Post #96850
2025-12-28 01:27 UTC
Replies (13)
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@Zephorah@discuss.online 2025-12-28 02:20
It will take some serious, I hate to say it, YouTube campaigning and such to make Linux a more mainstream thought in the public’s brain.
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@adespoton@lemmy.ca 2025-12-28 05:21
I like the headline… former Windows users are picking up Steam on Linux, because it’s pretty much indistinguishable from Steam on Windows.
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@theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world 2025-12-28 02:41
So... just like... KDE? Not that it is _designed_ for it but it is a similar workflow and should be familiar to Windows users
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@BassTurd@lemmy.world 2025-12-28 02:58
I don't truly understand things like this. Most DE's are similar enough to Windows that anyone who's spent a minute on a computer should be able to intuitively get to a web browser to surf the web. That's what most people do. Word processing and the likes is tough since most are ingrained in Office, but something like (pukes in mouth) Google sheets is decently popular and good enough for most people. If you give most someone a computer with a browser and auto updates, they'll be able to do almost everything they are already doing on Windows with minimal thought. There are exceptions, but those people suck at Windows already, so it's a moot point. If you can't find the start menu in Windows, it doesn't matter what OS you're using.
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@orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2025-12-28 05:00
> Microsoft’s ecosystem has been slowly pushing some users toward the exit. Hardware requirements for Windows 11 left millions of perfectly functional PCs behind. Ads on the Start menu and in system notifications have frustrated many. And for gamers, launcher problems, forced reboots and background processes that siphon resources have driven a search for alternatives. No shit? That's crazy.
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@Katana314@lemmy.world 2025-12-28 20:48
I imagine it would make a huge bump if Valve were to announce "Wait no longer, SteamOS is here!!", even if their release is just an overnight reskin-fork of (Bazzite/CachyOS/PopOS). I say this as someone who tries to tell people, stop waiting on Valve, and try out a few of the options. I'm glad I found a distro that works for me, but I didn't enjoy the original search. I certainly got pressured into it as Microsoft really put as much effort as they could into making Windows as terrible as possible; and it was *not* "Everything works 100% out of box!" But the move was worthwhile.
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@jj4211@lemmy.world 2025-12-28 12:20
Well yeah, I would assume Steam would be a big priority for this scenario...
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@pokexpert30@jlai.lu 2025-12-28 09:55
I don't mind DE to have a windows-mimicking workflow (cinnamon, KDE kinda) but modding Gnome to mimick windows is not great because it causes weird bug and maintenance issues. Aka it breaks easily and gives bad impressions to the user
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@orioler25@lemmy.world 2025-12-28 18:11
Tumbleweed with KDE is honestly the smoothest work environment Ive had since Windows 7.
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@Jyrdano@lemmy.world 2025-12-28 20:57
Its funny, seeing this article as a lifelong windows user, just after finishing a boot-up usb drive with Mint on it. I have win11 at work and the whole experience feels awful. I have a new laptop coming up that comes without an OS installed. Ill rather deal with the hassle of installing and learning a new OS than paying Microsoft for license to have my PC full of ads and AI slop.
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@cupcakezealot@piefed.blahaj.zone 2025-12-28 22:56
just installed linux mint over windows 10 on my mums laptop this weekend :)
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@4shtonButcher@discuss.tchncs.de 2025-12-28 10:47
Installed Mint on two aging family laptops. One is smoothly running 00s era games already and i barely needed to help the family member with that.
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@AstralPath@lemmy.ca 2025-12-28 15:15
My mom loves Zorin OS! We're strongly considering the pro version now.