References to subscription 'edition,' 'type,' and 'status' found in a test build of Windows.

[A]n INI configuration file in the Windows Canary channel, discovered by German website Deskmodder, includes references to a “Subscription Edition,” “Subscription Type,” and a “subscription status.”

      • Lord Goose@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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        1 year ago

        As someone who switched to Linux primarily because of Windows 11’s never ending BS (bugs, resource mismanagement, etc) and the inevitably end of Windows 10, I can confirm that Windows 10 will be my last.

  • UlrikHD@programming.devEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t believe for one bit that windows will move to a pure subscription based model. They are greedy, but not stupid.

    What’s more believable is that the base OS will be the same as usual, but if you want fancy AI assistants in your OS, you must subscribe, with the justification being that MS must pay for the servers running the models you’re using.

      • JasSmith@kbin.social
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        1 year ago

        I’m technical and I still prefer Windows at home. Linux, as great as it can be for development, is not great for everyone. It doesn’t “just work.” My favourite example of Linux not “just” working is when Linus tried to install Steam on Pop_OS. He accidentally nuked the entire desktop. I could have easily done the same if I wasn’t paying careful attention. One should never, ever be able to destroy their OS by installing Steam. That’s part of the issue. When things go wrong, all of the instructions which present on Google are people providing terminal commands. Unless one is very comfortable with using the terminal, they’re going to be copying and pasting these commands in and hoping for the best. This is what went wrong for Linus. This is far worse than following GUI based troubleshooting techniques which guide the user through defined and safe resolutions.

        This over-reliance on the terminal is pervasive, and I find myself having to use it for everything from basic OS configuration to software installation to software configuration to drivers to hardware installation and troubleshooting. Every year I boot up a new flavour just to see if things have improved, and they haven’t. Ultimately Linux is built by developers, for developers. That’s great, and it does many things really well. I’ve just come to accept that it doesn’t do consumer stuff very well. It lacks the UX polish present in Windows and MacOS, and most consumers like that. It fails especially hard when it comes to gaming. I literally cannot install any of my Fanatec wheel/peddle/shifter peripherals in any distro. Only 18% of games on ProtonDB are Tier 1. Even of those, it doesn’t guarantee a trouble-free experience. Half the top streamed Twitch games just don’t run on Linux at all, or require absurd workarounds and suffer from terrible performance.

        I’ll keep using Linux for my home server, but it’s along way from replacing my PC or laptop OS.

        • sanpo@sopuli.xyzEnglish
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          1 year ago

          There was nothing accidental about Linus. He did it on purpose, the system very clearly told him not to.

          And Proton works much better than you imply. I don’t know about their new “tiered” rating, but 30% games get Platinum rating (top 1000 most popular titles by player count). Besides that 45% have Gold, and nowadays more often than not that means the game simply just works.
          Trying to say “oh, but it doesn’t always work perfect!” is just nonsense.
          How many games work perfectly without any issues on Windows?

          And please don’t say anything about “UI polish” on Windows when it can’t even keep all its UI consistent - it’d be hilarious if it wasn’t so sad.

          And Twitch… almost every game in top #10 works perfectly without any troubles, so what’s your point exactly?

          • JasSmith@kbin.social
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            1 year ago

            There was nothing accidental about Linus. He did it on purpose, the system very clearly told him not to.

            No, the system asked him if he was sure he wanted to install Steam. He was.

            And Proton works much better than you imply. I don’t know about their new “tiered” rating, but 30% games get Platinum rating (top 1000 most popular titles by player count).

            You think telling players that 30% of their games are playable without issue is a benefit. What I read is that 70% of my games are not guaranteed to run.

            And please don’t say anything about “UI polish” on Windows when it can’t even keep all its UI consistent - it’d be hilarious if it wasn’t so sad.

            I’m not sure how you can compare different menu styles with allowing the entire OS to self destruct. That’s quite the disingenuous comparison.

