I dumped Windows 10 for Linux, ha!
this post was submitted on 14 Jan 2026
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I dumped Windows 98 for Linux (however, work has for various reasons forced me to keep either a windows or crappintosh 'puter around).
Yep, yep, due to legacy projects I still have a Windows VM guest where I do as less as possible
Me too, for Fedora!
#metoo kde plasma
Good lord! What did the KDE Plasma do to you?
Is it too soon to start hijacking #metoo for other relatable trends? Maybe?
in my experience one of the biggest hurdles people have when switching to Linux the first time is one of attitude. They just expect Linux to be a drop in replacement for Windows and work exactly the same. It doesn't though. It's a completely different operating system. So when all of the little quirks and features they've learned from Windows don't quite work the same in Linux they don't stop to try to learn HOW these things might work in Linux, they instead ask how they can make Linux work the way it does in Windows. Which of course leads them down a rabbit hole of tweaking things. Now don't get me wrong, a lot of DEs are already really similar to windows out of the box and can usually be tweaked even further to emulate Windows quirks, but this is not a good experience for a new user. They get the impression that Linux is hard and requires all this effort to "get it right" when really they just need to learn. I think if distros spent time creating interactive new user orientation guides that went over a bunch of these things it would be helpful in that regard.
They just expect Linux to be a drop in replacement for Windows
To be fair, this is perpetuated pretty hard by YouTubers/influencers.
"Omg I switched to $DISTRO and it BEATS Windows in gaming!" "No issues!" "Printers just work!" "OnlyOffice is compatible with MS Office!"
And then when you "switch" to Linux and you get sub-par performance and everyone's answers on forums are:
- Giant list of random proton launch options to try with zero explanation
- "Linux does not work with X game!"
- "It works for me!"
- Suggestions to try all Proton versions including GE versions
- Suggestion to switch to an entirely different distro with different release schedules/objective
- "Why are you using X distro when you should use Nobara/Bazzite/Cachy/Debian/Mint/whatever is the latest flavor of the month clickbait?"
I just installed Cachy on my old spare gaming desktop(1700X cpu) and immediately was met with odd performance issues. Come to find out that the cpu frequency scheduler doesn't like my CPU and was causing it go from 1.8GHz to 3.6GHz rapidly, wattage flip flopping between 15w-45w, fps in game going from 20fps to 80fps without even moving...I got most of it fixed by forcing performance mode via cpupower, but I still have lower fps than windows and the only thing I can find online is that proton overhead is too much for my CPU so I bought a 3700X for $100 on eBay. But all of my solutions I had to find myself because reddit was too busy arguing than troubleshooting.
I do feel what you're trying to convey and I completely understand since linux is my daily driver but I always had a dual boot setup for the occasional windows thing.
But my here's my 2 eurocents: if companies like Adobe (or Valve or whatever) had the grace to build their tools/utils/games for Linux the adoption would be far more widespread.
And the joke is, they would not invest time to build stuff for Linux because the Linux adoption is quite low compared to other platform. Linux does not have sub-par performance, it's just the software, for example all Stadia games were native games running on a custom Debian, with amazing performance and high FPS via streaming. Unthinkable to achieve the same with a Windows or a Mac OS
yep, when somebody has literal decades of experience learning to deal with the quirks of windows (of which more and more are added over time, and until the past half decade or so were added at a somewhat less obscene rate so they were not overwhelming), it's a hard battle.
it really does take some work to re-frame it objectively
I'd say the biggest hurdle for the technologically challenged is not that, but WHICH Linux is the "right" one. There are soooo many. And sometimes even in many different flavors. Which is better for gaming? Which caters to my windows habits? Which is most performant? Which is actively maintained? Should I go desktop? Which one? Why? Where and how?
How many would the average Joe try out extensively before just crawling back to winblows?
Besides what you said about good tutorial for getting into a distro, one would need a nice flowcharty something that first guides them to WHERE they should look for that. And if you'd ask 5 Linux geeks which is the best for XYZ, you'd get 5 answers ๐
Windows 11โs unwanted AI spyware + Trumpโs administration makes for the perfect storm for Microsoft to take a big hit outside of the US.
