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Microsoft's draconian Windows 11 restrictions will send an estimated 240 million PCs to the landfill when Windows 10 hits end of life in 2025 (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 8 months ago by catch22@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Microsoft, doing it's part to make the world a better place.

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[–] mods_are_assholes@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (25 children)

lol no, there's several very valid and pressing reasons linux's desktop marketshare is terrible.

[–] nhhvhy@lemmy.world 10 points 8 months ago (24 children)

lmao, what’s with the downvotes? I’ve tried to switch to linux twice, and have had nothing but issues. I love the idea, but I wish people would acknowledge that it still isn’t an easy switch for many.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca -2 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (2 children)

Such as?

I switched because Windows never works, it would take about a month after installation to get it into a stable state with wifi. But games would be laggy, task manager wouldn’t report accurate usage, and things would crash constantly

On Linux I just installed and it worked

That’s on top of being more user friendly for installation and use. Why are Windows commands so verbose? Why do you have to specify an install location instead of using the one you are in? Why is there no graphical package manager?

Like I get saying x doesn’t have a Linux version, but I don’t see Linux not working

[–] nhhvhy@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Of the 4 main games I tend to play, the only one with Linux “support” is CS. That said, my frametimes were abysmal and the game was unplayable on Linux, even on the same system. I’m sure if I put the time in to get a perfect config it would be just fine, but I’m not spending hours of my time trying to get it working when Windows does the job just fine.

[–] ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca 1 points 8 months ago

Weird, I’ve never experienced more work to get something working on Linux than Windows

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