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And I don't plan to switch back either. Everything is just better on Linux for me (sh.itjust.works)

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[–] [email protected] 60 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

I've been doing that since 2013. I run Arch btw.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

me too, but only since late 2022

[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Here is my operating systems timeline:

[–] [email protected] 37 points 10 months ago (3 children)

You make an excel to track your operating system of choice for the year but don't include the distro?!? For shame.

[–] [email protected] 44 points 10 months ago (5 children)

Ok, Ok, Ok, I added it now.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

what's between 1994 and 2001? MS DOS?

[–] [email protected] 28 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No, I just didn't have a computer. I bought a MTX 80C and later a Ford Fiesta mk3, I also bought some Technics SL-1200 so I sould pretend to be a DJ:

In the end I just didn't have the need nor time for a computer.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

2024 ain’t over, you might switch to TempleOS…

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Me a few months back when I accidentally formatted the Windows drive I was keeping for dual booting just in case.

"Guess I'm a full timer now"

[–] SeekPie 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Me accidentally installing Fedora on BOTH my hard drives...

[–] AlijahTheMediocre 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

I heard you liked Linux so much, I installed Linux on ALL your harddrives

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[–] citrusface 33 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (23 children)

So serious question - are you supposed to dual boot window / Linux for some reason?

When I got frustrated with Windows - I wiped my hard drive and just installed Linux mint having literally never used Linux in my life. I didn't like mint so I tried pop_os (someone here recommended it, thanks again!) and I see zero reason to go back to Windows now.

What is the point of going back to Windows when I can run everything i ran before on Linux now?

My games work better and I've found so many free open source alternatives to everything - it's been really eye opening just jumping in. I'm glad I did.

Edit - I should have clarified Windows other than work, I understand Windows is the life blood of the corporate body - good points on forrnite / valorant / destiny - I don't play those so I didn't know.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

My Windows install does two things

Piracy/modding for consoles when there isn’t a Linux app available < I could probably use Wine

Figuring out tech support for other people when they refuse to use Linux

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

I thought you're supposed to dual boot until whatever version of windows you have EOLs and then look up the price of updating windows, say "fuck that" and just not boot windows again for a while and then eventually wipe it when you need more disk space.

Am I the only one?

[–] itsJoelle 8 points 10 months ago

Maybe some sort of software that runs better on Windows when you can’t run it through a tool similar to Wine. Even for that subset of software doesn’t work after running it within a VM gets smaller too.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Finally switched (again) full time to Linux early last year. With the current state of Steam proton I have finally 0 reasons to go back. If a game doesn't work natively on Linux, I refund and move on. There's so many games out there, I have no reason to go out of my way for any one.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago (3 children)

On my duel booted system I still have windows. But I haven't had to use it in a couple weeks and at this point might just delete it and go fully into Linux only. Just a few windows only apps that are making me unsure. Might try windows vm.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Honestly if I played any games that had anti cheat I would run a windows vm in QEMU/KVM. Go the GrapheneOS route and sandbox the spyware (cough Google and Microsoft cough)

[–] ichbinjasokreativ 16 points 10 months ago

Some anti cheats can detect that they're running in a virtual machine and if they do, you'll probably get banned for some reason.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago

I dual... Just kidding, been running Linux since 2008. I'm done being old Billy's dumpster raccoon.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Daily driving linux since i accidentally started formatting my windows drive while installing NixOS. Best mistake of my life.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Is this the new "I use nixOS BTW"? just sneak it into a nomal conversation like nothing happened? Legend.

[–] Telodzrum 11 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I'd tell all the NixOS evangelists to shut up, but they're immutable.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh god... I just switched yesterday. Borked my windows partition while at it, so linux-only it is. The pain I had yesterday... Out of the box, WiFi was busted, fan curves were busted, RGB was busted, HiDPI's is still busted, evdi is also still busted, solved surround sound just a few minutes ago. But hey, five problems solved in a day with two left to go is still much better than windows where a single damn bug in AMD software kept me going nuts for months with no fix in sight.

[–] itsJoelle 11 points 10 months ago (4 children)

It gets better too. I suppose it depends on your distro and hand ware mix as for what works out of the box.

Eg. my pure AMD Rog Zephyrus laptop worked with Fedora pretty much “out of the box” once I enabled 3rd party drivers.

It’s kinda like switching to stick shift— it’s touch weird, but once you’ve daily driven it a bit the system is second nature.

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[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

Once I'd tasted Linux Mint in 2019, I just gave up on Windows altogether. Linux and BSD all the way!

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago

It felt so great when I finally wiped my Windows drive back in the day. Suddenly I had an extra drive to distro hop to my heart's content without having to wipe the previous distro 👌

[–] aCodeCrafter 14 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (2 children)

Personally I do see how windows can be useful, but for 99% of the things I need to do on a PC I can just do on Linux. For (most) anything else, I can just use windows running on a VM in linux.

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[–] Suavevillain 14 points 10 months ago

It is a fantastic feeling when you just finally say fuck it and run Linux only as your daily driver.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 10 months ago

Took a sip of Ubuntu and now im addicted to arch. Dont do linux kids🙏🙏

[–] Hyrulian 11 points 10 months ago (9 children)

There are three things holding me back from making the switch full time, I use a stream deck from Elgato for automating a lot of tasks, I stream VR titles from Steam, and I have an Nvidia graphics card.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago

By the time i got my current pc I hadn't booted into windows for several months in the old one, so it never got installed on this one.

[–] half_fry_doctor 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Windows 11 used to consume 3.5GB of RAM and Solus Budgie 4.5 consumes only 1GB...

[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago (5 children)

For me Windows 11 used to consume 7GB of RAM, OpenSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE Plasma only uses 2GB

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[–] FrankTheHealer 9 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I switched to Linux in 2018 because my lovely to use MacBook stopped getting updates despite being a perfectly capable machine. It really sank in for me, how much Apple relies on planned obsolescence etc. I switched to Elementary OS and was fascinated by how it worked. That was nearly 6 years ago and now I use Linux on fucking everything.

I have come across times when I've needed Windows but I can usually just set it up in a virtual machine temporarily. However the times when I need Windows are becoming increasingly rare, thank fuck.

It's been absolutely phenomenal in the last 6 years to see how far the Linux and open source eco system has grown. My Steam Deck (Steam OS 3), Jellyfin server (Ubuntu) and even my Starlink (OpenWRT) Internet connection are all great examples of that. And I hope it continues.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (3 children)

Everything was running fine on Ubuntu for months until an update. Now it just crashes, trying to load.

Turns out Linux doesn't play well with NVIDIA.

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

haven't used windows in years. never looking back

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 10 months ago

Welcome to the dark side, we have cookies (the good one, not the browser ones)

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