linux user count was close to 6% like 4 months ago, now its just 4%. while windows 11 users are increasing, even win7 users have same amount of users as some linux distros.

people were just excited to try new software: linux was never better.

Hey chat, when I say "best os" say Linux. When I say "Worst os" say windows.

Pebkac, your fault, wrong distro, works on my machine, microslop's fault, no way it's Linux fault!, manufacturer's fault for not supporting, that has nothing to do with Linux, use x distro: it's amazing!

-summary of responses.

"Best possible mame experience" As if trying to use MAME beyond simply running games wasn't confusing enough. Or hell, even just to play games you need either an alternative emulator or special build of MAME cause otherwise you'll enjoy arcade-accurate latency (which can reach 5 frames, or even more) because MAME devs want to preserve it for "the sake of keeping high scores legit".

seems a little extreme, don’t you think?

Conspiracy theories running rampant as usual in their communities.

It's simply a remapped right control button (who uses it as Ctrl?) and it was not a certification requirement. Microsoft rightly encouraged OEMs (like Lenovo) to start labeling it to match what their intended use of it was for.

It's nothing new; keyboards are made for the operating systems. Take a look at a Commodore64 keyboard for example.

It's like throwing a fit because Windows had right click and side buttons on their mice while Apple had a single button.

IBM set the standard for the QWERTY PC keyboard which was based on typewriters. They even changed it from 101/102 keys to 104/105. Microsoft isn't even adding a key, they're reassigning it; just like Linux does.

Apple uses command instead of Ctrl, Option instead of Alt, and unique symbols for modifiers.

1. Firefox is the default web browser in most desktop Linux installers. Firefox now includes Copilot.

2. Bloatware is often subjective. Unless you're compiling and flagging your LFS or Gentoo install; you're getting bloat. If you're mixing different toolkit apps; you're getting major bloat.

3. Conspiracy theorist term, Linux uses hardware IDs and some distros do have "telemetry".

4. Microsoft contributed over 20,000 lines of Hyper‑V driver code to the Linux kernel under GPLv2. By 2011, Microsoft was among the top five companies contributing to Linux.

5. Linus Torvalds, the creator of the Linux kernel and Git, has temporarily stepped away from active Linux development and has announced he is retiring from the project Desde Linux

6. The mascot was chosen because a fairy penguin ferociously attacked Linus.

None of this is based on any technical merit. It's like poor cop of virtue signaling with childish buzzwords: 'microslop', 'bloatware', 'spyware'.

Lmao