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Looks like Windows will certainly transition to a subscription base soon. https://www.laptopmag.com/news/windows-10-could-soon-be-offered-as-a-subscription-based-cloud-service

Looks like Windows will certainly transition to a subscription base soon. https://www.laptopmag.com/news/windows-10-could-soon-be-offered-as-a-subscription-based-cloud-service

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[–] • 9 pts

Let 'em. I started moving all of our devices to Linux a while ago. Dual boots for now, as needed, but will push windows out as we go.

[–] • 2 pts

what Linux OS is best? Ubuntu went corporate and a hard pass.

[–] • 4 pts

I use Kubuntu and have very few complaints, KDE is such a slick desktop environment and Ubuntu is stable.

[–] • 0 pt

I've been a KDEfag since 2003. Could never get behind the aesthetic of Gnome

I use xfce on my server though because it's lightweight.

[–] • 4 pts

I still like Ubuntu for now just bc most developers roll out on that distro first. Mint is considered one of the easiest to use.

If you still have to use windows for anything, I recommend buying the professional package for 16 dollars https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIogdy-96n0

or using O & O shut up to clean up the bloat ware https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10

[–] • 6 pts (edited )

The secret is that all Linuxes are 99% the same. Your system is just the software you install. All linuxes have a package manager that works 90% the same that gives you the exact same software. It literally doesn't matter.

I use Artix because I have a slight preference for OpenRC and Arch. If you don't know what OpenRC means, good news. That means what system you install 100% doesn't matter.

Why do I like Arch? It has the best documentation for every topic in the Arch wiki and you know what's in that wiki will apply to your system, and the AUR, a user submitted collection of software that is compatible with Arch, is freaking huge.

The other nice thing about it is every software served by its package manager is the newest version by default. No more getting excited about new releases of Ubuntu, OMG, they updated this item to this version, get hyped about this version of Ubunu! While with no in your face marketing at all Arch has just had the newest version every single day.

The myth that one linux is harder than another is bullshit. Most people are going to just run a browser. That works out of the box in all distros. If you want to do more then the complexity relates to the activity you are doing and 99.9% of that has nothing to do with what distro you are running. If anything the existence of AUR would in theory make Arch the easiest because there is probably something in there that does what you want to do exactly with no extra steps.

It's also extremely uncucked.

[–] [deleted] • 2 pts

How the hell have I not heard of ShutUp10 before? This tool looks extensive in its privacy settings. Thanks for sharing it!

[–] • 1 pt

Ubuntu/Mint for that windows-like feel. (Easiests to use) TAILS/Kodachj for security/anonimity. (Tails can be used with all of its features from an usb, so you don't even need to install it on your pc) Debian/Kali for powerusers and/or developers.

[–] • 0 pt

The first I managed to stick with (tried a Ton of distros starting in the late 90's) was Manjaro. Easy to install and it's been completely unobtrusive to use for the past few years I've had it. My main computer is still dual-boot with Win7 because there are 2 or 3 things that I simply can't do in linux, any linux.

Every version offers a live USB option so you can test-drive it a little. I think the biggest thing to decide is really the Gnome/KDE (or XFCE) thing. One's more customizable in terms of appearance, one's less resource intense.

[–] • 0 pt

I use SUSE since the 90's and I'm happy with it.

[–] • 0 pt

I used Zorin for ubiquity - to make sure my wife was able to maintain functionality with her gear and to ensure she could dig the transition. I also us Solis. Considering Pop_OS, but I am not certain; Manjaro maybe.

[–] [deleted] • 4 pts

Hell no.

Have been sticking it out as much as I can in Linux Mint lately, I can see the writing on the wall.

Sure, I've lost count of the hours I've wasted getting this or that to work right... fucking 4K video in any browser still don't work right, 4K video using mpv w/ yt-dlp still don't work right... but I've learned a lot along the way and I don't waste nearly as much time as when I started. The 4K streaming thing is really the only reason I restart PC and flip back to Winblows at this point in time.

I'm to the point where I can nearly complete an embedded PIC project from start to finish almost entirely in Linux... Microchip made their IDE compatible with Linux and the logic analyzer software I use also has a Linux version. Only part of my toolchain I'm not to do in Linux yet is to make schematics with Altium... it is the faggot piece of software that has no Linux version yet, so have to go back to Winblows to make the schematics. I fought with Wine and lost, trying to get that to work with Altium.

Had a good time doing Raspberry Pi C projects entirely in Raspian using just the built in IDE called Geany and GCC. Good enough for me.

