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@mgh7634 Arguably Windows is the default system because people are taught from a young age how to use a Windows computer, and most workplaces use Windows. There's nothing inherently better about it, and I would argue a lot of recent UI changes from Microsoft have made things worse. For the record I just checked and Libre Office Writer does support saving documents as .docx, either in the 2007 or the 2010-365 format.
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Honestly a hardware-level pushbutton that needed to be held down during transfer of the new firmware would be fine. Obviously the system would need to be set up to detect partial firmware transfer so it didn't overwrite anything if you didn't hold the button down long enough, but that's about it.
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which ones in particular hold you back?
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I wish more apps were available on FDroid tbh, it's a pretty nice appstore with regards to features.
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@chrishayes5755 What distro did you try? That makes a huge difference
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@Coolio_Ash It all depends on what you install. If you get a distro with a nice GUI out-of-the-box, it's pretty good; just spend a few minutes learning the different directory structure and you'll be fine.
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Can they? As far as I'm aware, there are still computers on the market that you can buy without paying for Windows. Just move to Linux, it's so much nicer over here
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@thehappycockatiel9568 Yeah, Linux these days tends to be pretty user-friendly for the experienced user or the beginner, it's really only people who want to be able to play the newest windows-only games with anti-cheat technologies and stuff who seem to complain in the comment sections.
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The other day I had to save a new file in Excel (haven't used Excel in years, I don't remember what exactly the circumstances were). I clicked the "save" icon, you know the one that looks like a floppy, expecting it to pull up a file exploreresque save dialog to choose a location since it was a new file. But no, because of UI changes (sorry, I mean improvements of course), it took a full five clicks passing me from one pane or popup to the next before I got the dialog. To think that it worked brilliantly in windows xp when I was growing up, and then they spent money, and probably not nothing, to go and redesign the whole experience to make it harder to save a file where you want it.
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@m.x. Many de-facto professional apps are Microsoft products or windows-native precisely because so many people used/use windows. But there's no reason a corporate policy can not allow multiple OSs (especially now we have formats like odt supported everywhere). And there are also exceptions; to any microsoft-ecosystem devs like myself, chances are at some point you've installed git bash which essentially boils down to a fully-fledged emulated unixy environment. When I'm working on bugs, I view the log files in vim launched from git bash.
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@lkym2481 What programs do you need? At work I'm forced to run Windows 11 with Visual Studio...each as buggy and slow as the other.
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I'd say it's very likely. If they aren't selling Windows to users without webcams, they have an interest in not supporting installations on such machines. Additionally, it's likely not very difficult to check if the user meets those requirements and crash if not.
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@martmine4618 I use Linux at home because frankly it's less flawed than Win 10 (which I have at work). Also, when there's a problem usually a fix is just a duckduckgo search and half an hour away rather than the endless Microsoft forum threads in which the only Microsoft representation is a bot pointing you to an unrelated page about how to change your screen saver (or something). Add to that the fact that my installation (like most distros) has additional features like middleclick paste and so on, and it's a much nicer system to use. (To say nothing of the spyware.)
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funny how resistant companies are to the idea of letting their employees use Linux
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More in what way? If you're just looking to learn, linux from scratch is certainly good, though at some level I feel like tinkering with your Arch daily driver to sort out the kinks can sometimes teach more. The LFS guide these days is a pretty complete step-by-step guide, but from what I recall (it's been a few years...) it doesn't have some of the nuances the Arch wiki does.
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How did they settle on that precise number? 😂 EDIT: oh, explained in the video. ngl kinda makes sense.
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Do you still have the issue? I don't know pop, but I've bricked my arch install enough times I might be able to help. Always have a recovery usb handy lol
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