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I think it's more that users can't afford new hardware, even though win11 seems like a step backwards.
There's also the point that game quality has gone down significantly. If I were to build a new rig which would cost me an arm and a leg, I would still just play games that my current PC can already run anyway. I don't wanna play the newest CoD-slop or some tech-demo with MTX-shop disguised as a game.
Obligatory, here's your sign to switch to Linux. For people who do nearly everything or everything online it's a pretty easy switch.
Windows 11 is synonymous with installing Linux.
ohh thank fucking god. I hate windows, but not having a huge portion of the population ready to be infected is a good thing for everyone
Windows 11 is synonymous with dog shit.
And my laziness pays off for another year.
Lazyness? You're not avoiding 11 because you're lazy, you're avoiding it because you know what's best for you
Yep stepping in dog shit isn't good for anyone. Windows 11 is synonymous with dog shit.
No one likes stepping in dog shit, but it is a natural thing. Windows 11 is NOT natural. And is not a thing you should do-- ever!
I thought Microsoft was forcing users to update now?
There's never going to be a "Year of the Linux Desktop" where there's some critical inflection point like a lot of people think. But Microsoft has fucked up here in assuming that consumer trust is a linear relationship and it's not. They broke the trust, the cracks are there, and users will keep bleeding. They'll keep a certain percentage of users through apathy or complacency, but the momentum is flowing in reverse now.
What it takes for any one person to cross over is going to look different, whether that's Linux getting up to speed on a feature they were looking for or Microsoft crossing yet another unacceptable threshold, but despite all my anger and personal grievances aside, I truly believe Microsoft as a company is incapable of correcting this problem.
Their goals are entirely misaligned, they believe they can dictate the market at the consumer and their revenue is dependent on that. They're bleeding more money and talent through this AI debacle and that's making them even less capable of facing and addressing the issues. Unfortunately I don't think they'll ever fully implode, but just like Chrome eventually ate IE's market share and now won't go away, so it will be with Linux.
Bonus points: I'm calling it, I truly do believe that in ~5 years or so Windows will cease to be its own operating system and start shifting towards a Linux distro with a bespoke DE (again, see Chrome/Edge). They don't want to have to keep maintaining an OS like this and one of the biggest arguments for doing so has been the backwards compatibility, but everything is cloud and SaaS now and they want to push more business customers in that direction anyway. Server will be a thorn in their side for awhile, but consumer facing Windows distro will be the perfect testing ground. Mark it, ~5 years ... EEE
The fact that I switched is telling. I legit liked Windows up until 11 and only used Linux on laptops. Everything really did just work and the OS stayed out of my way, OneDrive+office for my whole family was $80/year, and every piece of software I wanted to use was built for it. I gave 11 a shot. I stuck with it a long time.
Now my desktop runs all FOSS and the only thing I miss is Excel.
Consumers don't choose OS, manufacturers do.
Depends on the manufacturer and if you purchased in store VS online. Also, every computer purchased online has the full specs and if you know what to look for you won't be taken advantage of by the nerd that looks like they know about computers but really only talks up the most expensive one.
Yeah but the thing is, unless it has to do with governments and anti trust against corporations or national security interests there's never going to be a major shift to Linux.
France recently changed to Linux on a majority of their government pc's in an attempt to remove dependence on Microsoft and the US and to maintain national security.
The whole minimum HW requirements is so bullshit. I have a stick pc and a tablet with some Atom CPU, 2Gb RAM, that run W10 reasonably well. No rockets and will probably choke on many apps, but for web stuff (just don't keep more than 2-3 tabs open) media playing, and light stuff they are surprisingly capable. I have installed Antix Linux on one, and it's a really capable machine.
I have the same as a fileserver - I'll have to take a look at what is antix, as arch has dropped support for 32bit...
Kinda, they excluded CPU's that are no longer supported by Intel. If a vulnerability happens, Intel isn't going to willingly provide microcode fixes. I'd say it's old enough it's safe, but history has proven that to be a dicey proposition. TPM was arguably bad architecture with vulnerabilities; it's just protecting the boot chain, but BitLocker is already fucked 7 ways to Sunday.
Trying to up their security for corporations is understandable, that's not to say this isn't a hard push to get people to upgrade because providing support for 10 probably costs them a lot of money.
Requiring TPM at the install check but not actually requiring it to run is bullshit.
LUKS on Linux is far better at protecting your equipment.
Install Linux, Problem Solved.
