Linux desktop use spikes to over 10% in North America for the first time. There is also a corresponding drop in Windows and OSX use.

marcie (she/her)@lemmy.ml · 2 days ago

Linux desktop use spikes to over 10% in North America for the first time. There is also a corresponding drop in Windows and OSX use.

manxu@piefed.social · 2 days ago

They also gave up really quick on mandating Windows Server on Azure and are now mightily happy to offer the latest and greatest Linux versions. I think you are onto something there: if it weren’t for compatibility, it would be so much cheaper for Microsoft to just use the Linux kernel.

Spice Hoarder@lemmy.zip · 2 days ago

I seriously predict them contributing to wine, or at least making their own fork. Because their strategy is almost completely OS agnostic at this point. Even offering Dot Net Core on Linux natively.

How easy would it be for them? “Hey Copilot, convert these NT calls to Linux Calls” and your done.