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this post was submitted on 02 Jan 2025
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Win11 has arbitrary hardware reqs
Good Linux marketing IMHO
Yeah well, you can say anything and I wouldn't know. I haven't used Windows for 15 years, and Linux became my main OS in 2015.
I just ordered a new CPU and SSD, and I'm quite looking forward to making a new install, because my current system is running on a 6 year old installation. Although it's a rolling release distro, I can see there are desktop improvements I haven't got. Also I'll be going back to KDE, since they've fixed the hotkeys on numeric keypad issue. I'm almost giddy about it. 😀 😜
Even given that, I'd still think there would be an uptick in Linux market share, but only a small one. Certainly no "year of the Linux desktop" levels.