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I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by just6979 »

g947o wrote: post #233
MarsIronPI wrote: post #126

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No, Windows still has Windows tax, which is why I always choose "No OS" when buying a machine. MacOS/iOS/iPadOS were never for sale separately, so we can't judge the price. Android sure is subsidized though.

Android does have a cost. While the OS itself is free, any manufacturer that wants to put Play Store, which is almost every company outside China, needs to pay Google a license fee, which effectively pays for Android. Of course there are also ads everywhere in Android and Android apps that helps pay the bill.

There are really any ads in Android itself, even with Google Apps installed. Which, by the way, you don't need to use even if they are installed (except, for example, Chrome to get a different app store or whatnot-, just like a fresh Windows install needing to use Edge to get Firefox or Chrome).

And it's still miles easier to get Android to switch default apps and also respect your choices, than to get Windows to allow you to switch default apps and then shut the fuck about their crap.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by mixmastamyk »

IshKebab wrote: post #393
mixmastamyk wrote: post #340

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"Windows is great… you only need to… install the IoT version using Rufus" Oh and tweak 24 settings with these powershell scripts, and better run them after every update to ensure they weren't changed back on purpose. Otherwise, totally hassle free.

Nope. I tweaked one setting via the GUI (to get the taskbar back to the left where it rightfully belongs). Literally everything else I've left as-is. The IoT edition doesn't come with any bloatware and Rufus does a couple of other tweaks automatically.

But you should, if you have any self-respect.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by abustamam »

snek_case wrote: post #101
blauditore wrote: post #73

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>unify the look and feel of mobile and desktop Lol, that's what Microsoft tried 10+ years ago and everybody gave them shit for it, especially Apple fans. Now Apple is "inventing" this again.

Ubuntu also tried this with Unity. They were hoping that Ubuntu would become more popular on tablets if they had a more tablet-friendly UI... They imposed this on desktop users even though nobody asked for it and basically nobody used Linux on a tablet. It was kind of a disaster. Ubuntu is a commercial entity though, so yeah, prone to the same kind of bad management decisions. as Microsoft and Apple. At least with Li…

Wait, what sleep mode issues are you talking about? I've been able to wake my ubuntu machine up using my keyboard and mouse. I haven't gotten around to testing steam link wake on lan though, I'd be disappointed if that didn't work.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by Qem »

drdec wrote: post #283
CarVac wrote: post #160

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The thing is, Unity was great as a UI even on desktop. The main issue was poor performance early on.

To me, the killer feature of Unity was the searchable application menus. Wish that was still a thing

In Ubuntu MATE there's a mode that sort of emulates Unity.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by abustamam »

icedchai wrote: post #256
halapro wrote: post #159

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You can't seriously compare how inappropriate Windows 8 was on desktop to the latest macOS. Bad UI aside, the OS is effectively the same OS X from 2001 with some fresh skin. Also a lot of people hate on macOS changes, I myself did not upgrade to the latest version.

I'm still on Sequoia on both my Macs. I updated my iPad Pro to iOS 26, decided it was meh, and am not updating my phone. My iPhone is over 4 years old and figure the new iOS will run like crap on it and then I'll be forced to get a new phone.

For better or worse my 2018 iPad is stuck on ios 18 but I still get security updates.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by heavyset_go »

derrheat wrote: post #286
SilentM68 wrote: post #267

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Windows has evolved into the world's highest security risk. MacOS feels like Eye Candy due to its increasingly inaccessible price for people with low resources. So, price and security are the reasons why I switched to Linux.

Getting a macbook is cheaper than it has ever been. You can get a new m4 macbook air for around 750 on amazon. The prices of apple laptops have been dropping every year despite inflation in the rest of the economy....

Before memory prices skyrocketed, you could buy a 8c/16t Ryzen laptop and max it out with 64GB of memory and 2TB+ of disk space for less than $500.

Did that with the HP Dev One a few years ago, just did it again with a replacement sans memory that I already have.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by mixmastamyk »

robbiex88 wrote: post #462

I recently rebuilt my home rig with some hardware upgrades, including a motherboard and cpu upgrade. I use a MacBook and spend a majority of my workday in Ubuntu Linux. The absolute only reason I installed windows on the home machine is because gaming is still essentially nonexistent in the Linux sphere. If a flavor of Linux can catch up and run everything that can be run on windows I’d happily switch. I imagine a go…

Huh? This wave of "Linux is good now" articles are driven largely from the fall of Window's lock on games. i.e. Steam by Valve, and more.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by mixmastamyk »

easyx wrote: post #470

What's the better choice among mint and Ubuntu for a software engineering students? Any advice?

Mint is much better unless you need the very newest versions of packages. In which case I'd recommend to augment with flatpak or use Debian testing over Ubuntu. Basically Ubuntu is over for me since snap and they went back to Gnome3.

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by swader999 »

dunham wrote: post #307
josephg wrote: post #282

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The new glass look is just so bad. It feels cheap, like a child’s toy. And performance is worse as a result. I’ve turned it off on my phone, via the accessibility settings. But it’s clear Apple doesn’t test the UI layout much with the new glass look turned off. Lots of controls are subtly misaligned now. I regret updating. I have a Linux workstation. On Linux, nobody has the power to foist new ideas - good or bad - o…

> But it’s clear Apple doesn’t test the UI layout much with the new glass look turned off I turned it off and the keypad buttons for screen time passcode became white on white.

That's suboptimal

Re: I replaced Windows with Linux and everything's going great

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Post by riidom »

heavyset_go wrote: post #464
godelski wrote: post #449

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I remember them working on a hybrid OS that would run on your phone or tablet and then you could switch it to desktop mode. Actually looks like they're still working on that https://www.ubuntu-touch.io/ Edit: seriously guys, can we design product pages so they actually give you a sense of how the product actually works? That page sucks. I found a video and honestly while I love the idea it seems that the implementati…

Ubuntu Touch isn't a Canonical thing anymore, it's community driven and was picked up by the UBPorts foundation, which is a non-profit.

https://ubports.com
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