CarlLandry357

Why isn't there a Windows community? Is Linux winning?

https://lemmy.world/post/43676493

Feb 28 at 12:10pmWeb
Show threadMwaFeb 28
[email protected].
I found this community
Show threadCarlLandry357Feb 28
I think it’s not that active, right?
Show threadMwaFeb 28
last post 3 days ago(as of feb,28,2026)
Show threadthingsiplayFeb 28
That could be considered (relative) dead, given how many Windows users exist compared to Linux. In more serious note, I just think that Lemmy attracts more Linux users than Windows. That’s all to it.
Show threadzarkanianMar 1
By the same token, Mastodon has a lot more posts about Linux than Windows.
Show threadDariusmiles2123Feb 28

I guess because no one is passionate about it. It’s just something people are using because it came with their computer.

Here people are almost only talking badly about it. It’s not a good product but I wonder if it’s as bad as people on Lemmy make it sound.

Still I don’t want to waste time away from Linux to discover it by myself.

Show threadkernelleFeb 28

Oh there are people who are very passionate about using Windows, in corporations almost exclusively. Had conversation with a system architect recently that made me go over every single reason why Windows isn’t my first choice and got more and more frustrated because if given the choice, I would always pick OpenStack over Azure.

What Windows has are dwindling enthusiast numbers.

Show threadDariusmiles2123Feb 28
I guess I’m not techie enough to meet these people as I’m just talking to windows end users.
Show threadzarkanianMar 1
There are folks who are passionate about Windows, but those folks are also highly unlikely to use something like Lemmy.
Show threadDariusmiles2123Mar 1

While I agree that they aren’t likely to be on Lemmy, even outside of Lemmy, I’ve never met one of them.

I just know people who don’t know there is something else.

Still it’s good for me to have to use (a debloated version) Windows at work, as it allows me to still know how to deal with it.

Show threadTomMaszFeb 28
Windows is the safe (or was) default. If you walk into most companies, that’s what everyone has. If you buy a PC, that’s what’s installed. Using Linux or Mac is a conscious choice. That “us vs. them” feeling tends to foster community.
Show threadJerkface (any/all)Feb 28
Windows was never the safe option, it was the anticompetative option that took away the safe options!! Windows has always been quite genuinely the least secure, least stable, least maintainable option.
Show threadthingsiplayFeb 28
Why is a MacOS related screenshot posted in a Linux community for a question about Windows?
Show threadeverettFeb 28
And what’s with all the upvotes?
Show threadthingsiplayFeb 28
Probably because of “Linux is winning”. ;-)
Show threadCarlLandry357Mar 1
MacOS is UNIX, Linux is UNIX, if I’m not mistaken.
Show threadILikeBoobiesMar 1
Linux is unix-like.
Show threadthingsiplayMar 1
No, Linux is not UNIX. It is UNIX like. MacOS is UNIX, based on a BSD system.
Show threadAnUnusualRelicMar 1
Linux could be unix if someone wanted to pay to have it certified. It’s meaningless.