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[–] Emerald@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I'll keep using linux on my main pcs and I'll still keep using windows 10 on my secondary laptop

[–] Frieren@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Made the upgrade last week to Linux mint and I’m loving it. Got my Arr stacks and stuff setup as dockers and it’s never worked so well. All the connection issues I’ve had on windows is now gone.

The interface is nice and not bloated. And I’m not being tracked which feels liberating.

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[–] specialseaweed@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Just moved my Win10 machine to Pop OS. No issues at all. Haven’t tried Steam VR on it yet.

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[–] Logical@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

I think I will switch to Linux, possibly dual boot with Win 11 just in case there are games I can't play on Linux.

[–] TheFANUM@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Been Linux exclusively for 20 years. Win 11 sure isn't going to change that

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[–] mooncake@lemm.ee 7 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I upgraded to Windows 11.

I tried Linux but but so much stuff isn't supported so I got rid of it.

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[–] andybytes@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago

Windows is a weapons contractor that is entangled in the domestic markets. Linux is not. Windows is spyware and anti consumer. It is time to at least be familar with Linux. Try it on a old laptop or something. Linux is free.

[–] Jeffool@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Considering I'm unemployed and job hunting, and Windows says I can't upgrade my current (old) PC, and I regularly play Warzone with friends? No, probably not any time soon.

Maybe if I get a job with a six digit salary in a city with a reasonable cost of living (or remote) so I can jump out of debt before 6 months? But I'm not holding my breath.

[–] MellowYellow13@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Went to Linux a couple months ago, its freaking awesome, you'll never look back. And it is way easier to use than people make it out to be. Also my PC has never been faster thanks to having zero bloat.

[–] Wiz@midwest.social 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I'm planning on it.

I tried a rest run with Kubuntu on an old laptop I had, and it runs 95% flawlessly. My biggest issue is my new Brother printer that I'm trying to install connected to Wi-Fi. The system sems to know it's there, but then doesn't seem to install the drivers. My Android phone prints there just fine.

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[–] CatZoomies@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Already upgraded to Linux Mint - https://lemmy.world/post/24365609

It’s been going great! Everything works as I expected. I now have full confidence that I will never switch back to Windows. It really does feel liberating having an OS that doesn’t track me.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I have 11, so not directly affected. But with "no more security updates" being the only real reason one needs to change, the obvious question here is if there is 3rd party software that can protect a Windows 10 system?

I remember when anti-virus software was in common use.

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[–] OldChicoAle@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (11 children)

How do I even get started? Do I just install Mint and figure it out from there? Linux seems so complicated but it's been a decade since I last tried. Nowadays, I feel old and this seems like it needs too much research

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[–] flemtone@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Steam OS, Batocera, Bazzite, Linux Mint.. so many great distros for gaming alone.

[–] pycorax@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Unpopular opinion but I'm just using 11. I deal with enough problems with Linux at work and as hard as it is to believe, Windows just work and fits my workflow too well. Linux works great on my Steam Deck but the occasional weird quirks it has with certain games/launchers means I can't use it as my main gaming platform, it's only fine on the Deck because it has advantages for the form factor.

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[–] swag_money@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

i jumped 🫡

[–] danciestlobster@lemm.ee 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)

I would love some advice, personally. How big of an issue is this really? Like....do I really have to care if there aren't system updates anymore? How big of a security risk is it actually?

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[–] DarrinBrunner@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I jumped ship to Linux Mint almost a year ago. No Microsoft products live here anymore. No regrets.

[–] MrsDoyle@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

My (perfectly good) PC isn't Win 11 compatible, so I can't upgrade from 10. I've got Linux running on an old laptop so I'm thinking of installing it on my PC. Buuut a few years back I moved from Google Drive to OneDrive and so now I'm looking at Proton Drive instead. It's all a big time soak, sigh. But worth it? I guess... The timing isn't great either - I've got an exam in October that I need to study hard for and do practical prep as well, plus I have travel plans. It's all a bit much. I'm too old to be this busy!

[–] frankgrimeszz@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

I tried out going 100% Linux a year ago. Unfortunately I was playing one of the very few games that has Linux issues. 100% CPU all the time was bugging me. It's not the fault of Linux. Anyway, that's how it played out. I may be tempted to try again soon.

[–] Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 2 months ago (2 children)

No way I'm switching to Linux yet, multi monitors support with mixed resolutions and vrr on nvidia still kinda sucks. As soon as someone makes that work I'll try it out on a separate partition. Buy last time I tried my other monitors had all kinds of issues when I had games open with gysnc

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[–] Apeman42@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Can anyone recommend a distro (and desktop environment?) that's going to be almost the same as desktop mode on the Steam deck? I'm getting more comfortable in that than I expected to be in any Linux, and to my surprise and delight I haven't had to delve into the command line at all yet.

[–] offspec@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (8 children)

The steam deck uses KDE Plasma 5 as its desktop environment, so anything that uses that should feel very similar. I recommend bazzite if familiarity is something that would appeal to you.

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[–] MattTheProgrammer@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (5 children)

My plan is to use my Linux box as my main PC with Steam installed so that I can remote play from my Windows gaming PC since not all titles natively work on Linux for me. That way, the only activity being performed on my Windows machine is gaming and everything else will live in Linux Mint

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