• zcd@lemmy.ca
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    5 months ago

    It really does seem like 11 will be the shit-cherry on the shit-cake as far as user-hostile operating systems go. They are literally going to monitor every single thing the user does on their computer and monetize it. while shoving AI garbage down your throat.

    Year of the linux desktop might not be a meme anymore, particularly since gaming works really well…

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      5 months ago

      The sad part is that we (Linux users) always thought about “the year of the Linux desktop” as “by then Linux will be amazing”, not as “by then Windows will be awful”.

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        5 months ago

        Personally I would say it is incredible nowadays! Boots up nearly instantly, no bloat, no corporation harvesting your data via telemetry or shoving AI up your ass, infinitely customizable, can run nearly any program, can run on any hardware, there are distros for grandma that are dead simple to use and bleeding edge minimalist distros that you can build from the ground up with innovative environments that can change the way you use your computer. I use arch btw

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          5 months ago

          Linux nowadays is damn great, and it changed positively by a lot from when I started out in the 00s. However I don’t see people considering Linux because of those improvements, it’s mostly to avoid something rotten in Windows - like two of the examples that you mentioned, data harvesting and forcing poorly thought features down your throat.