I find it funny how Winux (a Linux distro that looks uncannily similar to Windows 11) is advertising itself as

No hardware limitations, no absurd requirements.

when Linux has notoriously spotty hardware support and it has the absurd requirements of “every user must be very technical, very patient, very comfortable on the command line, and they must enjoy tinkering every time something breaks”

I definitely think Winux is a cool concept but like, I’m not going to install this on my mom’s computer and trust it to not explode in 2 months when the DE gets borked by an update or something

@kasdeya the fact that they sell a "pro key" to unlock additional features is just the icing on the cake, really.

I don’t think Linux users understand that people use Windows because they want their operating system to Just Work, and tinkering on the Linux command line is:

• required in order to fix Linux when it breaks
• way beyond the technical skill of the vast majority of Windows users
• of the Windows users who are capable of it, most of them would not enjoy it, which is a problem because enjoying tinkering is what gets Linux users past the initial learning curve so that they can comfortably use it for day-to-day tasks without things suddenly exploding
• also tinkering takes time and energy that the average person is not going to have because they just want to check their bank balance or watch youtube videos after a shitty day at work

@emberquill oh yikes I didn’t even see that. that is fucking gross

@kasdeya never heard of this distro until now and just found this 🤨 https://www.zdnet.com/article/why-i-no-longer-recommend-this-windows-like-linux-distro/

@kasdeya found it through their wikipedia article: "ZDNet warns that it might be a scam". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winux