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submitted 10 months ago by noodlejetski@lemm.ee to c/technology@beehaw.org

Last week, I turned on my PC, installed a Windows update, and rebooted to find Microsoft Edge automatically open with the Chrome tabs I was working on before the update. I don’t use Microsoft Edge regularly, and I have Google Chrome set as my default browser. Bleary-eyed at 9AM, it took me a moment to realize that Microsoft Edge had simply taken over where I’d left off in Chrome. I couldn’t believe my eyes.

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[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 10 months ago

Weird, I switched my daily driver in December 2022 over to Mint (likewise I've been using Linux for various things since '08, so not a noob) and it's been pretty damn solid since then, including upgrades from Mint 20 to 21 and all of the Mint 21 point releases.

[-] Moira_Mayhem@beehaw.org 1 points 10 months ago

I admit that Mint is the distro I got the furthest with, several weeks in I just stopped being able to do full screen 3d. I spent a month and a half on forums trying to figure it out including 2 clean installs and couldn't get anywhere.

I even did board level diagnostics on my video card.

Just gave up and went back to windows, never had an issue there and still don't.

I'll use linux for remote servers or fun little house gadgets, but as much as I hate windows, (and I hate windows with the seething glowing magma aged bitterness of someone who has had to support it since WIndows 3.11.

I would LOVE to ditch it, especially now, but until I can get a clean install to doing what I need to do in under a day, I can't advocate linux.

[-] aStonedSanta@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago
[-] entropicdrift@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 10 months ago

That's the main use of my main rig, so yes.

Steam with Proton-GE works great. For everything else I use Heroic Games Launcher and the Linux native itch.io launcher.

[-] peter@feddit.uk 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Mint was the last one I tried and it was awful, really buggy and poor UX

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