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Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux

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Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux

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Post by chaostheory »

swat535 wrote: post #670
ufmace wrote: post #478

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm in the exact same boat. I was a little unhappy with the ads etc in Windows, but perfectly willing to give Windows 11 a try. But Microsoft decreed that my admittedly a bit old but perfectly workable CPU was incompatible, due to not having a feature I wasn't interested in. I'd need to replace most of my existing hardware to switch. So why not try Linux? It certainly seems reasonable when Windows apparently needs mo…

I know you've already switched but bid you try using FlyOOBE to bypass it? https://github.com/builtbybel/FlyOOBE/

Prior to a lot of apps transitioning to be web apps, this would be more important, but there’s less value now that almost everything is non-native. Even MS Office is online now

Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux

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Post by tokai »

Eric_WVGG wrote: post #274

> If 3 years ago you would have told me that Microsoft would singlehandedly sabotage their own OS, doing more Linux marketing than the most neckbearded Linux fanboy (or the most femboy Thinkpad enjoyer), I'd have laughed in your face I have no idea what that Thinkpad burn is supposed to mean.

Its not a burn. Just acknowledging the memes about cross dressing and programming/computer science that has been going around certain online circles for years.

https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/programming-socks

Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux

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Post by godelski »

Jnr wrote: post #515
godelski wrote: post #343

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> idk why Arch doesn't invest in whats standard in every other major distro Because its supposed to be stripped down. To serve as a base to create things like Endeavour, Manjaro, or Cachy. There's still a lot of utility to doing things the hard way. I do suggest people that want to actually learn Linux install Arch and live in the terminal. You learn a lot very fast because you're forced to. But it's not for everyone…

I don't think it is because they can't do it or that they want to be a base for other distros. They simply let the user choose what the user wants. And if you don't know what you want then you learn it. I switched to arch 15 years ago to learn Linux. And it is by far the best way to understand it. Having used Arch I can easily maintain almost any distro out there, but it doesn't work the other way around.

  > Having used Arch I can easily maintain almost any distro out there, but it doesn't work the other way around.
I think this is an important thing to recognize. It's exactly why I tell people that want to learn Linux to do it (but not people who want to use Linux). The struggle is real, but the struggle is part of the learning process. The truth is that distros are not that different from one another. The main difference is in the package manager and the release schedule of their package databases.

I'd also like to tell any Linux newbies, the Arch Wiki is your best friend. It doesn't matter if you're using Ubuntu, Mint, or whatever. The Arch Wiki is still usually the second place I go to for when I need help. The first is the man pages (while there's some bad documentation out there it is quite surprising how well most man pages are written. Linux really has shown me the power and importance of writing good documentation)

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Post by ebbi »

simgoh wrote: post #420
pier25 wrote: post #116

> You had unsaved work? Too bad, it's gone, get bent. This has happened to me a couple of times. I put the PC to sleep and the next morning I discover it has decided to close everything to install an update. Not using Windows ever again to do any work. Say what you will about Apple but at least they don't do crap like this.

I aspire to have your level of confidence in anything that amounts to leaving unsaved work in any sort of shape or form.

The point is, the user shouldn't have to work around the OS. The OS should work around the user. If there are unsaved files, the OS should not be installing an update and removing unsaved work.

Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux

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Post by cepcode »

As time goes on, I get closer and closer for Linux to be my daily driver. The ads, the Microsoft account login, the OneDrive in the explorer window, the 'recommendations' to change my default browser, etc make me more angry by the day. However, when I install Linux on an old machine, I initially have driver issues like wifi. And after fighting with that for an hour, I decide it's not worth the risk to blow away my main machine. So I accept the slop from MS and continue on.

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Post by Animats »

I did that years ago, at the end of Windows 7 and the beginning of the need for a Microsoft account.

I seem to have a much lower tolerance for enshitification than most people. I'm off Microsoft, Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn. Purely because they became annoying.

Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux

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Post by vimwizard »

I finally installed Windows 11 last year so I could use Wifi 6E. Other than that, it is certainly a downgrade. With some debloating and ExplorerPatcher, its mostly the same as Windows 10 now, but I'm praying that an update wont brick my install. Thankfully the latest forced feature update didn't affect me.

Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux

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Post by fasterik »

With Windows 10 EOL, I had to decide whether to upgrade my laptop to Windows 11 or Linux. I've been a Windows user for decades, but with all the user-hostile bullshit coming out of Microsoft and the degradation of performance on Windows 11, I decided to go with Ubuntu instead.

I'm still on a Windows 11 desktop for the time being, but seriously considering switching there as well. The main thing stopping me is the undeniably better ecosystem on Windows for professional video editing and music production, with no comparable open-source options. I've spent hundreds if not thousands of dollars on high quality virtual instruments and effects plugins. But if I can manage to run these under emulation on Linux or find equivalent Linux-native versions, I will happily abandon all Microsoft products at this point.

Re: Microsoft forced me to switch to Linux

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Post by j45 »

This seems to historically have been a pattern. There was a period where Windows Vista was forced on everyone and downgrading to Windows XP until Vista was better was forbidden.

Lots of people jumped to Mac or Linux at that time. There's article floating around that the Macbook Pro ironically was the best laptop to run Windows XP on via dual boot because it was so intel.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_Vista

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