In 2001 I installed Linux on a partition on my wife's (then gf) laptop just because she was excited about it as I was. Even though she never actually used it. While she was doing her thesis she ran out of disk space and noticed that the Linux partition was using up a lot of space. Tried to delete it, lost all her data and if she wasn't more forgiving we might never had gotten married! Good times!
It is going to cause noticeable micro stutter when gaming, it is most certainly going to disrupt streaming in some fashion due to the copyright protections in place, and that's before the privacy infringements. But they'll probably use it as a selling point for commercial licenses: "Want to keep your information secret? With this $250 license, a PC on the network will be able to have this feature turned off!"
I'm not a fan of Linux for compatibility reasons, but I will remain hopeful that this sort of behavior Microsoft is performing will push people to continue to develop Linux tools.
Linux has better RAM handling than Windows too. Insane how bloated Windows has gotten.
As Windows started making harder and harder to install a new system without cloud account, it was already a turn of for many people. This kind of stuff is just over the top craziness.
I dont think the real concern atleast for me is the micro-performance issues, but rather the privacy concerns. Yeah, they claim its on your computer only, but then if there is an exploit that causes some random hacker to access this info, they will know everything there is to know about you.
As for Linux, its getting infiltrated as well - both by corporate open source developers and malicious in dependant developers alike. My Ubuntu wants to update itself more frequently than the Windows, but at least I can turn it off (for now at least). But its getting to the point that soon I will have to switch to a distro where everything is built locally from source so I have full control.
With micro stuttering, it depends on what you're doing. I have an RTX 4090 because I game on my rig even though I spend most of my nights painting nowadays, and I am sensitive to the micro stutter.
On the other hand, when I had installed a Linux fork, one of the more popular and robust gaming ones -- Nobara -- I had a ton of compatibility issues due to drivers not being functional for my GPU at the time, which combined with a lot of weird problems relating to Wayland, which IIRC was the only way to get VRR working on Linux at the time.
For my use case, Linux has a ways to go but it's also gotten way better over the years. When I build a secondary PC for workstation purposes, it will likely be for Linux.
I would also advise as many people learn to navigate Linux as possible. It's not that bad with things like KDE Plasma.
Yeah, Linux is not going to protect you but at least you don't give implicit consent to Windows ToS to spy on you, right? I feel that means something.
Oh, if you are a gamer then Linux is really not suitable. Infact, when I briefly switched from Linux to Windows a few years ago, I also ended up becoming a "gamer" for a short period of time lol.
But yeah, when it comes to hardware compatibility, Linux has a long way to go.
It's not that bad with things like KDE Plasma.
Yeah, the KDE desktop has come a long way and probably the most usable of all the desktops in terms of just smooth, professional, feel. Lately its even more smoother than Windows I think (or probably just as smooth as)
implicit consent to Windows ToS to spy on you, right?
Its not just that. Its very easy to hack a bit and get rid of stuff you dont want on your system, and also to customize stuff the way you want it. If you are a coder, you can even fix various minor glitches on your own.
I am working on cutting down everything to the least necessary system for myself, and create a daemon shim so that I can have my own encryption for any port I expose on the internet. My goal is to make my home server my own cloud server and redirect all stuff like photos etc to sync directly to this server even when I am outside, without having to worry about anyone hacking via open ports.
They all use they same packaging/repositories ----- do the same thing ---- only one can run at a time.
update
It's the back end that you don't see that's durable. Good dependency checking, etc.
Hmmmm.... Maybe that's why I built a new PC, running Windows 7, that has no capacity to connect to the internet or any network at all. It's off-grid.
The only way to get things on and off this computer is a flash drive. So this computer cannot surf the web or do email. It's independent.
We need to learn to work independently again.
All this "cloud" based stuff is just a road to slavery!!!
There's a reason why they changed the naming convention from "MY computer" to "This Computer".
Using Linux since 1994
In 2001 I installed Linux on a partition on my wife's (then gf) laptop just because she was excited about it as I was. Even though she never actually used it. While she was doing her thesis she ran out of disk space and noticed that the Linux partition was using up a lot of space. Tried to delete it, lost all her data and if she wasn't more forgiving we might never had gotten married! Good times!
I've been using it since 2005.
