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Approaching the end of window 10 and have no plans on upgrading to 11.

I am trying to find alternatives to applications I regularly use before jumping ship (it is mostly a gaming focused pc) any suggestions?

There’s oculus software for my vr but don’t know what I’m going to do with that

Small update: probably going to do Linux mint as that appears to be the most beginner friendly

Update two: that's a lot of comments, and Thanks for all the info

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[–] skitazd@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago

Linux mint is great

[–] NOOBMASTER@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago

Just here to recommend Zorin OS, in case Mint doesn't work out.

[–] turnip@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 week ago

Proton mail has an email and VPN together as a package.

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)
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[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

What is this table from? Is it from some website?

[–] Hawke@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

80% sure it’s Google Sheets. If not it’s very very close.

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[–] foremanguy92_@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Recommend you Linux mint.

But preferably use LMDE (Linux Mint Debian Edition) instead of Mint based on Ubuntu

[–] Emtity_13@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

What's the difference between the two?

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[–] Kurroth@aussie.zone 1 points 1 week ago

Pico might be a good way to jump shop on VR. Not sure if you can change OS on current hardware. But next purchase you have plenty of options.

[–] uxellodunum@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

over to Linux full-time back in ~3.15. I recommend you join the LUG Org (Linux User Group), as they have a load of resources in case you get stuck and have some people working on specialised Wine runners. They also run a Matrix Space that's worth joining.

For email and VPN, I recommend Proton. Even their free tier works well.

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