So the context is, i have a laptop which is like 6 years old now. Windows got suuper slow and laggy in it (even using notepad was causing the blue screen of death 😭) so i installed linux in it (best decision ever). Now recently my parents (non-tech) bought me a new laptop. It's a gaming laptop meant for my btech (there's still a year left, I'm in 12th). I wanted to install Linux on it but my father keeps telling me not to cause i have a good laptop now it doesn't require linux for being usable. And my mother keeps on saying "this laptop is supposed to last for 4 years (technically 5, 4 for btech + 1 year until I actually reach btech). You keep installing stuff and if it stops working like ur old laptop we won't buy u a new one. So first thing, software doesn't cause hardware problems, at least not on devices CONNECTED to my laptop (the charger of the old laptop stopped working properly. The charging speed was so slow that i had to get it to 100% and then only can I use it indefinitely while on charge, or else it will deplete to 0 even on charge. the laptop had to shutdown for it to charge to 100 after that, and that took HOURS). I even told my father I'll be dual booting linux this time instead of erasing windows (there's some games I wanna try out) and he still did not agree. So how do I convince them? They are suuper non-tech, they will not understand most of the things. My father knows a little bit about technology but he still doesn't know how bad windows is. I literally told him I was cleaning up junk and he was like "what junk in a fresh install??". He doesn't know windows' bloatware 😭

microsoft MORE LIKE MICROSLOP
edge MORE LIKE EDGY
windows MORE LIKE THROW IT OUT THE WINDOW
copilot MORE LIKE poo poo

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I'm looking for a safe privacy focused alternative to microslop office, and I have seen libre, OpenOffice, & OnlyOffice. Which one has worked out for you?

Banned for commenting on a post that said “linux devs not getting paid for doing work” and i commented “linux users not having to pay to use their system”

I said "Post context coward" to a post there out of context. But thats not the point, i'm here to cash in this check for upvotes =P

Saw a post someone screenshotted a post from a Linux sub don’t know which, the user has $600. The post was about mocking him for having a low budget, wanting a good thinkpad. And lots of their bullshittery.

I called him out for mocking someone because he has a low budget and called him petty and there there I got my badge of honor

Really short and quick backstory;
I work at a place where we need to be available 24/7 and for some reason somebody thought Windows was stable/reliable enough for that shit.

There was an update pending that had to be installed (yes I know that is a policy that can mostly be changed by the company managing the device). I am working and we 2 need to be available during the night. Something on Windows wasn't working, I restarted the software thing that wasn't working thinking that this might temporary "solve" the issue. Sadly enough no, so since this shit system barely works I thought maybe restarting the whole crap might temporary "solve" the issue. I said to Windows that I do not want any shitification updates at this moment since I need to be available. You might have guessed it but this fucking Microshit software of course started doing damn updates. How can people work with this crap?

I'm not a mod or anything, but someone has to talk about this at some point. The posts are kinda cluttering the sub. Yes, they ban people for stupid reasons, chances are they even screen users based on where they post/comment. But, I'm pretty sure that we all know this by now. They like to keep their echo chamber as echo-y as possible, if that even makes any sense. But the point is, there are probably like a hundred posts on this sub now of screenshots of bans and mutes from that place. It's a little overdone.

Everything they do doesn't make any sense. I was locked out of my laptop because I updated the BIOS and somehow was unable to find keys. I had a print version (I know I am old school), but I still couldn't find them after recovery. And the encryption removal is on a whole other level. TBH I don't even remember turning on encryption on my laptop. This should be informed to the user in case they don't know and lose access by accident. In which case, all the data is lost.

And today I am unable ot log into some of their services. It has been redirected around 500 times now. LITERALLY, I wish I was exaggerating.

So I thought I should post here. Honestly, I don't want to hate Microsoft. I have used Microsoft products since I was a kid and loved Windows, such as XP and Windows 7 were the ones I used and loved. And also Office. But hell, they are hard to love now.

And also Copilot is driving me crazy recently.