What Happened to Running What You Wanted on Your Own Machine?

Re:What Happened to Running What You Wanted on Your Own Mach... by pizlonator on Monday October 27, 2025 @12:25PM (#45722858)

> we could genuinely lose general purpose computing.

> At the moment, anyone can use Linux; it's better and easier than ever.

Maybe Linux will save us.

This was a fascinating thing to watch for me (pewdiepie telling people to install Linux): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVI_smLgTY0

My bet is that the momentum is strong enough that:

- A critical mass of PC makers will continue to offer a Linux preinstalled option, or at least some path to installing Linux.

- If Windows and macOS take more rights away, it'll just help Linux's market share.

So Linux's share will probably grow not only because Linux is getting better but because the corpo OSes trying to take away general purpose computing

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Re:What Happened to Running What You Wanted on Your Own Mach... by everdrive on Monday October 27, 2025 @12:56PM (#45723364)

I love Linux, but if 90% of the US were on Linux the same commercial / political pressures would apply and Linux would just look like Android or ChromeOS. Can you run an alternate OS on your smartphone? Yes, but you can't run your banking app. Linux alone cannot save us.

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Re:What Happened to Running What You Wanted on Your Own Mach... by pizlonator on Monday October 27, 2025 @01:03PM (#45723465)

But I don't want to run a banking "app" on my computer.

I am happy to use a browser on my computer to log into my bank's website.

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Re:What Happened to Running What You Wanted on Your Own Mach... by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Monday October 27, 2025 @01:21PM (#45723761)

If nobody participates in government, the banks and entertainment industry will get whatever they want, which is to lock down your computer into a portable kiosk

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Re:What Happened to Running What You Wanted on Your Own Mach... by pizlonator on Monday October 27, 2025 @01:23PM (#45723790)

but is Android locking down something because government?

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Re:What Happened to Running What You Wanted on Your Own Mach... by fragmede on Monday October 27, 2025 @10:33PM (#45728696)

What do you think happens behind closed doors at the WTO, Davros, TED anywhere immensely powerful meet up to discuss the world's future outside the view of prying eyes?

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Re:What Happened to Running What You Wanted on Your Own Mach... by undeveloper on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @04:24AM (#45744129)

why the hell would the entertainment industry gaf about what i do with my computer? moments away form complaining about jews

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Re:What Happened to Running What You Wanted on Your Own Mach... by noir_lord on Wednesday October 29, 2025 @04:56AM (#45744333)

> why the hell would the entertainment industry gaf about what i do with my computer?

Piracy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Widevine

They can't stop it, likely never will but they do keep fighting it.

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