Microsoft tells Windows 10 users to just trade in their PC for a newer one, because how hard can it be?
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Lmfao yes, case in point.
But I'm going ahead and trying to sift through all the info I'm getting here, and so far I'm getting the idea that what ever I start with should at least have the word Mint
Yeah, Mint is fine and has enough users to have decent guides out there, a broad support system and great comparability. Think of it like a phone: you can pick a Samsung phone of a specific model, or a Motorola, or a Google Pixel or whatever and they can all run the same apps. The brand and model are mostly a preference thing, and while they do have their differences, once you have an Android phone you can see what those differences are firsthand and change later down the road. The biggest shift would be going from an iPhone to any Android phone. Later on you can worry about which Android brand you like best, what you like about specific interfaces or whatever. Some are nicer to use than others for sure, but it's not as big of a deal as some people make it out to be as long as you get something generally popular, modern and with enough support/backing/users.
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That's apple wanting to control their closed hardware ecosystem. Windows is built to run on a significantly wider range of hardware, so isn't really comparable in that way.
True, microsoft is a wehrmacht nazi soldier where as apple is full on gestapo.
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And I can’t game on Apple. A mac is a useless brick for the remaining 50% of what I do on a computer.
I highly recommend separate machines for work and personal/play.
If you need Adobe stuff for play, then a separate drive for Windows makes a ton of sense.
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October is going to be a great month to get a cheap second hand computer.
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there is a vocal subset of the community that thinks referring people to just read technical manuals is fine
I mean, I agree, it's not ideal. Just to point out though.... Windows is also not really well documented, and if you have an issue that's a bit on the unusual side? You can find yourself skimming forums for days, or just saying fuck it and reinstalling. There's definitely more information out there on Windows troubleshooting, but it has market dominance and it would be insane if there wasn't loads out there.
If you come across people hating Ubuntu - including myself - it's usually for ideological reasons rather than usability ones.
Yeah, fuck canonical! Shame they make a fairly decent and stable distro......
I got pushed away from arch because of the constant RTFM answer to questions when trying to google solutions to problems. Half the time they wouldn't even link the actual part of the manual they were talking about and just linked the whole thing to the person in question.
Running gentoo now and couldn't be happier with the community and how helpful people are.
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Hbomberguy is so based
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Translation: "Install Linux."
Kinda excited to go all the way and swap my last holdout. The last thing Windows forces me to do.
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Just get Mint, you'll be fine.
I'm a noob, and Mint fully works. I had only the smallest of learning humps before I was set. Mint reminds me of Window's glory days, and it makes me happy
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It's one new PC, Michael. How much could it cost? $10?
based on the context of the show shed say like 10,000$ but I like yours better lol
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People are too addicted to video games apparently
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I got pushed away from arch because of the constant RTFM answer to questions when trying to google solutions to problems. Half the time they wouldn't even link the actual part of the manual they were talking about and just linked the whole thing to the person in question.
Running gentoo now and couldn't be happier with the community and how helpful people are.
Yeah, I'm not on base Arch. I run Garuda Arch, it's a quite polished derivative.
Things that drew me to, and kept me on Garuda:- Flavours in:
-KDE(lite & several other KDE based including a gaming flavour with options for a bunch of preconfigured programs)
-GNOME
-Cinnamon
-XFCE
-SWAY
-i3
-Hyprland
-A NixOS subsystem
-COSMIC - The forums are highly active, any issues that aren't already covered in the forum the Devs are really quick to respond to. Think the longest I waited for a Dev or mod/admin to hop into a question I posted was 45mins.
- The gaming flavour's preconfigured bits work exceedingly well OOTB
If you're feeling a hankering to distro-hop, I would highly recommend Garuda.
- Flavours in:
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Yeah, I'm not on base Arch. I run Garuda Arch, it's a quite polished derivative.
Things that drew me to, and kept me on Garuda:- Flavours in:
-KDE(lite & several other KDE based including a gaming flavour with options for a bunch of preconfigured programs)
-GNOME
-Cinnamon
-XFCE
-SWAY
-i3
-Hyprland
-A NixOS subsystem
-COSMIC - The forums are highly active, any issues that aren't already covered in the forum the Devs are really quick to respond to. Think the longest I waited for a Dev or mod/admin to hop into a question I posted was 45mins.
- The gaming flavour's preconfigured bits work exceedingly well OOTB
If you're feeling a hankering to distro-hop, I would highly recommend Garuda.
- Flavours in:
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I'll check it out. Ive been running a single distro for almost a month which is far too long.
Yeesh! Well....now you can install every flavour of Garuda!
12 flavours should keep you busy for at least an afternoon! -
Can you believe this company has a Chief Sustainability Officer? What the fuck do they do all day?
Yell at the wind
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Yeesh! Well....now you can install every flavour of Garuda!
12 flavours should keep you busy for at least an afternoon! -
Always wandering why it isn' t possible for Microsoft to maintain their version and update all along. Linux can do it, Android can do it. I' m not sure about Apple.
I switched to Linux years ago and I'm still most satisfied about my choice. My current laptop is from 2009 and can still go on for years. That is what you call sustainabilityAndroid doesnt, my S8 can no longer be updated and many apps are beginning to no be supported. I love this phone, all the new ones are way too big.
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Android doesnt, my S8 can no longer be updated and many apps are beginning to no be supported. I love this phone, all the new ones are way too big.
Lineageos. I'm like 1 android version behind latest on s9.
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I can't really think of a better example of what you're talking about than that there's three other people replying to this, each recommending you use a different flavor of linux...
Eh, I gave them one. The others are also fine.
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Lemmy know how you get on
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I never liked Windows 10, I had way too many issues with it. However, so many companies rely on old versions of Windows and it takes them years to upgrade to the latest version. The machines I use at work still have Windows 10 installed because the software we rely on isn't compatible with Windows 11 yet. This whole "trade in your old PC for a new one" is ridiculous. Thankfully there's many Linux distros that work with older hardware so you don't need Windows!
