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https://linuxmint.com/ https://linuxmint.com/ https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop https://archlinux.org/ https://archlinux
by sandworm101 9mo ago
https://linuxmint.com/ https://linuxmint.com/
https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop
https://archlinux.org/ https://archlinux.org/
https://www.kali.org/get-kali/#kali-platforms https://www.kali.org/get-kali/#kali-platforms
https://fedoraproject.org/ https://fedoraproject.org/
Every bad day for microsoft is yet another glorious day for linux.
- smartmic 9mo ago> Every bad day for microsoft is yet another glorious day for linux. Nah. If that were the case, Linux would dominate personal computer statistics. The reality is that most mainstream users just don't care. But, of course, that won't stop us.
- guerrilla 9mo agoIt's just a matter of time. It's obvious the tides are turning.
- hunter-gatherer 9mo agoI would also argue that _what_ personal computing means to most people has also evolved, even with younger generations. My gen Z nephew the other day was faberglasted when he learned I use my Documents, Videos, Desktop folders, ect. He literally asked "What is the Documents folder even for?". To most people, stuff is just magically somewhere (the cloud) and when they get a new machine tbey just expect it all to be there and work. I feel like these cryptography and legality discussions here on HackerNews always miss the mark because we overestimate hiw much most people care. Speaking of younger generations, I also get the feeling that there isn't such a thing as "digital sovereignty" or "ownership", at least not by the same definitions we gen x and older millennials internalize those definitions. Across the generations, there are always a few groups to where cryptographic ownership really matter, such as journalists, protesters, and so on. Here on HN I feel like we tend to over-geeneralize these use cases to everybody, and then we are surprised when most people don't actually care.
- tuwtuwtuwtuw 9mo agoI bet most mainstream users thinks it good that FBI can access suspects data.
- jmclnx 9mo agoYou forgot to list Slackware :) http://www.slackware.com/ http://www.slackware.com/ http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-current/ChangeLog.txt http://slackware.osuosl.org/slackware64-current/ChangeLog.tx...
- dmichulke 9mo agoOne could almost say "Embrace the penguin"
- bdavbdav 9mo agoAnd MacOS, which I suspect may be the more obvious choice for many users.
- JasonADrury 9mo agoMacOS has basically the exactly same problem, ADP isn't enabled by default and your data gets backed up to iCloud unencrypted.
- bdavbdav 9mo agoAt least the option is there, unlike with MS. Also the option to (very clearly) create an offline account, which MS try very hard to stop you doing (read: don’t publish how, block off routes to doing it sequentially)
- JasonADrury 9mo agoMS does offer the option to not back up your encryption keys online.
- bigyabai 9mo agomacOS and iOS both send Push Notification data directly to the US federal government, according to Senator Ron Wyden: https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/apple-admits-to-secretly-giving-governments-push-notification-data/ https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/12/apple-admits-to-...
- Vaslo 9mo agoTo people on HN considering the switch, maybe. My family has zero interest or intention of trying any of these. It stops with me.
- sandworm101 9mo agoAs my family's tech support department, i switched them over to linux long ago. For the last decade, my elderly parents used linux laptops and much prefered the stability.