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Megan FoxMicrosoft gonna have to inject billions of Windows keys to stabilize the OS market.
<realizes they'd be offering Windows 11 keys> NOT LIKE THAT
fuzzface@glassbottommeg "Stabilize" and "Windows 11" are not words I would generally put in the same paragraph.
Rog Dolos 🏳️⚧️@glassbottommeg The joke here is that all Microsoft needs to do to rebuild trust is make a lighter version of Windows & put user agency back as priority #1.
I suspect most users are happy with the base desktop experience-- but we're all so tired of being persistently reminded that our desktops are not ours to control.
I want to use the OS without constant / needless disruptions. No auto-updates, less background processes (that are blatantly against my best interests), and no upsells.
anniethebruce@RogDolos @glassbottommeg i left win11 in my laptop because I figured it would be useful experience and if it was my primary system it wouldn't be because it would have gone through a window over onedrive nagging
Gordon Little@glassbottommeg *heavy breathing*
Ravindra Kanodia@glassbottommeg the success of Steam Deck has me legitimately pondering a Linux gaming desktop. I know it's a hassle but as Windows becomes increasingly enshittified, I think it might not really be any worse
Levi Bard@ravindra @glassbottommeg I have a smallish-form-factor linux machine connected to my tv, that boots directly into steam big picture - apart from being substantially more powerful and nonportable, it provides a very similar gaming experience to the steam deck
Charlie R@ravindra @glassbottommeg Yep, my Steam Deck got me interested in Linux last year. I finally bit the bullet and partitioned a drive and installed PopOS. I think I tried Linux Mint too.
Unfortunately, my workflows are still keeping me on Windows 10. That and PopOS had a login bug on my system.
Richard Barrell@ravindra I think a large determining factor is how many different games you play? If you want to play every single new game on Steam you'll be rolling the dice on compatibility every time. Whereas if you tend to play a smaller number of games a lot, you can amortise the effort spent on trying to find the right version of proton or whatever.
buckysrevenge@glassbottommeg I think that with the pervasiveness of the smartphones and game consoles, the PC is becoming irrelevant for your average user (at home at least), so it's not even a Windows vs. Linux thing, Microsoft needs to figure out its place in a world where PCs are going extinct for the home user
@glassbottommeg my family still uses PCs (mine run Linux) for games, but otherwise everything we do can be done on a phone pretty much
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