Qualcomm CEO says that the next version of Windows is due in mid 2024 - place your bets on Windows 11 24H2 or Windows 12::Qualcomm’s CEO alludes to the “next version of Windows” with a launch date in the middle of the year.

  • XenGi@lemmy.chaos.berlin
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    10 months ago

    Last Windows I activity used was 2000. After that I switched to Linux and never looked back. I hope Windows increases their shitification as hard as they can to finally drive people away from it. There are so little reasons nowadays to still use it. Apart from competitive gaming (in kernel anti cheat) and some proprietary apps that have no good alternative, Linux and macos should be able to support everyone’s needs.

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      10 months ago

      I am fairly computer literate but Every time I install Linux I always come across an issue I can’t fix without “days” worth of research to fix. This is across *buntu, Mint, Manjaro and PopOS. Last issue was getting a second HDD to work correctly. I don’t think Linux will ever be as user friendly for the masses who just need something that works.

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        10 months ago

        It all depends on what you’re familiar with.

        I could tell your story with windows instead of linux.

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        10 months ago

        Same. I’d consider myself a computer tinkerer but Linux is just a pain to use when it doesn’t work.

        When it’s basic comparability stuff that has been figured out for years in its competitors than I just can’t be fucked wasting my time on it.

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          10 months ago

          Have you considered that the problem isn’t the distro developers, but the uncooperative proprietary corpos like NVidia who happily work with Microsoft but then throw a half baked proprietary driver over the wall for us?

          Also, I haven’t had hardware problems in a long time. If you don’t use brand new hardware, everything seems to work great. The incredible hardware support we have is a miracle, considering a lot of it is written by the community and not the creators of the hardware.

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            10 months ago

            Oh I agree completely that it is an issue with say NVidia in this case. But it’s also pretty reasonable to understand why. You’re not going to spend that many resources on a small market segment when most of it is just Windows at end of day, so makes sense to optimise for that distribution.

            And fair enough for the rest. I haven’t tried in the last 5 years or so and it has generally been when upgrading to a brand new comp and deciding which OS to use so could just be bad timing on my part.

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              10 months ago

              I understand your point. It does make sense that NVidia wouldn’t spend so much time on small market share, but they don’t even so much as share documentation on how the hardware works, they lock out independent drivers from changing the clock speed, and their driver does things differently than everything else, just because.

        • XenGi@lemmy.chaos.berlin
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          10 months ago

          Same applies to every other OS. It depends on what you’re used to and what you expect. I frequently rage quit apple devices. Just use whatever you feel comfortable with. I just can’t recommend windows anymore for privacy related reasons.