Started? I switched to Linux over 20 years ago because corporate software was already garbage.

Edit. And I mean that litterally.

My business was being fucked by license requirements, forced rules about “seats” eg install on only one computer. The introduction of what then was server side data harvesting (which we now call the cloud). The OS was starting anti user patterns.

I started my own server. I could X forward to all my field crews the apps they needed instead of making them come into the office. One server replaced 5 computers. I hosted my own email. My desktop was Mine.

I kicked out all the corporate crap and we just used our own, thanks to Linux.

Are the vertical tabs better than Vivaldi? If tabs are the metric, Vivaldi is better.

My primary is Firefox because fuck chrome, but if I had to compare Edge to other chromium implementations I would go with Vivaldi.

No, the big mac was never the size of a whopper. I don’t think it has changed much at all. Look it up.

What did change was when McDonalds was well worth it: 5 cheeseburgers for a buck. But that was the 50’s.

Cool. Still don’t need office so… Whatever.

How do you not read it at a glance? After 20 years you think you would just notice the general shapes, its all basically the same, especially if you simply round everything, which is what a lot of people do as time on an analog clock is rarely used super precise.

1/4 or 1/2 after or before, and almost.

Then what hour is the small hand approaching?

Quarter to 3.

Half past 1.

Almost 4.

Seems pretty simple. Unless you are used to 24 hours, then you would have to ignore or add 12.

Windows XP added so many anti consumer features, along with horrible security, that it really was that bad.

While linux desktop environments added so many usable features that Windows didnt have… I would say that windows people simply didnt know.

Uh, window was always worse. Well since at least windows XP. Linux desktop has been better for a very long time.

they can still be on the hook for thousands of dollars if they are taken to a hospital.

And the only way out of that is to never give your name if you go to a hospital. The problem with that plan is they have no records to work from like medical history, allergies, etc, so the outcomes will be worse.

There is no need for a terminal if you don’t want to use it.

On the other hand, the terminal is the single best way to get ideas across so people think they somehow need it.

Even windows is like this: want to fix something? cmd or powershell is the way they are going to avoid having to give you 20 pages of screen shots and condense it into a single line.

Alright, I will concede that Opus at 160kbps is really good. I always knew at low bitrates it was better than mp3 but I have not used it in awhile. I store everything in flac.

But if anyone else wants to compare: https://opus-bitrates.anthum.com/ lets you compare various bit rates of Opus. I think I hear a high end distortion in 160 that I don’t hear in the 512, but it could be expectation.

ogg is better than mp3 at lower bit rates. As they increase in bit rate they become indistinguishable.

That said, this stuff is way too low quality to care about.

Yes, I agree. If one is going to do it, local no services required, replaceable. Very much so.

Fanboy? Facts are fanboy now?

I notice people who say “bud” in online discussions are either trolls or assholes. Which one are you? You contribute nothing, hate everything, and use “bud” in a discussion.

Yeah it all fits. Also, new account right?

virtual desktops

So Wikipedia work for you?

Prior to Windows 10, Microsoft Windows did not implement virtual desktops natively in a user-accessible way.

Yep.

Powertoys could give you a simulation in XP but it really wasnt user friendly or worked, or even came with the OS.

So quit your bullshit.

And who is the fanboy here?

So this

ClipBook Viewer has been removed from Windows Vista and later, although the ability to view clipboard contents has been implemented into the Clipboard History feature, which was introduced in Windows 10 and later.

In Windows XP, it is not listed in the Start menu and can only be accessed through its executable file, ClipBrd.exe

Worth pointing out that there are no viable citations on that page, all I remember is that it kept functioning like a win 3.1 and not integrated as the sentence above suggests.

Also gone all together in 7: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/2660614/access-clipboard-windows-7

And even when the clipbook was there, I would not call it functional by any means.

Yes tabs in Windows 11 filemanager. Still no split screen, but at least you can keep file management in a single window.

Do you just immediately turn off every feature a desktop environment gives you? I have no problem if you simply use Sway or something that lets the DE get out of your way. But if you are going into a discussion about the features of two DE’s and say I never liked having choice, I just turn it all off, whats the point? Seems like a stupid argument to be had.

Stuff linux had that windows didnt for YEARS: Virtual desktops (I am sure you hate those, I have used them since Amiga days), linux technically has two clipboards and ways of selecting paste, windows still cant do single clicking effectively, colors and other file visualization, alt-drag anything, muti taskbars, keyboard tilling managers… and on and on

YOU may not like it, but the fact is windows was featureless compared to Linux.

Maybe you should just turn off the computer. It seems to annoy you.

Displeasure? I have to manage windows and azure environments and believe me that is displeasure. At least I get to do it all from a reliable Linux environment.

If you don’t like clipboards than ok, you can turn it off. For those of us the like them, it’s an option windows never had until recently.

Yes shit. No decent file manager. No clip board. No internet protocols built in. No state awarenes and on and on. Win 11 is starting to get there but they are so busy going worse at the same time it’s pointless.

Windows still doesn’t have an nvme driver for goodness sake.

I have described them over and over, but you hate them or something and are annoyed so I guess having options is not for you.

This is all started with a discussion about the Linux desktop being less than windows historically. Clearly that is not the case when one is feature rich and the other has been playing catch up for years.

Thanks for the tip about war hawk debloat. I am about to help a friend go back to win 10 via LTSE and I can use that information!

Windows did not have a functional clipboard. Go look at all the complaints over the years.

Windows historically had only a single-item clipboard and no built-in UI/history.

A separate one shipped with MS Office that let you store something like 12 to 20 items. Why? Because windows sucked and DID NOT HAVE ONE.

Windows itself did not get a built in Win+V searchable/historical clipboard until windows 10.

what? have you heard about 7?

Yes, better than XP, still not good. I am not going to do your homework, but Windows 10 was the first release that really focused on isolation, secrets management, and virtualization of applications for system wide and user protection.

I won’t even comment on the rest, but it’s bullshit

Just as well, you don’t know what you are talking about anyways.

Microsoft was amazingly successful at creating a GUI and interface that you could set anyone in front of and they’d be able to figure out basic usage in half an hour with relatively little direction

Huh? Windows is a confusing mess. I don’t think this is true at all. Windows was successful at being in businesses, and the what I learned at work became what I use at home.

Edit: I know this from experience, I set up a lot of linux users over the years. No computer experience: Linux was just as easy, if not easier thanks to package management, than windows.

I watched new computer people struggle with windows far more often.

Then there was the I barely know windows user switching to Linux who complained about the whole thing because of their ingrained habits.

I need exceptional anti-cheat support

Say what it really is: a root-kit to hand your entire system over to a corporation. That is a line I wouldn’t be willing to cross.

So yeah, the best scenario for you is a dedicated, nothing personal on it, non service connected windows machine for gaming. At least until they quit rooting your computer simply to play a game.

You need me to spell out what I said? Windows did not have a clipboard. That is it. You could enable one separately for word/excel for awhile.

Otherwise the system got one slot. ONE to hold text. That was it. And there wasn’t even a way to look at the contents for a very long time.

I was explaining what I mean. What more could i say?

You are highlighting exactly what I am talking about: Linux has had a ton of features for the desktop for years (better right click context menus, better network protocol support, better nearly everything) but windows people didn’t so they don’t even know why using windows was basically living in the dark ages until Windows 10 started to get some worthwhile features. Windows 11 was the first to actually get a nearly functional file manager for example.

I mean you are thinking QR read/write is not a useful clipboard feature?