My PC still runs on Windows 10 and my phone is still Android 16. I just don't care enough to bother changing cause I haven't had any issues with my current setup.
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I still use Windows 10 for my gaming rig. I only use Linux for servers. Rn the only server I have is my media server; it's running off an old Samsung Galaxy S7 phone with a 2TB microSD card running Slackware.
How did you unlock the bootloader on a Samsung phone?
It was years ago, back when there was a viable workaround to get rid of Knox. Afaik, the S7 was the last phone that had any way to do that.
people are surprisingly opinionated about it.
Getting repeatedly burned by soulless multibillion dollar comanies tends to do that to a person.
That, plus this is a FOSS service. You don't come to Lemmy if you don't like FOSS to some extent, so it follows that people would gravitate towards a FOSS OS too.
I've used all three OS, and I flat out prefer windows. I realize it's a minority opinion here and that's fine. People can use whatever OS works for them and as long as they are happy, good on them.
I use everything.
Windows 10 still on my main desktop, although there is a Zorin nvme setup inside, just need to make the final change. Got a 3070 rtx a few years ago I barely get to use.
Windows server 2022 for my DNS/pinhole setup
Windows 10 LTSC for my seeding/downloading
Zorin on my main laptop
Zorin on my kids old renewed 12" MacBook air.
Windows 11 on my kids desktop with a local account. (he's my guinea pig)
I just used opencore legacy patcher to put sanoma on a 2012 27" iMac that was meant to be recycled. Just ordered kit to take it apart and upgrade the hdd since it's slow as fuck.
I have bazzite on an old Lenovo gaming laptop
Windows 11 for work
Husband uses genuine MacBook pro from 2016 or so
Truenas scale for my home file server and Plex media. Old secondhand AMD ryzen 7 3700x and as much ram I could find from recycling old devices. 4x 20TB drives I bought refurb in 2024 when I rebuilt it all, had had this thing almost 20 years, just upgrading as needed
Truenas scale (second) for my backups with Veeam, secondhand AMD ryzen 5 4500 and 32G recycled RAM.
Proxmox server for testing fun things.
I love dabbling in everything and keeping old hardware alive. Nearly all my hardware is from clients that needed their devices wiped and recycled. I destroy their data and save what I can for fun/education. Things that are just too old or unreliable or unsupported for businesses are great.
I wipe and reload many I can't use, give them away. I think that's all my stuff.
Been a Mac user for 15 or so years. Then hackintosh and then when that died went to various Linux distros for my desktop but I use a M1 MacBook pro for work still and an M3 MacBook Pro for personal use. Tho I’m falling out of love with apple I enjoy the usability of macOS (at least past versions). Really wish Linux had that level of polish.
Which (in your opinion, dear reader) DE’s have the most promise of having the same level or better UX polish as MacOS? It would be a dream to contribute to a mass-usable, intuitive FOSS DE.
Well Darwin Law applies here too
I'm in the Apple ecosystem, hardware-wise, and pretty happy about it. Not much to discuss, if other people feel differently, that's fine.
I agree on the hardware front.
I made the choice to move from windows to Mac for my work-provided laptop and I absolutely love it for track pad alone. I have never used another machine where the track pad worked so well. The movement feels natural in relation to how the cursor moves on the screen and the gestures seem so reasonable for my mind.
I'm always open to suggestions when it comes to better hardware but, right now, I can't see changing away because I like the feel so much.
After the fappening Apple actually started to care about privacy whereas Google just got worse in every aspect. So yeah, I believe you are happy with it. I'll stick to Android/GrapheneOS nonetheless until we eventually get a true alternative.
My only complaint Hardware wise is all the extra lengths that Apple go to to make sure that things are less upgradable etc.
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Macs are my daily driver and have been for decades. You'll have to fight me to take mine.
I use Linux for VMs and NUCs and servers. Less than I did a decade ago, but that's only because I have less energy to put into random projects as I get older. Gone are the late-night hackathons until 4am. I support mostly Windows at work.
I use Linux (though dual boot Windows for Fusion 360 and a lot of Windows at work), but if someone asks me about switching to Linux I don't ram it down their throat. It's good and all but it's really not for everyone, and despite what people on here would have you think it's certainly not as easy to use as Windows. You're much more likely to run into a difficult problem and not know how to fix it though it's changed a bit since you can just get Claude to take a look at things now. Windows can have annoyances but generally you can live with them.
