#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.
More context:
It's estimated that a staggering 240 million PCs currently running Windows 10 aren't "capable" of upgrading to Windows 11.
As you know, those PCs can easily run any flavor of #Linux. It's a massive opportunity to get people away from Windows (and its increasing invasion of privacy), AND prevent literal tons of e-waste.
Every word of this article still hits home.
We need a Desktop Linux Alliance.
Food for thought: In 2019, the Chinese Linux distribution "Deepin" released a series of short, polished trailers showing off its new features. A professional agency probably created them for less than $15,000.
Those trailers put Deepin on my radar. I wrote *ONLY TWO* articles about the distribution, and those 2 articles generated more than ONE MILLION views.
Desktop Linux needs professional marketing.
@killyourfm That’s interesting. I wonder if there’s room for a Linux-specific marketing agency?
@ernie I've wondered that for years. Here's some light reading (/s) on the topic: https://sunlight.makeitlinux.org/
@killyourfm Hmm, this certainly sounds like something that I would be interested in personally, though you’ve worked closer to that area than I have with your work on Thunderbird.
Kind of weird that the Linux Foundation doesn’t emphasize this kind of work, honestly. It’s strange that I get all my scoops on what’s happening in desktop Linux from Brodie Robertson (I enjoy his channel a lot, I just think it reflects the point you’re getting at).
@ernie I really, enthusiastically believe it's time to put together a thinktank. This energy and these ideas can't be lost on Mastodon timelines.
(Make It Linux was something I tried to materialize back then, but the timing wasn't right due to workload and personal stuff)
@killyourfm I can tell there’s interest, I get the emails from random places, but I never have a place for them. Wanna get on a call sometime and actually talk some of this stuff out?
@ernie YES! I'll send you a DM in a bit.
@killyourfm @ernie I think about this about twice a week. How can I help?
@killyourfm @ernie Please do.
@ernie To your point about Brodie and The Linux Foundation, absolutely right: it's all awesome inside our echo chamber...
@killyourfm @ernie think we need to be careful about thinking that the Linux Foundation is an ally to Linux or #libre in general. My impression is they're largely captured by big tech corporations, who've stacked their board and have staffed the organisation. By all accounts, Foundation staff shun the use Linux themselves. But they control a lot of resources. At best, they damn with faint praise. Seems they're the disguised fox in the hen house.
@lightweight @ernie One thing we can glean without any doubt is that the Linux Foundation has little to no interest in *desktop* Linux.
@killyourfm @ernie yes - BigTech're are using the Linux Foundation to 'ring fence' Linux in the 'server space' (because they can't fight Linux there, because their own offerings are too weak) so that it doesn't threaten their main benefactors' monopolies. They're an impediment to progress. We need to promote the fact that they don't share open principles.