You mean consumers DON'T want ads in every aspect of their OS?
this post was submitted on 02 May 2024
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Hmm... I wonder why Linux has yet to rise.
I mean, we only have like 17 months until support for Windows 10 ends, it's not like it's that long.
It has. For the first time, it's risen to over 4% of market share of desktops: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/03/linux-continues-growing-market-share-reaches-4-of-desktops/
Of course this doesn't count Android or Chromebooks, both of which run Linux on some level.
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The only reason I still even use Windows is because of destiny 2. That's pretty much the only game I play. If there was a good stable way of doing this on Linux I wouldn't even use Windows at all.
In fact the only computer in my house that even has windows on it is my gaming rig.
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I would much rather pay for windows than become the product with ads, AI, and analytics.
Luckily this is coming at a time where I can run nearly everything on Linux that I previously needed Windows for (with the exception of a handful of games in my steam library)
win11 is hot trash. seems like every other windows release is a skip. did Ballmer enshrine that or was it Gates?
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I don't know what to make of these sort of stats anymore. Just this morning I read something saying more people adopted Win 11 in the past month than use Linux.
Honestly I see a lot of these stats as circle jerking and just used as fodder to push a narrative.
In my tech circle, most of us own all of them. Like 10% only Linux, 10% only windows, 10% only Mac, then 70% Mac/windows/Linux. So 🤷♀️
I’m really loving this journey for them 🥰
I'd be happy to upgrade my laptop to Win11 but Win11 doesn't like it. I'm not buying a new laptop just because of Win11's dick moves. Win10 works perfectly well on it.