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Microsoft admits Windows 11 has a GDID tracker with no off switch, first documented publicly in an FBI hacker complaint (www.windowslatest.com)
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[–] 32 points 3 months ago (17 children)

It's not the PC games keeping people so much. Proton solved a lot of that problem. It's inertia.

Most people don't care about things. They just don't. Their brains just don't have the juice.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 months ago (14 children)

    A lot is professional software. Many people have one or two pieces of software they use a lot which doesn't run on Linux.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago

    This is my issue. There are two specific pieces of software that only run on Windows. Even worse, there is one program that only runs on Mac. So in order to properly do my job, I need to maintain both a Windows laptop and a Mac. And ditching them is virtually impossible, because the Windows machine is used to control/configure a lot of gear, and the Mac program is an industry standard program that virtually every technician is expected to know.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (9 children)

    i miss photoshop. not enough to boot into my windows partition, but it sure would be nifty if it would just work on linux. krita is decent but danggit, not the same

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (3 children)

    But if you were a professional photoshopper I'd imagine you wouldn't work with Krita all day.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (2 children)

    as in i didn't used to work with krita all day or i wouldn't be working with krita all day now?

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  • [–] 1 point 3 months ago (3 children)

    You prefer Krita over GIMP for photoshopping tasks?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    i got both but decided to first learn krita as i like drawing more than image manipulation. though i'll be needing to hop into gimp soon i feel, as krita's text editing options are clunky at best

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  • [–] -4 points 3 months ago

    It's nifty on Windows where I can run all kinds of other professional productivity programs. I went back to Windows because Linux can't deliver and likes to break on updates. -Someone that loves CLI and didn't mind that about it.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago (2 children)

    I don't think that's actually very many people. Not for their personal computers. Most people don't run much more than a web browser, if they don't play games.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 months ago (1 child)

    The bigger problem is that most people just aren't up for installing an OS themselves. I've certainly never had the chutzpah to replace Android, and I'm more tech savvy than most

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  • [–] 2 points 3 months ago

    100%. I think a lot about one of my friends when trying to think about that kind of user. Smart lady. Advanced degree. Has her life together. Would absolutely not want to try to install an OS. Wouldn't even know how to start.

    But I'm confident if I handed her a Linux laptop, she'd use it just the same as a Mac or Windows machine.

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