• @smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de
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    91 year ago

    Imagine a world when instead of

    adding DWORD value of 32bit lenght named AllowCortana with value 0 to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Search in registry editor,

    we could do “sudo dnf remove cortana”.

          • @CeeBee@lemmy.world
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            11 year ago

            For me it’s deleting the Windows partition and then installing Linux. That’s just me though.

            • @banneryear1868@lemmy.world
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              11 year ago

              Oh you mean for personal use… I manage a mixed environment with about a thousand Windows workstations and 300 Windows Servers, about the same amount of Linux servers.

              At home I only run Windows for Ableton Live cause VST plugins don’t work on Linux :(.

              • @CeeBee@lemmy.world
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                11 year ago

                Well, at my last job we were a 100% Microsoft free company. And at my current company I got the company to implement a policy to allow Mac and Linux workstations. I’ve managed thousands of Windows systems and server before also. I don’t miss it.

                • @banneryear1868@lemmy.world
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                  11 year ago

                  Unfortunately a lot of our core tools don’t have supported linux client software, SCADA clients and power flow/transmission grid simulation etc, but we also aren’t a business so it’s more about what gets the job done since we’re basically mandated to do what we do.

                  • @CeeBee@lemmy.world
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                    11 year ago

                    That’s a perfect application for VMs. But either way, both Windows and Linux are just tools. For what I do, Linux is a better fit 95% of the time, and the last 5% I find alternative solutions. I don’t want to be bothered to maintain another OS for some edge cases when I can get by with alternatives. The only thing I use Windows for right now (personally or professionally) is BlueIris, and even that is really wearing thin. Both the Windows OS is causing issues and BlueIris is just… bad.