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>>Windows 10 needs at least 8GB physical memory to run the operating system properly Define "properly" - I'm running Win 10 2004 on 1GB of ram and it's absolutely fine. Maybe the author is confusing "need" with "will use all available ram to prefetch".
>>Windows 10 needs at least 8GB physical memory to run the operating system properly Define "properly" - I'm running Win 10 2004 on 1GB of ram and it's absolutely fine. Maybe the author is confusing "need" with "will use all available ram to prefetch".
I switched to Ubuntu on my main machine a few years ago. This is my second attempt. There are still some annoyances I run into, the biggest being that the dock regularly disappears after sleep. How would I ever set my parents up on something where even the most basic features require fixes like this https://leimao.github.io/blog/Ubuntu-Dock-Disappear/ ?
I haven't used GNOME in years because it was too unstable when I used it myself.
I will point out that File Explorer includes a shortcut for opening PowerShell at the current directory, which can be triggered through the File menu or alt-f-r.
Its worth highlighting that Linux isn't an option for everyone. I personally prefer the design to Windows 10 and hate Microsoft's anti-consumer stance. I'd love to confine it to a VM that I only run when I need something specific. Unfortunately, Ubuntu at least cannot handle using Intel graphics with Nvidia graphics in a mixed-DPI setup (one monitor 1080P, one monitor 4K). I think this is a reasonably common setup. Running a kernel update is also troublingly likely to render the system unbootable (it has happened multiple times on Ubuntu, zero times on Windows; I've done many orders of magnitude more Windows work than Ubuntu work).
I feel slightly jealous of the folks who are feasibly able to run Linux on the desktop without compromising on hardware.
>>Windows 10 needs at least 8GB physical memory to run the operating system properly Define "properly" - I'm running Win 10 2004 on 1GB of ram and it's absolutely fine. Maybe the author is confusing "need" with "will use all available ram to prefetch".
Windows 10 in 1 GB? Can you tell me your experience on browsing the web on that?
/s
2001 called, it wants its shitty "Windows Sucks!" article back.
I'm sure I'm not the only one here who has been using Windows since 3.1 and Linux since 2.0.x (early Debian). Nothing in this article is exactly "news" at this point in history.
I unfortunately agree with a lot of what he says (this after using linux either a primary or secondary desktop OS for over 23 years) have kind of the same fatigue.
It really saddens, this current state of the linux desktop.