6* months away now. If you're on 10, do you plan to upgrade? Make the jump to Linux?
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This sounds like October's problem.
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Sooo, I'm in the same boat. Only, I sold my GPU expecting to get an upgrade and then didn't for a long while - which is when I decided to make the switch to Linux, just to see how things go.
Now I added the GPU and - with issues - managed to get gaming going. It's fine, I think. Played Hogwarts Legacy yesterday for a couple of hours. Got a 7800x3d and RX 9070 XT, with everything on Ultra (including Ray Tracing) and upscaling disabled, my GPU would be sitting between 80 and 100% utilisation, but FPS was very comfortable (don't have a counter so don't know exactly how many, but it was smooth).
HOWEVER, after a couple of hours my main monitor turned off and the other one turned... green. I think the graphics driver crashed? Not sure, honestly. Anyway, after a reboot everything was fine. Overall, I had a nice four hour-long session yesterday.
I guess what I'm saying is - give it a go! KDE is beautiful (do recommend Garuda Linux just for the design choices, but they also have A TONNE of "I'm a noob, help" features pre-configured), gaming is fine, you might enjoy it. And if you don't, just switch back to Windows.
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I run Linux on a small mini pc for some casual browsing.
I run windows on my main pc.
As long as some kernel anticheat (fortnite, cod, etc...) doesn't run on Linux, I won't be swapping.
30+y of windows use also makes me infinitely more comfortable with windows. All the complaints I always read about are totally moot for me (I understand the issue of privacy in windows. It's the price I pay to have an OS that "just works" for me) .
While I enjoy tinkering, Linux is a royal PITA to use if you're not used to it. I spend hours trying to figure out how to fix something that takes me 5m max in windows. I understand it's a more a me than a Linux problem. But I'm certain many people struggle with the same things.
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Obviously Linux is the correct choice but I fear most will simply continue to suck it up and update to W11.
Obviously Linux is the correct choice
Spoken like a true fundamentalist, completely disconnected from reality! The top of the Linux breed!
Linux is not "obviously" the "correct" choice, mate. It CAN be. In CERTAIN scenarios. It's awesome if people do it, but you need to be real here.
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That's LTSC versions, they aren't meant for normal consumers, although you can find them if you want.
Or, of course, you can use their script to just activate it.
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I’m sure WarThunder is included in that.
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That's LTSC versions, they aren't meant for normal consumers, although you can find them if you want.
Or, of course, you can use their script to just activate it.
They are on that website, not just only the activator
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Jumped to linux for a test on an old laptop, currently on windows on my main PC but got parts on the way for a new build that's going to be Linux.
Welcome to the other side, make sure to enjoy and use actual documentation of your software instead of random Q&A answered by 'Community Moderators' on Windows forums
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Can I play the windows version. Of Microsoft realms?
Which one, Bedrock or Java?
For Bedrock there is an unofficial launcher: https://flathub.org/apps/io.mrarm.mcpelauncher (Disclaimer: Never tried it)
For Java there is the offical launcher: https://flathub.org/apps/com.mojang.Minecraft
Alternatively, for Java, there is also the much better unofficial launchers like Prism: https://flathub.org/apps/org.prismlauncher.PrismLauncher
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I'm planning on it.
I tried a rest run on an old laptop I had, and it runs 95% flawlessly. My biggest issue is my new Brother printer that I'm trying to install connected to Wi-Fi. The system sems to know it's there, but then doesn't seem to install the drivers. My Android phone prints there just fine.
I assume you tried adding a new printer through KDE? There's usually no driver needed if all you need to do is simply print/scan.
Does it fail with both options?
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My gaming pc has just switched over to bazzite (as I use it like a console/htpc). Been wanting to do it for ages but needed to get an amd card beforehand for the best experience. Windows really started to grind my gears in the last few months too.
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This sounds like October's problem.
October 2025, right?
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Right?
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I run Linux on a small mini pc for some casual browsing.
I run windows on my main pc.
As long as some kernel anticheat (fortnite, cod, etc...) doesn't run on Linux, I won't be swapping.
30+y of windows use also makes me infinitely more comfortable with windows. All the complaints I always read about are totally moot for me (I understand the issue of privacy in windows. It's the price I pay to have an OS that "just works" for me) .
While I enjoy tinkering, Linux is a royal PITA to use if you're not used to it. I spend hours trying to figure out how to fix something that takes me 5m max in windows. I understand it's a more a me than a Linux problem. But I'm certain many people struggle with the same things.
Maybe the last time you tried Linux was 30 years ago, but Linux compared to Windows just works.
If it takes you HOURS to find a fix to something that takes you literally 5 minutes, you are doing something wrong. Your research methods are flawed.
Some of my friends still use Windows, fixing their problems takes me half an hour to find a solution, while on Linux, I just open the terminal and insert one command. Last time that happened it was about a VPN kill switch. So the person had a VPN App installed on Windows with a kill switch enabled. Then they uninstalled the VPN application and the kill switch was still there.
How do you remove the kill switch? On Linux it's 'nmcli c 'killSwitchName' del' on Windows it's a journey to a new adventure.
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Can I play the windows version. Of Microsoft realms?
By emulating the Android version, yes. But The java version is better anyway.
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Made the upgrade last week to Linux mint and I’m loving it. Got my Arr stacks and stuff setup as dockers and it’s never worked so well. All the connection issues I’ve had on windows is now gone.
The interface is nice and not bloated. And I’m not being tracked which feels liberating.
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I run Linux on a small mini pc for some casual browsing.
I run windows on my main pc.
As long as some kernel anticheat (fortnite, cod, etc...) doesn't run on Linux, I won't be swapping.
30+y of windows use also makes me infinitely more comfortable with windows. All the complaints I always read about are totally moot for me (I understand the issue of privacy in windows. It's the price I pay to have an OS that "just works" for me) .
While I enjoy tinkering, Linux is a royal PITA to use if you're not used to it. I spend hours trying to figure out how to fix something that takes me 5m max in windows. I understand it's a more a me than a Linux problem. But I'm certain many people struggle with the same things.
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Maybe use a more friendly distro like Linux mint. It’s very similar to windows, and you don’t need to use the terminal.
I use popOS. Windows is still simpler
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Maybe the last time you tried Linux was 30 years ago, but Linux compared to Windows just works.
If it takes you HOURS to find a fix to something that takes you literally 5 minutes, you are doing something wrong. Your research methods are flawed.
Some of my friends still use Windows, fixing their problems takes me half an hour to find a solution, while on Linux, I just open the terminal and insert one command. Last time that happened it was about a VPN kill switch. So the person had a VPN App installed on Windows with a kill switch enabled. Then they uninstalled the VPN application and the kill switch was still there.
How do you remove the kill switch? On Linux it's 'nmcli c 'killSwitchName' del' on Windows it's a journey to a new adventure.
For how I use my pc, everything just works. To give you a counter argument. My logitech devices just work out of the box on windows. For Linux I had to get a little specific tool.
Also try installing Japanese language input on Linux. Compare how much simpler it is on windows.
Linux is NOT simpler than windows in all situations. Maybe your own research methods are flawed?I game, manage my NAS (truenas running jellyfish for media etc) , sail the high seas, and browse on my pc. I also remote into a small spare mini pc running Ubuntu server with a minecraft server on it. Could've ran the server on windows, but wanted to tinker with Linux to learn)
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So 43% of Steam users are the kind of stickler that refuse to update their Windows to an objectively better version because it's something new and different and breaks their habits. What would make you think these people would possibly just switch to a different OS altogether if a simple update was too much to ask for the past years?
