Windows is dying

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

[VicParticipant @vic]

[VicParticipant @vic]

https://youtu.be/noaYSy-vKOo?si=Mx69vFMLx-XhDuZc

[FulmenParticipant @fulmen]

For what it’s worth SOD did not hurt my delicate feelings at all. I like to play rough and expect to be met with the same attitude  🙂

As for Linux as a desktop OS I think the numbers speak for themselves. 95% of the server marked and 4% of desktop in 35 years, that’s not an accident. And that’s from an OS that was originally intended for desktop.

I wish Windows was dying. I would be the first to drive a stake through it’s heart if there was a good, open alternative available. And maybe Linux will provide that in the future, but I’m not holding my breath.

[VicParticipant @vic]

As a slight aside. I was always a big fan of Microsoft Word many years ago, it really was a good package. These days I use Open Office but it’s not a patch on Word and hasn’t improved at all as far as I can see over the last ten years. I’ve used MS Word on both Mac and PC and would still use it if I could buy it as a standalone package.

[JourneymanParticipant @journeyman]

Open office had it’s last major update in 2014, since then a couple of minor security fixes. It has been replaced by Libre Office which was last updated in April this year.

Would perhaps be a good time to install Libre Office.

John

[Sonic EscapeParticipant @sonicescape38234]

I don’t understand this eternal anti-Windows hysteria. I have Windows 11 on my 9-year-old laptop, and it runs very fast. I also have a OneDrive subscription, and it works very well on both my laptop and Android phone. Their Phone Link app for transferring pictures from my phone to my laptop also works very well. This is how I post all my pictures here. At work, I’ve also always used Windows. The integration between Teams, Office, and SharePoint is unbeatable. There is no real alternative to it. Linux fans have been praising it for decades now, but somehow it is still below 4% in desktop usage.

 

[FulmenParticipant @fulmen]

Good point, Journeyman. And for those that need MS compatability there is Onlyoffice.

[VicParticipant @vic]

[Mike HurleyParticipant @mikehurley60381]

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