I’m calling it 🙌

  • Cora@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    I’m loving to see all these people jumping to Linux. I switched back in 2008 with Ubuntu 8.10. So much has changed since then.

  • Raccoonn@lemmy.ml
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    6 days ago

    The year of the Linux desktop is whenever you make it !! For me, that was 2002, the year I ditched windows for good…

  • ChojinDSL@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 days ago

    The year of the linux desktop is different for every one. For me it was 2003. Haven’t looked back since and everytime I’m forced to use Windows, I feel like I need to take a shower.

    • knexcar@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 days ago

      I have no idea what any of those words mean and that makes me want to stick to Windows.

      • some_kind_of_guy@lemmy.world
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        6 days ago

        Luckily you don’t need to. I didn’t know either until I read their next comment. And I’ve been using various Linux Distros for 15 years or so.

      • Communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
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        6 days ago

        xx-zones allows windows to place themselves

        dbus_annotations allows menu items (like file, edit, etc) to be searchable by other apps

        ext-tray allows tray icons to display things other than text in their menus (like sliders or whatever)

        • pineapple@lemmy.mlEnglish
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          5 days ago

          I feel like most people dont know and dont care what that is and i definetly dont think its stopping people from using linux.

          • Communist@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyzEnglish
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            5 days ago

            xx-zones in particular is a huge deal for many very important usecases

            dbus_annotations is huge for me, but ext-tray fair enough.

            global shortcuts is also huge, plenty of people consider that mandatory.

  • dantheclamman@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    You can only abuse your customers so much before they move on. I have long enjoyed using Windows, but when they announced my perfectly usable laptop wouldn’t be able to get 11 thanks to no TPM, and I had to go through a complicated set of hoops to manually install it, that was my breaking point. I will keep Windows for some limited stuff on dual boot on one machine, but elsewhere I’m going Linux only

    • 9488fcea02a9@sh.itjust.works
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      7 days ago

      You can only abuse your customers so much

      you’d think so… but the number of friends and family who still put up with this shit is incredible. Ads in the start menu, copilot popping up every time you press a wrong button on the keyboard, the entire task bar changing overnight with ads and stock tickers…

      That last one pisses me off so much… “i dont want to learn linux!”… MF’er, microsoft just rearranged your entire task bar and start menu overnignt and you didnt seem to have a problem adapting your workflow… why would switching to gnome or KDE be any different?

      • dantheclamman@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        6 days ago

        I think some people won’t be able to switch just because they’ve passed the point where learning new tech is possible. But I do think for those with the will to change over, it will increasingly actually be happening rather than being muttered a threat to Microsoft, especially because the main pain points of the past (software exclusivity) is starting to break down. Some games are now running better on Linux. MS Office is increasingly being superseded by alternatives like Gsuite, Libreoffice, or just learning to code in easy languages like Python/R. And unlike in the past when Microsoft overplayed its hand and changed course to regain users with Windows 7, 10, etc, this time it seems like they aren’t going to change. They are in too deep.

  • Katherine 🪴@piefed.socialEnglish
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    7 days ago

    2026 shouldn’t be the year of any one specific thing; 2026 should be the year of teaching the less inclined how to be conscious with their data and go over methods for taking back their data from whatever service they might use.

  • Emily@lemmygrad.ml
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    7 days ago

    I fully switched to Debian in early 2024 and haven’t looked back. Highly recommend a full swap to everyone. Windows and Mac have nothing to offer.

  • wickedrando@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    7 days ago

    2025 already was, and it continues. The ecosystem and Proton have changed the game (no pun intended), and even normies are starting to switch.

    I finally migrated from MacOS (other than Logic Pro) and Windows. Keep Windows around for some games but it is no longer first in boot order on any machine, and I am delighted.

    Every time I boot to Windows it drags ass forever, updates, reboots, repeats, and by the time I can use it I am not even interested.