One can only hope.
Me too, dumped Windows for Linux dual boot Linux Mint and Zorin OS and no regrets. Never used Linux before.
Mind if I ask why dual boot two Linux distros? I've heard (and am currently trying to find the time to attempt myself) of dual boot with windows and Linux, but not often of multiple distros.
Initially with the aim of finding out which one I prefer, and to better be able to help other Linux starters like my 75yo father when they have questions. Additional benefit: if I damage one of the distroโs into some severe state of unusability (like I did yesterday per accident), I can still use the other distro๐
Yeh. Would if I could but I can't..... DJ software doesn't work on Linux. I've emailed them every year for the last ten years asking for a Linux version but they don't give a shit.
If you only need it for one program, why not run it in a VM?
Because it is live audio mixing so I need there to be as close to zero audio and input latency as possibly which isn't really achievable, at least not on my current hardware. It also needs to be extremely stable for performances which again adding additional layers like VMs is just poor practice and asking for a bad time.
There is Mixxx which runs on Linux which I have been watching the development of for many many years, it is getting close to being comparable now with a lot of improvements over the last few years, but still isn't quite there for me. I'm hoping I can switch over to that full time within the next few years, the recent surge in Linux users is pushing its development faster, so it is only a matter of time until I can ditch what I use currently.
I wonder if your required software would work through bottles. What's the software called?
Traktor DJ made by Native Instruments
There's an install script for Traktor Pro 3 for PlayOnLinux so at least there's some level of compatability there
Hmmm interesting, thanks for the link. I am skeptical as to how well it will work, if at all and that is a very old version but I appreciate the response and will definitely give this a try when I have some time to tinker!
I'm not sure how stable it would be but some people managed to get version 3 to run the SteamDeck. Which is impressive IMHO
Yeh, I will try it out but I don't think I could rely on an install like this without a fair amount of stress testing to see how it reacts but still worth a try!
I dumped Windows XP for Linux... Couldn't do shit. Went back to Windows. Dumped Windows 7 for Linux. Linux stopped booting after an update. Went back to Windows. Dumped Windows 10 for Linux. This time I installed Linux on the USB to easily go back if something went wrong, but it worked like shit (HD videos got like 3 frames per second).
I am getting ready to dump windows for Linux again. This time correctly (with a hard drive installation). I need to buy a new hard drive to make sure my old Windows 10 will be ready if I need to go back (I am not switching to Win 11. It's enough I need to use it for work).
Pretty much the same story for me. Linux has always been too much of a headache and I needed windows to run games anyways.
Installed Fedora on a separate ssd today.
In the first hour of setting it up I ran into about a dozen little annoying problems that surely can be fixed with hours of fiddling.
For some reason it runs like molasses as if Iโm running it from a usb drive.
Then I noticed some glitches on my monitor as if the Display cable is broken and decided to just boot my perfectly working win 10 installation again sighโฆ
I used windows this week. I jumped through hoops to get a portable/live install on a usb drive so I could use intel eeupdate.exe acquired from an nda breaker to recalculate the firmware checksum of an intel sfp+ nic, then that computer became my router. then the same for my nas pc. 5 bucks for two cards assumed to be faulty. now back to not using windows until something like that comes up
I already pulled the plug when Win 8 was announced and looked like shit (and performed like shit aswell).
Honestly, I just wish Riot would make their shitty anti cheat linux compatible. That's the only thing I kinda miss.
When OBS' hotkeys work without having to focus that window (on kde), when there's a music player with an UI like MusicBee (love the file explorer because I have my own organization) and updates don't break for who knows why preventing future updates and forcing me to format again (looking at you Fedora and Cachy), then I will fully move to linux.
Oh and when I can install flatpaks wherever I want because I like having some things as portable (like Dolphin emulator).
What has this got to do with buying European
I suppose itโs more about learning to avoid buying operating systems from USA
What a novel idea, if only literally every other community on Lemmy discussed this too
I donโt follow literally every community so I canโt comment on that.