Linux is enabling me to use this 12 year old laptop for my anon work.
C'mon, Elon, you know that all modern computers have back doors, so even if you turn the feature "off," it is still on.
That is why tesla and spacex developed their own cpus from scratch. Imagine building starlink and then still having all those cpu backdoors
It's not gonna go over well for most people.
It is going to cause noticeable micro stutter when gaming, it is most certainly going to disrupt streaming in some fashion due to the copyright protections in place, and that's before the privacy infringements. But they'll probably use it as a selling point for commercial licenses: "Want to keep your information secret? With this $250 license, a PC on the network will be able to have this feature turned off!"
I'm not a fan of Linux for compatibility reasons, but I will remain hopeful that this sort of behavior Microsoft is performing will push people to continue to develop Linux tools.
Linux has better RAM handling than Windows too. Insane how bloated Windows has gotten.
As Windows started making harder and harder to install a new system without cloud account, it was already a turn of for many people. This kind of stuff is just over the top craziness.
I dont think the real concern atleast for me is the micro-performance issues, but rather the privacy concerns. Yeah, they claim its on your computer only, but then if there is an exploit that causes some random hacker to access this info, they will know everything there is to know about you.
As for Linux, its getting infiltrated as well - both by corporate open source developers and malicious in dependant developers alike. My Ubuntu wants to update itself more frequently than the Windows, but at least I can turn it off (for now at least). But its getting to the point that soon I will have to switch to a distro where everything is built locally from source so I have full control.
With micro stuttering, it depends on what you're doing. I have an RTX 4090 because I game on my rig even though I spend most of my nights painting nowadays, and I am sensitive to the micro stutter.
On the other hand, when I had installed a Linux fork, one of the more popular and robust gaming ones -- Nobara -- I had a ton of compatibility issues due to drivers not being functional for my GPU at the time, which combined with a lot of weird problems relating to Wayland, which IIRC was the only way to get VRR working on Linux at the time.
For my use case, Linux has a ways to go but it's also gotten way better over the years. When I build a secondary PC for workstation purposes, it will likely be for Linux.
I would also advise as many people learn to navigate Linux as possible. It's not that bad with things like KDE Plasma.
Yeah, Linux is not going to protect you but at least you don't give implicit consent to Windows ToS to spy on you, right? I feel that means something.
Oh, if you are a gamer then Linux is really not suitable. Infact, when I briefly switched from Linux to Windows a few years ago, I also ended up becoming a "gamer" for a short period of time lol.
But yeah, when it comes to hardware compatibility, Linux has a long way to go.
Yeah, the KDE desktop has come a long way and probably the most usable of all the desktops in terms of just smooth, professional, feel. Lately its even more smoother than Windows I think (or probably just as smooth as)
Its not just that. Its very easy to hack a bit and get rid of stuff you dont want on your system, and also to customize stuff the way you want it. If you are a coder, you can even fix various minor glitches on your own.
I am working on cutting down everything to the least necessary system for myself, and create a daemon shim so that I can have my own encryption for any port I expose on the internet. My goal is to make my home server my own cloud server and redirect all stuff like photos etc to sync directly to this server even when I am outside, without having to worry about anyone hacking via open ports.
MX KDE is the one for me, Waydroid android installs on it very easily.
Ubuntu has a much better package manager
Ian Murdoch did not kill himself.
Are you talking about apt or the GUI front end?
Take your pick.
They all use they same packaging/repositories ----- do the same thing ---- only one can run at a time. update It's the back end that you don't see that's durable. Good dependency checking, etc.
dpkg
apt
dselect
synaptic
Yeah I only use the apt command line, I avoid gui whenever I can.
Debian.
Linux uses apt or equivalent.
Basic idea: 1.sudo apt (or whatever) update, to update the package manager 2. apt list --upgradable 3. sudo apt upgrade. 4. apt search [package name]
GUI's are functional, but keeps a man quite dependent on what a GUI allows for to do.
Highly recommended: Learn to use the commandline (CLI) in a temrinal. https://iv.nboeck.de/playlist?list=PLS1QulWo1RIb9WVQGJ_vh-RQusbZgO_As
I have black electrical tape over the camera lens. AND no windows OS on my machine. Linux only since Mandrake.