nixCraft 🐧Jul 2

Good news! For the first time, #Linux desktop breaks through 5% share in USA OS market as per Statcounter https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share/desktop/united-states-of-america

Oh, absolutely, Microsoft, please, by all means, continue with your grand experiments like Recall Spyware, deleting email accounts in far-flung corners of the globe or stealing data for AI training. Rest assured, these brilliant strategies will have absolutely no bearing on Win11 desktop adoption. None whatsoever. We thank you from Linux HQ. Lmao.

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Meanwhile: Microsoft to cut about 4% of jobs (9000 engineering talents) amid hefty AI bets. This was announced hours ago https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-07-02/microsoft-to-cut-9-000-workers-in-second-wave-of-major-layoffs this job cut help offset rising spending on AI infrastructure/investments and reflect a greater push to use AI tools internally, according to an analyst with Bloomberg.
Microsoft to Cut 9,000 Employees in Second Layoff Wave (MSFT)

Microsoft Corp. began job cuts that will impact about 9,000 workers, a second major wave of layoffs this year as it seeks to control costs.

Bloomberg
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@nixCraft microsoon.
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