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submitted 12 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago) by 0x0@lemmy.zip to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Closer to the year of the linux desktop.
Edit: replaced the aislop link with the original (which is actually from april 2025).

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[–] Oisteink@lemmy.world 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

It’s not about licensing costs at least. Cheap laptops with office and other bloat, and windows home is probably under usd10 per laptop.

But hardware requirements are a huge difference and with the ram shortage…

[–] 0x0@lemmy.zip 3 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

Costs of having to deal with Micro$lop include licensing, extra TPM hardware, tech support, bloatware, etc.

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 hours ago

Lol Bill Gates is worrying about what Russian girl he's going to rape next, he doesn't give a shit about Microsoft.