end of popular ad blockers in c/technology@lemmy.world
[–] AdamBomb@lemmy.world -1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Brave has a built-in ad blocker based on uBlock. There are lots of reasons people don’t recommend Brave, but the lack of an ad blocker isn’t one of them.