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No Microslop for me (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) by Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social to c/programmer_humor@programming.dev

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[–] username_1@programming.dev 15 points 2 weeks ago (29 children)

The guy doesn't want Windows but is ok with Mac. That's... not how it works. At all.

[–] driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Mac is the compromise option

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[–] Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Sorry for the potato resolution

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[–] new_guy@lemmy.world 14 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

As long the company is ok I'm ok.

I'm not planning to input personal info on the work provided laptop anyway.

[–] 13igTyme@piefed.social 9 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah. Work laptop strictly stays work. Even when I have to travel for work I use my own computer to log into my United Airlines and Hilton stuff.

[–] pewpew@feddit.it 13 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (14 children)

Just wondering... Is there anyone on Earth using Windows Server?

At school we were tought how to work with it (my teacher was so outdated, he barely knew what Linux was) but I can't find any good reason to use it instead of Linux

[–] titanicx@lemmy.zip 13 points 2 weeks ago

Is this a real question? It's very obvious you don't work in IT.

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[–] rekabis@lemmy.ca 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (3 children)

While it takes about 8-16 hours of concerted effort, there are ways to castrate Windows into a mild approximation of what it was before.

The big question mark is Windows 12… and whether AI and spyware/malware features such as Recall will be baked into core functionality such that it will be impossible to remove or reliably deactivate.

I’m still with Windows for now, owing to requirements that have no non-Windows alternative (which include supporting and actually opening client data files for the desktop version of Quicken, for example), but I do foresee a time when I would reliably extract my last foot out of the Windows ecosystem.

Thankfully, their server products still appear to be enshittification-free. For now.

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[–] Darkmoon_AU@lemmy.zip 12 points 2 weeks ago

Completely fair

[–] holymachinery91@lemmy.world 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Google products are acceptible though? 🤨

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[–] LiveLM@lemmy.zip 11 points 2 weeks ago (10 children)

Insane behaviour. Much as I hate Windows, for a "generous offer" I'd make it work.

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[–] Lulzagna@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Same here, except Mac is no better. I was forced to use one at my last job, I'd sooner code on Windows

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