• Possibly linux@lemmy.zip
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    1 day ago

    Yeah it really isn’t that simple as Windows is deeply entrenched into society. If someone is looking to try Linux it is fairly simple to get into but saying it is somewhat a drop in replacement is not quite true.

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      2 hours ago

      Not sure that’s 100% true anymore. It’s not uncommon for people to go years without interacting with a windows PC, most will just use their mobile instead. When I say interacting I am not talking about using a self check at a grocery store running an app in kiosk mode, I mean startup, shutdown, update, install apps and use them.

      I friend asked me for a laptop last year and had not used one for 8 years since his previous job. Even then his previous job was as a traidy and he only used it for generating invoices. I am sure their would be an app/service for that now.

      Windows is in decline mainly because desktop and laptops are irrelevant for large swaths of the general population.

      Provided the OS does not get in the way of what people are trying to accomplish (mainly accessing the web browser) it does not matter anymore.