That’s pretty much it, after several months, maybe even a year of wanting to take the leap, a couple days ago I finally did it. I just wanted to share this cuz I think it’s an absolute win, and I guess just see if anyone has any general advice to keep in mind during the process. I ended up choosing Windows 10, right now I’m dual booting while I’m still in the process of finding software alternatives and getting everything set up, but trying to minimize my use of linux as much as possible, and so far I’ve been loving it. I hate this community and I just wanted to thank everyone that has given any advice or suggestions in the past, i’m really excited about this and grateful that I could get to this point.

  • enkers
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    159 hours ago

    Bold of you to post this without an /s. I respect the decision.

  • @[email protected]
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    transitioning isn’t legally recognized anymore, per executive order, you may only use the operating system assigned at birth /s

    • @[email protected]
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      1210 hours ago

      Assigned at conception. In humans, this is always female, as sexual differentiation doesn’t happen for weeks. In computers… idk maybe we have to go back to punched tape?

      • @[email protected]
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        Gears, my friend. The transistors don’t form from these proto-circuits until the third trimester, and the CPU doesn’t start forming until the last two weeks.

        Doctors of Computer Science will often label the computer Windows or Mac around week 18, but you won’t truly know whether it’s a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer until after the build, sometimes years after.

    • @[email protected]
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      44 hours ago

      monotone “yes mr gates i will upgrade to windows 11 and buy all the windows 11 office utilitys. Microsoft edge is the best browser it frees me from the scary concepts of choices”

    • zelifcam
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      Why? People always feel compelled to troll or say how awful their experience was. This is why I left the Linux subreddit long ago. Not so much a Linux enthusiast sub. More tech support and people writing up elaborate good bye posts. It was weird.

        • zelifcam
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          Bro… Did you make this post? Sus

          • JackGreenEarth
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            310 hours ago

            I’m not sure what question you’re asking. The identity of me and the OP can be easily checked by looking at our usernames.

            • zelifcam
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              I was surprised to find you as the top comment in the post you linked. Was just making a joke. You can stand down.

  • @[email protected]
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    Ok folks, great to see you all here. We need the following comments ASAP:

    • I did the same (back in AD 1727)
    • No backup, no care
    • OS supremacy
    • Prepare for Expect disaster
    • Our glorious OS, their barbarous hack
    • Expect bugs
    • Expect normies flippin’
    • @braindefragger
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      Did you actually read the post or just skim the title and decide the world needed your irrelevant input?