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Removing Windows from your computer is like ridding your body of a terrible disease
this post was submitted on 08 Feb 2025
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I still alternate because not everything works as it should on Linux.
I usually host a local mumble server, I haven't been able to make it work, same for ZeroTier and xlink kai.
DRG crashes constantly, seems I need a new GPU... I don't have that kind of money and I won't have it for a while.
I'm still looking for a music player that has an UI like MusicBee, specifically its file explorer because I have my own organisation and most players just shove every album together (Elisa comes closer but it isn't the same).
Along Music Bee I have a plugin that searches for missing lyrics (lrc).
On the same line, I don't know if there's something like mp3tag so I keep going back.
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I'm still waiting for one of two things to happen:
- Windows 10 EoS
- Steam OS 3 official support for PC
Going to 100% Linux (currently dual boot for da gamez) within 24h hours from that happening
If you want Steam OS on a desktop, install Bazzite. It's the closest your going to get and it's great.
Bookmarking this in case I'll need it in 8 months
Kinda same. Using windows only for League of Legends. Yes, I am hooked on that. Best thing I can do is find other games to take up some time. I just installed ZenlessZoneZero via sleepy launcher yesterday on my Mint install. Time to dive into those gachas!
I've switched to DOTA 2 after the infamous butterfly trailer, which was about 2 years ago. I like it more than League now, though it's a shame DOTA doesn't have 2500MS Singed equivalent. To be fair, Primal Beast and Centaur Warrunner can get close, but nowhere near poisoning the whole teamfight and running away before anyone can process what has happened.
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Can't recommend it enough! I've tried Linux distros in the past but always found that there were hardware issues or certain programs didn't work. Not to mention I essentially had to give up gaming. Linux was cool but I just couldn't use it as my daily driver.
I switched to Pop!_OS last month and I've been blown away. The install was simple and straightforward and the only hardware that required special config was my gaming mouse that needed "libratbag" and "piper" to remap the extra buttons and adjust the RGB.
Other than that, all the programs I normally use like Discord, Dropbox, Steam, and every game I've tested so far work flawlessly. I don't feel like I'm missing anything or had to give up something like I did before. I actually feel like I've upgraded since I'm loving the auto tiling window manager and multiple desktops that Pop!_OS has as options.
I skimmed an article on enshittification yesterday
It mentioned Windows
Can something be enshittified if it was shit from the start?
It wasn't shit from the start though, was it.
Back when Windows 95 was a new thing it blew everything else out of the water. Suddenly there was an operating system that even regular people were paying attention to and getting excited about, and it actually deserved the hype.
Windows was a product at that time, where Microsoft made their money by people purchasing the operating system. And so the incentive was to make a great product that people wanted to buy and use.
This was true all the way through the Windows XP and 7 days, and only with the release of 8 and especially 10 did we start to see things change.
Microsoft - who used to put so much effort into trying to prevent people installing cracked Windows - suddenly didn't seem to care so much anymore about enforcing that. They'd realised that the true exploitable value was in the online ecosystem and the data, not the product, and that was the turning point for everything.
You make a very good point and are clearly a lot more knowledgeable than me.
I'm going to rephrase. Windows 11 was shitty from the start. I can defend that statement, which we both agree with, to save my ego from internal bleeding.
They keep adding shitty things to it.
I agree, 11 definitely was shitty from the beginning.
With 11 Microsoft are not even attempting to "sell" the operating system anymore, but instead are dragging people to it kicking and screaming, while they desperately try to cling to Windows 10.
Tells you everything you need to know about whether it's the consumer or Microsoft who are on the winning side of that "upgrade".
Joke's on you Microsoft, I had already switched to Linux at the time.
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I was planning on switching this year anyways but windows filling out a driveiI configured specifically to not get any data and then complaining about it led to an early switch.
Well to be fair I was using Debian on a second computer for years, but now my main one also runs Fedora
So true. Windows XP was the one that made me bail. I can't for the life of me understand what is taking everyone else so long... Its been all down hill since win 2000.
I agree with you in principle, but I kind of liked XP. It had some great features for retro gaming, which I don't recall seeing before then.