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Australian tech publication telling average users that Linux is now the smarter choice! (lemmy.ca)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Sunshine@lemmy.ca to c/linux@programming.dev

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The timing’s interesting: as Windows 10 approaches end-of-life in 2025, and when users are being nudged towards a cloud-first model, this week's APC’s saying: maybe don’t. Maybe go Linux.This isn’t a niche Linux mag. It’s a mainstream Australian tech publication telling average users that Linux is now the smarter choice. That’s a shift. Feels like we’ve gone full circle: the same headlines from 2005, but this time it’s not about hope. It’s about practicality. Bloat, telemetry, UI friction maybe Linux’s time on the desktop really has arrived.

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[–] xav@programming.dev 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Windows 7 was a beautifully simple yet versatile OS capable of running on some really weak hardware with little overhead. Windows 11 by comparison is a bloated monster that demands too many resources for mandatory background processes and wants to get its tentacles into every facet of your privacy.

I remember the same kind of discourse for each and every new version of Windows. But hey, if it can help switching to Linux I won't complain.

[–] Demdaru@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I don't. XP was great, Vista sucked, 7 was great, 8 sucked, 10 was okay and 11 sucks.

But honestly where I live tech magazines try to push Linux every now and often. Which, paradoxically, alienates people from it further connecting it to "computer people".