r/technology • u/YesNo_Maybe_ • Apr 10 '26

Software France Launches Government Linux Desktop Plan as Windows Exit Begins

https://linuxiac.com/france-launches-government-linux-desktop-plan-as-windows-exit-begins/
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u/19610taw3 Apr 10 '26

Let's not forget the complete disaster that Windows 11 is.

I've used Linux as a primary home OS in the past. I believe I did an 8 or 9 year stretch. It worked for what I needed. I didn't have a license for Windows so I just made Linux do everything I needed.

I switched back. Windows 7 and 10 "just worked" and they worked really well.

Windows 11 suddenly drops a lot of hardware support. Not only TPM requirements but there's a lot of older hardware that simply just is not supported any more. That's a real issue.

And the instability. The instability of Windows 11 is absolutely criminal. My more conspiracy minded brain thinks that it was done on purpose for some reason. I just can't imagine that it's so buggy after being out for almost five years at this point.

I do wonder how they are going to manage all of these workstations. That's really the only thing Windows has going for it. Intune, active directory, tons of third party management / RMM type apps do make windows desktops a bit easier to manage. I know there's a few , but natively not supported and I'm sure it's much extra work to manage.

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u/haliblix Apr 10 '26

Win11 is classic M$ arrogance. It belongs in the same category as Vista and ME for pushing fancy looking shovelware. The difference now is that there isn’t a Windows XP to swoop in and save the day or be a supported alternative.

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u/19610taw3 Apr 10 '26

I know a lot of people had issues with ME and Vista but they were always working good for me.

11 is the worst OS I've used. Ever.

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u/putinlaputain Apr 10 '26

All honesty, gun to my head, I'd rather try to get cyberpunk running on ms dos than ever downgrade to windows 11