Linux baby!
The funniest part is they’ve turned it into such a spyware bot they can see the user numbers declining in real time!
Just one more ai filled Spyware bro. Trust me.
It needs to be at least a billion!
More AI and ad/spyware to the rescue!
Switched to Mac over a decade ago - never will I go back.
This seems like a lateral move to me?
Certainly not add filled at bare minimum.
Not really. Apple sucks really bad but their desktop os is still light-years ahead of windows.
I’ve only got one Windows 10 PC still running and I basically never use it anymore. It’s really just my safety blanket in case I happen to someday run into a game where I really, absolutely, cannot possibly play it on Linux. I haven’t found one yet. RIP Windows. You won’t be missed.
Slowly been migrating my fleet and this is pushing the laggers to get on Linux train.
Get fucked satya the creep 🐸
There’s something so pleasing about buying a Windows 11 laptop, and immediately replacing Windows with LMDE.
No need for dual boot, just wholesale replacement.
The only downside is not having my OS spying on me and forcing me to use AI.
I dual-boot Arch and Win11 (mainly for HDR), and I have no idea what you’re talking about. I haven’t had any AI forced upon me.
But to be fair, I made the Windows ISO in Rufus (to disable the Microsoft account requirement), and I also use O&O Shut Up 10 and StartAllBack. They’ve obviously been doing an excellent job of shielding me from Microsoft’s bullshit, cause I literally never have any of the problems with Windows that everyone is always complaining about here on Lemmy. There are no ads, no AI bullshit, no Start Menu BS. It’s mostly the same Windows I’ve known since 7, with some modern creature comforts added in over the years.
I can’t tell if you’re being sincere, or doing an “I use Arch by the way” bit, offering convoluted solutions to a non issue.
Did that myself 6ish months ago. I didn’t even allow windows to boot, I went straight to the Mint install USB. I spent some time doing mint live just to check that there weren’t any hardware/warranty issues, and then I let the cleansing commence.
So.
Fucking.
Gratifying.Do check the manufacturer’s T’s & C’s - you might need Windows if returning for hardware issues.
I take a full disk image of a new computer before powering it up, so that I can restore it exactly as it was when purchased.
Do check the manufacturer’s T’s & C’s - you might need Windows if returning for hardware issues.I take a full disk image of a new computer before powering it up, so that I can restore it exactly as it was when purchased.
Or do what I did, and just overwrite the hard drive without looking back.
Not even vague regrets.
Microshit still got a payment… Stop feedingg the parasite.
I believe some manufacturers allow end users to claim the license cost back.
I think that’s a European/Australian consumer protection thing, I can’t think of a manufacturer that allows it in the US.
Microshit still got a payment… Stop feedingg the parasite.
Microsoft cut a deal with the manufacturer of my laptop, to have Windows pre-installed. They did so as a loss leader, with the expectation of future earnings based on my usage of Windows 11.
Is this new?
I thought OEMs paid the license fee per unit
They do, but the OEM rates are significantly lower than what you or I would pay, and they get cheaper by volume so the big OEMs are paying very, very little per unit.
pleasing about buying a Windows 11 laptop, and immediately replacing Windows
there really is! I just got a new laptop, and it really wanted me to go through the Lose-dows setup wizard crap. That wasn’t so much an MS thing, rather the laptop’s idiot-proofing. For instance, I had to hold the power button for a full 10 seconds to get it to hard power-off, and getting a boot menu so I could boot from USB was not as easy as it could’ve been.
But those initial frustrations were replaced by sheer glee once I did finally get to a linux prompt, and using fdisk was able to nuke all those horrible Win partitions from orbit.
They really fucked up. I can’t afford to replace my HARDWARE to suit Windows.
Me neither and i have 0 fomo.
Because of w10 ending, and my unwillingness to keep dealing with their horrid bullshit, I’m switching every machine in my offices to Linux mint. I’m not thrilled to have to learn a new os, but so far everything I need works, and it’s not that big of a jump outside of the file system structure being a bit less straight forward.
Elsewhere in the same report, Mehdi writes that Windows 11 is 2.3x faster than Windows 10. He failed to mention that Microsoft came to this conclusion by testing the older OS on laptops with Intel Core 6th-, 8th- and 10th-generation processors, while Windows 11 tests were carried out on PCs with Intel Core 12th- and 13th-generation CPUs.
So, bullshit metric. Noted.
Linux devices can’t be counted because privacy is something for linux users. But is way more extended than windows: smart tvs, smart speakers, smart sensors, smart potatoes, car infotainment, datacenters, handheld devices… Any person owns way more linux devices than windows and mac combined. Windows is just a toy for gamers and outdated office workers. MS knows that.
The gamers been getting woke on the FOSS
It feels like we might actually hit the critical mass here soon.
In a post focused on Windows 10’s upcoming end-of-support date (October 14), Microsoft EVP Yusuf Mehdi boasts that Windows is the most widely used operating system in the world today, with over one billion monthly active devices globally.
However, it’s been noted that in its 2022 annual report, Microsoft said 1.4 billion devices were running Windows 10 or Windows 11, up from 1.3 billion devices a year earlier.
I think it’s significantly more likely that the number is still around 1.4 billion
