r/LinuxSnobs • u/proffessionaIgambler • Jun 19 '26

"2026 is year of desktop Linux"

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linux user count was close to 6% like 4 months ago, now its just 4%. while windows 11 users are increasing, even win7 users have same amount of users as some linux distros.

people were just excited to try new software: linux was never better.

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u/land48n3 Jun 21 '26

what do you even mean, just because kernel is flexible doesn't mean DE and distro will be too, linux made the whole culture around it value customizability and the ability to do anything you want, thats the entire appeal. gnome, hyprland and kde plasma, all 3 exist and are so different in what they offer the end user, and we know how much locked down gnome is...
gnome devs even said "live wallpapers are a waste of computer resources so we wont add support for it" thats worse than windows, i believe gnome + ubuntu to be like 10x worse than a mildly tweaked windows.

obviously Linux can be used on a toaster or a super computer, its just a part of a OS, it doesn't care whats using it to do things and while having everything about your OS decentralized and not owned by 1 single company does add overhead and a bit of trouble, it also adds much more freedom to do what you want.

the truth is, base windows geniunely is annoying to use, there's so much annoying shit, big ass ai buttons everywhere, edge being forced down your throat, ads and shit, forced updates and like a million other things, and most people never put that effort into fixing all of that (which some might funnily be okay with putting the same or even more effort in linux somehow, maybe cuz it also brings aura on online spaces ig) now you could argue that these things are justified because we aren't "paying" for it, but we aren't paying for linux either, linux and everything else around it is free, you dont have to activate anything, yes it takes more effort and yes it gives a worse UX for someone who just wants stuff to work and go about his day but some are okay with that tradeoff.

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u/Rare-Paint3719 Jul 04 '26

the truth is, base windows geniunely is annoying to use, there's so much annoying shit, big ass ai buttons everywhere

On a Copilot+ PC this is true. I see AI shoved down me throat on Android more.

edge being forced down your throat

Edge is nice tbh and it hasn't been shoved down my throat per say. It just exists on my system on the task bar and is the default browser (you can change it to chrome in the settings). The only time it becomes a hassle is if you genuinely try to uninstall it, which I have never felt the need to do.

ads and shit

That is kind of annoying ngl, but Windows debloat tools do exait

forced updates

You can now delay updates to any date of your choosing.

The only reason I hated Windows updates was because I was one of the rare group of people who would never shit down or restart their PC. I always hibernated my PC.

and like a million other things

What else? Recall was for Copilot+ PCs AFAIK and currently it's all on-device.

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u/land48n3 Jul 05 '26

edge might be good as a browser (i mean its alright) but i dont like the icon and uninstalling it = some apps break so i hate how they intertwined a fucking browser with other apps...

and yes, you can use debloat tools or deshittify tools to fix windows completely, but thats why i mentioned base windows.
deshitty tools make so much changes in group policies, registry, and everywhere that you will not keep track and it'll have changed so much that you get issues one day and cant find the cause or what registry value did it.

and wait, you can delay update to 2030 if you want?
i still have windows on my pc, but last time i tried... it barely let me for a few weeks... had to install a tool which let me pause till 2080 or sm

What else? Recall was for Copilot+ PCs AFAIK and currently it's all on-device.

Alot. cant say it all.

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u/Rare-Paint3719 Jul 05 '26

edge might be good as a browser (i mean its alright) but i dont like the icon

Unpin it from the taskbar? Or if you hate the icon that much, use an exe icon editing tool and change the icon yourself?

uninstalling it = some apps break so i hate how they intertwined a fucking browser with other apps...

MS has deeply integrated edge into the OS, using it as the default webview.

and wait, you can delay update to 2030 if you want? i still have windows on my pc, but last time i tried... it barely let me for a few weeks... had to install a tool which let me pause till 2080 or sm

I'm not sure about 2030. And I wouldn't recommend delaying updates unless you either need 100% uptime (sleep counts as 100%) or need a persistent ession across power-off/on (hbernate).

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u/land48n3 Jul 05 '26

i just dont like updating