I'm figuring win12 might be the catalyst for change. Will they really take the chance of Microsoft Windows AI scraping their system of sensitive or secret information and potentially sending it all back to MS? What about govt agencies that routinely deal in top secret documents. Is it worth the risk to them.Lady Fitzgerald wrote: ⤴Sun Mar 03, 2024 4:54 pm Actually, I do not feel Linux will never become the future of desktop computing. I feel there will come a time (although I'll probably not live long enough to see it) when businesses will become fed up with Windows' and Apple's shenanigans enough to begin to switch over to Linux systems company wide. the increasing cost of Windows and Apple compatible software (I'm looking at you, Adobe) alone may be enough to trigger the switch. Bigger companies can afford to create their own software (or farm out the creation) to replace the Windows/Apple only software they have been depending on if there isn't Linux compatible software that can be used again.
As far as home users go, if someone sets up a computer for a user correctly, they may never need to touch the terminal ever or, at worst, type in a simple alias for the occasional command they may need. If people's first computers were Linux based, they probably would feel to intimidated by Windows to ever try it.
Every version of win gets more and more intrusive. The fact that I'm here is a testament to that. I absolutely don't like change. IF I could I would still be buying computers with winXP.
I am personally not willing to take the risk of MS scraping even more of my personal or business data behind my back.
Speaking of MS shenanigans. When I talked to dad the other day, he informed me that he would be bringing me his win10 HD that we removed when we installed Linux. He want's to put it in an enclosure and nuke windows so he can use it as an external backup. He says he is done with MS's crap and is never going back. He's all about Mint now.