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New comment by BuddyPickett in "Don't post generated/AI-edited comments. HN is for conversation between humans"

BuddyPickett — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 06:28:53 +0000

Yep. Even windows, the most widely used OS on the planet has a fringe group of contrarians still today. Amazing.

New comment by BuddyPickett in "A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification"

BuddyPickett — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 03:13:51 +0000

No, everybody should have power.

New comment by BuddyPickett in "A new California law says all operating systems need to have age verification"

BuddyPickett — Sat, 28 Feb 2026 02:55:50 +0000

To small to be of any concern.

New comment by BuddyPickett in "I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great"

BuddyPickett — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 05:44:13 +0000

I replaced Linux with Windows and everything is going great for me too.

New comment by BuddyPickett in "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"

BuddyPickett — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:25:53 +0000

Windows pop-ups can all be turned off. I have them all turned off on my machines and nothing pops up anymore. Windows is extremely customizable and modifiable and it runs 100% of Windows software which is most of the software being produced in the world today.

New comment by BuddyPickett in "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"

BuddyPickett — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:16:57 +0000

Copilot is already great and it's only getting better. I can get so much more work done and the same amount of time or get the same amount of work done in a lot less time. It's funny how many people were afraid of AI. Technophobes abound in this world

New comment by BuddyPickett in "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"

BuddyPickett — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 18:03:44 +0000

Not everything that runs on windows is proprietary I use a lot of open source software on Windows myself. Windows is also a lot easier to configure to run exactly the way I wanted to run and to be the OS I need it to be. It's extremely customizable and easy to control. It's also modifiable in many many more ways.

New comment by BuddyPickett in "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"

BuddyPickett — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:59:23 +0000

No hardware problems in the version I run, not sure what version you use. It's also not frustrating for me but what I do get frustrated with is trying to get software to run and Linux but just won't work. Most people are smart enough to be able to use windows without getting frustrated.

New comment by BuddyPickett in "I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too"

BuddyPickett — Sun, 11 Jan 2026 17:56:03 +0000

Linux doesn't have all the features that Windows has, features that I use daily. It also doesn't work with all of my games and software so it's a non starter for me still. Tried it several times but it always falls short of what I need. I do have it sandboxed in Windows but it's rare that it is needed for how I use a computer.

New comment by BuddyPickett in "I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla"

BuddyPickett — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 05:17:41 +0000

I like having more options and AI is just one more option.

New comment by BuddyPickett in "I think nobody wants AI in Firefox, Mozilla"

BuddyPickett — Sat, 15 Nov 2025 20:55:40 +0000

I do. It's nice to have when you want it and ready to not use if you don't. The more options the better. It's also nice when it's built in so you don't have to take extra steps to use it when you want to use it.

New comment by BuddyPickett in "AI assistants misrepresent news content 45% of the time"

BuddyPickett — Thu, 23 Oct 2025 08:26:29 +0000

I never had any college classes that weren't easy A classes. I think that's all they have.