Microsoft Windows is prohibited at Gitlab

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[–]RandumbZer0 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

Linux isn't user friendly/compatible enough for most 'civilians' & fuck everything Apple.

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I agree on the "compatible" point. I've mostly dealt with it by buying turnkey Linux systems (and this is coming from someone who first used Linux in 1998). On occasion my wife will bring home a scanner or printer or something, and at that point I just have to roll the dice and Google it. It's not ideal.

Once it's all set up I find Linux to be much easier to use than Windows or iOS. Windows seems to just randomly get bogged down and stop processing my input. It also changes a lot. I remember there being a version where they dropped the Start button. Then "Start" came back. On the newest version of Windows I've used the window it brought up was like, giant and full of ads, the weather, etc. Huge "WTF?" moment.

The iOS windowing metaphor is also full of those moments. I seriously think they need to just license something from Microsoft (right click? ALT+Tab?) instead of being stubborn and calling their shit "Mission Control" and acting like it's special. It's just total chaos.