Post #3343340

2026-06-18 06:14 UTC

Honestly, I hope that doesn't happen. I think if everyone started using Linux it would end up being diluted with commercial entities. You'd have Linux companies like Canonical scooping up more and more market share until they are essentially just the Linux Microsoft corporation. At that point, any decision they make becomes the defacto law of the land despite smaller independent distros/groups trying to do things differently. Other choices would exist, but basically it would be like how most linux users have to live with systemd changes because it's a nightmare to replace that without distro hopping. You'd still see off-shoots for the desktop space, but if you want to use then you have go through this company.

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@chgxvjh@hexbear.net 2026-06-18 08:51

Literally what’s the downside? I always been in favor of even Microsoft getting into Linux. I want Microsoft to make a Linux desktop just like they have made a dos desktop. I want Microsoft to work on inter-compatibility like they already have done a bit with WSL. This won’t kill community distros unless the corporations are doing a very good job.

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@MangoCats@feddit.it 2026-06-18 18:23

At least in Linux you remain in control of the OS. If commercial players want to enter that arena, I welcome them, not as new Overlords, but as players on a level playing field. I’ll also throw in: the more commercial Canonical takes Ubuntu, the fewer machines I have with it installed. Ubuntu’s value-add over Debian has been dwindling through the years - coupled with Canonical’s rent seeking behavior, I’ll rate Ubuntu 26.04 as a net-value subtract as compared with “rolling your own” Debian solution.

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