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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

I use Opensuse MicroOS on half a dozen PCs but I keep one on Windows until I can run Fortnite on Linux.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Jumped to linux with a new laptop, but not gaming on it. It's fine for what I need. My old machine will be for gaming only.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Gonna have to.

I don't mind it, just using w10 for simplicity's sake.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

My old as hell PC died I'm getting a steam deck as a replacement with a dock and ...so I'll just be dual booting into windows 11 and obviously steam OS when I decide to play hand held.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I've gotten to a point where the quality of a PS2 game is higher to me than most AAA releases. I mostly play retro games, more open multiplayer games that don't block users like TF2(and TF2) and indies... so, no. I don't really need Windows for anything.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Been on it for years

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Got a new laptop about a month ago. Put Fedora Bluefin on it immediately. Couple other computers/server have been running Debian flavors for year or two.

My main desktop is still Windows, but I literally never use it, especially since getting the laptop. I'll switch it over when I get time.

I'm still tied to windows for three apps. I've found a Linux replacement for one, I just haven't done the work to convert the database.

Another one I'm trying to run it's Android version in a waydroid docker, but I'm hitting walls, no time to dig deeper.

And the last one has no replacement, and it's too delicate to try emulating, I don't want to nuke the shared database it's attached to, it's not worth the headache. So I keep a Windows VM around for the once a month I need to use that program for 🤷‍♂️

I'm purposely being vague about the programs, they are very identifying, but trust me there's no alternatives.

Even with all that, I'm not looking back, win11 sucks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Been a Linux user for ages, I do have Windows 11 installed on another partition but I rarely - if ever - boot into it.

I mention the above spiel because I don't understand what additional points people have against windows 11? It seems very similar to windows 10 for me - what're the reasons for people hating it?

Genuinely not trying to be obtuse, here - I'm just wondering what the primary pain points are of win 11?

Is it the requirement for using a Microsoft account to log in vs. a normal local account? Or the one drive stuff? (upon install it did move most of my personal folders into a weird OneDrive directory, and I had to use the registry to wipe out OneDrive and move them back. Very annoying.)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

I've been on 11 since before it was officially released. Honestly never had any issues with it, but I'm interested in hearing what sort of issues anyone else might have had? Are we talking about privacy concerns, bugs or performance issues?

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