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[–] Omega_Jimes@lemmy.ca 69 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Embrace. Extend. Extinguish. Hold fast against the barbarians at the gates.

[–] takeda@szmer.info 34 points 2 years ago (3 children)

Exactly, nothing changed about them.

This week I learned that online version Microsoft Teams outright refuses to make calls of it runs on Firefox. They are doing the same exact shit they did two decades ago.

[–] Cornelius@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 years ago

So THIS is why teams doesn't work for me on Firefox anymore, Jesus. Welp, I can spoof my user string

[–] sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Huh, really? I'll have to try that out. I only use Teams on my work computer (Mac), but Linux at home. All of our interviews are over teams, so I wonder if that's an issue for our applicants.

[–] takeda@szmer.info 1 points 2 years ago

So in my case, something broke with intune. I was told to use office.com for time being.

While that works, when I tried to call it told me that I should use chrome or edge.

[–] init@lemmy.ml -1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I think Google maps does something similar with Firefox, where it won't zoom in with the mouse wheel--only the '+' and '-' buttons work. It also seems to lag quite a bit on Firefox. On chrome it works just fine.

[–] witx@lemmy.sdf.org 7 points 2 years ago

That's wrong. I use Firefox and maps just fine

[–] jelloeater85@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Hold fast against the barbarians at the ~~gates~~ Gates.

FTFY

[–] nickwitha_k@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 years ago

Nah. We're the barbarians with Romans at our gates.

[–] MJBrune@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've not seen a true example of this in over a decade. I feel like Microsoft becoming the biggest corporate contributor to open source has changed my outlook on Microsoft.

[–] heeplr@feddit.de 23 points 2 years ago (1 children)

imagine microsoft promoting guides to use the terminal which was deemed outdated, slow and complicated legacy in the past.

Give it two or three more major teleases, then windows will be a DE runnining on some *nix-ish kernel. Microsoft is really learning the hard way.

[–] miss_brainfart@lemmy.ml 13 points 2 years ago (2 children)

If they actually change the kernel to something new and modern, I might just find a little respect to give to them

[–] drbluefall@toast.ooo 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I will die laughing the day that Windows becomes a linux distro.

[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 1 points 2 years ago

I mean it wouldn't be that surprising, they make all their money on corporate installs. A service based Linux type system which has all the same spyware and issues as windows being a good business decision for them doesn't seem like a victory, just a corporation doing a capitalism.

[–] canis_majoris@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 years ago

All the rumors for 12/CoreOS are saying it's going to be in Rust.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] SatyrSack@lemmy.one 9 points 2 years ago

We are now offering the MS Linux Introductory CD at a special introductory price of only $249.99 (plus shipping and handling), if you order before it ships.

A bargain in 2003 dollars.

[–] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 2 years ago
[–] testman@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

truly we live in a bizarre world

[–] daisy@hexbear.net 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I feel that way every time I start vscode. A fast, high quality, open-source, cross-platform IDE - on Electron of all things - made by Microsoft? It's so weird.

[–] testman@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

as the article points out, they did actually do some good things
also, check out VSCodium. A cleaned up version of VSCode (I assume that name was inspired by Chromium, a cleaned up version of Google Chrome)

[–] noodlejetski@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Chromium is the engine Google Chrome is based on, not the other way around.

[–] GlitchSir@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I’ve said this before but I believe windows will merge Linux into it before too long. It’s starting with WSL. It’ll be hybrid OS eventually

[–] Montagge@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I know some people like it, but I'll die on the hill that WSL sucks compared to the real thing.

[–] andruid@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago

I want to like, because well I want to have an OS that just works on my work computer, but at least my experience has been less then optimal.

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

50% Windows, 50% Linux, 100% garbage!

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

If that first 50% runs my applications flawlessly, I'm all for it. I do not want to dual boot and Linux doesn't meet my needs yet.

50% Linux means developers are more likely to create Linux applications which is a step closer to 100% Linux

[–] NegativeLookBehind@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)
[–] glimse@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

Non-emulated AutoCAD and Ableton with full VST support are two big ones. Last I checked there were still ASIO driver issues with my audio interface (Scarlett 18i8), too.

I know things have come a long way since I last mained Ubuntu but I'm not interested in jumping through hoops to get it going even if it's "possible" when they work natively without issue on Windows.

[–] GustavoM@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

Not going to happen. Money is good, but we are too addicted to freedom already.

Even if it happened for whatever reason, that'd make most users fall back to "vanilla" versions of Linux.