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Those who tried Linux and went back to Windows, what caused you to go back to Windows? (self.asklemmy)

submitted 1 year ago by agelord to c/[email protected]

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Additionally, what changes are necessary for you to be able to use Linux full time?

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[–] squidman64 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I got tired of having to endlessly maintain it, vs windows which generally just works (no fighting with audio drivers, wifi drivers, gpu drivers, suspend to disk works without glitching, etc) and i like playing video games without having to deal with wine. Still run linux on servers, and my work desktop and laptop are linux since we have an IT department which maintains it for me.

[–] squidman64 1 points 1 year ago

Oh also windows has handled high DPI monitors and mixed DPI multi monitor setups perfectly for a decade or more, I think linux only more recently started handling it ok and it’s still got quirks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

I think the experience depends a lot on what ditros you're using and your hardware configuration. I started out on Manjaro and that ran terribly for me, then i went on to Linux Mint which i liked a lot and that was solid, but since i got a new GPU i needed a distro with a newer kernel which made me switch to Pop!_os and that is also running great. But i won't deny that audio was a bit flakey on Mint for me until i messed with it, seems solid on Pop though.