Luckily at work we are allowed to install a dual boot, or even single boot with Linux. The one obligation is to run the corporate antivirus and vpn client (and yes we had malware detections of Linux binaries).
Dual booting for the last 6 months, now 100% on Linux (Mint). Can’t say I miss anything from windows, maybe ms office’s polished apps but I can’t care less. Nowadays everything runs in the browser, it has become « the OS ». And almost every browser is a chromium variant that’s it.
Laughs in Linux
I hope it last, web enshitification may bring us back to the 2000s where that one site requires internet explorer, this one won’t allow DRM content on non windows platforms…
It’s just around the corner.
Also Microsoft: “Why aren’t people upgrading to Windows 11?”
From Fedora 42? Sounds like a downgrade.
They really need to name the next version “Windows 76”. That should have the people throwing money at them.
“Nobody wants to Windows anymore!”
Since I made the switch these kinds of news are hilarious! Yes, make Win 11 into hell! Your customers are your shareholders, users are too be exploited! How long can it last? Who cares, only the next quarter counts!
Lmao. Genius, hope whoever suggested this got a raise. Can imagine the meeting where it has been decided. "Hey, have we thought about fullscreen ads for something we want to push on people?” "Genius idea, Maxwell! Go home to your wife and kids and tell them a big fat bonus is coming to their smart father!”
Linux: No ads, it’s free and easier than ever to install.
Install??
Mac guy, and I remember trying Linux inside Windows and installing it while using it. For someone with 30 years of experience with Windows, Linux was a fucking joke — as in the mockery it made of everything I knew about Windows. It felt like magic. It’s not very deep though — people need to realize Linux is still very much a project. macOS is a complete product, but it’s not free and it’s tied to proprietary hardware. Still, these days I see the choice between macOS and Linux. Windows doesn’t even make the ballot for me.
Your literally commenting using a Linux server right now. A vast majority of the fediverse is hosted on Linux systems.
The vast majority of the internet is hosted on Linux.
The hardest person to convert is a “power user”. I guess you should let Red Hat and SUSE know their main product is a project. Oh and Google, Facebook, Amazon, etc…
Linux was a fucking joke
What
It’s not very deep
the
It’s still very much a project
fuck, over?
Of course, it made a mockery of everything you know of Windows because it’s not like Windows. Neither is it meant to be used like one nor is it heading in that direction (not to mention that Windows is one monotonous thing, like if you know your hands across one install of Windows, you know it all. The same is not true about Linux. A Void Linux user might still not be as adept at a Gentoo install).
You are contradicting yourself. First you call it magic and then you call it not very deep. If it’s the latter, why do so many production servers run on Linux?
Some Linux distros like Debian have a fantastic reputation for stability. Sure, bugs still exist. I personally struggle with a distro agnostic bug that breaks workflows often on my current setup. But things have come a long way. And it’s better than Windows non customizable privacy invading approach any day.
The twin advantages Windows has is wrt games (though that is slowly being covered) and more importantly, specialized software. I know folks IRL who have to use Windows just because their work requires it.
Is bootloader locked on mac or apple products?
Yes. However, it’s not super difficult to get a signed image to meet the requirements. To my knowledge they aren’t actively trying to prevent the installation of other operating systems. The bigger issue is the software supporting their unique hardware.
I understand there’s quite a few missing drivers on the latest Macs. It’s possible to run Linux but I don’t think it’s especially user friendly at the moment. Apple does a lot of custom stuff and not all of their hardware has open source drivers available.
Once you people have finally had enough, Linux and/or Libre Office will be right there. Waiting.
With due respect, no. Office suites on Linux aren’t on par with MS Office yet (and the latter sucks a lot, but not for the lack of features). MS Office and Origin Pro are the actual reasons I keep a Windows VM laying around (on Arch, btw).
If you want O365, you could try OnlyOffice or OpenDesk (not sure if I spelled it correctly)
I did this over a year ago. Man, I love that my computing is boring again. No distractions. The machine does what I tell it to do. It’s lovely! Boring is lovely.
I wasn’t specially speaking to OP, so much as any visiting Window 11 / Microsoft 365 user. The poor bastards.
Do it! At this point Linux can do anything windows can do, I want them to fuck it up as much as possible, Fuck Microsoft !
At this point Linux can do anything windows can do
IT guy here, this is just not true at all.
So far I have never seen anything on Linux being able to replace functions like GPOs.
FreeIPA + any mechanism to deploy configuration files
Irrelevant, all the ads will be disabled in iot / enterprise anyway and they can afford to Make their own software or at least tire someone to, the only reason they don’t have full page ads btw give them just enough to keep them wanting more.
No, it is highly relevant, for two reasons:
- You specifically said, I even quoted you, that Linux could do anything Windows could, this is false.
- Organizations has relied on the central management of Windows workstations for decades at this point. It is one of the biggest selling points of Windows outside of home computers, until this is rectified, I don’t see Linux or Mac dominating any time soon.
Thank goodness I have zero use for any of their products.
They have this in Windows 10…to advertise Windows 11.
(laughs in Debian)
So glad I just switched to Linux.
