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It is: because people who find, also thanks to FLOSS, a comfortable home on Windows will remain there instead of switching to a fully Free ecosystem.

by kkfx 2y ago

pjmlp 2y ago
I gave up on the Year of Linux Desktop when Windows 7 came to be, and added VMWare Workstation into the mix, now replaced by WSL. No stranger to UNIX, using it across multiple vendors since Xenix was a Microsoft product, Linux Journal subscriber until its last published days, and still have UNIX/POSIX systems as part of day job. My favourite UNIX flavours were Solaris, Irix, NeXTSTEP/macOS, and if it is FLOSS, Public Domain, Open Core, Shareware, or WhateverWare I don't really care that much.
Almondsetat 2y ago
Nobody "uses" the operating system. People interact with an UI that lets them run the programs they need. We can already switch most people to Linux (ChromeOS) because they mostly use a browser. In the same way, if most people already used FOSS tools they could seamlessly move to Linux
- WillAdams 2y ago
  You're overlooking the matter of hardware support/requirements. I prefer to use tablets with a stylus, but specifically want a high-resolution display and Wacom EMR, and a file system and the ability to run arbitrary applications. Writing this out on a Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 in Windows 11 because it's the only reasonably priced option (I despair of replacing my Fujitsu Stylistic ST-4110 since another need is for a daylight-viewable display, or my Book 12 which was small enough to fit in my day bag along w/ my Kindle Scribe). I am currently considering a Raspberry Pi 5 w/ a Wacom One 13 (2nd gen) or Wacom Movink 13, but this means that giving up high resolution (only 1920 × 1080) and battery and decent handwriting recognition... which is scarcely "seamless". Hoping that the Lenovo Yogabook 9i is popular enough that it will inaugurate a product category which will prompt Samsung to make a competitor w/ Wacom EMR which will be popular enough that folks will work out how to install Linux... (and I'd be interested in running Linux on my Book 3 Pro 360 as I used to run Lubuntu on NTFS on a Thinkpad convertible).

It is: because people who find, also thanks to FLOSS, a comfortable home on Windows will remain there instead of switching to a fully Free ecosystem.

by kkfx 2y ago

It is: because people who find, also thanks to FLOSS, a comfortable home on Windows will remain there instead of switching to a fully Free ecosystem.

pjmlp 2y ago

I gave up on the Year of Linux Desktop when Windows 7 came to be, and added VMWare Workstation into the mix, now replaced by WSL. No stranger to UNIX, using it across multiple vendors since Xenix was a Microsoft product, Linux Journal subscriber until its last published days, and still have UNIX/POSIX systems as part of day job. My favourite UNIX flavours were Solaris, Irix, NeXTSTEP/macOS, and if it is FLOSS, Public Domain, Open Core, Shareware, or WhateverWare I don't really care that much.

Almondsetat 2y ago

Nobody "uses" the operating system. People interact with an UI that lets them run the programs they need. We can already switch most people to Linux (ChromeOS) because they mostly use a browser. In the same way, if most people already used FOSS tools they could seamlessly move to Linux

WillAdams 2y ago
You're overlooking the matter of hardware support/requirements. I prefer to use tablets with a stylus, but specifically want a high-resolution display and Wacom EMR, and a file system and the ability to run arbitrary applications. Writing this out on a Samsung Galaxy Book 3 Pro 360 in Windows 11 because it's the only reasonably priced option (I despair of replacing my Fujitsu Stylistic ST-4110 since another need is for a daylight-viewable display, or my Book 12 which was small enough to fit in my day bag along w/ my Kindle Scribe). I am currently considering a Raspberry Pi 5 w/ a Wacom One 13 (2nd gen) or Wacom Movink 13, but this means that giving up high resolution (only 1920 × 1080) and battery and decent handwriting recognition... which is scarcely "seamless". Hoping that the Lenovo Yogabook 9i is popular enough that it will inaugurate a product category which will prompt Samsung to make a competitor w/ Wacom EMR which will be popular enough that folks will work out how to install Linux... (and I'd be interested in running Linux on my Book 3 Pro 360 as I used to run Lubuntu on NTFS on a Thinkpad convertible).