Here is this week's #Linux and #OpenSource News show !
In this one, Microsoft discusses the future of Windows, and it sounds so bad that it could yet another chance for #Linux to grow very quickly, we have the release of #LinuxMint 22.2 beta, #Google removing Steam from Chrome OS, and a lot more !
And here is the audio podcast (that I didn't forget to publish this time...)
As alaways, you can follow it from the Fediverse @tlenewspodcast
Or you can subscribe to it from any good podcast client!
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@thelinuxEXP @tlenewspodcast Hi Nick,
I didn't notice the missing podcast last week, but if your video didn't appear on PeerTube, I would of course notice it immediately. I would write you a comment right away 😉
Thank you for your work 🙏
#BigTech really seems to enjoy lighting the fuse to the hypothetical explosive, letting it explode in their face, and then screaming about it happening.
Yet another product is bound for the #GoogleGraveyard as #Google is incapable of not killing their own products, while Microsoft is enshittifying everything they get the damn hands on. Eventually, even companies using ActiveDirectory, Azure (i.e. the entire MS Stack) will dump #Microsoft if they keep this behaviour up, and there will be no coming back from that.
And then, of course, there's the #AI companies which are as awful as usual
@thelinuxEXP I am still a user of Windows since childhood and it was the only operating system i used for the rest of my life.
I still haven't been using Windows 11 and totally refused to upgrade to their half assed OS. Seeing Microsoft leading Windows to the grave with its AI features is a really bad sign.
However, i still don't know if i would move to #Linux due to the current status of compatibility with Windows applications, though i feel like it's time they'd start working on it.
Wait until October then you'll be able to get another Windows computer for free and just run parallel systems.
Then you'll have both and you can make a more informed choice.
What Windows-specific Applications do you use? There may be an alternative, or you could always run them inside a Virtual Machine (which isn't too hard to set up if using something like VBox) for when you need them
I'm just hoping someone comes up with something better than a Debian reskin.
Nick @ The Linux Experiment
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