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Reminder that PC hardware has multiple sources and even if it splits into Windows-booting and OtherOS-booting hardware, someone will probably sell you such hard
by lmz 3y ago
Reminder that PC hardware has multiple sources and even if it splits into Windows-booting and OtherOS-booting hardware, someone will probably sell you such hardware when the time comes.
- SuperNinKenDo 3y agoYes, but pretty much everybody got their start with Linux by installing it on a computer they already had and experimenting with it, whether it was the family computer, an old laptop, etc. If you start needing to buy specialist hardware before you can even try out something other than Windows, the barrier to entry and inertia this creates will mean less and less people ever even develop a desire to try it.
- lmz 3y agoOlder unlocked hardware will still be available. Also people still buy the Raspberry Pi anyway which doesn't even run Windows.
- charcircuit 3y agoThe barrier to use Linux is lower than ever and doesn't require installing a new base os. On Windows you can just install Ubuntu from the microsoft store or run "wsl --install"
- josephcsible 3y agoRather than think "use Linux", think "not use Windows".
- smitty1e 3y agoReminder that there are a finite number of chip fabs and, as challenging as it is for the Free Software Foundation, hardware is worse.
- taskforcegemini 3y agoand then there will be software you depend upon that disallows OtherOS-booting hardware. tangential example: banking apps on non-google androids