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I finally deleted windows on every computer I own (self.linux)

submitted 4 months ago by sharpiewater to c/linux

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A while ago I installed Arch on my new laptop, as an alternative to windows. I managed to get everything i needed to work on arch work with the exception of some programs that do have debian support. So, I deleted windows from my old desktop, and I am installing Debian on that. In other words I will now be daily driving Arch and Debian on two different computers. I have escaped the windows hell.

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[–] TootSweet 18 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Congrats on making the leap!

Just out of curiosity, are you willing to share some/all of the things you're still having to resort to dual-booting with Debian for?

[–] sharpiewater 13 points 4 months ago (4 children)

not dual booting, they are running on completely different computers. But my main problem is a program called Hamachi not working correctly. I use it for "lan"-gaming with friends on games with dead servers.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hamachi could be replaced with your own WireGuard VPN server, just your friends would have to set up their clients.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Tailscale could also work, if they're looking for something with a little less setup difficulty. I haven't used it myself as I'm happy to tinker with WireGuard, but it's supposed to be quite easy to get going and I think the free tier isn't too restrictive.

[–] Nikki 3 points 4 months ago

personally love zerotier, all of the above work well though from my experience!

[–] sharpiewater 1 points 4 months ago

I actually tried tailscale but one of my friends apparently already has ti and coudlnt figure out how to connect to another network without spending more money

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Hamachi

Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long long time

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I bet OP is listening to their mp3 collection using Winamp while playing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

I was using Winamp right up until I made the switch to Linux last year.

Fortunately, Audacious can use Winamp skins, too, so I've still got that Winamp 2.x classic look going.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

As God intended!

[–] sharpiewater 1 points 4 months ago

More like plugging in my external dvd drive to my laptop to listen to my burned mixes with cava on my desktop

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

Use zerotier one, it's much better.

[–] LovePoson 2 points 3 months ago

Definitely try Zerotier