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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

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Having to use windows at work makes me appreciate my desktop Linux experience at home. (lemmy.ml)

submitted 4 weeks ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I’m a teacher and our division just “upgraded” to W11 with a new version of outlook that is basically a web app on desktop. Several times a day my laptop comes to a complete crawl while Teams decides to open itself. Can’t open or close programs, Firefox won’t register mouse clicks, nothing. Graphical glitches appear al the time with menu bars and task bars disappearing regularly, requiring force quitting the app or logging out of the desktop.

When I first switched to Linux I assumed my experience would be like this. But now it’s the other way around.

Rant over.

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[–] [email protected] 61 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

Also, I don't get how people just accept that any input they perform will require an average of 1s for feedback.

But at least now I understand why macs are so popular...

[–] [email protected] 28 points 4 weeks ago

This is the thing I hate most about windows. Did it register the thing I clicked? Is something happening? If I click again will it do the task twice? Complete opposite of how my Mac works.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 weeks ago (2 children)

I also experienced less "hiccups" since switching to Linux with KDE but I'd like to know on what combination of hardware and Windows you experienced anywhere close to an average of 1s response time to "any input".

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's a ~5 years old thinkpad. It may be due to it not being well managed but it really disn't up to the task. Being in a Teams call while using an external displays makes the framerate drop to ~10fps for example 🤷

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

That's mostly down to Teams though (being the bloated web app that it is), and not the underlying operating system.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

I think, it's both.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

right clicking on anything takes closer to a second on our school machines... on 10th gen i7...