▲ 1095 ▼ Microsoft is killing WordPad in Windows after 28 years (www.bleepingcomputer.com) submitted 3 years ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world 468 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] b0gl@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 years ago (1 child) Lol overpriced locked down PoS os permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nick@campfyre.nickwebster.dev 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) eh I use Linux on my desktop but macOS is a nicely polished UNIX operating system. It's only locked down for average users, you can usually get away with a quick sudo or worst-case going into single user mode and disabling some system protections. I definitely prefer using *nix operating systems, and macOS gives me that for portable computing. I'm still more productive on Linux, but it's not too far apart. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nick@feddit.nl 4 points 3 years ago This is how I feel too. Rather a locked-down polished UNIX system than Windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nick@campfyre.nickwebster.dev 10 points 3 years ago (1 child) eh I use Linux on my desktop but macOS is a nicely polished UNIX operating system. It's only locked down for average users, you can usually get away with a quick sudo or worst-case going into single user mode and disabling some system protections. I definitely prefer using *nix operating systems, and macOS gives me that for portable computing. I'm still more productive on Linux, but it's not too far apart. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] nick@feddit.nl 4 points 3 years ago This is how I feel too. Rather a locked-down polished UNIX system than Windows. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] nick@feddit.nl 4 points 3 years ago This is how I feel too. Rather a locked-down polished UNIX system than Windows. permalink fedilink source parent