Ubuntu is growing faster on Windows 11 than on native Linux PCs, says Canonical

13 hours ago by diesisteinusername to c/technology

Ubuntu's VP of Engineering says WSL usage on Windows 11 is growing faster than native Ubuntu installs, and could overtake them within months.
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horus_son_of_isis -8 points 11 hours ago

This is happening because Linux is the default OS for servers, robots, machines, etc., it just sucks balls for normie personal computing, so they'll use Winblows for the basic stuff, and WSL for the server-centric tasks.

Ubuntu can make it as toddler-centric as it wants, it won't change the fact that eventually a person will find a thing their machine won't do without an on-staff geek.

If they have heart, they'll try chasing the black screen into the depths of google oblivion or use AI for infinitely recirculating bad advice. It's ironic that a LLM running on a Linux server can't fix Linux.

Most people will punt and go back to Microsucks which grows more evil and abusive every day.

I'm just mad I can't get any of my file-management containers to work properly.

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smileyhead 6 points 11 hours ago

Tell me one thing that is harder to do on Linux than on Windows nowadays. Something coming from OS itself, not from hostile vendor the community managed to patch support for.

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Wfh 2 points 8 hours ago

Crashing mid-game.

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horus_son_of_isis -8 points 10 hours ago

print something on a piece of paper.

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m4ylame0wecm 6 points 10 hours ago

the children in my life were able to connect to our printer with no help on Linux. Was there supposed to be a challenge here? IME, works as simply or simpler than the same setup wizards in Windows.

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Jtee 5 points 9 hours ago

Was the last time you used any Linux distro 30 years ago? Shit is basically plug n play nowadays...

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sem 5 points 8 hours ago

Harder with windows

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