How to download and install Linux
learn.microsoft.com
Download and install Linux in this tutorial that covers how to choose a distribution, how to use the install command with Windows Subsystem for Linux, create a bootable USB for Bare-metal, or set up a Virtual Machine.
  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
    311·
    1 year ago

    I don’t necessarily agree with this characterisation. This is how to install linux rather than “we recommend linux over windows”?

    • Koen967@feddit.nl
      20·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, title is kinda clickbaity. It doesn’t mention that Microsoft recommends Linux at any point. But a post saying that Microsoft has an installation guide for Linux would get less traffic I guess.

      • unalivejoy@lemm.eeEnglish
        9·
        1 year ago

        In fact, it recommends installing Linux on top of Windows via WSL or a virtual machine. It explicitly recommends not installing Linux on bare metal because of hardware compatibility.

      • 30p87@feddit.de
        3·
        1 year ago

        Especially because this exact article with a non clickbait title has gone around two-three weeks ago

        • Pollen Pirate@beehaw.org
          2·
          1 year ago

          But with closed source, GitHub (still closed) for example it’s still alive, and we can still use GitLab, Gitea…, he has no power on Open Source. 😁

          • The Doctor@beehaw.orgEnglish
            1·
            1 year ago

            Something I’ve often wondered: Comparing the size of the group that uses self-hosted and F/OSS stuff like Gitea to the size of the group that uses Github, et al. I wonder how we stack up as a measure of success.

            • Pollen Pirate@beehaw.org
              1·
              1 year ago

              I would say that it is still used by many projects, it keeps offering features and improving it, not going worse, right? But if they even do something bad to Linux, we can just fork as we do with any other open source project, and we improve it.

    • Zerush@lemmy.mlOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      This is clear to me, also that MS like Google is very involved in the world of OpenSource (GitHub is from MS). But it should also be added that large corporations also use many APIs and scripts in many FOSS products that allow them to continue profiling the user. if these “additions” are not removed from the product to be used. MS is also clear that, at least in the EU, more and more computer stores sell PCs only with FreeDOS, to leave the OS to the user’s decision, with this their business is being reduced anyway and so is their influence, which in the EU it is minimal. The difference between MS USA tracking and MS EU is abysmal.

      MS EU

      MS USA

  • Zink@pawb.socialEnglish
    1·
    1 year ago

    I would think this wouldn’t be a good idea, but neat to have a major player explaining it for us I guess.

    • Phanatik@kbin.social
      1·
      1 year ago

      The most comprehensive Installation Guide is the one on ArchWiki bar none. I used the ArchWiki well before I started using Arch Linux, it’s just that good.