Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch"
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Re: Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch"
#2Is anyone here even still using Windows in a professional way?
Re: Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch"
#3Is anyone here even still using Windows in a professional way?
At least 90% of our internal administration and my boss, mostly for excel and exchange. But it is quite present in offices at public institutions too.
Re: Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch"
#4I'm one of these people. Although it was a several years long plan for me, which involved learning new software (especially 3DS Max to Blender). I finally decided to bite the bullet around 8 weeks ago. Backed up everything, wiped Windows, installed Ubuntu.
I wouldn't says it's been smooth sailing. I've had a ton of technical issues which are not all resolved (I still can't get my laptop to wake from sleep, I have to do a hard reset if it sleeps) but at least everything else is working now.
A lot of minor display related issues (mostly involving using an external monitor as my main screen) were solved when I switched to Gnome on X11 instead of Wayland.
The most important lesson I'm taking from this is: if you want to use Linux, you need to buy certified hardware. Don't assume your laptop will work. Don't recommend other people to install Linux on random laptops, they'll probably have loads of minor and major issues that you don't have if you bought hardware specifically with the goal of running Linux.
Re: Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch"
#5Is anyone here even still using Windows in a professional way?
Of course there is, lots of software doesn't work on Linux. I've switched to using Linux on my personal laptop, but I can't recommend it to anyone else in my small company (we're not a tech company, if I did get anyone else running it that would immediately make me their tech support, and I'm not doing that), and I can't use it on any of our branch machines as the POS software only runs on Windows or Android (might switch to touchscreen Android kiosks in the future though).
Re: Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch"
#6Lots of "obsolete" Pc's are perfectly able to run W11, only missing the blessings from Redmond.
Re: Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch"
#7Is anyone here even still using Windows in a professional way?
As the Stack Overflow developer survey shows, a majority of developers use Windows:
https://survey.stackoverflow.co/2025/technology#1-computer-o...
HN is atypical of the world, particularly anything outside of the USA.
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#8Is anyone here even still using Windows in a professional way?
With WSL2, Windows 11 could easily have been the best Linux distribution on the planet, supporting all Windows apps while also giving you the full power of Linux at your terminal.
Unfortunately Microsoft decided to stuff it with user hostile spyware instead.
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#9Lots of "obsolete" Pc's are perfectly able to run W11, only missing the blessings from Redmond.
I wish I could also live in a planet where throwing away perfectly good PCs is fine and there's no looming climate-change-induced destruction...
Re: Windows 10 refugees flock to Linux in what devs call their "biggest launch"
#10I'm one of these people. Although it was a several years long plan for me, which involved learning new software (especially 3DS Max to Blender). I finally decided to bite the bullet around 8 weeks ago. Backed up everything, wiped Windows, installed Ubuntu. I wouldn't says it's been smooth sailing. I've had a ton of technical issues which are not all resolved (I still can't get my laptop to wake from sleep, I have to…
> Don't assume your laptop will work.
Agreed. Note though that the Ubuntu live installer has a "Try" mode that gives you a nearly normal desktop experience without installing, and is an effective test environment to discover what will work and what won't. Wifi, graphics and suspend are worth trying out this way.