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The insane windows hate on Lemmy is actually pushing me away from wanting to try Linux. Some of you are insufferable, like your entire personality is that you use Linux.
How can you tell someone is a Linux user?
Don't worry they'll tell you
I use windows 11 and I don’t see what all the hate is for. Maybe it’s cuz I use Pro, and click a couple of buttons to hide the “news”… but it seems perfectly fine to me.
And I’m a power user, with Linux experience.
Telemetry and many more unsatisying solutions and issues on Windows.
The AMD GPU drivers just sometimes dont detect my monitor.
I cant change between headphones and speakers except when I install some weird drivers for my soundcard.
Updates... every application needs to be running and eating cpu to check individually for updates, even when not used.
Installing dependencies, lirbaries or applications... either figure out how to compile things and manually set paths everywhere or find the right exe in the big web.
No other desktop with different features. Lacking desktop features that slowly get copied from linux to Windows like PowerTools and other things, but still doesn't have everything. Most desktop tools and eye candy just dont work after a few windows update and tend to break. Many more issues when you just use apps that use the buggy Windows API.
Changing internal things need to be mostly done with regedit. Least user friendliest solution.
But thats whats bothering me on Windows. I use Windows 11 with Ameliorated to play VR games. The rest is unsatisfying and nonsense to do on Windows as Linux has a much greater overall Desktop experience with KDE or Gnome depending on your preference. Much more automation with packages and syncing.
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ok power user. I’m sure you love all the extra steps it takes to do basic admin functions that used to be one click in 10. I’m sure you love the forced updates and constant addition of edge and search bars to your desktop. I’m sure you love all the privacy invasion and ads shoved into every corner of the OS.
Idk, maybe it’s cuz I’m on the same windows install I’ve been on for a few years, but there are things I dislike, but I’ve changed them, long ago. And occasionally I have to disable another taskbar thing, or well… that’s basically it.
The privacy element is legit, and I do what I can to reduce the amount of tracking they can do. But I game, I play games that don’t run on Linux. Well, the anti cheat doesn’t run on Linux. I check back frequently, because I do see the appeal of Linux. But windows just isn’t as bad (for me) as people make it out to be, and definitely not enough to deal with dual booting or virtualizing windows to maintain access to the games I play most.
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Same. I know my way around Linux but game enough that switching isn't super practical.
I haven't had issues with Windows for years except for one install or upgrade that went sideways one way or another, but I keep backups so 🤷. I've never found killing telemetry and nixing features I don't want to be any more tedious than doing stuff in Linux. Oh no there's a few extra clicks in the click fest of setting up a new os install to how I like it whaattt will I ever dooooooooo.
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I said this exact same thing a few months ago and was downvoted to oblivion lol
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It's fucking unreal how many of them froth at the mouth about Linux. Like, fuck off.
By the way, I actually endorse Linux for limited uses. I'm just realistic about it... It's simply not a solution for everything.
I highly doubt that if you were given the actual choice you'd pick the one that could permanently dammage your eyes over using an annoying operating system.
This is just stupid.
This guy is fun at parties!
Orally administered hot sauce is a temporary pain.
An unnecessary, half finished OS replacing a perfectly fine one just to save serve you adds is not.
They said oral everyone.
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I'm pretty convinced that that won't permanently damage your eyes, I don't think it's acidic enough.
Only one way to find out
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Things I'd rather read than linux vs windows memes:
I've done this. Do not recommend.
*I was extremely drunk on tequila at the time and it was on a dare
I'm forced to use Win 11 at work, for sEcUrItY.
But I'm actually working within a full-screen Debian VM on HyperV until someone with authority tells me to knock it off.
Windows 11 is great. I finally upgraded a month ago. No regrets. Several good handy new features.
Not happy that they'll eventually shove ads down my throat at which time I'm fully prepared to switch to Linux. Until then, at least at this point, Windows 11 > Windows 10.
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Not nearly awful as using a Mac though.
The update has been queued for about a month on my work computer. No. I won’t do it.
Surprised to see so many defending windows 11 here! The ad insertion all throughout the system is SO bad, but what they've done to the right-click (context?) Menu was the last straw. Like, most options are hidden underneath the stupid inflated touch-friendly list. Give me a button to disable it (that isn't in the registry), at least!
The final straw for me though was my VR just quit one day - but I could dual boot back to windows 10 and it was fine somehow 🤷♂️ did a bunch of tricks to get it working to no avail, so I scrapped the windows 11 demo partition and finally gave Linux a try.
VR definitely isn't ready on Linux (if you're stuck with an nvidia card like I am, for now) - but considering the OS is built on FOSS and its this feature rich and stable??? Never going back.
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Yeah i agree. The ad stuff is really bad. Having ads in the browser is enough. I don't want it in my OS. But even all the way back in Windows 7 some people busted Windows in "calling home" when something was entered in the search field in the Start menu. This was caught using the ZoneAlarm firewall.
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