Linux, I think, is for people who are quite technical and people who aren't technical at all (and just need a web browser). For the people inbetween Linux can be a struggle. It's improving incredibly quickly but the out-of-the-box experience is still pretty terrible (looking especially at KDE here).
out-of-the-box experience is still pretty terrible (looking especially at KDE here).
I have to wonder how long ago you used KDE. It has very sane defaults these days, and arguably has since the Plasma 5 days.
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Ok so I don’t have any MAC machines and my primary daily driver for the past 10yrs has been Linux.
I’ve only got one Windows 10 MS Surface Pro laptop and I have to say that my Windows 10 Pro is unlike everyone else’s because I know exactly what to turn off and what to rename safely.
I prefer Linux but I don’t evangelise. Use what gets the job done the quickest.
Of course there are.
It also shouldn't be surprising that something like Lemmy, an open-source project originally aimed at tech geeks and still used by a LOT of tech geeks, is filled with Linux users. Linux is an open-source project used by a lot of tech geeks.
Yes I use a MacBook to remote into my Linux boxes. Because Apple hardware is just so much better than anything else you can buy, and zsh terminal is fine. I would probably put Linux on it if I could, though to be honest the ergonomics and vertical integration with MacOS is just very good, and I'd have to really consider tradeoffs. Like swapping and memory management on MacOS is just magic on Apple silicon. I have a thinkpad with Debian as my "utility knife" laptop, and it has 8GB more, slower RAM, but my M2 MBP is significantly smoother even on stuff like FreeCAD which it is basically a RAM/swap stress test.
Can you explain what you mean by "ergonomics" when talking about an OS? I'm kinda confused.
Basically the user experience is well thought out, polished, and high quality. The workflows are mostly intuitive for doing basic things. The only exception to this is the lack of repository and package manager. The .dmg drag and drop thing is... honestly kind of jarring.
Ok. I've only used it in terms of like how physically comfortable a thing is, so this makes a lot more sense.
I'll switch to linux when it has something remotely comparable to AutoHotkey. Until then, I happily remain on windows. (Autokey and Python are not remotely comparable.)
CrossMacro exists, granted I had to weave through a bunch of other macro softwares to land on this one as I was looking for something similar to Logitech’s G-Hub macro system.
I think there's plenty of non-Linux people here, you just don't notice them because they have interesting things to talk about instead of their OS testing hobby.
How did you end up on Lemmy, a FOSS service, and not understand how people might prefer a FOSS OS? I think it's you who's the strange one here, not Linux users. You're insulting people for choosing FOSS while also choosing FOSS.
Like how to disable today's forced ai or kernel level anticheats being totes ok
Ey, it's fine to use Windows, no need to insult Linux people though.
You can do some really cool shit with Linux, when it comes to ricing etc. You don't have to like it, but it can be a really cool hobby.
If they're not insulting Linux users, they have to deal with copilot shoving its nose into whatever they're working on.
Like, how many days in a row do I have to dismiss the fucking AI prompt asking me if I want to have my data mangled? I'm not sure the actual answer, I just ignore the fucking banner because I can't be assed anymore. I'm sure there's a setting somewhere, but MicroSlop will move and re-enable it again later so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
interesting things to talk about
I'm here for the Star Trek memes and Dull Men's Club. Interesting things? Pfft!
I use all three. Hopping between them made me appreciate the effort that went into commercial systems a lot more, from UX to compatibility to forward thinking.
https://devblogs.microsoft.com/oldnewthing/20040513-00/?p=39353
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Work: windows laptop. It's fine.
Home: dual-boot. More windows time than Linux generally (I'm almost afraid to "admit" that on this forum, ha)
I use a Mac. It’s like Linux (UNIX actually, OS X is based on NextStep which was based on UNIX) but with corporate backing. It’s as user friendly as Windows. And the AI has an off switch. Siri can be disabled.
I like it. I feel like Apple is the last real computer company left that makes their own software. I don’t know how “real” the company is, though. The iPhone is straight up jank. Always hallucinating text on the keyboard after you type it. Changing what you say to appease some unseen overlord. But I don’t want to use a phone made by an advertising company either. That’s dystopian AF, topped only by the legions who will defend it. But I’m not sure it’s entirely worse.
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