Windows 365 for consumers is imminent? So the rumor mill reckons

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Meh. “The Death of the Desktop PC” has been predicted for decades, every time something new comes out.

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Imo the difference this time is that it’s Microsoft itself that’s doing it first.

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Yuck, no thanks i’ll stick to linux on my hardware!

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Honestly I’ve been in the beta channel for 11 for awhile now. I’m currently looking into switching back to Linux. I reinstalled Windows for my Daughter to play Minecraft with her friends but meh.

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I assume you’re talking about the Bedrock version, since the original Java version has a native Linux version. I’ve heard there are ways to get Bedrock running on Linux. While they might be beyond her knowledge, I imagine you could set it up for her

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Yes there is a way that you can. It does however require purchasing the Google Play version and then some other stuff. Most likely what’ll happen is I’ll shrink the W11 install to minimal needed and then a distro for daily driving again.

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I doubt this will happen anytime soon. Cloud costs are simply too high.

You also may need to factor in network costs which people don’t even think about as much today.

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I’m a Linux user, but I like having control over my own hardware, and I don’t want my next PC to be an underpowered thin client designed only to work with a commercial cloud OS. I hope this doesn’t take off any time soon.

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