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I don't want to support microsoft and I don't want them controlling my computer.

Pros and cons of ditching them?

Any guides or tutorials or the process?

Any advice is appreciated!

I don't want to support microsoft and I don't want them controlling my computer. Pros and cons of ditching them? Any guides or tutorials or the process? Any advice is appreciated!

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Linux Mint. Its been said a few times on here already. Ive used it full time on all my home computers since 2014.

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Linux Mint

Has (((systemd))).

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THIS

I use and have historically loved Kubuntu. Fantastic in all regards except systemd (and maybe encroachment of flatpack). Have considered going back to Gentoo but old and lazy and kinda got spoiled by the "just works" aspects of Kubuntu. Perhaps Devuan.

Open to suggestions but, WRT original reply, AVOID systemd. There's a bad path there.

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I've tried a lot of different distros and had enormous headaches from most of them. The 'Buntus were the least likely to break from an update, and Mint lacks a lot of stupidity the 'Buntus have begun incorporating. IDK about systemd. Care to recommend a distro that doesn't include it? Or perhaps a way to replace systemd?

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Devuan. It's 95% Debian, just with all the systemd bullshit removed. Nearly every tutorial written for Debian will work for Devuan if the release names are changed to match, e.g. Devuan Chimaera is debian11 under the hood. I'm working on a quick howto for getting started which will go into this in detail. I've had no problems with Devuan once I got the Nvidia driver repo installed. Gaming is fine, software support is great, and everything just works.

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There's a link ITT with 14 distros w/o it.

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Systemd is awesome.

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Okay (((microsoft))).

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Maybe you're a proofreader for a magazine? Either it's vogue or guns and ammo.

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Same, it supports all of my shitposting needs

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User name checks out as they say on faggit

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Good luck getting Mint to run on anything modern, especially if you have an Nvidia graphics card. Nouveau had headaches (mainly repeated system hanging) and the drivers offered up by driver manager broke the system. Good times. Filed under "shit that doesn't happen in Windows"

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Well in all fairness my computer is 12 years old. So i wouldnt be entertaining a new one.