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Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[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."

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 10 months ago (5 children)

The rise of Linux is upon us

[–] [email protected] 14 points 10 months ago (2 children)

The perpetual year of the Linux desktop.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

Year of the Linux desktop for most users is always n+1

For me it has been since 2012.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

The year of the Linux desktop already came and went.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I'd be down with Valve making a proprietary distribution of SteamOS that's easily installable, and works with other CPUs.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago

Wasn't this the basic premise of SteamMachines?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

Valve is planning on Making SteamOS available to install for regular Desktops at some point, though it has taken them awhile. In the meantime, Linux Mint is pretty terrific.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

The one thing Microsoft will never do is try to deliver a good product. The executives would rather gouge the users for every last penny and steal all their data, and this will be it's downfall. Linux has the advantage, and is only getting started.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

I don't think they actively try to release a bad product, but anything good is an anomaly of using minimal effort

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

@Smacks

Indeed it is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

windows would cease to exist as a company lmao

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

Windows doesn't exist as a company.