I didn't read the whole article but it reads like this is just some guy speculating based on the reaction to Windows 11, rather than anything remotely grounded in fact, or even the rumors mentioned in the byline.
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Yeah it’s all speculation. The author basically ran a follow up to another article, which they acknowledge, which was a poor translation of a different article. The whole thing is like a journalistic centipede funneling shit all the way down.
Like why start the article with a line like:
Windows 12 rumors are just that ... rumors.
And then run an article with even more rumors. I get you can speculate based on trends, but this just seems to be written just to generate clicks from a hopeful Linux community.
idk. I think it's very clearly labelled that this is the author's guess at where things are going, with context around it to explain those prognostications. I like articles like that; it's not saying anything definitive, but his specific angle on why agenic AI might be so interwoven into Windows 12 to make it impossible to strip out was fairly compelling, imho.
Who knows; it's not like Microsoft isn't aware of the AI backlash, so maybe they'll scrap most of the agenic AI bullshit. Or maybe ask the speculation is wrong and it won't be included. But if Windows 12 includes deeply integrated AI slop, then I think the author has a decent chance of being right.
But I'm happy to hear why this article is a waste of time, so let me know if you disagree with his argument. I'm not married to the idea, but I'm seeing Linux adoption IRL already by "normal people" who have connections to technical people, so I'm biased toward the argument.
I didn’t either but I don’t need to; it’ll be shit when it comes and my decision is made going forward.
Exactly my sentiment but that doesn't mean we need this low-effort editorial masquerading as a news piece
Okay I’ll take your word for it, I should read it though I suppose
edit: i just realized this is an older article
yeah this guy made everything up. microsoft is already scsling back on ai. removing it from places that dont make sense, like notepad. they have reorged windows and the new head is focusing on the core parts on windows, like using kess resources and scaling back ai
Isnt that what the entire YouTube community is doing?
Windows peaked at version 7, last version I used was 10.
Gaming was the only thing that needed windows, but Valve solved that.
I don't even remember 7 now. I know I had it I just don't remember it. seems like after XP it was all downhill. I remember the shit that was Vista, but 7 and 8 I don't remember at all. probably because they had such a short lifespan. 10 was absolute shit and 11 made me switch to Linux.
Hey, I switched when Vista was released. I’ve spent a pretty long time with macOS for the need of design software, and it feels sad I’ve abandoned macOS now as Apple has these wonderful ARM processors. But reading other people opinions about Tahoe, it feels like I didn’t make a mistake. I’m pretty happy with Sway WM these days.
The best time to switch was Windows Vista, the second best time is now. Glad you did it!
Vista was fine. They just made the shift then to signed drivers, so anyone with old hardware was fucked. Windows 7 was no better, really; it had just been long enough that most people were using hardware with signed drivers by then, or were willing to accept that the "old thing" didn't work anymore, so the perception was that it just worked.
Granted, Vista had bad default theming, so 7 looked better (by default). That probably plays a lot into the hate for Vista, too.
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It's not fully solved yet. But it's way more close than when I tried Linux 12 years ago.
I was running steam in Wine ten years ago, but not with any complex games.
Incorrect; that was Windows 11.
The best windows. It made me switch
It’s too late, it’s pretty much done.
The system I have is running Win10 Education, which is still updating, has no bloat ware and I’m having no issues with.
Others in the house have PCs with Win11 and they hate it. This and the outside world has shown me where it’s going and I’ve had a gutful of Americans and their shit so whatever I can break from of theirs I’m doing.
So next system of mine, which will probs be an old Thinkpad, will be a Linux machine and every one after going forward will be.
Linux has come a long way in the past few years. I only just started using it like maybe a year and half to 2 years ago and even since then I've noticed how much easier it's become to use for an average user. Distros like Fedora KDE, Bazzite, CachyOS, etc have made the entire thing so much more user friendly. especially Desktop Environments like KDE Plasma which has also improved massively in the past year. Even the recent release of GNOME 50 is quite good and that's coming from someone who doesn't even like GNOME.
If you’re still getting updates that has nothing to do with being on the Education edition. Updates ended last October for that same as other editions. You can subscribe to the ESU any number of ways or use the LTSC version but that’s completely different.
The last tolerable version of Windows was XP. The last good version of Windows was 98SE2.
The best time to switch to Linux was 2006. The second best time is Now.
*Windows 95
Rumors; didn't read.
Anyway the last few versions of Windows already convinced it's best to keep avoiding it.
No it couldn't, because Windows 8.1 was.
Windows 3.1 (or word 2, really) for me. One of the very few things I got right.
Windows isn't going anywhere any time soon.
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