Edit: Enough money as in buying a PC supporting windows 11
If windows 12 actually does require a monthly subscription, more people will probably consider Linux....
this post was submitted on 21 Nov 2023
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Why would they need money? Linux based OSes are both free and much lighter than Windows
The meme, which wasn't well-written, is suggesting that the cost savings of switching to Linux isn't significant to most people. It's saying
Most people
- don't care enough
- have enough money
rather than
Most people don't
- care enough
- have enough money
Why I don't switch to Linux as my main. The video games and mod managers don't work well on it.
If given the ability and choice too I would use Linux 10000% but not even proton can work on everything that is only for Windows.
I literally have no choice tbh as I "acquire" games I can't afford and it's often to hard to figure out how to install them on Linux.
I hate windows with a passion but capatilism and monopolies force me to use it.
How is money an issue? I can run down to the contracted office-supply refurbisher 2 miles away, buy a 2-year old lenovo mini PC for $160, and slap Debian on it for no additional licence fee.
Most people will install Windows 11, complain about it, complain about the lack of Windows alternatives, then get offended and spam downvote anyone who mentions an alternative.
This pretty much sums up the pcmasterrace community and i ended up leaving because of it.
I'm trying to learn Linux, got Cinnamon to dip my toes into, and love it.
And being someone who is computer literate, finding a distro that was similar to windows to learn with was a pain. With all the infighting and superiority complexs on forums, the absolute number of variations of distros, combined with the avalanche of information you need to digest just to get a basic understanding....
Yeah, I get why people will stick to Windows and ignore free/better alternatives, all while complaining. It's just not worth it to a vast majority of users.
Yeah...this is going to be a super unpopular opinion, but there needs to be a designated distro for new users who aren't sure what to go with. If someone asks "What distro should I-" the rest doesn't matter. We just agree on one distro and that's it. Once they have a reason to look for another distro, they'll have the knowledge to find it themselves.
You have to make the first step easy.
that 'designated distro' for newcomers used to be ubuntu. probably still is. as much as i'd want to say mint or some other variant of ubuntu or debian that i happen to like.. 'one man shows' and distros with very small teams aren't what a new user should be going with. there's a reason why so many base off ubuntu. it's big. it's solid. and it just works.
Ubuntu was always the answer I gave, but it feels like they've fallen out of favor with the whole snap debacle.
As a technically literate person who is mostly new to Linux, Snaps along with Canonical's corporate behavior was initially a dealbreaker for me.
Except now I'm on Zorin (a Ubuntu fork) and find I can install flatpak, apt, etc as well, so I'm not wholly opposed to it anymore.
Still think they're assholes for taking initial steps in a paywall direction, though, not to mention doing the FOSS community that way.
Or have enough mon..... My brother it's free. Zero dollars.
I think the mangled English there is suggesting that some people don't care enough, and other people have enough money (to buy Windows).
Not that it matters because who the fuck pays for Windows anyway? OEMs do, but not normal people. Everything since like Windows 7 has been a free upgrade, and normies get a new PC more often than that so get a copy with it.
Not all computers are eligible for a free upgrade, my work desktop (windows 10) got a pop up about ending support & that my computer isn't eligible for an upgrade to windows 11.
Edited to add: this post is so old idk why I commented. Sorry lol
oh you think so?
i'll tell you, the saying:
echo $(date -d "$(date +%Y) + 1 year" +%Y) will be the year of the linux desktop
has never been wrong