• neidu2@feddit.nl
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    8 months ago

    I can list the biggest one without having to look: Because the most popular alternative has progressively gotten worse for the past 12 years, and what was once a quality OS (sure,it had its faults and flaws, but I’ll concede that Win7 was objectively a good OS) has now morphed into a combination of spyware and adware.

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      8 months ago

      Microsoft being uninterested in Windows Desktop and focusing on Saas and the cloud is indeed the first bullet point.

      1. Microsoft isn’t that interested in Windows
      2. Linux gaming, thanks to Steam, is also growing
      3. Users are finally figuring out that some Linux distros are easy to use
      4. Finding and installing Linux desktop software is easier than ever
      5. The Linux desktop is growing in popularity in India
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        8 months ago

        I get the sense that Microsoft doesn’t care about their desktop users and as much as views desktop as another small side market.

        MacOS only runs on their particular hardware, so Linux is free to gobble up market share limited mainly by user technical know how and the general shift to most web traffic coming from mobile.

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        8 months ago

        Users aren’t finding it out. The distros just actually got usable and stopped being super elitists.

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      8 months ago

      Also the updates situation has caused many to dislike Windows.

      Linux is a perfectly viable OS at this point, it’s not just for tech geeks. I did have a problem with my USB Wi-Fi adapter during the install but other than that everything was just as smooth and less creepy than Microsoft.

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      8 months ago

      “How about subscribing to your own computer? Not now? Ok, see you in a bit.” Even the Windows fans are full of resentment that they have to know which magic numbers to type under which registry entries to actually disable the constant ad screens. And then Windows restores the nag on updates.