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 4 weeks ago
Microsoft is doing more for Linux adoption than anyone else ever has lol
Vakbrain@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
tidderuuf@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
Source?
artyom@piefed.social 4 weeks ago
And Mac.
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
Yes definitely, but mentioning anything good about Apple on Lemmy gets you stitches…
artyom@piefed.social 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
Switched to a Mac 11 years ago and never looked back. Their OS is stellar.
nullpotential@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 weeks ago
stellarly bad
relativestranger@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
apple did their part by putting siri front-and-center on iphones.
multi_flexi@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
There isnt anything good.
limonfiesta@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
I would rather manage Apple ecosystem devices for family than Windows any day of the week.
MadMadBunny@lemmy.ca 4 weeks 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?
JigglySackles@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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 4 weeks ago
PoC? Punch only Clowns?
BassTurd@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Proof of Concept.
FenrirIII@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
And literally 99% of their userbase will stay on Windows.
zewm@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Valve with Steamdeck and Proton development: “Am I a joke to you?”
SaltSong@startrek.website 4 weeks ago
They are helping, yes, but windows 11 is a driving force like I’ve never seen.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 weeks ago
It’s only really viable though, because of Steam and Proton
BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 4 weeks ago
Not everything is vidjagames
towerful@programming.dev 4 weeks ago
Steam took the cap off the toothpaste tube.
Microsoft is giving the toothpaste tube a good squeeze!
Soup@lemmy.world 4 weeks 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 4 weeks 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.