Context?

Russians who oppose Putin tend to either get poisoned or fall off of buildings.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suspicious_Russia-related_deaths_since_2022#Suspicious_deaths

Especially in 2022-2025 death by falling seed to be trending.

That being said: I am fleeing big tech social media for some non-dividing 'old internet' distraction on the Fediverse. Please help us enjoy our time here by not bringing the geopolitical reality to every sub. OS and browser wars allowed of course.

Linux users aren't "afraid" of Winslop. They simply avoid the shite.

In fact Linux users are the last people to be afraid of Windows.

Firstly, there's the incorrect assumption that Linux users don't use Microsoft's Windows operating system because they're afraid of it. This may or may not have something to do with the fact that "phobia" has two meanings in modern parlance, one which means fear and the other that extends to mean hatred.

But you probably know all that.

The other part is that it's surprisingly common for detractors of the Russian state to "accidentally" fall out of a window. This then appears in the news. We know it wasn't an accident. The Russian state knows it wasn't an accident. We know they know and they know we know, but there's no proof and no investigation, so it was an accident. Got it? Good.

And so detractors of the Russian state are also afraid of windows.

Personally, I think Putin should spend a lot more time near them.

I'd add Eric Clapton's kids to that short list

Absolutely. Thank you for sharing this.

Yeah. You show me a Linux user, I'll show you someone who has worked in tech support with primarily windows machines.

I don't think anyone actually thinks Linux users fear Windows, but it's required for the joke.

I'm not sure I want to know the context of that.

No it’s not. They could have said “avoiding windows”.

I definitely know a person or two who use Linux because they are afraid of Windows. But I know more people who are afraid of Windows, yet use Windows anyways.

with the official narrative being they accidentally fell out of a window.

I've been using Linux exclusively for about 6 years now (god...) and I'm terrified whenever I have to tinker with a windows machine at work. everything is so incredibly obtuse and arcane and ive forgotten all about it by now

winphobic

Well, not anymore.

Linux people feel dirty when they use windows…avoiding windows conserves water since they have to take less showers

I always thought it had something to do with AI datacenters. You learn every day.

Linux is good enough now that even a tech illiterate dipshit like me can use it without issue. I use mint,btw

I find it utterly confusing.

I had to troubleshoot a family member's computer, and the amount of redundant but separate systems floating around in it is insane. A Onedrive integrated into the OS, a separate Onedrive for syncing specific folders, yet another OneDrive to access work resources. 365 for office, 365 for OneDrive, 365 for Teams. Don't even get me started on Copilots being tossed around everywhere.

Half of these systems are auto-logged in during startup, the other prompting they need logins, and most of which flag for space issues and subscription notices.

Vivaldi best browser and I'll die on that hill

(I know it's Chromium based and only semi open but damnit the UI/UX just work for me)

Windows is afraid of me

Linux users saying they are washing less to preserve water sounds like greenwashing lazy behaviour 😄

Who's making DefenestrateOS?

I'm not afraid of Windows. We just don't like each other. Also, i disassembled it one time too many.

Neither are Russians. It's their comrades they're wary of.
They don't want to be in the vicinity of windows.

Come to think of it Putin himself avoids windows.

Ok that's almost definitely a user error. Has to be. Not even winslop is that bloated by default yet

bloat accumulated over the lifetime of Win10 -> Win11.

Microsoft attempting to "unify" brands but instead causing massive confusion is the root cause.

Does the Onedrive integrated into Windows 11 replace the one that is a standalone taskbar app? Maybe? They certainly can't be the same thing because the taskbar Onedrive wasn't signed in on boot while the Windows 11 account is a Microsoft 365 online account.

Is the Microsoft 365 Personal subscription going to cover Microsoft Teams that work requires? Maybe not? I mean, it was previously Skype, and before that Lync.

And is Outlook or Outlook (New) prompting a sign in?

I couldn't begin to explain what went wrong and how to prevent such bloat in the future, because it was all official Microsoft software. There was nothing to "avoid" doing in the future. No teachable moment. Microsoft did this themselves.

Windows isn't scary. It's weird and kind of pathetic. Always has been.

I'll die on that hill

Or perhaps you will willingly throw yourself out a window. What a completely unexplained tragedy it will be.

Nah, it's Windows (or, rather, Microsoft) that is (or at least should be) afraid of us and our growing numbers :P

God I hate that crappy OS

Here me out: instead of a full-fledged OS, it's a .exe file that installs the distro of the user's choice?

This is correct.