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0 pointsImustaskforhelp2mo ago0 comments

Hm I see the confusion, what I was proposed was for something like loss32 to have a window manager / desktop environmnet which looks like windows 7

Loss32 is itself a linux distro and thus there should technically be nothing stopping it from shipping everywhere

I think you were assuming that I meant create a whole kernel from scratch or something but I am just merely asking a loss32 reskin which looks like windows 7 which is definitely possible without any of the company debugging consumer hardware or even the need of company for that matter I suppose considering that I was proposing an open source desktop environment which just behaved like windows 7 by default as an example.

I don't really understand why we need a winning business model out of it, there isn't really a winning model for niri,hyprland,sway,kde,xfce,lxqt,gnome etc., they are all open source projects who are run with help of donations

There might be a misunderstanding between us but I hope this clears up any misunderstanding.

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trelane2mo ago

I think fundamentally I disagree with your optimism. I've seen a number of these come and go over the decades. I do not think making something that looks like Windows would be sufficient to be successful.

> you were assuming that I meant create a whole kernel from scratch or something

No, making Linux run reliably on random laptops is already a monumental challenge.

ImustaskforhelpOP2mo ago

Agreed but there have been some real strides in innovation recently in linux, definitely worth checking out :)

Regarding successful, well they already are, ZorinOS is an OS which looks like windows 7 or has some similarities to it and its sort of recommended to beginners but usually linux mate is the most recommended distro

> No, making Linux run reliably on random laptops is already a monumental challenge.

Not sure about this but I ran linux in 15 year old dell mini like its no big deal so I can only assume that support has been better but I feel like I can assure you that linux support is really good for most laptops in my observation.

trelane2mo ago

I am a huge fan and user of Linux.

The problem is slapping Linux on some random bit of Windows kit and expecting it to work as though it had shipped with Linux, with support to back it. The more recent, the worse it will be.

If you want to run Linux, buy Linux computers that ship with Linux and have a support number you can call. Just like you'd not expect to be able to slap OSX on some random Dell and have it work.

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0 pointsImustaskforhelp2mo ago0 comments

Hm I see the confusion, what I was proposed was for something like loss32 to have a window manager / desktop environmnet which looks like windows 7

Loss32 is itself a linux distro and thus there should technically be nothing stopping it from shipping everywhere

There might be a misunderstanding between us but I hope this clears up any misunderstanding.

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trelane2mo ago

> you were assuming that I meant create a whole kernel from scratch or something

No, making Linux run reliably on random laptops is already a monumental challenge.

ImustaskforhelpOP2mo ago

Agreed but there have been some real strides in innovation recently in linux, definitely worth checking out :)

> No, making Linux run reliably on random laptops is already a monumental challenge.

trelane2mo ago

I am a huge fan and user of Linux.

The problem is slapping Linux on some random bit of Windows kit and expecting it to work as though it had shipped with Linux, with support to back it. The more recent, the worse it will be.

If you want to run Linux, buy Linux computers that ship with Linux and have a support number you can call. Just like you'd not expect to be able to slap OSX on some random Dell and have it work.

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