Post AIIMykDgIaXXoIVZmi by mike@fosstodon.org
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(DIR) Post #AIIMykDgIaXXoIVZmi by mike@fosstodon.org
2022-04-10T04:42:43Z
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An interesting opinion piece from someone that's been exclusive on Linux for almost 15 years, and now has to use Windows.https://duncanlock.net/blog/2022/04/06/using-windows-after-15-years-on-linux/
(DIR) Post #AIIVriKBqT1LUeH7Wi by stardust@fosstodon.org
2022-04-10T06:22:21Z
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@mike “The names are historical accidents, but the “primary” one always has a copy of the last text you selected from anywhere, which can be pasted anywhere by clicking the middle mouse button.”😮 TIL after ≈ 7 years.
(DIR) Post #AIIVuKLXS6MBzk9U7U by stardust@fosstodon.org
2022-04-10T06:22:51Z
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@mike “The names are historical accidents, but the “primary” one always has a copy of the last text you selected from anywhere, which can be pasted anywhere by clicking the middle mouse button.”😮 TIL after ≈7 years.
(DIR) Post #AIIW9XK3UQU6aDi7EG by stardust@fosstodon.org
2022-04-10T06:25:36Z
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@mike “The names are historical accidents, but the “primary” one always has a copy of the last text you selected from anywhere, which can be pasted anywhere by clicking the middle mouse button.”😮 TIL after ≈7 years. This literally frees up two buttons on my mouse.
(DIR) Post #AIIa4duLyf2RNObvKC by RyunoKi@layer8.space
2022-04-10T07:09:35Z
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@mikeOh, wait until @necrosis tells you about the „joy“ of cancelling an jnstall…
(DIR) Post #AIIiHa64G1F8xElpNQ by rudolf@fosstodon.org
2022-04-10T08:41:24Z
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@mike A simple search for "windows multi clipboard" would have shown the author windows has this, you just need to enable it. Before I claim something does not exist I search it :)Else, this is a good article.
(DIR) Post #AIIiqzO2DqqVWb3fcm by schratze@todon.nl
2022-04-10T08:47:53Z
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@mike lol the way Windows handles windows was one of the main things that motivated me to move away from it. It's not just the problems listed in the article. It's also that windows will often move by like twenty pixels when you close and reopen them. That's an absolute pain in the ass if you tile one window to the left and one to the right, for example
(DIR) Post #AIIjKKSWxEGBHI9Rfk by CapitalB@noagendasocial.com
2022-04-10T08:53:17Z
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@mike in typical Loonix manner he confuses "C:\Users\DuncanLock\AppData\Local" with /bin. Erm no. No wonder if those who could learn better don't know, then the windows plebs admins are "allowed" to make a mess.
(DIR) Post #AIIjPOeQnQLvj88Noe by CapitalB@noagendasocial.com
2022-04-10T08:54:11Z
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@stardust @mike yeah and if there is a carriage return you accidentally do input.
(DIR) Post #AIIksfIS5UFZhiNEiu by fedops@fosstodon.org
2022-04-10T09:10:32Z
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@mike nice article, and I feel pretty much the same way.Bottom line is that windows and linux use completely different paradigms. If you're happy with one you'll hate the other. If you have decades of (positive) experience with one, it will be quite hard to adapt to the other.
(DIR) Post #AIImIF06Zrz9dFYG00 by didek@101010.pl
2022-04-10T09:26:29Z
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@CapitalB @mikeI see there is ~/bin, so in user directory
(DIR) Post #AIInb8wJR9N4I2M3U0 by CapitalB@noagendasocial.com
2022-04-10T09:41:08Z
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@didek @mike where the user can write into. Big nono.
(DIR) Post #AIIoAaEhwMVL5IrGfw by eylul@social.eyluldogruel.com
2022-04-10T09:47:26Z
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@mikethis would be why I refused to use windows for years at this point. and my poor students would hear me complain non-stop whenever I had to wrestle with the desktop in classroom
(DIR) Post #AIIu3pz7aXtTcrjaQy by markusl@fosstodon.org
2022-04-10T10:53:26Z
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@mike I'm in a similar position, having changed jobs and needing to develop on Windows after a very long time working on Linux. The biggest things Duncan doesn't mention are how much slower the Windows file system is than ext4 on Linux and how many cycles the machine wastes in constant virus-checking, and how long it takes to build code as a result. There are hacky workarounds such as precompiled header files, but they're no substitute for having a blazingly fast FS like the ones on Linux.
(DIR) Post #AIJOcXXt8NutCKSZBg by Tay0@fosstodon.org
2022-04-10T16:34:54Z
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@mikeWhat a beatdown. I'd quit.
(DIR) Post #AIJPn5HQfHNqfpLw0m by proactiveservices@fosstodon.org
2022-04-10T16:45:34Z
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@mike I agree with about half of that, and strongly disagree with some of it. Windows has no problems with space in filenames and it only needs a single quoting methodology. Compare this to bash which, certainly, is more flexible, but is more cognitively demanding and easier to make mistakes.
(DIR) Post #AIJPnB7MxatymMgzAG by proactiveservices@fosstodon.org
2022-04-10T16:47:18Z
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@mike Trying to make out that Linux package management is a solved problem, and that software installation on Linux doesn't result in downloading random binaries from the Internet, and doesn't have autoupdating madness, is also miles away from reality. How often do we see "curl <url>|sudo bash"? Or a link to a Flatpack or AppImage? Broken dependencies in package managers aren't a frequent occurrence but do happen.
(DIR) Post #AIJiZZ6mrhewG9dt1E by dottorblaster@mastodon.social
2022-04-10T20:19:27Z
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@mike yeah, I have to say that going back to Windows after ten plus years of Linux and Unix is a huge mess, to me Unix is something that sticks to your brain. Windows instead is… very UI-ish in every aspect.
(DIR) Post #AIMvQkO7RMyTVxkq6S by nicemicro@fosstodon.org
2022-04-12T09:27:38Z
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@mike wow, this was an interesting read!As someone who uses Windows at work (mostly for office stuff nowadays), I am used to the weird stuff, but I agree, Linux is much nicer to work with.