For anything non-gaming I use Linux.
For anything gaming I still use Linux.
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You had me in the first half. Not gonna lie.
I use arch btw.
I also use Arch, btw.
I use doors btw
I use Kubuntu btw.
macOS, mostly.
Been fiddling with Mint lately on my 2011 Macbook Pro, with a view to using it for self hosting a bunch of stuff, but havenβt really had the time / brane capacity to really figure it all out.
Windows can lick my anus. I have Win11 in a VM on my work Mac, and itβs dreadful.
I use Debian testing (Linux) for the most part. I maintain a Windows VM for Apple Music.
Been 100% Linux for over 3 years. All my servers, my fancy gaming PC, my personal laptop, my side business laptop, my work laptop, my Steam Deck, all Linux.
No dual boot, I have a single Windows VM on my work laptop to test Windows apps because my workplace is a Windows shop.
I don't miss Windows even a little bit. I am so much more free and enjoy computing way more now.
Windows. /s
The diagram of Linux fans and Lemmy users is pretty much a single circle.
βHow do I get my Mac to do this thing?β
βUse Archβ
Linux
Ditched windows several months ago now :3
Linux desktop and laptop
BTW I use arch
Linux. Seems like Windows comes with a lot of baggage these days.
Linux. Couldn't be arsed dealing with Windows.
MS-DOS. Just joking, Linux, obviously.
i get to use linux at home, im forced to use and support windows at work
On laptop Arch Linux with KDE because all is automatic, on gaming PC Arch Linux with i3wm because games and all runs so fast and so well.
Linux for gaming Linux for servers Linux for desktops/notebooks Linux at work Linux for mobile
Both. I have a desktop running Ubuntu (though I am strongly considering switching to debian) I use that for most computer related tasks and activities. I also have a gaming laptop running windows I dig out for some VR (it has a better gpu) and professional gigs like design or video editing.
I would install linux on the laptop, but I can't live without a few programs I have never successfully gotten running under linux (Resolve and the affinity suite). I could dual boot my desktop into rock linux (which is the only "official" resolve distro) and try to get affinity running under wine. I have been out of work for a few years though, so removing windows from the laptop isn't a high priority.
Both. I'd prefer Linux because it respects me as a user, but unfortunately too much stuff constantly breaks to fully convert. The moment I can play Assetto Corsa with all my mods using my wheel in VR I'll consider fully switching. Many other games already work though, so I'm slowly converting to using Linux as my default and Windows as the exception instead of the other way around.
(I use Arch btw)
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Linux for 10 years now.
windows ftw (forced through work) linux btw (because tortuous work)
Are there seriously no lemmy users on a Mac? Lol.
I use Debian.
lonely Mac user pops in to say hello
I do use a Mac and I hate it... It's a birthday gift from my family, because owning a Mac makes the "man"...
Uuhg, I always need to learn things twice... First how it works on Linux and than how to reproduce the same on Mac...
There are to many shitty workarounds that do not behave the same way Linux does even though it's UNIX based.
- .plist files comes to mind
- how to make a samba share mount on boot/access
- Default's to zsh
- Shitty default terminal and dumb keyboard shortcuts...
- Default applications are useless... (Thanks homebrew π)
I fucking hate it... And after 4 years of intense use I still do not understand why people would willingly buy something like that closed crap ecosystem. Maybe just a hipster thing...
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Linux, it fits my needs better on desktop, and is much less painful to troubleshoot than Windows, with more freedom and control than macOS.
I use all 3, ordered by how often I use them: Linux > MacOS (hackintosh) > Windows
GNU/Linux only, with KDE Plasma for desktop as possible. Using it on work laptop (Kubuntu), home laptop (openSUSE Tumbleweed), PC (openSUSE Tumbleweed, also used for gaming), Steam Deck (Arch-based SteamOS). I don't use spyware/adware so Windows is out of question for me. Also it is not free as in freedom and opensource.
Nice to see another openSUSE Tumbleweed user!
Desktop:
Windows. Got the thing a few years ago and didn't bother installing Linux since I was still new to it and didn't have the drive to learn enough about Linux to go through with it. Haven't done it now because I'm probably upgrading in less than a year and no point since I can just use it for experimenting with server stuff.
Laptop:
My last couple laptops have ended up with Linux on it. On my absolutely shitty pawnshop laptop I broke something in windows, making it so I couldn't do a lot of admin things since there was technically no admit account. Didn't feel like paying for a fresh installation on the shitty thing, so I instead switched it to Ubuntu, which I had in a thumb drive because I was trying to follow a guide telling me how to fix my windows issue, which didn't work at all.
My current store bought laptop runs a Debian fork that I wanted to try, MX. I quickly ran through the win11 setup process before removing that bloatware OS off it. Now I have things set up in a way that works just right for me, despite not being able to figure out why the headphone jack has a problem where it'll only play very staticy, very low volume sound at max volume depending on how loud the original audio is. I've given up on that, though, because I'm not smart enough to figure it out and have already switched to a wireless bluetooth set that works.
Yes
Windows to play pirated game
Linux for everything else, including work.
Dual booting WinOs 11 and OpenSuse Leap 15
I only use OpenSuse rarely tho.
Need Win11 to run stuff like Ansys for college.
Both. It's not like you have to use only one.
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