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    submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/linuxmemes
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    [–] LeadEyes 55 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    I wonder what portion of that is steam decks.

    [–] [email protected] 29 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

    Me too. As one data point, I don't use mine to access the web. However, it did get me confident with Linux as a viable choice for my desktop today. I went on to install it dual boot on my main and rarely if ever open Windows. It's probably a couple months behind in updates.

    [–] [email protected] 19 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    In the end I just uninstalled windows because every time I opened it, it tried installing all updates and I had to wait 20-30 mins to get to the desktop

    [–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    And don't forget the ten different single app updaters because there's no centralized update system. There's just so much stuff running all the time.

    [–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

    Hey so I know you deleted the Edge shortcut from your desktop the last three times, but this time I think you'll really like it, so I added it back!

    [–] BURN 1 points 9 months ago

    Tbh I prefer individual installation control and don’t really like the Linux store page method. I’d much rather install directly from the developer.

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

    Winget, the M$ Store and the other PM I forgot the name of (not choco) exists. But it should one day completely replace .exe installers, they aren't even practical nor secure! There is no moderation like in an app store.

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

    Yeah, I just ended up fully disabling windows updates. Still do most stuff on Linux but only boot windows for some specific games

    [–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

    I had no games that wouldn't run on linux so windows was just dead weight

    [–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Ahhh that's kind of like how it started for me. Now the things I can do on Linux far outstrip the things I can't, if I switched back to Windows.

    Have you messed around with different desktop environments (DEs) yet? That's my favourite part of Linux. I can't imagine using a laptop without tiling window manager

    [–] BURN 2 points 9 months ago

    To be honest, DEs are one of the biggest things I dislike about trying to use Linux. Nothing works with each other, solutions for one don’t work for another and unless you spend weeks configuring them they all look and function the same.

    Windows and Mac are simple. There’s one option, it works well and doesn’t need a bunch of tweaking to make it tolerable (at least to me)