Yeah that makes a lot of sense. Still, I’ve had so many “last straw” moments with Windows that would make me consider Linux even if I was not familiar with it at all. It baffles me that there are relatively few people who give it a shot.

I suppose a lot of people just don’t want to or don’t have time to learn something new.

Update: most definitely a microsoft issue https://github.com/microsoft/terminal/issues/19764

I mean I was able to open the terminal just fine a few hours ago

Its possible the IT admin misconfigured, but blocking the terminal or the store would not make sense at this company since most employees need them on a daily basis.

Its a work device so I’m signed in like a good little corporate peon, still they manage to fuck it up.

If you use the term “sideloading” you already lost the battle before you finished your sentence

I have a pretty recent thinkpad that supposedly has “military grade durability”. The plastic is literally falling apart at the corners after 2 years, and my fan grille is gone.

Fucking lenovo

Patents shouldn’t be valid for more than 5 years imo. If you can’t make a large enough profit from your idea in 5 years maybe it wasn’t that good or original.