I use Linux and the fact that this poorly-written article ended up on the front-page of HN makes me wish for a downvote feature.
Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
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Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#212Disclosure: I'm a developer advocate at Microsoft with a focus on Linux, I am typing this on a laptop running Windows 11 (it also has another SSD that runs Linux), and I'm a diehard Mac user. I hate this sort of SEO-driven clickbait that is trying to inflame wars that frankly, were settled two decades ago. Use Linux. Use Windows. Use macOS. Use Chrome OS. Use OpenBSD. Use Haiku. If you're a complete masochist, use GN…
HN like all other social networks has 5% of really smart, intelligent, objective, well-rounded, nuanced commentators/upvoters. Rest 95% is no different than Woke/Q/Pitchfork/Trump/AOC people
Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#213Disclosure: I'm a developer advocate at Microsoft with a focus on Linux, I am typing this on a laptop running Windows 11 (it also has another SSD that runs Linux), and I'm a diehard Mac user. I hate this sort of SEO-driven clickbait that is trying to inflame wars that frankly, were settled two decades ago. Use Linux. Use Windows. Use macOS. Use Chrome OS. Use OpenBSD. Use Haiku. If you're a complete masochist, use GN…
> It will never be the year of the Linux desktop (and that's totally OK!)
Android(Linux) is used by majority of users (40%), while Windows holds just 32.3%: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share .
Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#214Earlier quoted context omitted.
OTOH, 11 is the first version of Windows where Microsoft actively tells a large portion of their userbase that they don’t want them to run it. I’m not a believer in “the year of the Linux desktop” either, but those insane policies around fictitious hardware requirements surely must have some impact on market share?
> I’m not a believer in “the year of the Linux desktop” either, but those insane policies around fictitious hardware requirements surely must have some impact on market share? I will give them (some) benefit of the doubt -- they probably are using Windows 11's more stringent hardware requirements as an instrument to drive increased security in the PC space. New PCs will want to be advertised as Windows 11 compatible,…
Security, with rootkits signed by microsoft.
Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#215Earlier quoted context omitted.
The ever coming year of the linux desktop. Full disclosure: I dual boot, but only to game. Linux been my daily driver since before 7 went eol. I am that linux fanboy. Debian, primarily.
Apparently chromebooks have broken 10% of sales, which are sort of Linuxey. https://www.geekwire.com/2021/chromebooks-outsold-macs-world...
I got my wife, who is not tech literate, a chromebook and it is all she uses. There's enough web software that she wouldnt need and doesnt want anything bigger.
It is hardly a traditional linux given how locked down it it is out of the box, but so what? She'll never use 99% of the features that windows or macOS come with.
Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#216Yet another one of thoses guides. When XP came out everyone was going to go GNU/Linux, due to Toy'R us interface. When Vista came out everyone was going to go GNU/Linux, due to DX 10 drivers and hardware requirements. When 8.x came out everyone was going to go GNU/Linux, due to tablet UI. When 10 came out everyone was going to go GNU/Linux, due to telemetry. Now Windows 11 came out, naturally everyone is going to go…
Yet another one of these comments. When XP came out, people were switching to Linux. When Vista came out, people were switching to Linux. When 8.x came out, people were switching to Linux. When 10 came out, people were switching to Linux. Now Windows 11 came out, naturally people are still switching to Linux. Guess what? People are going to continue switching platforms and talking about it. Oh and 25% of developers a…
Still good enough to power about 85% of desktop computers worldwide, one games console and game streaming service, all of which also need developers.
Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#217One reason not to: mixed dpi
Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#218Disclosure: I'm a developer advocate at Microsoft with a focus on Linux, I am typing this on a laptop running Windows 11 (it also has another SSD that runs Linux), and I'm a diehard Mac user. I hate this sort of SEO-driven clickbait that is trying to inflame wars that frankly, were settled two decades ago. Use Linux. Use Windows. Use macOS. Use Chrome OS. Use OpenBSD. Use Haiku. If you're a complete masochist, use GN…
> It will never be the year of the Linux desktop (and that's totally OK!) Android(Linux) is used by majority of users (40%), while Windows holds just 32.3%: https://gs.statcounter.com/os-market-share .
Desktop...
Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
#219Earlier quoted context omitted.
For some of these, Windows wins against MacOS as well. And I have the impression, every Mac OS release, I have to debug the C++ dev environment of my students. 3 years ago I was praying that a new student had a MAC, because I could get them going easily. Now I'm praying they are on Windows, because WSL+Ubuntu just works. (I'm not praying they have Linux, because that realistically never happens. Would be great though…
Everytime Apple upgrades Xcode I am worried something in my development workflow breaks (as has happened many times in the past). Same is true for every major macOS release the last 5 years or so. I’m getting to the point that I consider switching to Linux, but the biggest show stopper for me is my work as iOS dev. Hopefully can move to some other tech in a couple of years so I don’t have to rely on the Apple platfor…
That sounds pretty painful, I've always felt bad for the people who are forced to use xCode as part of their job. I really hope Apple is forced to make cross-platform tooling, because while it's great for lock-in, it makes it really difficult for outsiders to publish cross-platform apps.
Re: Reasons to switch from Windows to Linux
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That's weird because I ran a tool to disable it in Windows the day I installed it. I'd wager it was even easier than disabling it on those Linux distros.
Just wait for an update that will reenable everything you've disabled.
Don't forget that it might come bundled with other helpful updates with no way to choose which pieces to pull in.
I can't believe people are actually comparing telemetry in Windows to Linux.