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Re:Windows 12 May Require a Subscription by cptaj on Sunday October 15, 2023 @03:04PM (#37892437)
The sad truth is that stakeholders know this perfectly well. But they know they have an important marketshare they can extract money from. They want this money now instead of trickled in through the next 20-50 years from now when they might be dead.

It sucks but it if you think about it that way, it makes sense. Companies die in cashouts all the time.

Hopefully this will finally usher in the year of the linux desktop =P

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Re:Windows 12 May Require a Subscription by agumonkey on Sunday October 15, 2023 @03:23PM (#37892578)
Well about that, there was a topic on reddit about the state of desktop linux, and honestly it seems linux is reaching a good level of cuteness, ergonomics, stability, features..

Along history i was quite critical of linux ui/ux but for the first time I was actually not so, and it would be unfortunate for MS to miss this data.

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Re:Windows 12 May Require a Subscription by isykt on Sunday October 15, 2023 @03:32PM (#37892678)
>cuteness, ergonomics, stability, features..

So long as you don't need fractional scaling, touchpad gestures, or hibernation. Also you are able install right wifi card. And don't mind your windows not staying in place when you plug/unplug external monitors.

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Re:Windows 12 May Require a Subscription by agumonkey on Sunday October 15, 2023 @04:16PM (#37893028)
yeah those aren't crucial features to me, maybe i'm too easy
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Re:Windows 12 May Require a Subscription by amtamt on Sunday October 15, 2023 @04:24PM (#37893089)
> Install right wifi card

Did you mean driver for the card?

> And don't mind your windows not staying in place when you plug/unplug external monitors.

Using Debian with GNOME and that does not seem to be a problem with docking stations or direct HDMI connected monitors for quite a long time.

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Re:Windows 12 May Require a Subscription by myaccountonhn on Monday October 16, 2023 @07:15AM (#37898153)
I have all of those running on my machine and the only thing I had to configure was fractional scaling, through a setting. Things have improved a lot.
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