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Microsoft already owns the desktop and I don't think they consider Linux a threat. macOS would be a a better contender but I don't think they consider that a t

Microsoft already owns the desktop and I don't think they consider Linux a threat. macOS would be a a better contender but I don't think they consider that a threat, also. In fact, Windows is starting to weigh less and less in overall Microsoft strategy. Windows mattered when all we had were desktops but now they have lots of cows they are milking. I won't be surprised if in the future Microsoft will find that it isn't worth to pay for the development of Windows and will release it's own Linux distribution. It would be quite a disappointment for me, but certainly possible. > but even with all this challenges Desktop Linux is quite usable, actually for some people _more_ usable then Windows. I've tried since 23 years ago to use Linux as a desktop but it failed repeatedly. I even have it installed on a separate disk on my home PC but I seldom boot it.

dathinab 4y ago
> they consider that a threat, also. In the hypothetical scenario from above it doesn't need to be a thread, just having the potential to become one can be enough. I mean why shouldn't you remove potential future threads when you easily can do so now but can't once they become a thread? > I've tried since 23 years ago to use Linux as a desktop but it failed repeatedly. I even have it installed on a separate disk on my home PC but I seldom boot it. and other do not fail, I know even some quite non technical people who do use it daily and there are docents of steam deck users, too
- DeathArrow 4y ago
  I am glad Linux desktop didn't fail for others. Maybe they enjoy fixing broken stuff, configuring things repeatedly and tinkering with it. And maybe they don't miss software that doesn't run on Linux. I am busy and I want to use software, not tinker with the OS. The OS should just work. And since software I use both professionally and personally doesn't run on Linux, it wouldn't bee good for me even if the experience was smooth. On the server side I use Linux a lot. Most stuff I develop runs on Linux.

dathinab 4y ago

> they consider that a threat, also. In the hypothetical scenario from above it doesn't need to be a thread, just having the potential to become one can be enough. I mean why shouldn't you remove potential future threads when you easily can do so now but can't once they become a thread? > I've tried since 23 years ago to use Linux as a desktop but it failed repeatedly. I even have it installed on a separate disk on my home PC but I seldom boot it. and other do not fail, I know even some quite non technical people who do use it daily and there are docents of steam deck users, too

DeathArrow 4y ago
I am glad Linux desktop didn't fail for others. Maybe they enjoy fixing broken stuff, configuring things repeatedly and tinkering with it. And maybe they don't miss software that doesn't run on Linux. I am busy and I want to use software, not tinker with the OS. The OS should just work. And since software I use both professionally and personally doesn't run on Linux, it wouldn't bee good for me even if the experience was smooth. On the server side I use Linux a lot. Most stuff I develop runs on Linux.