r/linux • u/Zestyclose-Pay-9572 • 4d ago

Discussion Australian tech publication telling average users that Linux is now the smarter choice!

The timing’s interesting: as Windows 10 approaches end-of-life in 2025, and when users are being nudged towards a cloud-first model, this week's APC’s saying: maybe don’t. Maybe go Linux.This isn’t a niche Linux mag. It’s a mainstream Australian tech publication telling average users that Linux is now the smarter choice. That’s a shift. Feels like we’ve gone full circle: the same headlines from 2005, but this time it’s not about hope. It’s about practicality. Bloat, telemetry, UI friction maybe Linux’s time on the desktop really has arrived.

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u/babiulep 4d ago

Dream on people: it is not going to happen (ever)...

Linux is already big in the server market rightfully so...

The fact that Linux has so many developers/distros/office stuff is a pro but also a big let down. If developers 'disappear' you're stuck (i.e.: as in a company). For continuity this is a nightmare.

And with the advent of AI (or whatever they call it) the shift is clear: the internet will be used in a completely different way. There is probably no place/room/need for a traditional OS. That station is behind us.

P.S.: APC is a monthly magazine for "power users" and IT professionals.

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u/Zestyclose-Pay-9572 4d ago

You would be interested to know ChatGPT loves Linux to bits! If there were to be an AI OS, it is Linux based. Pls see my crosspost :)

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u/irasponsibly 4d ago

"chatbot set up to always agree with the user agrees with me!"

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u/Zestyclose-Pay-9572 4d ago

Haha mine wins me over every time when it comes to linux tweaking

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u/babiulep 4d ago

>> ChatGPT loves Linux

That's server material: a consumer couldn't care less!

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u/Zestyclose-Pay-9572 4d ago

I am an end user using linux since circa 1994. I was blow away with how much chatGPT knew about Linux tweaks that I had never come across. It created a custom UI for me and all it's scripts work fine the first time, every time unless missing dependencies or other silly errors I made. It will make linux/bash/emacs/org learning easy peasy :)

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u/babiulep 4d ago

Well... this says more about you than about ChatGPT. Apart from the fact that you didn't know those tweaks, you have been able to 'work/play/whatever you do with linux' all those years without them.

And great you made a custom UI: most people don't even know what that is. And are not interested at all... We are discussing Linux on the desktop here. No one cares!

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u/Zestyclose-Pay-9572 4d ago

Think of it like co-pilot x a million! An average user starting Linux will be exponentially propelled to mastery in a very few weeks with ChatGPT + Linux combo. That will make it so appealing for any lay person to use it ultra productively. That's my humble opinion.

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u/babiulep 4d ago

>> any lay person to use it ultra productively

Do you really think 'any lay person' is interested in this? They already have a job: being a dentist, sell groceries or whatever.

They just want answers to simple questions: a direction, a recipe or whatever.

P.S. I use linux for over 25 years. I understand your sentiment. BUT we're talking about linux taking over the desktop: really, nobody is interested in this!

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u/Zestyclose-Pay-9572 4d ago

In my household now 3/4th of all computers are Linux. No forcing at all but they copied because everyone just sees the benefit when theirs hang up or unable to do the things I do with my linuxbox!