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jama211 on Oct 9, 2025 | parent | context | favorite | on: Microsoft is plugging more holes that let you use ...

Until they get their act together, if ever, of course. Much of Linux looks and functions literally identical to how it did 20 years ago.

mixmastamyk on Oct 9, 2025 [–]

And that’s a great thing in general. Innovations like forced online accounts, spying, and hidden UI I want no part of.

jama211 on Oct 11, 2025 | [–]

I think it’s pretty bad faith of you to assume that what I meant by “the user experience hasn’t changed” is “doesn’t have horrible windows style malware in it”.

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