pure extortion

they rely on one thing by or just only running on microsoft and they need to sign contract that every single computer in company needs to buy all the licenses

it's macabre

Nice, now the laptop is caught in an update loop and I have to drive to HQ to get it fixed, which will take 4-5 hours. Fuck me! Fuck Winblows!

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:-D windows

based fellow linux mint user

Imagine complaining about being paid for watching the computer doing work by itself while you can do whatever you want.

 

t. being paid for watching visual studio compile the monolith for 45 minutes multiple times ans week

I am honest and have self-respect.

You don't respect the work of the computer, though. It feels like future for me when the computer does more of the work than the programmer. There is nothing bad about that.

I am not a codegarch. I cannot work, when my computer does not work.

You and your computer are a team. Let him do his thing. It's like complaining that your coworker is lazy while he is working 100%. Don't be that guy.

It couldn't. As I stated the computer was trapped in a reboot loop, a known and common problem. The IT department is fixing it as we speak.

Is it fixed yet?

Probably, I haven't checked my mails yet. They said it would take 4-5 hours. I'm gonna pick it up Monday.

Did you enjoy your paid free time?

Yeah

And all of it thanks to windows.

Fuck winblows

do you use windows 10?

Not if I could choose, no. But the work laptop uses it, yes. On my personal computers I use GNU/Linux.

which distro?

Linux Mint.

and which desktop environment?

Cinnamon.

well, at least it's not gnome

I used GNOME in the past, it's alright, but I prefer Cinnamon.

please don't speak such heresy

What do you dislike about GNOME?

I haven't used it in a long time but I remember GNOME 2 and when GNOME 3 came out I just hated how it looked and using it felt cumbersome so I switched to XFCE and haven't looked back since; I guess at this point I'm just prejudiced against GNOME

Cinnamon is more like GNOME 2 and MATE continued GNOME 2's legacy. I have tried XFCE in the past as well, but I did never quite like it's design and found it's features too limited.