📈 Boom di Linux in Europa!

Secondo Statcounter, nel solo ultimo anno Linux è passato dal 2,84% al 5,21% del mercato desktop europeo: un balzo dell’83,45%!

Per anni le percentuali erano rimaste sotto il 3%, anche nei momenti di maggiore ma stavolta è diverso: qualcosa si muove davvero.

Leggi di più: https://blazetrends.com/unprecedented-linux-growth-in-europe-amid-windows-10-end-of-life/?fsp_sid=61142

Complice il fine vita di Windows 10, sempre più persone stanno abbandonando Windows 🎉

Pubblicato su FediLUG Italia: @linux

#UnoLinux #Linux #windows

Does showing seconds in the Windows System Tray actually use more power?

On Windows, there's an option to show the seconds on the taskbar clock, but it comes with a warning that it might reduce battery life if you switch it on. LTT Labs decided to look into this to see just how much of a thing this really is, and they concluded that yes, it does actually affect bat

https://www.osnews.com/story/142773/does-showing-seconds-in-the-windows-system-tray-actually-use-more-power/

#Windows

#WindowsRecall is opt in -- for now. Microsoft can change that at any point. Being #ProprietarySoftware users can do nothing about it.

Disabling #MicrosoftCopilot isn't easy … and in some cases it appears not to stay disabled:

https://web.archive.org/web/20250202043906/https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/how-do-i-disable-copilot-and-all-other-ai/e74a841f-794c-48d2-9a8a-e3ccfac8ea86

#Microsoft #Windows #Windows10 #Windows11

This site does considerably better than just asking "Is this the year of the Linux Desktop?".

It lists and breaks down the current status of major software support in Linux, so you can decide whether the switch is right for you at the current moment, as well as a guide to help you make an informed choice on distro and know what else you might be getting into.

https://yearofthelinuxdesktop.net

#OpenSource #Linux #windows #desktop

More realistic and holistic take on switching from Windows to Linux.

One "lifestyle change" for me was actually instead of finding the perfect "Lightroom alternative" on Linux for hobby photography (tho LR did run OK in a Windows VM), was to just get better at taking photos without the need to edit them. Likewise, get better at recording video in one take, doing away with the need to edit it in Adobe.

Being fine with imperfection too. Also saves time.

https://thelibre.news/the-golden-rule-of-switching-to-linux-restructure-your-life/

#linux #windows

"For those Windows 10 users who haven't already, there's time to do the last #Windows update in your life — upgrade to Linux!

If you make the change now you won't need to link your computer to a #Microsoft account, pay Reward Points, upload your private data to corporate servers, or waste your hard-earned money on unnecessary fees."

Ten Days until the End of Windows 10. Sort of. Why Wait, Install #Linux Today!

https://endof10.org/press/2025-10-04-extended-campaign/

#EndOf10 #FOSS #FLOSS #FreeSoftware #OpenSource #GNULinux

#Windows 10 is now End of Life, which in itself is normal, but also, this is a very specific event, because, first Windows 10 is still huge, and second, the options are very, very limited, and all bad.

let's talk about it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0oox87gARjE

Nuovo video tutorial su @FreeTube@fosstodon.org (Windows, macOS, Linux e Android), @invidious@social.tchncs.de (web) e Tubular (Android) per guardare #YouTube senza pubblicità con software libero.

PeerTube: https://videos.gianmarco.gg/w/myCVxF9Jqy4emPmZXPe6fD
Odysee: https://odysee.com/@gianmarcogg03:e/freetube:a
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNlyFjL173o

@opensource@diggita.com

#FreeSoftware #LibreSoftware #SoftwareLibero #OpenSource #FOSS #Video #Privacy #Linux #GNULinux #Android #Windows #Mac #macOS #Ad #Ads #AdBlock #Google

In 2009, Microsoft made it a focus of the Windows 7 user experience guidelines to reduce pointless notifications. They point out notifications like the classic “There are unused icons on your desktop” as being in the Windows XP Hall of Shame™. Seriously, it’s in there: https://learn.microsoft.com/windows/win32/uxguide/mess-notif

In 2026, Windows interrupts you to ask if you want to clean up printers you haven’t used in a while. The intent is unclear (which printers?), there are too many choices, and it stays visible until you click an option.

For a good while, Microsoft were limping their way to good UX, and this doc was finally a clear set of guidelines. Now, it feels like they’ve slipped back into the Windows XP Hall of Shame™ era, and any good UX they happen to come up with is an accident.

#windows #windows11

One of the many gifts we got out of the Epstein files is details of Steve Sinofsky’s exit from Microsoft in 2012. We learn that the Surface RT was selling only 10% of the low-end of their predicted sales numbers, he was being pushed out, and Epstein was coaching him on negotiating an exit package.

He leaked internal Microsoft email threads to Epstein, where they were discussing the $900 million write-off of unsold Surface RTs. He negotiated to exit with $14 million in stock, which we knew about at the time, but it’s absolutely wild to learn who was involved, and the inner workings of it.

Windows 8 is the first product launch I properly remember. I was sick on the day of the Build 2011 keynote, so I stayed home and watched it. I ran all the betas and was excited for how Windows was changing. We were promised a new era with nicely-designed apps and a far better experience for developers, but they utterly flubbed all of it by being so confident in selfish things.

They were so sure the entire 27-year-old Windows ecosystem would magically reconfigure itself around Windows 8-only full-screen apps. They were even more sure they could sell tablets that could ONLY run apps from the Store that didn’t exist yet - or ever. Of course it wasn’t going to work. Why would it?

All of those RT tablets, which other brands also sold, are ewaste now. The Store is shut down, you can’t sideload apps because the licensing server is also gone. They pulled the plug on releasing Windows 10 for them. Without jailbreaking, you can’t do anything other than doodle in Paint or write a document in Word.

It’s maddening that someone can cost the company almost $1 billion on a product ANYONE could have told you wasn’t it. It’s even more maddening they can get a $14 million+ reward for so obviously missing the mark.

Yeah, there’s so much more that’s way more serious out of the files, but this one was relevant to my life. It adds another piece to the story of how I first learned that companies with all the capital in the world will get greedy and let you down.

https://www.neowin.net/news/former-windows-chief-shared-internal-secrets-with-jeffrey-epstein-documents-reveal/

#epstein #windows

Researchers found Microsoft Edge loads every saved password into plaintext memory at launch, increasing exposure after session compromise 🔐

Unlike other Chromium browsers, Edge keeps credentials readable in RAM, raising scraping risks on shared and admin-access systems 🛡️

🔗 https://proton.me/business/blog/microsoft-edge-passwords-exposed

#TechNews #Browser #MicrosoftEdge #Microsoft #Edge #Cybersecurity #PasswordManager #Privacy #FOSS #OpenSource #Security #Encryption #Windows #Passwords #DataProtection #Infosec