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Word documents will be saved to the cloud automatically on Windows going forward

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310 points speckx | 1 comments | 27 Aug 25 10:19 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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N-Krause ◴[27 Aug 25 11:17 UTC] No.45038070[source]▶
The next reason, following hundreds of others, to start using Linux for the Desktop. If my non technical SO can do it, you can do it as well.
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rpdillon ◴[27 Aug 25 11:36 UTC] No.45038240[source]▶
Yep, I'm constantly astonished by adults that insist that Linux is too hard to use on the desktop. My entire family has been using it for years. I raise my kids on it. Works great.
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reddalo ◴[27 Aug 25 12:21 UTC] No.45038676[source]▶
My family has also been using it for years, but I'm the one who always had to install, update, fix problems, etc.

I think the biggest obstacle to widespread adoption of Linux is not using Linux itself, it's installing it on a computer. 99% of people don't know how to format a USB device, or how to enter the BIOS.

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N-Krause ◴[27 Aug 25 12:31 UTC] No.45038756[source]▶
To be honest, I think most non-technical people that are not close to someone technical probably don't even know about Linux and/or just don't care about it.

If it isn't a problem it's not worth fixing. A lot of people don't even know where they are saving their stuff to, so if it's in the cloud or on their device doesn't really matter to them.

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1. vel0city ◴[27 Aug 25 13:42 UTC] No.45039560{3}[source]▶
> A lot of people don't even know where they are saving their stuff to, so if it's in the cloud or on their device doesn't really matter to them

Until their computer dies, and then they get upset at Microsoft for not having some automatic backup process like they have on the other platforms their friends use.