[exographicskip]

The only two moats MS has for desktop OS usage are:

1) Kernel-level DRM for multiplayer games (looking at you, Marathon)

2) Intentionally nerfed MSO 365 apps on web and macOS

You could make a strong case that MDM (which InTune uses as well) negates the AD + GPO advantages of the past 20+ years in enterprise.

[skipants]

> 1) Kernel-level DRM for multiplayer games (looking at you, Marathon)

This finally forced me to quit League of Legends (this is a buff)

[Peaches4Rent]

Welcome to the superior MOBA side.

Come! dota and deadlock welcome you

[Fizz43]

Dealing drugs like this in broad daylight. People have become so brazen

[noisy_boy]

> Intentionally nerfed MSO 365 apps on web

Don't get me started on that. Outlook PWA is so stupid that I can't delete invitations without sending a decline response. Run all rules on the inbox? Tough luck, no such option. I use a Linux VM at work and the only Microsoft thing I am forced to run on my Windows PC is Outlook. That PC is basically the VM launcher at this point because everything else I need to run is on KDE inside the VM and I couldn't be happier that I get to use KDE both at office and home. Microsoft deserves every ounce of hate that it gets and much more.

[criddell]

There's also a bunch of software that only runs or runs best on Windows.

[Helmut10001]

I found virtual files support also somewhat critical. This is not really stable on Linux yet and makes using Nextcloud with 8TB and Million of files pretty difficult.

[aprilnya]

What are you using for virtual files? I definitely found it to work much much better when I added Nextcloud through Gnome’s settings rather than the Nextcloud client

[Helmut10001]

You mean via WebDav? That is definitly an option, but then it is not possible anymore to mix working file directories within Nextcloud. E.g. I have a long list of ignored files for nextcloud [1], such as .git folder etc.

I would need to create a separate file tree, splitting my work between nextcloud maintained files and working files. That feels cumbersome. On Windows, I could directly add my whole drive to nextcloud as a virtual file system.

[1]: https://gist.github.com/Sieboldianus/280afdb2f994fae6e5f6b18...