Sunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agoI Don't See a Reason to Switch to Windows from Linux Anymore in 2025itsfoss.comexternal-linkmessage-square293fedilinkarrow-up1277arrow-down131
arrow-up1246arrow-down1external-linkI Don't See a Reason to Switch to Windows from Linux Anymore in 2025itsfoss.comSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.ca to Linux@programming.devEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square293fedilink
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-25 hours agoWell now you’re just blatantly lying. Windows doesn’t execute anything without you asking it to. The difference is that it works when you do.
minus-squareCethin@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·4 hours agoI think you misunderstood. It will anything whether it should or not. Also, other processes can execute a thing even if it shouldn’t. It can be made to execute a payload that shouldn’t be run.
minus-squareUlrich@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 hours ago I think you misunderstood. I didn’t. It will anything whether it should or not. It does what it’s told, which is the way an OS should work. It can be made to execute a payload that shouldn’t be run. And Linux can’t? Isn’t that the whole thing about Linux and open software is that it can be made to do whatever you want?
Well now you’re just blatantly lying. Windows doesn’t execute anything without you asking it to. The difference is that it works when you do.
I think you misunderstood. It will anything whether it should or not. Also, other processes can execute a thing even if it shouldn’t. It can be made to execute a payload that shouldn’t be run.
I didn’t.
It does what it’s told, which is the way an OS should work.
And Linux can’t? Isn’t that the whole thing about Linux and open software is that it can be made to do whatever you want?