TLDR:
Windows 11 v24H2 and beyond will have Recall installed on every system. Attempting to remove Recall will now break some file explorer features such as tabs.

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  • lemmyingly@lemm.ee
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    27 days ago

    Linux doesn’t have the breadth of programs available that Windows does. Programs developed for Windows are sometimes better than their FOSS equivalents. Eg. I pay for Office, partially so my parents can use it and partially because it’s just a better set of programs than any of the FOSS equivalents. I generally only find the Linux programs are better when it comes to computer management and maintenance.

    So I run Linux for servers and Windows for PCs.

    • AbsentBird@lemm.ee
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      27 days ago

      To each their own. Personally I can’t stand MS Office, I think Google Docs is easier for most nontechnical people these days anyway. For the rare cases when Office is needed, the web version works fine on Linux.

      LibreOffice works great, and WPS Office is proprietary but at least it’s free.

      Personally I write my documents in markdown and use pandoc to convert them into PDF or docx or whatever. It’s like writing the source code and then compiling, I like it.

      I’m sure you’ve looked into all that, but for anyone else who is interested in alternatives those are my recommendations.