One OS to rule them all, one OS to find them, one OS to bring them all and in the light bind them.

Can yall idiots just fact-check for a goddamn second? https://www.windowslatest.com/2023/10/16/no-windows-12-is-a-free-upgrade-and-wont-require-a-subscription/

Edit: Just type "windows 12 subscription" into your search bar. It's fewer words than any of these comments!

if this is true I might actually stop being lazy and mess with Linux for my personal systems

This was based on a report that was debunked almost immediately, y’all gotta stop reposting this every day.

I love paying for spyware!!!

Everyone here thinking it’s the beginning of the great migration :tm:

Sorry guys, people are just going to use cracked versions of windows to play games

This is the moment where Hannah Montana Linux will shine

Kudos to Microsoft on keeping to inpirationally show us with every edition it can still get even worse... 😅

Nah, just PC Mag fearmongering again

The enshittening continues. Why charge people once when you can charge them repeatedly until they decide enough is enough and leave?

It's not going to happen for normal users. This is most likely for users that already use some ms subscription, like office.

This is really just going to make Apple more sales and cripple the PC gaming market.

Then, Apple will do it and… maybe that will be the year of Linux desktop? 😉

My suspicion is that home installations will still be available at retail or OEM channels.

The subscription likely applies more to enterprise and possibly Windows 365. Enterprise licensing is a mess which might actually be simplified by a subscription pay-what-you-actually-use model.

Also it’s be cool to see windows 365 come to consumers as an alternative to a full PC. Would be able to standardize on home thin-client builds, or possibly add it as a feature to the Xbox Platform.

Was already looking to jump ship at the file explorers having ads as a "test" but boy howdy, do it Microsoft. This would push me to make the Linux switch outright.

I’m looking forward to see more Linux adoption because of this 😃

Wait. A few years ago, Windows decided they couldn't keep up with warez, so they allowed unactivated Windows for the first time. Now, they are going back to paid model, just to let the piracy shine up again!

In addition, this means, that if I bought a computer with Windows pre-installed, I couldn't operate it? This will render OEM Windows installation useless. So.. year of the Linux Desktop?

I've successfully banished all Microsoft trash from my home network but I also work at an MSP all day while having "God damn it Microsoft" tourette syndrome 8 hours a day so I think I might become an evil villain if/when that goes live.

Microsoft is so far from where they started and yet still the same dumbasses that they always were

Fuck Microsoft. Is there any decent music recording/editing/DAW type software for Linux?

I've held off until now (I haven't), but now I'm going to call it (for the 1000th time):

This will be the year of the Linux desktop.

Link if anyone's interested.

Remember when Windows 10 was meant to be the last edition of Windows ...

It’s a bold move now that gaming is viable for linux. Please proceed Microsoft

A screenshot of something that was posted 12 days ago?

yes yes win 12 ...if you do not pay and its not foss....maybe you are the product

Windows_12_cracked_Sub_2027.7zip

3489 seeders / 783 leechers

So I bought a Steamdeck, and while that is not my first experience with Linux.

It has opened my eyes to how easily it can replace my windows system for personal use.

Couldn't be happier, even with how locked down steamOS is, it lets me do anything I need.

I've been considering making the move to Linux for a few months now. If this comes to pass that will more than likely be the final nail in the coffin. Based on what I've seen, Linux has become a lot more user friendly since I messed with it when I had it on a mini laptop back in the day.

what a shitshow!

Even if w!ndøws did start charging a subscription for their OS, you would not see a single change in the states in places like schools , libraries, or anywhere else with nearly public computer access.

W!ndøws has so much of a foothold on the PC market and everybody from your ancient 90 year old grandma to your 90 day old already know how it works and how to use it. The average person would absolutely protest and complain if there was a switch to Linux (or BSD or anything similar) since they might actually have to learn more than just the basics of how to use a computer.

Guess its time to learn freecad. I cant stand this sub model.

I will never buy subscription software intended to run on my hardware.

If it runs on my machine, and any non-local services are not key to the core product functionality. I'm buying a perpetual license or you're not getting a penny.

Wait, how do the keywords they mentioned indicate anything about a subscription?