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.
I don’t. XP was great, Vista sucked, 7 was great, 8 sucked, 10 was okay and 11 sucks.
But honestly where I live tech magazines try to push Linux every now and often. Which, paradoxically, alienates people from it further connecting it to “computer people”.