[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.ca
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    1 year ago

    Linux. Again. Install Linux

    Ubuntu Linux Debian Linux Fedora Linux Pop!os linux Arch Linux for all i care

    Install Linux, stop accepting this bullshit from Microsoft. ALL of their software sucks, they care more about marketing and pulling money out of your pocket than actually giving quality software.

    Open source software blows everything Microsoft out of the water, stop accepting the bullshit

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      1 year ago

      ALL of their software sucks

      Let’s not get carried away. Office suite (particularly Word, PowerPoint and Excel) is some of the best software I’ve used. Crazy powerful, easy to use, consistent across iterations. Outlook could have some QOL things but it’s still better than Thunderbird. VS Code is awesome too.

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        LibreOffice is good enough. Thunderbird is good. There is no shortage of development tools on Linux, if anything, it is the best development platform.

        I switched 100% for 2012 when I changed job from game development to Linux development . I’d been 100% Linux at home since 2005, but changing work platform was the acid test.

        Microsoft can get stuffed. I’ve not needed them for over a decade.

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          Good enough for who?

          I’ve seen too many cases of word docs being hosed, or not working right in Libre. So from a business standpoint that’s a no-go. And that’s the challenge.

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            1 year ago

            So don’t work in Word docs. It’s not a proper standard anyway.

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          Yeah, I’m not saying Libre office isn’t…fine, or that development tools on Linux aren’t good or even better. But the idea that all Microsoft software sucks is as demonstrably false as an opinion statement can be. They’re really good, and with Office the alternatives aren’t close. Do most people need all the functionality in Excel or PowerPoint? No, but they’re great pieces of software and ignoring that is just plain tribalism.

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      1 year ago

      All their software sucks

      Show me a real competitor to OneNote on Linux.

      Once I find that, I can switch.

    • Sanity_in_Moderation@lemmy.world
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      Ok. Can you point me in the right direction?

      I am building a gaming pc this weekend. I got to the bios screen tonight. I was going to install windows tomorrow. But I’ll give Linux a try.

      Mint Cinnamon?

      I know Proton works for Steam games. Can you twitch stream with Linux?

    • BosnianCevap@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      I just feel like such a noob when using linux. Most of the time when im putting commands in the terminal I have no idea what im really doing. Also still not too familiar with how to navigate the file structure.