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[โ€“] [email protected] 13 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (2 children)

Everybody seems to hate Windows but then...

Come on! It's good, it's free, without ads nor legal corporate spywares, if you want to resurrect your 10 years old computer it will work, if you want gaming on your super PC it will work too, what else can you ask for?

If someone needs help to do the change just tell me :)

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

There are apparently a lot of people still using Mac OS El Capitan or lower.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Macs are crazy expensive and nothing has gotten cheaper in terms of cost of living. Most people will assume that if it keeps working they don't need to upgrade/replace.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Oh yeah, I donโ€™t disagree. Iโ€™m just surprised that there are so many people still rocking the older OSโ€™s. Nicely surprised.

For what itโ€™s worth, all three of my older Macs are now running Mint, having gone through a few years of Opencore.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

My MacBook is over 10 years old and doesn't get updates for years now, still works great. I ditched iPhone because of the high price and will probably not buy another MacBook when this one dies but I am really surprised how long they last. I do not run heavy apps or games so that probably makes a big difference but I can run 100 tabs and watch full hd movie without it slowing down cannot believe it. Also retina display and ssd so even after 10 years, if I were to replace it with a budget or midrange windows laptop tomorrow I don't think it will feel like an update.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago

Yeah, theyโ€™re solid. I have a 2014 mini running Linux Mint that I use as my Home Assistant / Plex / Syncthing server. I also have 2011 mini thatโ€™s also running Mint that I use at work for giving presentations.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago (3 children)

How are Linux users handling software that doesn't exist on Linux. For example I bought the affinity software (photo, designer, etc) and I'd rather not lose that to use gimp or something.

[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 4 days ago
  • Wine
  • Windows in a virtual machine
  • Cross-platform / web apps, e.g. Photopea
  • Alternatives, e.g. Krita
[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 4 days ago

You can use Wine to run windows programs

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

I don't have experience myself with affinity software specifically but here I found a step to step guide on how to run it on Linux:

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?%2Ftopic%2F182758-affinity-suite-v2-on-linux-wine%2F=&%2Ftopic%2F182758-affinity-suite-v204-on-linux-wine%2F=

Like the other person said, Wine is the way to go to run Windows specific software on Linux.

The cool thing about Linux is that you always find a guide for whatever problem you may have and also the community is huge and super nice to help you with any issue.

Also you can always have Linux + Windows with dual boot and try out things until you are comfortable to do the change, or just abandon Linux if it is not your cup of tea, but at least you have tried.