Microsoft will try the data-scraping Windows Recall feature again in October
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Even back to the Vista days, I always knew that once computers (and networking) get better and faster that we will end up with a bloated Operating System, doing things I don't not want it to do. Of course, nobody really gives a p00p because we all agreed to the End User Licence Agreement.
Here we are, now, with Windows 11. Where people are sticking to Windows 10 and, some, are willing to move over to Linux if/when they have to!
This is why I have always been a HUGE supporter of software freedom. Sure, some things may not be the "modern" way of doing things but at least it gives me FAR BETTER control over my computer than the p00p I see in the land of Windows.
I am not perfect and I dont always practice what I preach. I can be just as hypicritical as the next person. I have a laptop running Windows (upgraded to 11 over a year ago) only to be used for my current job. I handed by resgination today.. and I can assure you.. when that job is finally over I am replacing it with Debian!
Other than this one instance of using Windows, my other machines have all been Debian for many, many years!
I hated getting back onto Windows (10) when I purchased that laptop. The amount of p00p is an absolute joke!
I really hope we see a big spike in GNU/Linux in the coming years!
It should be obvious that this technology and some "AI"-based analysis makes for a nifty "productivity assessment" of your white-collar employees.
I've seen a company stay on Win2K for good reasons. They managed to stay away from windows XP, but they had to test each and every printer driver, even if PCL6 compatible. Then they landed unprepared in the worst of the Vista mess because nobody tested windows version N-2 anymore.
But at least until Windows 12 or maybe even 13.
My Win10 LTSC says it's supported until 2032.
* on existing (perhaps older) hardware,
* with better privacy and telemetry controls,
* with long-term stability,
* with freedom from useless features, and
* with long-term security updates
But use Linux if you can. ^_^
MX Linux is debian (remember debian is 5 versions behind but stable, and audited repos). Lightweight, makes a decent little hacker station.
Ubuntu sells security now. But, it's ubuntu, it's heavily supported.
User friendly go with Manjaro, Fedora, things will work out of the box, but for the love of linux, try all of the distros. Find the ones you love.
It's the year of desktop Linux! Be one with the Tux!
ZorinOS is/has:
- a familiar interface to Windows users;
- an easy installation process;
- several pre-installed softwares out-of-the-box;
- a storefront for auto-installs of packages and softwares;
- out-of-the-box support for Steam, Lutris, and Wine;
- lightweight;
- Ubuntu-based;
> - a familiar interface to Windows users;
Having used windows from 3.1 to 11 it it hard for me to imagine how "a familiar interface to Windows users" looks like. /s
The most important thing, right here. Don't trick people into using something as invasive as this.
They also push customers to the cloud.
Browser apps don't care about the OS on which the browser is running on.
To paraphrase the IRA "[consumers] have to get lucky every time, M$ only has to get lucky once."
My advice to young people would be to (try to) build your businesses with as little dependence on Microsoft as possible because everything is commingled to the point that switching is nearly impossible once you’re trapped.
The free version works great.
The one remaining nasty is msaccess. I mostly manage to avoid it, but use a terminal server if I really can't avoid it for 1 last 'application'.
Tried out GhostBSD with Mate for a while, but as expected the hardware support makes it more work, e.g. USB wifi and missing drivers.
There will never be a year of the linux desktop. Linux is only for the non-masochistic.
Ironically it is power users that I tend to see having the most "problems" with Linux. I helped switch over several nontechnical family members to Linux, and tech support burden on me is almost nonexistent (yes, this surprised me too).
Just purchase well-supported hardware (plenty of resources online these days to determine this before you buy), and install one of the user-friendly distros such as Mint or PopOS. Never open a terminal and tinker with things. It's rock solid.
To make things worse, Linux isn't for the desktop. You would first have to convince people that they really don't need all that Windows software, and then make Linux PCs (with a super user-friendly distro) a commodity. In the mean time, people are ditching desktop over mobile/tablet, and there is a lot of "niche" Windows/macOS software that isn't available for Linux. It just isn't gonna happen.
This is because things like web browsing, email, and light word processing are well supported by the software that's out there. The moment you get into applications for any creative endeavor except maybe programming, you run into a "Photoshop vs. Gimp" problem. The polish for the Linux apps just isn't there.
Yup, that's pretty much what I said with Linux is for non masochistic people. For people that don't enjoy pain.
Now I get to look at the continued enshittification from a distance. It's still sad but at least it's no longer my problem.
At best you will get the same situation as with android: Manufacturers will ship skinned versions of windows with some extra features. Actual forks are almost non-existent except for amazon and maybe the Chinese market. All the actually important stuff will still be closed source, e.g. google play.