Notices by Linux For Everyone (linux4everyone@fosstodon.org), page 7

Very interested in seeing what this percentage looks like a few months after support for Windows 10 ends next year.
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2024/06/linux-user-share-on-steam-breaks-2pc-thanks-to-steam-deck/ #Linux

@duke_of_germany It's a great plan. You've got this!

@UnixMan1230 no kidding? I admit I'm not familiar with it, but that's fantastic.

Ok #bazzite team, as an ASUS ROG G15 Advantage Edition laptop owner, this makes me VERY happy. Wonderful inclusion!

@vancha @gamingonlinux The first thing that came to my mind is "we'll provide actual humans writing the content instead of AI."

It's sad that's where my thought process went...

@paul @OpenComputeDesign Why a disaster? (Honest question, not combative)

@OpenComputeDesign I’m guessing things have become too locked down for an installer like that to still exist. It came to mind while I was thinking about the process of flashing ISOs to USB and wondering if the *average* computer user would ever even attempt the traditional Linux installation method most of us consider easy.

Something like Wubi must have removed at least SOME barriers to entry.

@OpenComputeDesign Well, this community acts fast and I already have the answer. It was Wubi! https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi (I probably used it on XP)

@bsod It was! https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi

@voyager Oh wow, thanks for the knowledge. I had never known about WinLinux.

@CWSmith Indeed! It was https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wubi

@paul Wubi!

@iaintshootinmis Apparently the installer I’m thinking of was WUBI (from Canonical).

@danirabbit YESSS, yes that was it! (Oh, I suddenly feel very old…)

What a smart and lower-friction way to get people to try Linux. Wish that method could still exist.

@wiredfire OK thanks for the sanity check! I guess my next question is: why on earth isn’t that still a thing?

Am I imagining this, or did there used to be a Linux distro that let you install it right from Windows. I’m not talking about using Rufus, etc, to burn an ISO to USB in Windows. IIRC this distro actually had an installer you could use in Windows, then reboot into your shiny new Linux install.

Tell me I’m not making this up.

@gamingonlinux “Native writers.”
WTF does that mean?

It’s finally happening?! #Thunderbird is getting native Linux system tray support.

"Enabling Rust builds in Thunderbird also gives us the ability to implement some long awaited features much faster. We’re still testing and cleaning things up, but if you’re adventurous you can check out our GitHub repositories for Linux System Tray and DBus hooks and run them locally.”

Links are here > https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/05/thunderbird-monthly-development-digest-may-2024/

@reshi Thank you! NixOS is high on my list of distros to dig into.

Maximize Your Day: Time Blocking with Thunderbird

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/05/maximize-your-day-time-blocking-with-thunderbird/