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I start: the most important thing is not the desktop, it's the package manager.

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[–] Potatos_are_not_friends 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Trying not to make it windows.

There's a lot of conveniences that Windows comes default with.

When I switched to Linux, my immediate goal was to find alternatives for EVERYTHING. That lead to being disappointed by a lot.

Understanding Linux and also recognizing there's a lot of shit I don't need (that windows was giving me for the sake of VALUE) was a game changer.

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

Understanding Linux and also recognizing there's a lot of shit I don't need (that windows was giving me for the sake of VALUE) was a game changer.

This 100%! After using Linux for the past few years I've realized a lot of the crap windows has by default is stuffed in there to have something to market.

[–] rusty 1 points 1 year ago

Nowadays there's a lot of good alternatives for everything, including windows hello for any password prompt