Comment on Who could have predicted this?
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
It sucks that Windows has gotten so bad
The problem is that the Windows monopoly isn’t worth having any more and Microsoft is flailing in trying to make it worth it.
Microsoft can’t force an app store like Apple and Google can for iOS and Android. No one is going to buy an OS subscription like they do for Office 365. And, I’m sure that Microsoft earns almost nothing on new installs because of how cheap hardware has gotten.
Eh. I feel like desktops are going to go the way of Steam Decks and Chromebooks for consumers. While Microsoft can’t force an app store, other companies/OS’s can.
For corporate users, I can see a corporate Windows/Office tech stack form, with corporations paying for support per user like current companies pay for Windows & Office 365.
Fuck windows. I got fed up of their constant monitoring. I am glad to be rid of it. They still have a lot of my data, sadly, but nothing spicy, and given their incompetence they will probably lose it all by the time any buyer wants it.
.... always was.
Not really
It got a lot of people excited about computers back when the customer was the user
Then you haven’t been around long enough. This was back when Microsoft was making Windows commercials
Yeah—misfortunate, but that’s expected; I’m happy it’s pushing people towards FOSS OS like Linux. The more people get ahead and switch over the better. Implementation of FOSS from corporate is a hurdle, always favoring myopic efficiency 🫤
I wish Linux had better tools to manage desktops at scale. You can make it work but it isn’t quite as smooth.
I would love if we had something like zero touch enrollment.
BlameTheAntifa@lemmy.world 5 months ago
It is driving the world into the loving arms of Linux, our Lord and Savior, so I think it’s marvelous that Windows has gotten so bad.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
Except for people who are less tech savvy and don’t have a desire to tinker. Windows has been the standard for so long that many people don’t have knowledge outside of the Microsoft ecosystem. Linux is best for those who want to dig into computers but for those who don’t care to dig into tech is mediocre.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Desktop computers are the one and only one space where Linux doesn’t utterly dominate as the kernel of choice. Supercomputers, servers, embedded devices, basically all Linux. In the mobile space, Apple and Android are a duopoly, Microsoft repeatedly tried and failed to enter that market. Microsoft managed to secure a de facto monopoly on the desktop, kept Macintosh like a pet to ward off actual monopoly lawsuits, and has spent the last 20 years just making their product worse for the user in order to wring another pint of blood out of the same moldy old turnip.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 months ago
Gotta get that infinite growth. Enshittification is just the last stage.
leftytighty@slrpnk.net 5 months ago
I’m a tech worker and know my way around Linux but I use productivity software / VR (with NVIDIA) at home and don’t want to deal with getting all of that stuff working again.
Win10 EOL is pushing me there and all of my problems would go away if more people switched but I just want to be a simple user in my downtime.
Corn@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
W10 LTSC IOT pushes that back to 2032. Then you can switch at your leisure.
SaharaMaleikuhm@feddit.org 5 months ago
Or super casual users. All my dad ever use is Thunderbird and Chrome. I’m too lazy to get him to use Firefox, but at least I’ve got him on Mint for I don’t know how many years now.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
It’s gotten wayyyy better in that regard though. It’s more a matter of what people are used to and being resistant to change, than actual tech savvy-ness.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
I think it has a target audience that doesn’t include everyone. It is primarily for those who want to be in control of there computing.
oftheair@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
A lot of beginner distros really do not at all require tinkering.
fu@libranet.de 5 months ago
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
I think that is completely fair
Tech changes over time and that is ok
Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 5 months ago
I’d like to agree. But I’m stuck with Windows at work. At the moment, our IT guys upgrade a couple of PCs a day from Win10 to Win11. The GUI sucks, and the complete network is getting slower and slower. I crave the good old DOS times, when the system used to be faster than me.