Pretty sure at this point nothing will

And not a “don’t do this” kind of warning. More of a “this will happen, get ready” kind of warning

Hey, I’ve seen this one

This is great, thanks for that link!

I heard there were issues with those, but not sure on the specifics

I never used linux and was surprised how easy and almost seamless the transiton was.

What are the issues? Genuine question.

What are the issues? Genuine question.

Seconded. Linux Mint is really comfy and intuitive coming off of lifetime of Windows

I guess it depends on what you do, but as an awerage user - not really much to learn in terms of Linux. No special knowledge needed to use it like a normal person. I had to reformat some drives so Linux can use them and learning about Heroic games launcher, Lutris and Bottles to run non-steam games and windows software amd learn about compatibility layer built into Steam.

Otherwise it just works. Using Linux Mint. Didn’t boot to Windows pretty much since I installed it - there was no need.

It was not even the emails. I tried to duckgo it and only found this controversy (which was new to me). What I saw was a specific qute, possibly on topic of privacy or something adjecent which just made me go “nope!”

“AI PC” is a branding for PCs with a NPU which is for AI workload processing.

I think this might be it. There were also some statements by the CEO I think which didn’t exactly inspire confidencenin their company - but again, I don’t remember the details unfortunately

I don’t remember any specifics, but I think I heard there were some privacy concerns?

Then again, there seem to be privacy concerns about pretty much anything so might not be that bad…

I’m sure fines are under “other expenses” in their financials…

In the grand scheme of things the pyramids were built relatively recently, but I’d still consider it quite long ago

They don’t relly know better. Windows is familiar, Linux sounds too complicated and techy. Hell, I was thinking the same and I’m reasonably tech savvy. It’s infinitely more friendly than I’d ever expect.

People are afraid of change and unknown. Though ironically Linux might actually be closer to the original Windows experience that Win11 is (speaking from my limited experience with Mint)

You are correct, but on the other hand it doesn’t hurt to make the average person aware of alternatives.

Can be especially effective when the person buys a new PC and needs to do all the stuff you mention anyway. Yes, it is still a new OS, but honestly, it’s not that different - especially if the person remembers older Windows versions, it might just feel like going to familiar places (I know this is something my wife would really apreciate as she hates the constant changes of how things look). Obviously depends on distro, only have experience with Mint.

I’m saying this from a position of a resonably tech savvy, but not your average tech nerd (at least knowledge wise lol). Sure there are differences under hood but I don’t think the average user would really notice them that much.

They need to make it nice first, to reel people in. Once they are in and invested, that’s when ads start.

I can’t imagine anyone being pushed by anything if they weren’t pushed away until now