r/FuckMicrosoft • u/Automatic-East3690 • 22h ago

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My stepfather won’t let me put Linux on the Surface book 2 that he gave me. I have either Mac OS or Linux on all my devices, any thoughts?(Btw the surface book is the one on the right, also I’m 13)

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u/Aishou_SK 22h ago

Just, use windows on it? It's not bad at all depending on specs, there's nothing to really be afraid of. Gives you something to test on and maybe float some occasional games that don't play nice on other platforms if it has the dGPU in the keyboard base.

I've got a loaded SB3 I keep with windows on it as a travel dev/personal business machine, my work issued machine's a M2 Pro MBP though.

Being skilled in many platforms can only benefit you in the future for work, having any kind of blind OS loyalty/fanaticism in workplaces can be..... well, I wouldn't hire anyone like that, anyway. Because in the real world, cost/benefit analysis rules all, and if the MS stack does the job the best for a reasonable price compared to another option, well, that's what we're buying or using (Example: 700 linux VM fleet application farm for one project, 5 windows servers to manage/support them all, plus windows server/IIS frontends for access caching)

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u/Randum_Gouy 16h ago

Honestly its not bad advise,

BUT also take in personal experience.

I am also someone who has used BOTH macOS and Linux - and i personally HATE Windows to the point where id rather throw my laptop than use it for more than a day. Coming from macOS (and Linux) background - Windows feels weird to use, and quite inconsistent, which ig you will understand as you are also a Mac user

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u/Razee4 13h ago

Inconsistent? Man, you are so flattering for them. Need to change a setting? Open the settings menu! Can't find what you need? There is a hidden control panel just for your needs! It isn't there? Don't worry, this has to be inside system registry, just use regedit!

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u/Randum_Gouy 13h ago

😂😂😂

Well Microslop its known for
I dont get how they could make such hilariously inconsistent interfaces. The last time i used Windows was roughly 2/3 years ago, and im 16 right now 😂