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The Linux Thread - The Autist's OS of Choice
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So do they intend to be a new source os like Debian or arch or Fedora now? I'm not sure what they mean.
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Steam recently announced that they would be discontinuing support for Windows 7, so some of this could be gamers investigating other options. Also, there is a currently unconfirmed rumor that Windows 12 will be "cloud only", as in your operating system will be a boot over the network type of affair similar to a thin client.
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Wasn't that what Win11 was supposed to be until people made an uproar about that as well?
Is Microsoft that daft that they would continue to try this shit over and over until the cattle accept it?
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I think what the deal here is, is they can't market what isn't a marketable concept anymore. AlmaLinux's maintainers want to provide fixes for bugs that Red Hat (IBM) can no longer attend to. If you ask me it would make sense just to go rogue and provide enterprise solutions independently and without relying on a big brother to pull all the strings for them. I don't expect any of this to go smoothly, but it's better than outright discontinuing your distro and pissing off everyone who counted on your tools and services. Again this 1:1/bug-for-bug deal is effectively obsolete, I don't even think EuroLinux (another RHEL-like "clone") even markets being binary compatible. Capitulation to IBMs demands would only endanger the project going forward.
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Aw HEEEEELLLL naww. SAAS for your fucking OS? That's just so retarded M$ might do it.
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And we call ourselves a documenting site despite having discussed this several times, each time clarifying that although cloud windows may be an option for some cases, regular offline windows will be around for a long time - unless Microsoft deliberately chooses suicide and people switch to Linux.
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I'm sceptical of Windows 12 being cloud-only. Who exactly would this be for?
Windows nowadays is principally for business and gaming - business won't touch it because of the security implications, and gaming introduces a whole new set of problems (see e.g. the failure of Google's Stadia). And home users are going to either go back to Windows 11 the first time they receive a subscription bill, or get a tech-savvy relative to install Linux for them.
It's an incredible stupid idea, but of course that doesn't mean Microsoft won't do it.
Windows nowadays is principally for business and gaming - business won't touch it because of the security implications, and gaming introduces a whole new set of problems (see e.g. the failure of Google's Stadia). And home users are going to either go back to Windows 11 the first time they receive a subscription bill, or get a tech-savvy relative to install Linux for them.
It's an incredible stupid idea, but of course that doesn't mean Microsoft won't do it.
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My assumption is they want to roll it into a subscription, so rolling feature updates are tied to your Windows365 sub (similar to Office now). Who knows with Microsoft though.
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My fellow tard, I said "might." That should have marked it as speculation and not a claim. I just said I wouldn't be surprised if M$ did this.
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That's like saying your wouldn't be surprised if Biden depersoned Republican voters and issued kill orders on them all. Doesn't mean it's something he wouldnt want to try and his supporters wouldn't want him to do, but it's not going to happen.
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No it isn't you giant faggot. That's a retarded comparison and completely not analogous. You are retarded if you think that is a reasonable comparison. You suck dicks. Quit sucking dicks.
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If it's logical to assume that Microsoft would go to self-sabotaging-to-the-point-of-suicide lengths in the persuit of money, it's logical to correlate that to the Biden Administration going to such same lengths to hold on to power.
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IMO, Microsoft is making a calculated business decision going cloud-only. W10 was the litmus test to see how many would eject, and it was a resounding success. Those forced into W10 and actively pushed back on it amounted to a rounding error. MS saw this and concluded that no one cares as long as Chrome is still working.
So, to answer the rhetorical question: it's for everyone. I will now balance that statement with this one: a firebombing of all Microsoft datacenters with all the useless MS-certified dipshits still inside would be a net improvement to society.
Moving on...
I disagree that businesses will reject Windows as a cloud service because I have never met a VP that doesn't suck Microsoft dick morning noon and night. Cloud services are fantastic to these retards because it's easy to provision and if they can prevent the plebs from having any control over their machines, even better, because then it lowers risk.
If anything cloud = security (to them) because it's out of sight & out of mind. This opinion will not be swayed at the first major breach, or the second, or the third, etc etc etc.
Gamers like you mentioned are the exception due to the bandwidth/ping limitations but given the rate of adoption of Windows 10/11 they'll go along with it no matter the flaws.
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Been hearing the "now is the time to switch to linux because Windows XXX is being discontinued" argument for 20 years. People aren't going to switch to the sperg OS anytime soon in masses. That said, I like linux and do run it fulltime on several laptops except the desktop I am using and do some work on. Mint on the 2 newer one's and Antix on the real old one.
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Moving back on track (since as much as I'd like to argue this IS a linux thread) What are people's thoughts on KDE Neon? I'm growing fond of the KDE interface as it does expose a lot of the lower level configurable (such as the notifications and shortcuts interfaces that lets you basically change anything that would normally have a hardwired configuration), and KDE neon puts the latest versions of KDE on a Ubuntu LTS base that's largely kept untouched and stable.
Has anyone really experimented with linux on phone much? It seems to be decent on phones designed for it with drivers available for the components, but I'm not sure about sideloading it onto random phones like a Samsung A71
Has anyone really experimented with linux on phone much? It seems to be decent on phones designed for it with drivers available for the components, but I'm not sure about sideloading it onto random phones like a Samsung A71
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Bean counters. Cloud means captive subscription.
Believe it or not, ms have been trying to move to thin client subscription models since the early 2000s, but kept encountering the same problem every time: nobody had the bandwidth. Most people still don't.
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Businesses aren’t the issue, the EU, and businesses in the EU, are. There’s no way they’re allowing all their computers to be remotely operated from the USA. Neither would countries like Russia or China. Windows-as-cloud could potentially be sold in the USA, but the rest of the world will want no part of it because of the security and privacy implications. The EU are subservient lapdogs to the yanks but even they would never tolerate it.