Michael
Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾Oh God is it time to run to Linux?
https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/27/23775117/microsoft-windows-11-cloud-consumer-strategy
Daniël Franke 🏳️🌈@liztai Enshittification seems to be inherent to our current economical incentive system.
@ainmosni Those companies, so eager to bring us into their little walled gardens... though "gardens" is too nice a word to describe an ecosystem where they can just continue to up the price endlessly.
@liztai it's almost like lock-in is a bad thing... for the customers that is, the companies love it.
@ainmosni I still have nightmares of being in Adobe's "garden"
@liztai I was lucky/unlucky enough to get on the open source train in the 90s, which made me often choose the more painful route just to not end up in too many walled gardens.
Still annoyed that the mobile world forces you to choose one though.
Maniac Marmotte 
@ManiacMarmotte @liztai The problem is that for less patient/less technical users, open source solutions have often just been too tedious or annoying to use in their daily lives.
These days, I'd say the Linux desktop is in a much better state, even though I think we should look at a more user friendly way of full disk encryption.
@ainmosni @ManiacMarmotte Yeah speaking as one that exists in the grey zone between ordinary user and outright dev, it's an issue EVEN for me.
@liztai @ManiacMarmotte The odd thing, at least for me, is that I find Linux to be much more "ainmosni"-friendly than the alternatives, but that might also just be stockholm syndrome. :P
@ainmosni @liztai from my observation, "normies" don't have much difficulty moving from Windows or MacOS to Linux, as 95% of their computing is done with web-browser. The people more difficult to switch are professionals and tech-savy persons that are relying on more proprietary tools for their work/hobby, which are purposely made to NOT work on Linux (e.g: Adobe, SOLIDWORKS, online videogames with Anti-Cheats)
Anita Lewis@ManiacMarmotte @ainmosni @liztai
ManiacMarmotte, I totally agree. My Mom (93) has been using Linux for 15 years (Ubuntu flavor) She uses word processor, browser, movies, email (Thunderbird) and she loves the speed and ease. She has in-house tech support, but the problems are things that happen in Windows, too. Upgrades are easier than in Windows. Yes, in 1990s there was a bigger learning curve, but the change over doesn't take long. There is a huge amount of online help when needed.
Odolyte@liztai it’s always time to go for Linux !! 😉
@liztai I definitely share your sentiments on running away to Linux very soon.
As I do a lot of gaming, Valve has improved Proton OS significantly, just clinging to Windows 10 until it's long past its expiration date.
kepler
numerodix@liztai welcome
Sven222@liztai This time was years ago ;-), and still is.
@liztai It is always a good time to do that!
I've been using it since around 1998. I have it as a dual-boot with Windows, but I only boot Windows when I need to use Adobe Digital Editions or another program for downloading audiobooks from the library - twice a month for a half-hour I guess. I will read this article later.
I've been using it since around 1998. I have it as a dual-boot with Windows, but I only boot Windows when I need to use Adobe Digital Editions or another program for downloading audiobooks from the library - twice a month for a half-hour I guess. I will read this article later.
@liztai I've used many flavors of Linux, currently Linux Mint. You might want to try it on a thumbdrive. It runs slower on that, but you can get the feel of it. The same thumbdrive can then be used to install along side Windows. I recommend keeping Windows, too, if you have room on the drive.
🚲 murph@liztai The best time was 20 years ago. The second best time is now.
Nick@liztai It's been that time since 1998.
RockyC@liztai well past time. Linux is a viable Windows and macOS replacement for most users, and switching is easier than many people think.
David Bruchmann
No, Windows Is Not Moving to the Cloud
You may have seen a few news articles recently about Microsoft supposedly turning Windows into a cloud product, which would presumably require a suitable internet connection and a running subscription. Don’t panic, though, because that’s not really happening.