I switched to Linux. :3

i was using windows 10 because I primarily use my workstation for gaming, and ten years ago linux gaming wasn't great. Then Steam pushed the envelope, but I was too lazy to switch. All windows 11 had to do was not be shitty, and I probably would have upgraded.

Now, I'm back on linux; my rightful home.

Microsoft’s Windows OEM revenue fell 27% in the July to September 2026 quarter

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I mean the windows 10 kill certainly pushed me.... to linux.

Should have switched sooner. Didn't realize what I was missing out on.

Pretty sure the drop had more to do with PC price increases from the AI-driven component shortages than the quality of Windows.

It was the push I needed to switch entirely to Linux.

It was already a long time coming, but I kept finding reasons to hold on. Windows 11 was just a line in the sand for me, felt like I was being asked to download malware.

That Windows sales are crashing could also simply be because of the crashing PC market. People are buying fewer PCs and Notebooks, which often come with Windows preinstalled.

I did switch. To linux.

Why are y’all hating on Microslop? They are awesome! They gave me the biggest gift of all with Windows 11. A high-speed-ticket to Linux freedom after 30 years of Windows. Fuck Microslop.

I used to dual boot, not anymore. MS won!

Edit: Just to be clear, I only use Linux now.

I'd bet this isn't even a Windows thing, more like computers are unaffordable as home units and companies are letting their fleets age longer than usual trying to get out from under current RAM pricing.

Lots of people have systems without windows 11 requirements: TPM or are on processors that arent supported by windows 11. Microsoft made a choice to force a lot of people to buy new computers and it didnt work out for them. Its not that people made a choice to hold out, they got left behind by msfts idiotic product choices.

It is not the holdouts, it is just that year of Linux desktop has arrived.

I switched to linux in 2018 because windows 10 sucked too

This all started when they skipped 9. Seven was good, 8 sucked, 9 would have been good. They broke the cycle.

Ten was the beginning of the end, and 11 is when the wheels come off.

They reap what they sowed.

Oh, I switched. And after one year of W11, I switched to dual boot Linux. And now I'm thinking to move W11 to my very old SSD drive as a backup option.

i forked up my debian forky install.. twice.. but it still has been a better experience than Windows 11

Im not fuckin upgrading.

I'm still on windows 10 and don't care about windows 11.

Computers in my house didn't support the TPM requirements. They work fine for everything else... Not buying a new computer just for Windows 11. I have 11 on my work computer and hate it. Home PC is mainly gaming (driving sims) now and I can't be bothered to try to spend time getting that all going with Linux. I (and I suspect a lot of other "holdouts") have better things to do - it's just not a priority.

I'm pretty much entirely Linux but I still dual-boot one machine for work and... I literally can't upgrade to Windows 11 because of the TPM requirement. And I'm not upgrading my PC during a massive surge in component prices just to accommodate Microsoft's nonsense.

I had to use win11 recently. Coming from Linux and macOS (yeah, work), I can't believe how stupid windows got. On top of all the performance issues and crashes, you can't even do the most basic things, like showing percentage of battery remaining and moving the freaking task bar. I'm not even mentioning all the initial debloating you have to do to make it usable.

Jokes on them. I loaded 7 onto an old rebuild, and my next old one in going to be XP Pro just for fun. Already have 4 others running different versions of Linux.

Sales? Who's paying for a windows license?

maybe Windows 13 will be a good one.

Windows 10 is still getting security updates through October 27, so it still is definitely safe to use.

I tried updating a few years ago. It would download the whole update, do the thing, reboot and rollback to Windows 10. No error message. Every single time, it redownload the whole thing. I tried it about thrice. And then I gave up.

The last time, checked something about clearing data because I figured maybe it was disk space. I didn't realize that meant delete everything including Documents and Downloads without confirmation. Th-thanks, Microsoft.

I don’t get “sales” of windows faltering, because I think to this day you can still activate win11 with valid win8 keys.

I refuse the update as well, and run Debian on a virtual machine when I am done messing around with gaming or whatever. Not doing any damned dual boots any more at this stage of my life.

Less holding out and more wondering why I should get a new mobo and cpu (When mine work perfectly fine) to run a new OS I only ever hear bad news about.

If you want to install Win 10 for whatever reason, you can use this to activate it: https://massgrave.dev/

I use Linux for most desktop things and Win for gaming.

Holdouts? We moved on. Microsoft has nothing to hold out for.

i used 11 the other day for the first time in 12 months on my gf's laptop, what the fuck ... I have had Mint on my desktop for 4 years now. Once year I run a legacy Tax program here in Australia that I can't get to work properly in Wine. This is the last year I need to run it thank fcuk.

I started with DOS. Then Windows 3.11, 95, 98. With XP I had already switched to Linux. Never looked back.

From XP on it was already clear Microsoft was not doing things in our favor... (Internet Explorer coupled with the OS... Seems silly now in comparison to the shit they are pulling)

I switched to Bazzite.

Couldn't be happier tbh. About as effortless as what's possible...

Switched to linux a couple years ago. Been mostly fine. The day to day is a basic-ass plasma kde desktop. I power the machine on. Type my password. Open firefox, steam, etc. It's fine.

One time after updating and foolishly following some "sudo apt stuff" to try to fix something preventing it from updating, it booted without a graphical environment, but reinstalling the nvidia drivers fixed that from the terminal. That was admittedly scary, but people in the discord were helpful.

I'd still rather have that kind of hiccup than support Microsoft.

It's me, I'm holdouts.

My experience with Linux hasn't been good enough for me to move yet. I want to, but I'm really resistant to having to fix a bunch of stuff and use CLI for basically anything.

I have zero desire to distro hop until I find what I like, but when it comes to my PC, I'm lazy.

Switch to Linux you actual cowards.

It's not that hard.

Hold outs! Fuckers said throw my perfectly working gaming computer in the trash and buy a new one. Get fuck Microsoft!

I had to switch because my laptop couldn't handle windows 11 and I needed a new one anyway.

Honestly had zero problems with windows 11 but still happy windows and microslop are dying

I'll wait for windows 12 thank you very much. I don't care fire switching every few years I only withstand changing maybe once per decade. Fuck off windows. If you want to be an innovative yearly thing find another industry.

Killed Windows 10?

Seems quite alive on my personal laptop.

Switched to Linux, it’s so much better. Only thing windows is good for now is playing those shitty “AAA” games with rootkit anticheat, and frankly with how much market share Linux is picking up in gaming thanks to the steam deck etc, those corpos probably won’t want to hold onto the sinking garbage scowl that is M$ + EAC for much longer.

There has never been a better time to switch to Linux. Just do it!