• boredsquirrel
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    812 months ago

    Hahaha Windows users having sense

    have no idea how to install another OS

    • @[email protected]
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      142 months ago

      I’ll have you know I know exactly how to install Linux and simply choose not to!

      (I ran Ubuntu for 3 years)

        • @TheRedSpade
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          72 months ago

          KDE is available for Ubuntu. There’s even an edition that ships with KDE (Kubuntu).

          • boredsquirrel
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            22 months ago

            Yup and since like 2 weeks that version doesnt suck anymore.

            Before that, it did.

            And there are more issues with Ubuntu than just their atrociously themed GNOME. Bad updater, not shipping GNOME Software (ootb), no flatpak support (ootb), simply following outdated paradigms

            • @pivot_root
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              42 months ago

              Don’t forget snaps! Fuck snaps and snapd. Furthermore, fuck automatically installing the snap when I try to install software through apt.

              • boredsquirrel
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                12 months ago

                Yeah but snaps are just a technology. Yes they suck, but forcing non-system apps makes sense if you want stability.

    • @[email protected]
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      82 months ago

      I can, I just prefer windows

      The only Unix system I ever willingly install is android, even though it’s harder to install than Linux

      • boredsquirrel
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        52 months ago

        Android is Linux, simply not the traditional userspace :)

        Linux Distros have a huge variety. What have you tried?

    • @[email protected]
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      22 months ago

      I use windows on my PC, mint on my laptop and lineageOS on my phone. Installing linux on a gaming PC feels pointless to me

      • Cethin
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        12 months ago

        I made the full switch probably 1.5y ago. Gaming on Linux is great now. The only major issue is modding. Nexus doesn’t have an app for Linux yet (it’s in development) so you have to install mods manually. That’s not too big of an issue, but it is annoying. Other than that it’s nearly flawless, excluding a few games that have anti-cheats that haven’t added Linux support, like Valorant.

    • @[email protected]
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      02 months ago

      Why would i need to? I tried Linux and it’s mental. Took 20 minutes to edit mount settings on my hdd. fstab, gnome disks, and whatnot. Meanwhile Windows is: here’s your files bro, whenever you want. And don’t even get me started with the countless problems i encountered to install apps, edit hdd permissions, configuring panels and more.

      • @mhague
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        I need to try windows again. I remember it being more complex than Linux. I switched just so things were easier. Cygwin! Registry editing! Getting a Microsoft degree just to edit my desktop menus. I didn’t just sit there and install my programs like a good kid and actually wanted to, you know, do things with my computer. And boy did windows hate me for it.

        I’m hoping modern IDEs or just having Linux on standby would make Windows simple enough to use.

      • boredsquirrel
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        02 months ago

        Yes on Windows I think disks are not mounted, they are just there on the letters

        But that works fine on Linux too. I have not used multi-drive systems much, but I use an encrypted SD card that is liked to a folder in my home so that programs dont even need to write to anything custom. Was like a few clicks and even worked on GNOME, on KDE that is easier too.

        Panels, yes. KDE had a separate panel config per monitor which is worse than on Windows. But apart from that, they work out of the box and are really customizable.

        GNOME… doesnt allow configurations like at all. You need 3rd party apps for everything, then you can do whatever you want, which also works well.

        So maybe that just has changed.

          • @InputZero
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            02 months ago

            If you wanted to take a second crack at it, it is easier than ever to learn how to use Linux. The one thing I have found ChatGPT useful for is guiding me through setting up a new program or daemon or to explain to me what that super cryptic error message means. ChatGPT is not perfect and requires whoever is using it to sanity check the result it gives, but more often than not I find I walk away with a better understanding of what I was doing.