Honestly, big shoutout to Microsoft for the strong push to get me in Linux’s loving embrace.
Double shoutout to them for making it very easy to not even considering to come back.
Comment on Microsoft is making every Windows 11 PC an AI PC
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Microsoft is doing more for Linux adoption than anyone else ever has lol
Vakbrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
tidderuuf@lemmy.world 1 day ago
That and backwards compatibility for Win7 & Win10. Shares of those OSs have gone up and several application developers have announced continued support or are advocating for unlocking/keeping secure those OSs.
Brkdncr@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Source?
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
And Mac.
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Yes definitely, but mentioning anything good about Apple on Lemmy gets you stitches…
artyom@piefed.social 1 day ago
I mean there’s good reason for that but MacOS is kinda in between Windows and Linux, in terms of usability and shitfuckery.
TwinTitans@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Switched to a Mac 11 years ago and never looked back. Their OS is stellar.
nullpotential@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 day ago
stellarly bad
multi_flexi@lemmy.world 1 day ago
There isnt anything good.
limonfiesta@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I would rather manage Apple ecosystem devices for family than Windows any day of the week.
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Proving my point.
It’s all and only black or white for you isn’t it? Good guys vs bad guys? Like in the movies and other children stories?
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
And literally 99% of their userbase will stay on Windows.
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I have said the same as well. Prior to them dropping the fat grumpy that is 11, I was all in on the windows ecosystem for myself. I heavily modified it of course so it didn’t have a bunch of the nonsense but overall, the experience was good. But then they started warping 10, and then they came out with 11 which was massive garbage at release and now is worse garbage years down the road. And with that AI outlook, I’m full on bailing from everything.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 6 hours ago
MS has to justify thier cost of spending so much money on AI datacenters, they need everyone to buy it to offset the unprofitable cost of AI usage. thats why they are so desperate and suddenly trying to force W11 down peoples throat.
BassTurd@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’ve got two friends that are right in the edge of trying. One has a spare thin client that he wants to PoC with and was asking for distros and how to install. The other was thinking of jumping in the deep end with Arch, and I’ve warned him, but the wiki is solid, he’s not dumb, and Arch install is better than it ever has been.
SlartyBartFast@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
PoC? Punch only Clowns?
BassTurd@lemmy.world 18 hours ago
Proof of Concept.
zewm@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Valve with Steamdeck and Proton development: “Am I a joke to you?”
SaltSong@startrek.website 1 day ago
They are helping, yes, but windows 11 is a driving force like I’ve never seen.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 17 hours ago
It’s only really viable though, because of Steam and Proton
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 11 hours ago
Not everything is vidjagames
towerful@programming.dev 1 day ago
Steam took the cap off the toothpaste tube.
Microsoft is giving the toothpaste tube a good squeeze!
Soup@lemmy.world 16 hours ago
So many people just immediately gave into ChatGPT, I doubt Microsoft’s actions will do that much damage. Besides, for anyone not using it it’s pretty easy to ignore. I don’t do a single thing on my PC that requires much beyond opening a game or Firefox so I don’t feel the pressure to leave at the moment.
EldritchFeminity@lemmy.blahaj.zone 12 hours ago
Ironically, one of the things that I’m moving to Linux for is the gaming performance boost that I’ve heard some people report due to the lack of Windows bloat and telemetry running in the background all the time.
Bazzite, the Linux version I keep seeing people recommend for gaming and people new to Linux has had a big boost in users in the past 6 weeks or so, apparently, that people are completely attributing to Microsoft.