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speaking of alternatives, what brand do people hate that actually has a decent alternative? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 years ago by Kerred@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I know people prefer to complain instead of act, but what is something people don't like but has an alternative?

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[–] PeterLinuxer@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Windows -> GNU/Linux

KDE/Gnome -> JWM

TV -> Reading books

Twitter -> Fediverse

Coke/Cola -> Tea/infusion

Amazon -> Local bookshop

[–] supersane@lemmy.ml 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

People hate KDE? I'll check out JWM, but KDE is incredible.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Both KDE and Gnome can be seen as pretty bloated. They come pre-packaged with a lot of programs and tools that sit around unused, possibly even having corresponding daemons running for no reason.

For someone who doesn't want to think about their computer, and just want to know it's prepared for anything, they may want that. But if they left windows/mac to have a smaller, simpler OS that isn't wasting CPU cycles or disk space on superfluous stuff, then KDE/Gnome might not suit them.

Edit: that said, I've heard of a lot of alternative DEs/WMs, but I've never heard of JWM. I've heard good things about Budgie, might also check that out.

[–] hungryish@lemmy.world 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

TurboTax. I used freetaxusa this year and I'm never going back.

[–] teawrecks@sopuli.xyz 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've used freetaxusa for almost 20 years now. I'm always surprised more people don't know about it (granted, from the name, it does sound like a total scam).

Wish we didn't have to file taxes at all though...we have the technology.