[HN Gopher] In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780K Windows ...
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In wake of Windows 10 retirement, over 780K Windows users skip Win
11 for Linux
Author : rbanffy
Score : 62 points
Date : 2025-11-24 17:50 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| ChrisArchitect wrote:
| [dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46026579
| rf15 wrote:
| But it's an interpretation of what's happening with ZorinOS -
| isn't that original content?
| sfpotter wrote:
| Not really a dupe. That's an article written by Zorin which
| reads like an ad/press release. This is reporting on that.
| squigz wrote:
| More like [related]
| ChrisArchitect wrote:
| Same originally submitted title as OP. Same source. Same
| discussion.
| bfkwlfkjf wrote:
| Turns out if you keep pushing stuff on people, you might open
| their eyes to the fact that they are not free to choose how they
| do their computing.
|
| Stallman was right. Choose Free software.
| dustbunny wrote:
| Maybe the way to really hit windows is to put pressure on the
| gaming companies to support steam os
| jajuuka wrote:
| This is a bit misleading. They have have achieved 1 million
| downloads of their new version that just released. The downloads
| coming from Windows machines is not definitive as many Linux
| users mask their user agent.
|
| Not to mention I'm very skeptical that 780K Windows users just
| happened to discover a more obscure Linux distro suddenly and
| switched to it in October while Windows 10 is still supported.
| This is basically an ad for the OS.
| Jubijub wrote:
| +1, I wonder how many will stick to it. The decision tree is
| pretty simple : - are all the devices / soft they use
| compatible with Linux ? - do they know enough about Linux to
| solve their problems ?
|
| If no to either, they will pay for Win11
| netsharc wrote:
| > do they know enough about Linux to solve their problems ?
|
| But now we have LLMs, which I'm assuming should be very good
| at troubleshooting computer issues...
| BrouteMinou wrote:
| Most people don't want to troubleshoot computer issues.
| Most people don't care about what "OS" is installed.
|
| Linux on the desktop is a nerd wet dream, and you should be
| aware of that.
| snvzz wrote:
| Agree. This is a publicity stunt for an irrelevant distro
| practically nobody even heard about before this.
| doodlebugging wrote:
| I hit the wall over the last month. The last version of Firefox
| that works on my Win7 workstation where I do almost everything is
| too old for some banking websites to work so I have been using a
| Win10 tablet for a couple of sites. That is the straw that
| shifted the pile from Windows to Linux for me. I have had to sort
| through family member's issues when they upgraded, intentionally
| or otherwise, to Win11 and from that I know that I have reached
| the end of the trail that began with PC-DOS 3.0 a long time ago.
| ebbi wrote:
| If Windows was my main OS, I'd probably be the same and use
| Omarchy or something. Thankfully I saw the light and have been
| using Mac personally for the last 15 years, used Mac at my last
| workplace for 8 years, but unfortunately my current workplace is
| Windows only. Makes me lose the will to live - it's so bad!
| devwastaken wrote:
| Fedora 41 KDE had a neat bug on intel graphics where a kernel
| update caused black screen on boot. no fix, just a "downgrade or
| update to beta". those are the issues that truly make linux
| desktop a non starter for most people.
|
| i use it because i know how to fix it, but linux desktop needs a
| proper recovery system for normal users to handle that kind of
| problem.
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