[–] 5 points 6 hours ago

Yes. Sadly you often don't get any choice. Especially if you are not an IT pro. The whole digital landscape for users is a disaster. With separate silos, incompatible formats, information loss and slow, manual effort with no overview. This is caused by big business land grabs and the total lack of information standards. A shameful state of IT to have in 2026.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 days ago

    If institutions spent on solutions for Linux, instead of Windows, all these things would be available and optimised for schools long ago. Training the next generation to be Windows users means just more ads, more illegal loss of privacy and more bugs and disastrous usability in perpetuum. We are seeing more institutions breaking the cycle. Getting together with other institutions and starting the process of moving over. Not taking the lazy option to follow the status quo.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    The interactive approach should be just as future proof. Programmatic interfaces are not really suitable for many designers. Who work more intuitively with direct visual interaction. I couldn't imagine doing really complex stuff programmatically.

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  • [–] 5 points 2 weeks ago*

    Sounds like it's a good idea to join a union just to get bought out, and walk away with the 1.2 million.

    *vales are estimated, based on me thinking up some number.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 weeks ago*

    I'm saying it's never part of my workflow on Linux. I'm sure a lot of people don't need it. Even if they could find it. You can't do the things I mostly do, with a command line. And if the install is broken, I wouldn't try to guess my way to fix it. A reinstall is likely to be quicker.

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