Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue declines

Re:Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue decl... by zamalek on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @12:16AM (#50361731)

And yet you still hear "Linux is only free if your time is worthless."

It's untrue in comparison to Windows, and MacOS (at least for software dev, when I last used it 1.5 years ago).

Linux easily has the lowest maintenance burden if you pick a boring distros. It can be a huge pit of wasted time, _if you actually want to fall into that pit._

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Re:Microsoft fixes a Windows 11 annoyance as PC revenue decl... by IshKebab on Wednesday November 04, 2026 @04:50AM (#50363275)

IMO that is still kind of true. Windows 11 LTSC gives a totally bloat free experience, the only downside is you can only reasonably get it through grey market cdkey sites.

Linux, sometimes works without faff. But in my experience it's at best 50:50 if you get that, or constant crashes, hangs, broken peripherals, etc. (Of course any time you mention this the luck 50% pipe up with "it works for me".)

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