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#Microsoft recently wrote that TPM 2.0 is a "a non-negotiable standard for the future of Windows." This pretty much confirms it won't back down on its hardware requirements for Windows 11, an OS that is seriously struggling to gain new users (~35% of Windows users) after 3 years.

When October 2025 rolls around and support for Windows 10 ends, this will force tens of millions of people to unnecessarily buy new hardware.

#Linux community: We have work to do.

@killyourfm Excellent point. I think one thing that could make this transition viable is commercial software. We have seen Steam/Proton prove this out for gaming, my question is, how do we get more productivity software to follow suit?

I don’t think commercial software replaces FOSS to be clear, but I think if your goal is to bring in businesses transitioning from Windows, it’s easier if it feels like they aren’t giving up as much.

@ernie The answer is simply and sobering: mountains of cash.

@killyourfm The place where my head went was that Red Hat should strike some sort of deal with Adobe to make RHEL a first-class platform for the Adobe suite. Red Hat is one of the few companies in a position to pull something like that off.

@ernie Ah, your head is in the right place. That could bring about a substantial shift in perceptions. I certainly dislike Adobe's business practices, but they're entrenched.

Plus, you get a bunch of influential content creators to switch seamlessly over to Linux with Premiere Pro, etc, and that could be something special.

+ There are obviously massive business incentives for RHEL to get Enterprise customers to make the switch.

@ernie Huh! I TOTALLY missed this announcement, and I was actively covering Linux at the time.

@killyourfm I don’t know who needs to talk up who, but I have to imagine that the topic has been broached at some point. It’s such an obvious play.

@ernie Years ago I interviewed Adobe about the technical hurdles of porting libraries and engines over to Linux, and the tl;dr of that conversation was "it's possible, but is a giant engineering effort we can't financially justify."

@killyourfm Of course, but given all the work they’ve done to get them working through WASM I have to imagine there are parts that could translate.