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What are some things that Linux can't do, but Windows can? (lemmy.zip)

submitted 10 months ago by Sensitivezombie@lemmy.zip to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] kaffiene@lemmy.world 24 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Blue screen. Embed advertising and spyware in everything.

[–] brian@programming.dev 7 points 10 months ago

canonical has had it's run with the latter two, at least briefly. it's not out of the picture at least

[–] JWBananas@startrek.website 2 points 10 months ago

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2023/12/linux-distros-are-about-to-get-a-killer-windows-feature-the-blue-screen-of-death/#:~:text=The%20systemd%2Dbsod%20component%20is,photo%20or%20write%20it%20down.

[–] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah I just get a purple screen instead (when I last used Ubuntu and it crashed). And actually come to think of it, I think I did get a blue screen on some OS I installed on my pi.