Microsoft is cracking down on people upgrading to Windows 11 on unsupported hardware

[01189998819991197253@infosec.pub]

Yeah... their post gave me the willies, too. It's like walking into Russia/Ukraine's front lines and yelling "fuck Putin" over and over.

"Well, I wasn't shot yet, so it's fine"

...

[ohvenus_baby@lemmy.ml]

Mint. There you forgot to finish your sentence.

[fizz@lemmy.nz]

WinXP is such a nice theme. Good choice.

[vala@lemmy.world]

The issue is with libinput so kinda but it's a "Linux" issue for sure.

[shdwdrgn@mander.xyz]

Sometimes I wonder what actual programs Linux permanents use on the daily.

For me it's the usual stuff like Firefox and Thunderbird, plus chat programs running constantly, with ssh consoles, VM managers, and text documents sitting in the background. Depending on which project I'm working on at the time I might be using GIMP, OpenSCAD, developing circuit boards, printing 3D models, writing arduino code, designing model train layouts, managing photographs or using kstars to run my star tracker. And there's the more mundane stuff like having LibreOffice and PDF docs open, playing music, or watching a downloaded TV show. I really get into a lot of different projects so from month to month there will always be something different running on my desktop.

I did finally break down and order a newer LGA1155 motherboard so I can bump up to 32G of memory, should be here tomorrow and then maybe I won't run so dangerously close to running out of memory all the time. Having to wait half an hour while firefox does garbage collection really sucks.

[shdwdrgn@mander.xyz]

Oof how much space do those Minecraft instance take up??? My biggest usage is from Firefox, usually takes about 10GB of memory on my 16GB systems, but I run a lot of heavier stuff like building 3D models in the rest of the available space. I'm waiting on a replacement motherboard so I can upgrade to 32G though.

[cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

I was really considering getting a new laptop and now I want it to be a Debian laptop. :^

[echodot@feddit.uk]

It's cute that you think that makes a difference it's not a problem on Windows which is all consumers will care about.

[balder1991@lemmy.world]

Well, I guarantee you that the whole world that don’t have strong currencies (like the dollar or euro) will find workarounds to avoid buying new computers.

[daggermoon@lemmy.world]

Why do they care? Don't they want the tiny market share of Windows 11 to go up?

[daggermoon@lemmy.world]

I wish Debian's installer didn't suck. I want to be able to use btrfs without manually partitioning. I know how to manually partition in Calamarus or whatever it's called but Debian's installer confused the shit out of me. Void Linux also had a more straightforward installer. Aside from that, Debian is great.

[mrvictory1@lemmy.world]

Had to literally compile C code just to change my touchpad scroll speed.

I can change that by moving a slider in KDE Plasma System Settings

[mrvictory1@lemmy.world]

Smart Switch needs drivers so it doesn't run on Wine.

[mrvictory1@lemmy.world]

exceptionally hostile to new users

What kind of hostility have you seen?

[monkeybrawler@lemm.ee]

Don't say, do.

[southendsunset@lemm.ee]

I don’t know much about business but I think that that is what they think that they’re doing….

[southendsunset@lemm.ee]

How do you choose a Linux OS?

[snortsgarlicpowder@lemmy.zip]

Well if you buy say a new laptop it will come with an OEM license so they make a sale unlike if you use your old windows 7/8/10 license.

[zacryon@feddit.org]

I am using Linux for work anyway and used Windoof just for gaming. I have hear good things about gaming on Linux recently, so that's a good incentive to make the full switch.

[cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone]

Personal preference really but Debian is pretty much just Ubuntu without the bloat. You can also try a lot of them on a live disk without installing (Mint is a good option too).