• ikidd@lemmy.worldEnglish
    35·
    22 days ago

    IDC if Windows disappears, I just don’t want to see Linux turn into it.

    • Turret3857@infosec.pubEnglish
      18·
      22 days ago

      The open source nature kind of prevents that. Other projects have been made an example of like OwnCloud -> NextCloud, Emby -> Jellyfin, and I’m sure there are more I just can’t think of ATM.

  • disguy_ovahea@lemmy.world
    277·
    23 days ago

    That’s why I never understood the Apple hate. Granted, it’s overpriced for the experienced user and closed-source software, but it’s a far cry from Microsoft’s hold on the market.

    We share a kernel for crying out loud. We’re practically cousins. Lol

    • IMALlama@lemmy.world
      11·
      22 days ago

      This probably isn’t a popular option, but a lot of the recent hate on Microsoft have been standard practice for Apple for a long time.

      Windows 10 free update length? 10 years. Mac? 5-7 years.

      Baked in cloud backup? Yeah, Apple has been doing that for a while and a lot of things go to the cloud by default. If you have an iPhone or iPad, things you download go to iCloud by default.

      It seems like Microsoft is trying to follow Apple’s model.

      I do get not wanting to support windows 10 anymore. The CPU limitations on Win 11 are very dumb, but it’s something Apple has been doing for decades. I will be installing mint on my old desktop.

      I give them less grace with OneDrive. That rollout has been very naggy and shitty.

    • IrateAnteater@sh.itjust.works
      111·
      22 days ago

      Apple is what Microsoft wishes it could be (minus the difference in market share). That’s personally why I won’t give Apple any of my money. Really not interested in that locked down ecosystem.

    • admin@sh.itjust.works
      71·
      22 days ago

      Both being POSIX compatible doesn’t make them related, is just a standard way of deploying portable operating systems from the early days.

        • admin@sh.itjust.works
          1·
          21 days ago

          You are right, it is not very POSIX compatible anymore. I stopped updating my Mac at Monterey simply because they started doing what seems like a walled garden approach for their operative systems, for the software releases and installing binaries from non-approved sources makes you jump through hoops and is necessary to disable their crap most users won’t touch. But this is not even that old, IIRC it started going downhill when Mac OS X Mavericks was released.

          • Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
            1·
            21 days ago

            Mac OS Mavericks went EOL 5 months ago. I would strongly recommend that you move to something still getting security updates. There are massive security problems with out of date Mac OS

      • highball@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        21 days ago

        Correct. Azure Linux. They’ve been slowly adding to their Linux distro piece by piece over the years. It’s more expensive to run Windows in the cloud than it is Linux. My bet is, Office 365 will one day give you Azure Linux with a Windows userland and a Windows DE. 90% of the users probably wouldn’t even know the difference. The few folks whose programs actually need Windows will probably just fall back to full Windows while the rest of everybody just uses Azure Linux; saving Microsoft millions.