Technology

I've been dual-booting for years. Made a big push to get the software I typically use on Windows to run on Ubuntu. Haven't touched Windows in about a month and it's wonderful. Haven't got gaming nailed down yet, going to try Bazzite on my desktop. Some of my more graphics-intensive games don't run well on Ubuntu. Pretty sure my desktop is compatible with Windows 11, I'll upgrade at some point but I still plan to only use it when it's necessary. Unfortunately it is necessary for me sometimes. I'll probably start making preparations soon switch to Win 11 and be prepared for that to fuck my Ubuntu partition, so that's probably when I'll install Bazzite as well. My old Lenovo tank is already Linux-only.

Swapped to Linux Mint over the weekend. No major issues. Steam works, LLMs work, web browser stuff all transferred over...it wasn't perfect but pretty easy to figure it out with a few online searches. The best part - it actually runs better. No more f*cked up bluetooth and audio as well.

A lot of customization can be done on it, but I think for most people, Linux is fine for the vast majority of users already out of the box. Some criticism is that I think the UX can be improved and a more layman-friendly streamlined partition mounting + file security management.

Microsoft just wants our wallets lol.

I won't update my perfectly usable computer just because microslop refuses to support it.

It's finally the year of Desktop Linux, about fifteen (or more) years after people thought it would happen. I'm happy for all the nerds who are finally vindicated. (I like Linux, but I'm an Apple guy.)

I like Windows 11. But only as a thoroughly neutered, disposable “secondary” OS to dual boot with Linux, to the extent that I could wipe my Windows partition without a care.

If I had to use Windows 11 as my only OS, I’d pull my hair out. Same with desktop Linux TBH. There’s stuff that’s just painful in both ecosystems.

That seems so strange. Why would that happen so late?

despite

Misspelled "Because"

glad I switched to Linux, Microslop's current state is a disaster. yes it randomly implodes sometimes, mainly by my fault, but at least I can rollback! no more headache of forced updates.

People upgrading to Windows 11 be like:

I switched to linux at the end of last year too! I am part of that increase and i like it.

Its the first time my peers are actually asking me about switching to linux. Sweden is an extremely techbro country, which i say because they have all the newest gadgets and then cant open a file for fucks sake.

I imagine this is why MS is finally backtracking a bit on the aggressive pushing of AI in every app. They're doing Clippy all over again, but OS-wide this time.

Just impressive how hard they managed to screw the pooch here. Have they forgotten that every other Windows release is universally hated? They had a good thing going until they discontinued Windows 10 before Windows 12 was out. Now they'll probably need to rush out another version, because the name Windows 11 is forever tainted.

Clickbait bullshit.

The source shows that Windows 11 usage has been steadily climbing for a long time, including in January - the latest data available - but presumably that didn't fit their narrative so they ignored all the data except the data single point that they liked which corresponds to the month where every business shuts down for a week.

Statcounter shows that not only is Windows use increasing, but also that Windows 11's share is too.

I don't expect anyone here to be happy about these things - I certainly can't say I am - but pretending the Windows is in the middle of an epic downfall when it actually appears to be doing fine won't help anyone except Microsoft.

Why write this article in January when it's main source shows an increase of 12% again in that month?? If anything this article should be about how statscounter is a very unreliable metric. Honest journalism really is dead huh.

I been switching everyone to Linux, specifically Mint. It's good enough now for whatever.