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 Wi...
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My laptop: Has TPM 2.0
Microsoft: Get Fucked no Win11 for you.Me: Ahh, OpenSUSE on all my computers then.
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@ernie Ah, your head is in the right place. That could bring about a substantial shift in perceptions. I certainly dislike Adobe's business practices, but they're entrenched.
Plus, you get a bunch of influential content creators to switch seamlessly over to Linux with Premiere Pro, etc, and that could be something special.
+ There are obviously massive business incentives for RHEL to get Enterprise customers to make the switch.
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@killyourfm And it also helps that Adobe is already in a strategic partnership with Red Hat.
Adobe, IBM and Red Hat Announce Strategic Partnership to Advance Customer Experience Transformation
Adobe, IBM, Red Hat partnership, OpenShift, hybrid cloud
(www.redhat.com)
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@ernie Huh! I TOTALLY missed this announcement, and I was actively covering Linux at the time.
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@killyourfm And also Red Hat is already a prominent enough customer that Adobe is promoting them on their blog. https://blog.adobe.com/en/publish/2024/10/11/how-adobe-express-helped-red-hat-marketing-ibm-company-achieve-10x-time-savings
If Adobe makes the move to Linux, even money that it’s through RHEL.
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Seasons of Jasonreplied to Ernie Smith last edited by [email protected]
@ernie Years ago I interviewed Adobe about the technical hurdles of porting libraries and engines over to Linux, and the tl;dr of that conversation was "it's possible, but is a giant engineering effort we can't financially justify."
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firebreathingduckreplied to Seasons of Jason last edited by
The hard part is the gentle sell. Nobody likes being pushed to a change that wasn't their idea in the first place. If we push them anywhere near as hard as Microsoft is, they'll go with Microsoft anyway.
I tried the hard sell on Linux to family members ten years ago, and it didn't go anywhere. A few years later, two family members switched on their own.
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Seasons of Jasonreplied to firebreathingduck last edited by
@firebreathingduck What inspired those 2 family members to make the switch?
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@killyourfm people aren't going to just throw them away the second security updates stop appearing. They'll use Windows 10 for months or years beyond the deadline in blissful ignorance. Then when their machine "breaks" they'll go and buy a Windows 11 machine.
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@JoeRess Very optimistic of ya, Joe
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@killyourfm No he’s right. I know people who refuse to install updates on their completely-within-service devices. Normies are somewhere between “don’t care about security updates” and “actively do not want them”
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Jonathan Fredericksonreplied to Seasons of Jason last edited by
@killyourfm This makes community outreach and education just that much more important. A lot of people can't afford to buy new computers for a software upgrade, and it'll generate tons of unnecessary e-waste if we don't repurpose those old devices
I've been thinking about running a class at my local makerspace on fixing old laptops and installing Linux on them. The area we're in is pretty low-income, so especially if we can find a good way to reach local folks I think it could be pretty good
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@killyourfm The problem I keep facing is "Linux cannot run this one singluar application, therefore the entire OS is garbage and should never be used for anything."
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Seasons of Jasonreplied to Jonathan Frederickson last edited by
@jfred What an awesome idea! Will you consider sharing the course outline somewhere? I bet other people could adapt it for their own communities.
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@rogueren Yea that's frustrating, when in reality the OS they're using right now is garbage and should only be used for that one app
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I think the average computer user thinks about upgrading their PC the same way I think about upgrading my refrigerator: not at all until I open the door and everything's dead.
See also: when I worked in IT I knew a staggering number of people who didn't know their phone or tablet could be shut off or restarted.
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Jonathan Fredericksonreplied to Seasons of Jason last edited by
@killyourfm Oh absolutely! Though I'll be the first one to admit that I have too many project ideas to follow through with all of them in practice
this is one I'd like to try and get to though -
@ElsaPreme What in the world. Why? That Ryzen 2700U is perfectly capable!
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Seasons of Jasonreplied to Jonathan Frederickson last edited by
@jfred This is HIGHLY relatable. I can sympathize!
