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I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years

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Re: I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years

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Post by lostmsu »

tenebrisalietum wrote: post #46
MeinBlutIstBlau wrote: post #40

I love Linux, but it's still got a long ways to go before becoming an reliable desktop OS. For most people they could easily use it. However the moment they gotta hop in terminal kills it for them. Linux is great if you know how to fix your problem or look in the right direction. My main beef with it is driver support. It's far better than it was 10 years ago but nobody wants to be dealing with that. It's annoying. I…

I love Windows, but it's still got a long ways to go before becoming an reliable desktop OS. For most people they could easily use it. However the moment updates don't install correctly kills it for them. Windows is great if you never shut down your computer during an update or always give them the time to apply. My main beef with it is the telemetry and inconsistent UI. It's far better than it was 10 years ago but n…

Huh, when was the last time Windows Update did not work correctly for you?

Re: I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years

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Post by lerptime »

butz wrote: post #47
nendroid wrote: post #27

One thing (out of many) I always hated about linux is the upgrades. I have to reinstall the entire operating system just to upgrade. I'm using manjaro now, I want see what happens when there's a big version change.

Sorry for ruining the surprise, but Manjaro uses a Rolling Release Development Model, so big version change probably won't happen.

Ah I know. I figured there would be a big roll out of a huge feature someday though.

Re: I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years

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Post by gambiting »

epr wrote: post #68
gambiting wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yeah, of course - it works fine in Edge as long as you keep to 1-2 tabs max. Running in idle uses about 700MB ram so 300MB is enough to work with. The other things I do with this are running the Netflix app to watch movies and run the Windows 10 Minecraft client - both run smoothly.

1-2 tabs max? I'm not sure many would consider that very usable

Well you can have as many tabs open as you want, just that beyond 2 or so tabs Edge will vacate the contents from memory and the page will reload when you go back to it. Like, it's a very basic, very cheap machine, and it works fine as long as you are reasonable.

Re: I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years

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Post by SomeoneFromCA »

unnouinceput wrote: post #33

Quote1: "For example, just compare the file manager application on both Ubuntu and Windows." Both defaults are crap. I use Total Commander / Double Commander on Win/Lin. Quote2: "Linux still has a few (~2%) market share in the general-purpose users' segment compared to Windows. Therefore, there are not so many malicious programs that target Linux users" Ah yeah, the famous security through obscurity. I think I prefer…

_Desktop_ Linux is absoultely not under attack whatsoever. So no, this _IS_ security by obscurity (in an arguably somewhat different sense of the word though) at work.

Re: I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years

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Post by SomeoneFromCA »

wdqwfdqwfqwf wrote: post #49
unnouinceput wrote: post #33

Quote1: "For example, just compare the file manager application on both Ubuntu and Windows." Both defaults are crap. I use Total Commander / Double Commander on Win/Lin. Quote2: "Linux still has a few (~2%) market share in the general-purpose users' segment compared to Windows. Therefore, there are not so many malicious programs that target Linux users" Ah yeah, the famous security through obscurity. I think I prefer…

Indeed, Desktop-Linux doesn't offer much in terms of security. APIs to restrict applications accessing your user data? Sandboxing for GUI applications? A secure GUI path, i.e., something where you can trust that this kind of window is not malicious software but your OS? Biometrics? (making non-techies into using some authentication at all)

Gnome 3.38 AFAIK has biometrics support.

Re: I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years

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Post by ffpip »

gambiting wrote: post #38
ffpip wrote: post #11

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's the catch? have you disabled everything? There is no way a few apps run on Windows 10 with 1 GB of ram.

No, just stock normal 32bit windows 10. Can browse web using edge, watch movies, play some games. Yeah you're not going to run visual studio on that but I've got a different machine for work.

Hacker news open on 3 tabs takes 350 MB of ram for me.

Re: I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years

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Post by kyboren »

SomeoneFromCA wrote: post #74
unnouinceput wrote: post #33

Quote1: "For example, just compare the file manager application on both Ubuntu and Windows." Both defaults are crap. I use Total Commander / Double Commander on Win/Lin. Quote2: "Linux still has a few (~2%) market share in the general-purpose users' segment compared to Windows. Therefore, there are not so many malicious programs that target Linux users" Ah yeah, the famous security through obscurity. I think I prefer…

_Desktop_ Linux is absoultely not under attack whatsoever. So no, this _IS_ security by obscurity (in an arguably somewhat different sense of the word though) at work.

> _Desktop_ Linux is absoultely not under attack whatsoever.

Is that actually true? For example, we know NSA targets sysadmins and sysadmins use desktop Linux at much higher rates than the general public.

Relatively few people use desktop Linux, but those who do may generally be more attractive targets.

Re: I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years

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Post by gambiting »

ffpip wrote: post #76
gambiting wrote: post #38

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No, just stock normal 32bit windows 10. Can browse web using edge, watch movies, play some games. Yeah you're not going to run visual studio on that but I've got a different machine for work.

Hacker news open on 3 tabs takes 350 MB of ram for me.

In what browser? I specifically said Edge because I find it uses a lot less ram than Chrome. I can easily use Edge and browse smoothly on that little PC, but with Chrome it's dead after opening facebook.

Re: I switched to Linux after using Windows for 10 years

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Post by grandtheft6uto »

I love Ubuntu and I can't switch back to Windows 10. Windows 10 looks and feels like an entire commercial. Although, I'd imagine this wouldn't be the case for the professional edition. Of course, there are plenty of (high quality) apps that I miss on Ubuntu that do exist on Windows. I guess having a MacOS, you get the best out of both worlds... But I'd hate being stuck to Apple's ecosystem.
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