How can we accelerate Microsoft’s downfall?

Bx using linux

Make them obsolete

I’d rather kill adobe first

Apply for a job and work as well as you can

By having a better alternative.

"Well use Linux",
how is a UI from the 90s better?
How does that compel people use to Windows 10/11 to move away from it, devs I get, but we are a niche of society and not your brainless TikTok cravers.

"We'll use MacOs"
So a pretty, but locked down OS with a price tag to use any hardware you want.

Again, not compelling.

"Well, use ChromeOS"
... did you not read?

"We'll stick to windows you useless fuck"
And that's where we are!

@C0D4 maybe it’s the experience, but I can’t see how it is any more difficult to install Ubuntu Desktop than it is to install windows

@Chewbanacas the average user does not install windows. They buy windows with their computer/laptop. The average user probably does not even know that their computer can run something else than Windows

@Chewbanacas I'll pay to watch the average pc user install Ubuntu and not ask you "what's a root password"

Easy: Avoid their products and services.

@lastNick work forces me to use a windows laptop. Clients send me excel files. Anything I do with this degenerate abomination POS garbage take a me 3 times longer than with a Mac / Linux machine.

@C0D4 the average user doesn't even care or notice anymore, except when they close their browser by trying to type an @ character in an email address, what's probably one the few differences left between the desktop UI and that Mac defaults to the wrong scroll direction.

I haven't been the only dev to provision family members including elderly "non-tech" ppl different computers including Ubuntu, Lubuntu, Mint, MacOS, and Microsoft Windows.

It's like driving another person's car. Some have manual gear shift, some have the hand brake on an unexpected side, but most people will be able to drive any car on a short trip without thinking about or discussing differences. Same with computers.

If all you need to do is write some text, use a spreadsheet, and do everything else in your browser, it's no big deal.

@usr--2ndry Right. I now thought about how driving a car from Microsoft would be like. The car telling you to shift, the gear knob is in the trunk, and when you ask the car why it tells you to go to a mechanic.

@usr--2ndry you said it for me "I provisioned it for the family member"

My point is, adoption off windows only comes when forced or "it looks pretty"

@C0D4 funny you talk about 90s UI, when Windows 11 theme looks like a copy of KDE Plasma https://howtogeek.com/744361/...