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what are pros and cons of linux?
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no cons. i kinda miss winxp but that's just because it's trained into my muscle memory at this point. kde/xfce seems much more winxp-ish than win11 to me also.
No cons is a crazy dishonest statement. There are multiple games I'd play if I still ran Windows. Some non-game software would work better (or at all). I also definitely spend longer tinkering with Linux than Windows. Obviously the pros of linux outweigh these cons for me, but the cons do exist.
well that's just me then. i spent way too much time tinkering regedit and gpedit on windows. i haven't thought much about software compat since i don't play games other than a few emulator/dos stuff, sorry.