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I have not needed to use windows for anything productive for 15 years.
some people do more than just write code
i’m happy on mac even with its ux regressions, and my ubuntu workstation.
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>Doesn't that make the account requirement even more scary? So now if MS decides for some reason to lock my account, this will make even the data I have on my local disks inaccessible as well? Depends. The average user would be more afraid if its not backed up online.
I'm not sure there's anything I dislike more than "the average user" because so much good software has been destroyed because of it.
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Fedora is quite capable of doing absolutely nothing but opening Chrome and going to Facebook.
can you lock fedora down such that a few bad clicks dont disable the desktop manager and boots it into the terminal? this is the real problem with Linux on the desktop for non-power users
Now you can even install something with read-only system partition with snapshots so not even a power outage can corrupt anything.
For non-power users who do need to install something it was never perfect, but now these immutable distributions are here. They have their own downsides though.
This may get buried here, but there is one important distinction missing from all these articles. Win 11 Pro allows you to enable local login, and disable all the intrusive microsoft stuff. Ive been on win 11 for the past 5 years and don't even remember my microsoft password at this point. IIRC you still have to set one up when you first install, but then once you switch to local login, any time you open up a microso…
You don’t have to login with the online account. Before you install: - Disable the network cards in the BIOS - Install - When prompted to setup the network press Shift+F10 - Type: start ms-cxh:localonly - Setup the local account - After install completes re-enable the network cards in the BIOS Nothing could be easier. Truly the most user-friendly OS.
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Because when I want to play a game, I want to play a game, not debug someone's hacky attempt to make it work on Linux. Implementing a strict "no fiddly shit on my game machine" policy was one of the best choices for my mental health that I've made: It's a dedicated machine for gaming, with nothing really sensitive on it aside from gaming related accounts, and its only purpose is to play games with the least amount of…
Do VMS not work for this?
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can you lock fedora down such that a few bad clicks dont disable the desktop manager and boots it into the terminal? this is the real problem with Linux on the desktop for non-power users
Which few bad clicks would put a fedora install in that state?
1 - Enable wrong ROMFusion because you need these damn video codecs for VLC. I have like 20 years of Linux experience and I still messe up Fedora in 2025 trying to make video work.
2 - Just forget that big update going in background and shutdown system when not appropriate. Boom. On Windows its just much harder to accidentally do it.
Only solution is really distros with immutable root and snapshots.
I'm doing more and more on Linux Mint these days, but there are a few niche things that still only work good on Windows. Windows 10 LTSC 2021 IOT is great tbh.. Install it without internet and you dont need a MS account at all.
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some people do more than just write code
What are some common hold-ups you know of? I don't program but have still used GNU/Linux on my main machine for over a decade now. It can browse the web, play games, listen to music, watch TV and movies, you can draw, you can edit video, you can stream to Twitch.
and no updates planned.