Linux has been quiet for the last few years, is it a dead duck? I used to run it and to be fair since I got my latest laptop running Windows not really looked into it.
Good lord, no. Quiet only in that your personal 'echo chamber' has not talked about it. Most of our devs use it.
Well yes, for so many reasons
Ok be very careful here. I will declare my self pretty sick of Microsoft so not a fan really. However Windows 11 is the first windows system that has prescriptive hardware requirements for "security". And like all Microsoft software issues masked under the guise of security this is an attempt to increase sales of their laptops and desktop computers by making all of the existing PC's obsolete by making some mad hardware requirement part of the software. So if you are happy to buy a new PC and also happy to be bullied into probably having to buy a Microsoft PC then sure go for windows 11, but wait until all the bugs and the monopolies law suits are all settled because it will change. Microsoft are already trying to make my laptop obsolete by refusing to download some update which is apparently incompatible with my machine. I cannot stop it spending 10 minutes every morning deciding it does not like my laptop because its impossible to shut down updates, and the only way to end this madness is to buy another PC. So beware Microsoft are up to no good.
A lot of this is driven by companies having to evidence their security on the back of things
like GDPR. There's absolutely no reason that MS is 'better' but following their security 'roadmap' is easy and often appears cheaper (especially as many companies have licences all round)
We're not going to do that because it's not much harder and not really any more expensive to apply one of the alternatives. And lots of people will be much happier.....
.....including me
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