I live in the UK and I wonder if the windows experience really is that different outside of the UK/Europe?
I don't have any intrusive ads or system instabilities that most of these posts complain about.
this post was submitted on 31 Jan 2026
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Like we all don't come from there 🤣
All babies shit themselves, and evidence suggests I was once a baby - but since I have moved on, if I were to shake hands with a shitty-handed person, I would wash my hands afterwards.
Sure I may have used Windows in the past, but now I wash my hands of it.
The only times I've ever used anything but Linux as my main OS were the weekend I used FreeBSD and the weekend I used Haiku
Still count as one, you traitor... :P
dang it
I mean, I used to hate Microsoft way more when I was using Windows. Now I mostly do not care. Except when I have to open office365, then yes, I really hate Microsoft.
I'd like to meet the person responsible of designing that webpage and present him some very sadic friend.
not doing something about it 🤝 doing something about it
This one is kind of tough. I'm forced to use Microslop at work (though I've been using GNU/Linux privately for over a decade)
I suspect that most Linux users are former Windows users.
some Linux users are also current windows users 😅
More like windows prisoners
I must admit that I don't plan to stop using windows anytime soon.
Linux is great and all, but there's no replacing windows when it gets hot in the summer and I want to let the morning breeze in.
Everyone hates Microslop
I thought that until I was downvoted a bit back for calling them “M$” in reply to someone’s post about how they don’t want to switch to 11. I can’t imagine where that’s coming from, but it was a good few accounts.
I was told it came across as “unserious” and childish. I think it’s neither: I’m adamant that M$ is garbage and I’m quite serious about the advice I had given in my post to prioritize getting off of 10 before the hackers manage to find something worth exploiting.
M$ managed to make hating on them uncool somehow. Boggles my mind.
I'm just confused here about how "M$" is supposed to be read
“Micro$oft”
Right, but how is the "$" supposed to be pronounced? Is is Microcashsoft? Microdollarsoft? It's just not very intuitive
It’s just pronounced like an s.
This reminds me of a gag in a music video where someone called Ke$ha “Kay - dollar sign - hah”
What about bbno$. Even he switches it up from time to time. Keeps you on your toes.
The entirety of bbno$ can only be pronounced if you already know it’s “baby no money” or whatever. When you replace an existing s with a dollar sign, it’s usually (not always) pronounced the same as it had been.
Mac users been hating windows before it was cool.
Everyone hated windows since ever. Not like real hatred, just making fun out of it. That's why it's so weird and cultish to see Mac users so much in love with apple. It's not healthy.