Windows users have recently begun mass-reporting that Microsoft's Defender antivirus program, which is integrated into Windows 10 and 11 by default, is
The majority of programs I use have to be installed through CLI or appimage
What the hell are you using, then. Seriously. Especially stuff that you wouldn’t have to download manually on Windows. I’m waiting. Name them.
You have to download them and then enable them to run as executable, […] The system does not treat them as an app at all. Just a random file.
They do? I might’ve had snap or flatpack in mind. I don’t keep track of that stuff everything I need is actually in nixpkgs. Distro integration may differ. What are you basing your whole opinion on, here, Linux from Scratch?
Okay so just to be clear, you believe that people pay extra money to use Windows, even though Linux is just as good, or better? This is the position you want to take?
No. Windows has a head start on the Desktop due to Microsoft’s FUD, illegal bundle deals with computer stores, and whatnot. Schools teaching MS Office. People thinking it’s the only thing – heck many users don’t even know what an OS is, they equate PC and Windows, the other thing being Mac, which is different hardware.
What the hell are you using, then. Seriously. Especially stuff that you wouldn’t have to download manually on Windows. I’m waiting. Name them.
They do? I might’ve had snap or flatpack in mind. I don’t keep track of that stuff everything I need is actually in nixpkgs. Distro integration may differ. What are you basing your whole opinion on, here, Linux from Scratch?
No. Windows has a head start on the Desktop due to Microsoft’s FUD, illegal bundle deals with computer stores, and whatnot. Schools teaching MS Office. People thinking it’s the only thing – heck many users don’t even know what an OS is, they equate PC and Windows, the other thing being Mac, which is different hardware.