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

[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).

[lucidnightmare@lemm.ee]

Yes, going off of your reply, I can assume that the myriad programs that I run into that I might like to use are much much more niche in my case.

Thank you for your reply! It is good to finally get some sense of what kind of stuff people on Linux only use. I am probably just a niche example, but it still sucks since I want to ONLY use Linux.

[shdwdrgn@mander.xyz]

I've heard some aspects of gaming are supported really well (I think things like Steam?), but other aspects just don't have any backing because the developers only focus on Windows. I would think anyone who supports both Windows and Mac would also be able to port to Linux, but then I look at Microsoft who specifically avoids any support for linux or the software they do support just really sucks (looking at you, Teams).

If games are your main focus then Linux may not be for you. If productivity is your focus, then try imagining not being plagued by viruses or having to reboot every five minutes because of a system update. As with anything, different tools are best for different tasks.

[lucidnightmare@lemm.ee]

Yes, games and programs that are games adjacent are mainly what I use.

I've happily gamed on openSUSE, but have only been successful with anything through Steam. Some GOG games work, but I tried a few abandonware games (Sims 1, Sims 2) and could never get them installed properly for whatever reasons. Because of this, and the programs such as save editors, I actually went and created a KVM just for those Windows programs that I didn't want to reboot just to get back into Windows for.

Either way, I have "tweaked" Windows with ChrisTitusTech's Windows Utility just so I can block/remove as much telemetry and tracking as possible. I pine for privacy through Linux though.

I am wanting to help more though, so I've been to a few GitHub repos (wemod-launcher) to try and help them when I run into a problem on openSUSE. I may be a noob, but I want to try and help those that are trying to help convert those lost like I still hanging on to Windows for their niche stuff.

I've heard the right tool for the right job before. I just truly do love Linux, and want to only stay on there.

[vala@lemmy.world]

Basically every other DE aside from KDE doesn't support this for whatever reason.

[daggermoon@lemmy.world]

They don't care about home users buying licenses. That's probably less than 1% of license sales. As long as businesses are buying it they're happy. You can activate Windows with a github script. Microsoft would have fixed that vulnerability if they really cared.