Comment on What does this pic make U think of?
lavienG@lemmy.zip 3 days agoCould you elaborate?
Your typical Linux user (the penguin) gets really smug when learning about dumb shit Microsoft is doing with Windows. Because that dumb shit is making plenty Windows users consider ditching Windows for Linux.
One of those things is to force-feed AI into the users. Exemplified by Microsoft seeking to transform Windows into an “agentic OS”. People who don’t know how those systems work don’t want it; and people who do, even less.
Perhaps Linux needs a more robust software ecosystem? Just a layman here, so please correct me if I’m mistaken.
It does, but this is a vicious cycle: small market share → devs don’t release Linux versions for their software → the software ecosystem is fragile → users who’d rather use Linux still need to use Windows → small market share. Anything countering any of those “links” weakens the vicious cycle, including Microsoft pissing off some Windows users; that’s why the penguin gets smug.
That’s a very comprehensive take. So, looking at it this way, it’s perhaps neither the system’s fault nor the user’s, but more like a ‘product of its time’.
jherazob@beehaw.org 3 days ago
Basically they’re sticking GenAI as deeply as they can into every recess of the OS, to everybody’s protest, which is actually driving a push for people to move away from Windows, they’re doing the best advertising for Linux we’ve got in ages