Comment on Windows seemingly lost 400 million users in the past three years — official Microsoft statements show hints of a shrinking user base

• Auth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  On the server side I can agree, but linux does not get device drivers for majority of hardware let alone regular device driver updates. That fact alone makes the entire company un-compliant in many industries.

  You could get an entire fleet of linux supported laptops and get then compliance becomes easier to manage since the software on linux lends well to sys admin fleet control. You would have to push patches weekly to the fleet which would result in a ton of random user bugs.

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  • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    does not get device drivers for majority of hardware

    Literally lying

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    • Auth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      Please go on any distro fourm to the support section and tell me how many threads have hardware related issues. Majority of these are due to non-existent/unsupported drivers.

      One guy hacking together a device driver to upstream is not the same as the manufacturer supporting it with regular updates. Windows gets driver updates seemingly every week and linux is lucky to get a 2nd update or even a first.

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      • TonyTonyChopper@mander.xyz ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

        support section

        If I was reading your fan club forum I would see loads of positive comments about you

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  • skisnow@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Do you work for Microsoft or something? This reads exactly like their sales FUD playbook

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    • Auth@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

      No, im a linux user and I love linux. But it doesnt help anything to pretend it isnt flawed.

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