            And Twitch… almost every game in top #10 works perfectly without any troubles, so what’s your point exactly?

            Of the top 10 video games playes on Twitch right now, these games either don’t run at all, or Proton reports game-breaking issues:

            • themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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              1 year ago

              No, the steam install failed, and he went looking for solutions and one of the potential solutions he found literally says “proceeding might break your system, continue?” And he said yes. The thing that broke his system had nothing to do with steam apart from being recommended by someone somewhere to fix the issue he was having.

              Also you can very much play GTA V on Linux.

              • unlimited_mana90@lemmynsfw.comEnglish
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                1 year ago

                You know when’s the last time I nuked my Windows install from trying out suggestions on how to fix a failing steam install? Never.

                If you think this should be a normal thing to happen, you can just continue to dream of seeing Linux desktop ever reaching mainstream status.

                • themoonisacheese@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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                  1 year ago

                  And I never did it on Linux either. Just because Linus is a dumbass who can’t read doesn’t mean you should disregard an entire os.

    • s_s@lemmy.oneEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Emacs is my motion graphics compositor of choice on linux.

  • iMastari@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I have been using computers since before there was an internet. I have used DOS and now Windows 10. Is there a good place to learn about Linux with a GUI and which one I should purchase? I’m so tired of M$.

    Edit: I am primarily a PC gamer that uses Steam and this is what has kept me from using another OS in the past.

    • Defaced@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      As others have said, Mint or Pop_OS are your best options. It really depends on what you want in terms of layout. Do you want a more apple mac osx look or a Windows look, if you want Mac then pop, if you want Windows then mint. They’re both based on the same OS, Ubuntu, and in Mint’s case there’s a Debian edition. None of these have a price, they’re free, you have nothing to lose trying them out.

      • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 year ago

        As others have said, Mint or Pop_OS are your best options.

        Realize this is a hot take, but, honestly I’d suggest Fedora, as it just always seemed more stable than Pop OS. Mint had core security issues some years back when I last look at it, not sure they’ve been resolved?

        I use the KDE version of Fedora. I installed Steam and Bottles, and I haven’t had a problem since.

        All AMD set up though, I can’t speak towards the Nvidia side of things.

        • Defaced@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 year ago

          Only version of fedora anyone should be using for games is Nobara. The simple fact is fedora may be rock solid, but it’s definitely not as intuitive for a new user to add things like the copr repo for additional software etc.

          • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            1 year ago

            Only version of fedora anyone should be using for games is Nobara. The simple fact is fedora may be rock solid, but it’s definitely not as intuitive for a new user to add things like the copr repo for additional software etc.

            The COPR is the only other thing you have to do, at least that’s all I did.

            Click a checkbox to allow third party (COPR), install Steam, and install Bottles, all from the store UI. You’re making it sound more difficult than it is.

            And the problem with Nobara is it’s created/developed by just one person who’s doing it for his dad (per comments I’ve seen made by the developer) (I don’t know if that’s still the case). I rely on my OS, so I’m not willing to put myself into that situation of depending on just one person doing it as a hobby.

            The thing I like about Fedora is it’s (ultimately) backed by IBM, and it has more support for more hardware, fixes, etc.

  • Phoenixz@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Linux. Again. Install Linux

    Ubuntu Linux Debian Linux Fedora Linux Pop!os linux Arch Linux for all i care

    Install Linux, stop accepting this bullshit from Microsoft. ALL of their software sucks, they care more about marketing and pulling money out of your pocket than actually giving quality software.

    Open source software blows everything Microsoft out of the water, stop accepting the bullshit

    • Omega_Haxors@lemmy.mlEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Kind of. Seems they’re going for a subscription creep model rather than just forcing into users all at once.

    • Cosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Steam and Bottles (for non-Steam games).

      Games using Bottles can even have a link inside of Steam to launch them from inside of Steam.