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Windows 12 May Require a Subscription (www.pcmag.com)
submitted 2 years 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 2 years ago (5 children)

The rise of Linux is upon us

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

The perpetual year of the Linux desktop.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 years ago

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

For me it has been since 2012.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago

The year of the Linux desktop already came and went.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 years 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 2 years 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] 6 points 2 years 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 2 years ago

Wasn't this the basic premise of SteamMachines?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years 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] 1 points 2 years ago

@Smacks

Indeed it is.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

windows would cease to exist as a company lmao

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

Spoiler alert: Windows does not exist yet as a company

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago

Lol 🤣

[–] [email protected] 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

😂 😂 😂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 years ago

I love how you are a good sport about it!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago

Windows doesn't exist as a company.