I had been using Linux for home and work for the past 10 years, dual booting for games mostly (do basically only to use steam).

Recently I had to change jobs and was given a windows laptop. I couldn’t believe my eyes when I saw that the candy crush ad is still present on corporate devices. In a $3500 workstation from a fortune 50. What the hell.

I managed to get a Mac instead. IT is still laughing about me for asking Linux instead

Being OOS doesn’t change that they read the last one that worked consistently for me. I’m not recommending to use it, just stating my experience.

Not sure were the business comment comes from.

Aside from blocking the add-ons site, they might block the update servers. Linux wouldn’t be affected I think (unless they block rpm, apt… As a whole), but on windows I think it updates from Firefox servers directly.

There are probably ways around it, but it’s a burden for the windows users.

Newest versions don’t work very well. The only over that worked consistently got me read 2010.

I think part of the issue is that it’s quite integrated with the system and that makes it harder. Crossover lists 2013 as working, but 2021 as not even installing

The first one I’ve never encountered, but I also never heard about those (only razor). Fit girl always works (the one with Amelie). I’ve tried others and also worked.

It could be those installers have dependencies that are not in your base bottle?

If the alternative is Microsoft, you’re between a rock and another rock that used to claim not being evil.

Libreoffice all the way. Most users don’t need more than that.

https://www.androidauthority.com/how-to-get-gemini-nano-on-pixel-8-8a-3450466/

Pixel 8 pro already does. I’m not sure, but I think Samsung has something too.

Do you have WSL installed? If so, you can install Firefox in it and launch with a GUI, but there’s a massive performance penalty

I see a lot of news of it “coming soon” and leaks, but not an official release. Do you have more info?

FastAPI, not a language, but a very good python library, if somebody wants to read the story

“America’s only Christian conservative wireless provider and our mission is to passionately defend our God-given Constitutional rights and freedoms while glorifying God.”

How are they making this mission? Do they block sites? Or it’s just a way to scam people with shitty services and high price? Both?

We have something similar here, they just scam but not block

What on earth are you taking about?? I’m telling you that “no money = Linux” is a bad argument and you come back with a drug fueled conspiracy theory.

I’m not even giving an argument, I’m telling you you have no argument. You’re the one that should be explaining your theory.

Dude, chill a bit. Take some fresh air and stay away from sharp objects.

Same thing can be said of Pakistan and they don’t have a significantly high Linux usage.

India is not the most financially constrained country in the world by far. If the explanation was just that, we would see a very direct correlation with the rest of the countries that are similarly constrained.

Now, if instead of making rethoric questions you could maybe offer some arguments you would definitely be more helpful.

Well, it does search online too. That the implementation is atrocious is a different thing.

I don’t know. Your justification seems a bit weak. It’s not like piracy is not a thing there.

Btw, did you know that anything typed in start/search now counts as a search in edge? I wander whats behind that move.

It searches for everything you search so that by the time you press enter, it already has the result of the last one, hence seeming faster.

The independent YouTube would have done the same really.

I don’t think that’s very Lemmy of you to post a link to a reddit comment.

It’s not like pirating Windows is hard or expensive.