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[-] ptz@dubvee.org 62 points 2 years ago

On one hand, eff Microsoft and install Debian. It'll run on a potato.

On the other hand, I look forward to the coming glut of secondhand PCs I can install Debian on.

As melon scratchers go, that's a honey doodle.

[-] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago

I think we're gonna see a dramatic rise in Linux systems in the coming years if Microsoft keeps this course. Nvidia have started upping their Linux driver game as well so it's gonna be a breeze to pick up decent second hand systems and reselling them with a proper OS that'll take us to the end of the world in 24 years.

[-] iAmTheTot@sh.itjust.works 11 points 2 years ago

Been reading this sentiment for twenty years now.

[-] basmatii@lemm.ee 9 points 2 years ago

And yet it's stayed true. Linux is above 1% on steam and rising every year, it's never been easier to buy a Linux device, or install and use Linux for desktop consumer purposes, and even the tech uninformed know Microsoft is a bag of dicks.

[-] Vinny_93@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

But this time it's real! /s

[-] laurelraven@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago

Don't you mean 13 years and 3 months? At least, that's when the UNIX Epoch ends...

[-] uid0gid0@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

If you're on a kernel newer than 5.6 (which is almost 5 years old now so you should be) you already have 64-bit time.

[-] sirico@feddit.uk 3 points 2 years ago

Either way, you're net positive.

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 years ago

Why would you scratch a melon? How would you even know if it's itchy???

Can you scratch pumpkins too?

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