They want your current devices to become obsolete so that they can, over time, inundate you with bullshit you didn't want. With each new "update" comes more spyware, more integration, less control for you, more for them. They know you would never go for a complete transparent agenda of what they want you to use. so they force it on you bit by bit and hope you don't notice or care.
Open systems become locked down cages that you have to be a tech genius to unlock.
This is by design, to keep you routed into whatever the fuck they want you in, and out of what they want you away from.
The Windows right-click menu gave us too much power, obviously. So Microsoft had to turn those bullets into nerf darts.
The pattern is everywhere, the cringe is high.
I recently connected an older laptop to the internet, briefly. It lagged like a fucking bitch, and it wasn't laggy before connecting. It is now unstable as can be, even disconnected.
Microsoft nuked my shit at first chance they got. And YES I had automatic updates disabled and a host of other crap. I might as well have been in the passanger seat with one of those kiddy steering wheels this whole time.
Forget archive offline, STAY OFFLINE, at least on one dedicated device that you use for specific, unmonitored activities.
This is the pinnacle of bullshit. Taxpayer-funded startup Big Tech "companies" sending kill-switches into our outdated, NON-SKYNET COMPATABLE devices.
UPGRADE YOUR PC TODAY! GET UNLIMITED INTEGRATED AI SPYWARE FOR $99 A MONTH PLEB, OH YOU HAVE TO BE ONLINE 24/7 WITH ID CHECK TO USE IT BTW AND YOUR OLDER DEVICES THAT DONT HAVE THE ABILITY TO RUN OUR SPYWARE WILL DIE AS SOON AS YOU CONNECT TO THE TAXPAYER FUNDED INTERNET.
OH, YOU LIKE SCROLLING YOUTUBE VIDEOS THE SIZE OF PROFILE PICS WITH LONG TITLES AND VIEW COUNTS NEXT TO THEM BEFORE YOU CLICK THEM, SO YOU CAN EASILY SCAN YOUR FEED AND DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT TO CLICK? NAHBRO, WHAT YOU NEED IS GIGANTIC SCREEN-SIZED THUMBNAILS SO THAT YOU ARE FORCED TO WEAR YOUR THUMB OUT OR ELSE JUST CLICK THE FIRST THINGS WE SHOW YOU. TOO MUCH POWER IN SMALL THUMBNAILS.
everything tech related is turning to totally avoidable dogshit right before our eyes. You'd think it was on purpose if you weren't retarded?
(nsfw flair in case Tim Walz lurks the board)
I've been running Linux since 1992. I have one Windows 11 pc at home - it is a tiny NUC clone that I use for the very few things I can't do in Linux. My last remote job used the Windows remote Azure cloud thing for me to connect in (instead of a standard VPN) so the tiny pc simply connected me and displayed to my monitors.
Everything else I have runs some form of Linux - my NAS, my big PC, my smarthome stuff, my laptops, and all of my VMs. I supplement with about 2 dozen docker containers for stuff like Plex, Paperless-ngx, and a bunch of other things.
I do recommend something like NoMachine though. It has windows and linux clients, so I can have my "home" running on my main PC inside of NoMachine, move to my Windows PC and use NoMachine to pop my display over to my desk, and then move to my laptop and do the same. Wherever I sit (even traveling by using my own vpn) I can pull my main display over to me and continue working.
I can't comment on how well gaming works - I don't game. I do know there are ways to make that happen though, via steam, VMs, or by using Codeweavers Crossover. I haven't used Crossover in 3 or 4 years now - haven't needed it - but it worked well to run a fair amount of Windows programs inside of Linux. YMMV.
If you have an old laptop or PC, or you have a pc you can dual-boot, try it out. Pick a distribution and go. It has been my "daily driver" since '93 or '94.
Gaming has gotten soo much better these days with proton from steam. If you want the more hand holding option steamOS is almost out generally but any Linux distro 'can' do gaming quite well. I have gotten the last few game I currently play running in Linux and they run quite well.
You're speaking over my head fren but I'm glad to have frens like you because I guarantee I'll need help on this journey kek.
I wish GAW had groups I'd make a "Helping With Linux" group 🤣
Anytime. Anything I can do to help get people off of Windows makes me happy.