It looks like we'll soon be welcoming a lot of new Linux users here

I hope so. More Linux users mean more Linux support

This means we need to keep being the best community we can be. Welcoming, helpful, and distro agnostic. I might occasionally Stan for the distros I love, or talk a little smack about ones that left a bad taste in my mouth, but when we’re helping new users, we need to meet them where they’re at, and give them the little boost they need to stick with it.

I’ve used Linux professionally and personally for about 12 years. Yesterday was the first time I tried Wine after nuking Windows on my gaming computer. Pretty impressed with it so far, even if it will need a bit of tuning.

Fuck Microsoft.

I just installed gnome on my laptop because they kept spamming the copilot shit.

I use my os to get started on what im doing, not fuck around with all the repeating notifications that can't be disabled.

Ads in Windows Explorer was the final straw to make me switch to Linux a few years back. I would imagine that ads in the Start Menu could convince some others to do the same.

Microsoft is seeking feedback on the changes, so it’s possible the company could decide to ditch these ads […]

are they really looking to see if people want to see more ads? i can’t imagine this is anything more than a meaningless corporate “we value your feedback” message. they already know what people think about ads in their operating system, they’ve tried it many times

You wouldn’t enshittify an entire operating system

After dithering with dual boot for years I jumped ship to Linux only (LMDE) with their incessant reminders about moving to W11 from W10 popped up. Missing a few apps but fuk' em.

they've been doing this since 10 and "featured apps"

Winbros: But it's opt-out, you can disable it!

This is like one of the worst takes I've ever seen on this platform. Like yeah dude, the legions of users who sat through Windows 10 ads, Windows 8 ads, Windows Vista, EOL support for every OS, and forced packaged apps everywhere have finally had it with Windows 11 sir. The tidal wave of users embracing the glory of Linux is nigh.

Make sure to share your tips and tricks guys!!

I anticipate switching to a full Linux setup once I build my new PC, hopefully later this year. I can't see myself even unwillingly buying pirating buying Windows.

Any tips for when that day comes?

Hope they will not be confused with "i use arch btw" comments

I just bought my first linux laptop last month - prompted proximally by Apple's decision to start putting unblockable ads on the start page of their books app.

I don't like ads.

They might go in direction of BSDs.

Assembler guys - ASSEMBLE! Spin up super DOS and slap a couple of user interfaces on top and voila! I give you DOS 7.0 .

Hi, it's me, but to be fair, not for this particular reason.

Don't we they already have sponsored apps and such?

I switched to NixOS full-time after dual-booting Void for some time, and I couldn't be happier to get away from Microsoft's bullshit.

My only gripe is that I do a lot of audio production, and virtually none of the big names in the audio plugin space make Linux builds, despite the most common framework (JUCE) having Linux support out of the box.

Yabridge & WINE do a decent job of filling the gap, but using iLok protected plugins can be a bitch and a half, and unfortunately iLok is everywhere... Oh how I long for audio developers to start taking Linux seriously.

I've tried Linux gaming for a good bit but it doesn't seem like it's quite there yet. For the games that worked it was amazing! The only other thing that was annoying was the constant downloading for the shader caches basically every day with steam (yes I know they can be disabled). I was using Bazzite for those wondering.

For me only thing stopping me from Linux is no good vr support.

You realize this is for a small group of beta testers right?

Unless they are all Microsoft shills, then they will prolly tell them it is a bad idea.

Unless they are the kind of user that leaves everything on default, which is hard to believe if they are in the beta program

"Works on my machine."

Absolutely, a friendly Linux user got me to install Mint!

yawn

There's an easy way to get rid of the ads throug the router settings, but I for one have no intention of sharing that secret with the Crapindows users. :D