Learning curve can be a bitch, especially when you're used to damn near everything "just working" with no effort in Winblows. Linux is getting better in that respect, though... Not everything is a bitch these days, a few things do "just work" right out of the box. Not like it was maybe 10 years ago when I tried and gave up on Linux as a serious replacement. I'm not a patient man. At the same time, I'm not too keen on Microshaft's latest bullshit. If I have to start paying monthly to use my computer, I'll gladly do battle with Linux from now on.

Check out Libre Office's latest release . Pretty dang nice compared to the stock version my Linux distro came with.

[–] • 2 pts

I take it Wine for Linux is okay then?

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt

Couldn't tell ya... only thing I've ever tried to get running with it was Altium, I failed and gave up on that... More than likely not Wine's fault, dumbass me just can't figure the magic settings and commands to make it work with Altium.

[–] • 0 pt

Depends 100% on the application and the only way to know, is to try. For instance, Adobe Acrobat doesn't work (I occasionally need to edit PDFs and know that program the best since it's the one I used for nearly 2 decades), a few different trading apps work (Oanda, ThinkorSwim), and some Really weird stuff absolutely doesn't (IC programmer). Simple games seem to work fine, haven't tried more intensive ones as that's not my thing.

The more time you spend in linux though, the more you find yourself finding alternatives that are native to linix and learning them.

[–] • 4 pts

windows is only good for gaming anyways.

[–] • 1 pt

I'm finding that wine on Ubuntu is working well enough.

Besides the age of gaming distraction is over. Prepare. Learn. Do.

[–] • 1 pt

The problem is more the kernel driver support than anything.

[–] • 1 pt

I agree that Windows is better for gaming, but what do you mean by "kernel driver support?"

[–] • 1 pt

It's literally the only thing keeping me on Windows. I don't even give a shit about keeping parity with work as I can just run Windows in a VM to maintain familiarity with it, but you can't game in a VM.

[–] • 2 pts

PFFFF NO. I'm already not sticking with it now. I'm on a Linux machine as I type this reply.

[–] • 2 pts

Honestly, this is horribly misinterpreted

A cloud desktop provides two badly needed functions:

  • In large industries (think a hospital) where you have literally hundreds of PCs to manage it's a huge challenge, this facilities a thin workstation that could be a gateway to the cloud workstation that uses a standard configuration. Restarting a thin workstation would get you a new cloud instance without the malware someone installed.

  • Organizations need consultants to connect to their networks in this new remote world, this offers a company to host a virtual desktop in a DMZ for a consultant to access company data while keeping off of the consultants computer.

Lastly, the challenge of creating a thin terminal in example #1 that could initialize the hardware, connect to the internet and login to the cloud would require a very specific hardware build - going against the "build your own PC" idea, something that offers competitive advantage to Microsoft and the gaming community.

[–] • 1 pt

I don't think the concern is that it isn't a useful idea in many (mostly corporate) applications. It's the continuing loss of personal freedom to control your own computer.

I would think plenty of people would be fine with it for their job, and very against it for their personal lives.

Personally I've been done with Windows since Win 8, but I still primarily use a Windows computer for my job. Also I fucking hate Windows 10 (what I use at work). They literally move buttons around, etc, every single time they update. Every week or two you will lose some basic functionality, and then it will randomly come back a week later. It's like the digital version of mental illness.

[–] • 0 pt

Nose check in isle 1.

[–] [deleted] • 1 pt (edited )

Assuming I still use Windows outside of a virtual machine made for very specific things that don't work with Wine?

[–] • 1 pt

I abandoned Microsoft back when they came out with Windows 8.

[–] • 1 pt (edited )

I removed Windows entirely this year once I realized that Proton works well with any games that I might potentially want to play. Debian Stable works well as a no-fuss reliable Linux distro.

[–] • 1 pt

Ditched Windows for 90% of personal use in 1997. Gave up the last use case of Quicken-in-a-VM about a decade ago. Kubuntu does everything I care about and does it tremendously well.

[–] • 1 pt

I am a lazy fuck, still running W7, will be migrating to Linux when it happens.

[–] • 0 pt

Same here for the most part. I do have a newer PC that came with windows 10 (I fucking hate it), which I only really use as a VR rig. My day to day PC is Win7, the last acceptable windows version.

I don't know much about Linux other than the fact that its a pain to get it to run some software/games. I won't pay a subscription for some new windows pile of shit.

[–] • 0 pt

I am checking out Mint and so far it seems to be the best contender for what I envision for my migration. I don't really game anymore, but I do have some SS from the old days, Counter-Strike Diablo II. Libre Office is fully compatible with office, as you can save your docs and stuff in docx ppt formats.

Hope this helped.

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