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Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too by jama211 on Sunday January 11, 2026 @01:41PM (#46578394)
Yeah but folks around here like to stick their heads in the sand when reminded that this is a very real and concerning barrier to adoption of desktop Linux. It could happen 1000 times and they’ll still scream that it’s either user error or even worse “it works on my machine”.

Until the Linux community stops pretending and accepts that these are real issues and they need addressing, it will never be the year of the Linux desktop.

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Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too by givemeethekeys on Sunday January 11, 2026 @01:43PM (#46578415)
Maybe not for everyone, but it will never be the year of the Windows Desktop for everyone either.
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Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too by magicalhippo on Sunday January 11, 2026 @01:44PM (#46578441)
It was, some 25+ years ago.
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Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too by NamlchakKhandro on Sunday January 11, 2026 @02:33PM (#46579037)
No it wasn't. Only in your head
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Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too by foxglacier on Sunday January 11, 2026 @07:25PM (#46582117)
Over 90% of desktops had Windows back then. So yea, that's everybody. Unless you're being pedantic because one guy was using IRIX on an SGI workstation, or the odd Mac.
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Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too by givemeethekeys on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @12:56PM (#46604891)
10% of everyone is still a whole lot of people. Even 1% of everyone is a lot of people.
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Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too by jama211 on Tuesday January 13, 2026 @01:25PM (#46605389)
No one said “everyone” until you did, and now you’re using it to be pedantic… bad faith tactic that.
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Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too by foxglacier on Sunday January 18, 2026 @10:16PM (#46674680)
Of course "everyone" isn't meant literally in a context like this.
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Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too by jama211 on Monday January 12, 2026 @01:10PM (#46592050)
Don’t be a troll.
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Re:I dumped Windows 11 for Linux, and you should too by jama211 on Monday January 12, 2026 @01:10PM (#46592058)
Everyone is a basically impossible metric, so this is a fairly pointless statement.
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