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I switched to Linux. :3

Pretty sure the drop had more to do with PC price increases from the AI-driven component shortages than the quality of Windows.

i was using windows 10 because I primarily use my workstation for gaming, and ten years ago linux gaming wasn't great. Then Steam pushed the envelope, but I was too lazy to switch. All windows 11 had to do was not be shitty, and I probably would have upgraded.

Now, I'm back on linux; my rightful home.

Microsoft’s Windows OEM revenue fell 27% in the July to September 2026 quarter

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I mean the windows 10 kill certainly pushed me.... to linux.

Should have switched sooner. Didn't realize what I was missing out on.

It was the push I needed to switch entirely to Linux.

It was already a long time coming, but I kept finding reasons to hold on. Windows 11 was just a line in the sand for me, felt like I was being asked to download malware.

That Windows sales are crashing could also simply be because of the crashing PC market. People are buying fewer PCs and Notebooks, which often come with Windows preinstalled.

I'd bet this isn't even a Windows thing, more like computers are unaffordable as home units and companies are letting their fleets age longer than usual trying to get out from under current RAM pricing.

I used to dual boot, not anymore. MS won!

Edit: Just to be clear, I only use Linux now.

Why are y’all hating on Microslop? They are awesome! They gave me the biggest gift of all with Windows 11. A high-speed-ticket to Linux freedom after 30 years of Windows. Fuck Microslop.

I did switch. To linux.

Lots of people have systems without windows 11 requirements: TPM or are on processors that arent supported by windows 11. Microsoft made a choice to force a lot of people to buy new computers and it didnt work out for them. Its not that people made a choice to hold out, they got left behind by msfts idiotic product choices.

i forked up my debian forky install.. twice.. but it still has been a better experience than Windows 11

Sales? Who's paying for a windows license?

It is not the holdouts, it is just that year of Linux desktop has arrived.

I switched to linux in 2018 because windows 10 sucked too

This all started when they skipped 9. Seven was good, 8 sucked, 9 would have been good. They broke the cycle.

Ten was the beginning of the end, and 11 is when the wheels come off.

They reap what they sowed.

Oh, I switched. And after one year of W11, I switched to dual boot Linux. And now I'm thinking to move W11 to my very old SSD drive as a backup option.

It's me, I'm holdouts.

My experience with Linux hasn't been good enough for me to move yet. I want to, but I'm really resistant to having to fix a bunch of stuff and use CLI for basically anything.

I have zero desire to distro hop until I find what I like, but when it comes to my PC, I'm lazy.

I'm pretty much entirely Linux but I still dual-boot one machine for work and... I literally can't upgrade to Windows 11 because of the TPM requirement. And I'm not upgrading my PC during a massive surge in component prices just to accommodate Microsoft's nonsense.

Switched to linux a couple years ago. Been mostly fine. The day to day is a basic-ass plasma kde desktop. I power the machine on. Type my password. Open firefox, steam, etc. It's fine.

One time after updating and foolishly following some "sudo apt stuff" to try to fix something preventing it from updating, it booted without a graphical environment, but reinstalling the nvidia drivers fixed that from the terminal. That was admittedly scary, but people in the discord were helpful.

I'd still rather have that kind of hiccup than support Microsoft.

Computers in my house didn't support the TPM requirements. They work fine for everything else... Not buying a new computer just for Windows 11. I have 11 on my work computer and hate it. Home PC is mainly gaming (driving sims) now and I can't be bothered to try to spend time getting that all going with Linux. I (and I suspect a lot of other "holdouts") have better things to do - it's just not a priority.

I had to use win11 recently. Coming from Linux and macOS (yeah, work), I can't believe how stupid windows got. On top of all the performance issues and crashes, you can't even do the most basic things, like showing percentage of battery remaining and moving the freaking task bar. I'm not even mentioning all the initial debloating you have to do to make it usable.

Im not fuckin upgrading.

Jokes on them. I loaded 7 onto an old rebuild, and my next old one in going to be XP Pro just for fun. Already have 4 others running different versions of Linux.

I'm still on windows 10 and don't care about windows 11.

maybe Windows 13 will be a good one.

Switch to Linux you actual cowards.

It's not that hard.

I don’t get “sales” of windows faltering, because I think to this day you can still activate win11 with valid win8 keys.

I tried updating a few years ago. It would download the whole update, do the thing, reboot and rollback to Windows 10. No error message. Every single time, it redownload the whole thing. I tried it about thrice. And then I gave up.

The last time, checked something about clearing data because I figured maybe it was disk space. I didn't realize that meant delete everything including Documents and Downloads without confirmation. Th-thanks, Microsoft.

If you want to install Win 10 for whatever reason, you can use this to activate it: https://massgrave.dev/

I use Linux for most desktop things and Win for gaming.

Less holding out and more wondering why I should get a new mobo and cpu (When mine work perfectly fine) to run a new OS I only ever hear bad news about.