How long until the technoilliterate starts to use linux I wonder...
this post was submitted on 10 Aug 2026
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If you are building a new machine for home use and not starting with Linux it's crazy to me. The worst that can happen is you try it for a month or two, hate it, and then buy a windows license.
Even at that you can dual boot. You could ween yourself from one to the other to build a daily driver. As Linux has several windows emulators(heroic for example) that you can install and run all your fav window programs anyways.
Linux is like so zero risk it is ridiculous.
try it for a month or two
By then the price of said Windows license would quadruple.
How much ram comes with windows?
All of the AI Copilot ram.
purely a cash grab. in no universe of reality is software so tied to memory that it requires a price hike
Ik they're expensive, but Frameworks might be worth a shot.
A year of Linux desktops indeed. I've switched PC and a laptop to Linux and guess what? Works better, faster, more secure and I fucking love it.
Never ever going back to Windows. I might run win10 in virtual pc, but never main host and nothing => 11
Yepppp.
Played around with all of them for a bit. Settled on Bazzite. Dead simple to install and use and it has t given me any issue at all.
Pop OS was kind of nice too, but it needs another year in the oven.
Microsoft seems intent on pushing people to alternatives. Not only did they quietly remove the higher RAM recommendation, but now the OS is more expensive.
So what people are likely to get an underpowered computer that costs more if they have to buy a new laptop. On the tail of Apple recently releasing a relatively nice and cheap laptop to much fanfare, no less.
It sounds like we're about to see a repeat of the Windows Vista days. Where people hate Windows because it's slow and horrible, and it is slow and horrible because it's running on an underspecced machine barely meant to run the previous version of windows.
They're trying to kill the home PC. They'll have all of the computing power and we'll have subscription access.
And they'd get away with it too if it wasn't for those damn Linux distributions.
Look at the long game. Installing a Linux distro is great. But what happens when your GPU/CPU/SSD dies and you can't afford or buy replacements?
They got more time and can afford to wait us out.
old hardware still runs great on linux. they'll have to force windows apps on people and linux will prolly run them as well.
Or when they lock the bootloader ala android phones and you're stuck with the default Windows on your laptop?
They literally said that's the plan. Consumers better fight back.
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Lmfao, here comes manufactures selling their own versions of Debian and Fedora. I bet we're going to see a rush of manufacturers selling blank no OS PC's with hardware being the only added on cost.
I have no idea why this makes sense? What about hardware getting more expensive justifies the license for software going up? Is this just because they can?
they'll prolly leave the home users alone and charge companies that have no option but to cough up. for now...
They need the cash to fund their AI spending. There's no conspiracy.
Volumes are going to be down, but they want the same revenue, so they increase unit price, comfy in the reality that it will still be, percentage wise, not worth it for most to care. Will it make it unaffordable for some? Probably not appreciably more than the hardware is doing all by itself.
So in short, it is just because they can.
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More OEMs should ship devices with Linux as an option, discounted by the Windows license cost.
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To me this is positive news. The less appealing Windows machines are, the better. Let Windows PC rot peacefully.
While I understand your sentiment about Windows, this is how you end up in a world filled with iPad kids who become adults who accept technology that they don't own.
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Gotta pay off those data center loans.
Good.
This is the way of the world right now.
"Oh no, things are going bad for us, raise prices so we will be OK when this dies!"
Screw the future. Sad times.
I didn't expect my PC to become a better investment than my house - until the bubble pops.
Now I also know the feeling of buying something when it was more affordable. I can now dish out advice like "You should just buy fewer boba teas, so you could afford a PC like I did when buying it with my student loan."
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I am starting to thing this entire thing is some weird orchestrated pile of bull shit to get pwople to stop buyingPCs because its cheaper to use rented VMs with AI spyware built in. Just point your old "slow" compiter at the server in your browser (only spyware Chrome supported). Then they can DRM everytjing and charge subscriptions.
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A mid-ram price hikes Linux has decided to double its license fee. It will now be available for $0
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I would love if pc manufacturers would just ship laptops with e.g. Linux mint or fedora and just knock off the windows licence cost. I don't even mind if they have to ship it with bloatware, that's fine, as long as it just doesn't ship windows. Savvy users will just uninstall it
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