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You don't. You can still run local accounts.
Not on Windows 11 Home, from what I understand.
So we all know that the Linux desktop is lacking in a few ways, and we all know there are a few reasons for that, but I really do think the experience is getting better. Having more people use it and more development has been great. Valve, System76, and a few others have been pouring resources into making the experience better, and it's working. As much as people aren't going to like me saying this, Electron has been…
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Linux has its conveniences but I think I definitely spend more times on updates. Some break things and some like Nvidia's drivers can take me ages to actually apply (though with that one the usual trick seems to be to remove --purge nvidia-* first).
Which distro? You might want to look into something less unstable. I've had arch running unattended upgrades in a Cron for years. Worst case I have to find my USB stick and do some debugging, not that an update has ever broken anything. There is some minor maintenance I run maybe once every 6-12 months to clear caches or fix up any configs that need updating but I've never run into anything that prevents booting.
I can now run Linux GUIs on Windows under WSL, so with Windows I get access to Windows and Linux software. What is the case for pure Linux?
Performance No telemetry No forced upgrades No intrusive ads
Telemetry is a problem, yes. Should be at least opt-in.
I believe that forced upgrades are a necessity if you have the end-user market penetration of Windows. It's a different thing for servers, and one could argue about the implementation details.
I don't see ads on Windows (and I'm on the 11 beta channel).
As a counterpoint: Reasons to consider NOT switching to Linux https://corn.codeberg.page/notlinux.html
Well he is right. Linux is not for everyone. It's for people who can learn how to double click an icon that looks different from the one in Windows. That excludes probably 50% of Windows users right there.
Yet another one of thoses guides. When XP came out everyone was going to go GNU/Linux, due to Toy'R us interface. When Vista came out everyone was going to go GNU/Linux, due to DX 10 drivers and hardware requirements. When 8.x came out everyone was going to go GNU/Linux, due to tablet UI. When 10 came out everyone was going to go GNU/Linux, due to telemetry. Now Windows 11 came out, naturally everyone is going to go…
Vista was just complete shit BTW... I skipped over it to Windows 7. Switched completely to Linux after that.
As a counterpoint: Reasons to consider NOT switching to Linux https://corn.codeberg.page/notlinux.html
Right. I was going to comment "Reason #12 to switch to Linux: you love reformatting the entire system every once in a while, typically after struggling to fix a driver for hours and completely screwing everything up in a way you can't figure out how to undo."
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Yeah if you disable WiFi which is a very dark pattern and user hostile.
last time I installed windows 10 this wasn't required - you just had to figure out which button took you past it. Maybe its changed since
As a counterpoint: Reasons to consider NOT switching to Linux https://corn.codeberg.page/notlinux.html
Right. I was going to comment "Reason #12 to switch to Linux: you love reformatting the entire system every once in a while, typically after struggling to fix a driver for hours and completely screwing everything up in a way you can't figure out how to undo."