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[–] Spider89 62 points 1 year ago (11 children)
[–] elboyoloco 79 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Didn't work. I switched to Linux and still no option to uninstall Cortana

[–] Spider89 12 points 1 year ago

sudo apt autopurge cortana

[–] CeeBee 4 points 1 year ago

Cortana was uninstalled as part of the Linux install process. It's a two-in-one deal.

[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Linux ~~is an option~~ is the answer.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

What you're referring to as the answer, is in fact, GNU/Linux, or as I've recently taken to calling it, GNU plus Linux.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

All hail Stallman

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[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Me: Hey linux, uninstall GCC

Linux: are you sure?

ME: sudo do it

Linux: ok

Me: hey linux, update packages

Linux: error

Me: linux reinstall GCC

Linux: error

A short adventure with a valuable lesson learned by myself.

[–] Spider89 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

What distro requires gcc!? Arch!!?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

No, arch doesn't need GCC. Maybe Gentoo. But this smells like a troll anyway

[–] dafo 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm wondering if they meant glibc, that would cause issues

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yes it was glibc, been a few years, and yes I was on Arch at the time

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Gentoo obviously

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Hell yeah. I changed my main OS to Linux mint. First time on Linux, and I love it so far.
I only use Windows for stuff that Linux cant run yet.

[–] Weslee 9 points 1 year ago (5 children)

I keep wanting to switch, but the fact you just said you still use windows for some things is enough for me to just stick with windows, until Linux can do everything windows can then I feel like constantly switching is more hassle than whatever improvements Linux provides

[–] GojuRyu 6 points 1 year ago

I have both windows and linux on my laptop. I think I opened windows some time one or two years ago. I do however have a desktop with windows for gaming, though that has improved on Linux a lot in recent years.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I installed Mint as dual boot over a year ago and the only reason I ever booted back was one game that didn't run quite well enough. Of course depending on your wants and needs it may vary, but you won't know until you give it a shot.

[–] Weslee 1 points 1 year ago

I wonder if there is anything on Linux that lets you install windows as a container, like a reverse of WSL

[–] c0mbatbag3l 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The only thing holding me back is warzone which requires windows because of the anticheat.

All of my other games work better on a lightweight Linux install with proton compatibility than on Windows.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Well, my favorite is The Dark Mod (OpenSource), it works on all OS, but generally most games are Windows only, at least if you want more than sidescrollers or games like those 20 years ago. The problem is not that Windows is better for gaming than Linux, rather the opposite, the problem is only the availability of games for Linux, not something else. Mac users have them even worse, at least if you don't settle for things like Mario Bros or 8 Bit sidescrollers.

[–] CeeBee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

until Linux can do everything windows can

It already can. It can even run a huge amount of Windows-only software.

In fact, Linux can do way more than Windows can (like installing multiple desktop environments and switching between them as you like).

[–] Weslee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not sure exactly how the Linux multiple desktops work but windows is able to do this also, unless I'm confusing it for something else

[–] CeeBee 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

unless I'm confusing it for something else

You are. What you're talking about are virtual desktops or virtual workspaces.

I said "desktop environments", which is a specific thing in Linux. It's the GUI and suite of tools that come with it. They all tend to have a usecase in mind and different philosophy. There's Gnome, KDE Plasma, xfce, lxde, Budgie, Cinnamon, Sway, and a whole bunch more that I can't remember.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] CeeBee 1 points 1 year ago

Well now, that's certainly something I didn't expect!

Although the site for the Windows installer doesn't work

[–] Weslee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

So it's basically themes and preset packs of apps?

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Windows you can do this too by default, without the need to install nothing. In the setting you can create several desktops or monitors, separate or continuos. By default Windows include a lot of features, even speech to text or command, you can create your own fonts with a tool that Windows has by default (eudcedit) and a ton of other tools it has. That Linux can do more than Windows is nonsense, this isn't the advantage Linux has, en both you can do way more than you ever need.

[–] CeeBee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In Windows you can do this too by default

No it can't. You don't even know what I'm talking about, clearly. I said "desktop environments". I didn't say anything about virtual workspaces. The only alternative desktop environment I know about for Windows is Stardock, and even that was a massive hack. I don't even know if they still exist.

By default Windows include a lot of features

Ironically, this is one of Windows' largest issues. They give you everything including the kitchen sink, but they used construction glue to hold everything in place. So all those features you don't need or want (Xbox Gamebar, or whatever it's called now) is impossible to remove without breaking the system.

even speech to text or command, you can create your own fonts with a tool that Windows has by default (eudcedit) and a ton of other tools it has.

Oh sure, like any mature OS for the past two decades.

That Linux can do more than Windows is nonsense

I guess you missed the tongue-in-cheek tone from my comment. But even so, Linux being able to do more than Windows is a valid point. And the things it does the same as Windows, it sometimes does them better (things like performance and stability)

For example: On Linux, I can setup a new drive with BTRFS or even ZFS. Can't do that on Windows, because our choices there are: FAT32, exFAT, and good ol' NTFS.

en both you can do way more than you ever need.

This is definitely true for most average users.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (6 children)

Well, if you mean customize the Desktop, there are certainly several apps. The first which ocurres me is Rainmeter (FOSS), also Rainlendar(Freemium), and some others. Not a big Problem with this.

I don't mean the obvious functions and features of Windows, like Xbox, but a lot of apps included, such as the aforementioned eudcedit or the somewhat more well-known GodMode. The problem is that these are very little to nothing documented by MS.

Where I give you the reason is in performance, although at this point Windows has also improved a lot, at least in this aspect I have no complaints at all in W10 (well, at least after removing all the unnecessary services that it brings by default). On Linux it is perhaps somewhat better, but it also depends a lot on the Distro you use, some can also be quite resource hungry.

Regarding stability, I have no complaints since W7 either, Windows is a fairly stable system, even more W10. In old Windows an Appcrash mostly also crashed or blocked the system, not so in last versions. In W10, if an app crash, Windows simply takes you back to the desktop, killing the process, or a Menu appears when an app doesn't respond, giving you the choice if you want to wait if it finishes responding, or kill the process.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

What specifically do you still need Windows for? It's possible that you can get it all running under Proton.

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

Ironically, Windows has the largest FOSS catalog of any OS, apart from soft proprietary of course. Also, many official and professional business apps are only available for Windows. Gaming can also be a reason to use Windows, although this is slowly changing.

[–] CeeBee 2 points 1 year ago

I only use Windows for stuff that Linux cant run yet

Can you share some examples? I'm genuinely curious.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

Me: Linux, can you uninstall the bootloader and kernel?

Linux: sure thing

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

A lot of linux desktop environments will break as well if you remove some seemingly useless package

$sudo apt remove kwrite

The following packages with also be REMOVED: kde-plasma-desktop, [all the other KDE desktop packages]

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