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Many of them work without having to install anything. You could try a live boot USB and see what of them doesn’t work to get an idea how difficult it’ll be.

(possibly needless) anecdote

My dad is a Windows “power user” and it’s funny trying to talk to him about Linux because there are so many things unique to Windows that were essentially OS problems foisted onto “power users” that he is concerned about with regards to Linux and a lot of them basically don’t apply (e.g. anti-virus, drive letters, installing drivers for everything, etc.).

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sjkhgsi@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Oh yeah I’ve already dual booted. Its mostly musical instrument related stuff that’s stopping the full switch over. Like the programs to edit presets on my guitar pedal and synth are not huge fans of Linux. I would say for most people though, you could probably switch them to Linux and they wouldn’t even notice

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lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
TBH I kinda like the whole “drive letter” thing. But I also understand mount points, so I don’t really miss it, but still.

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- aesthelete@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  Nautilus shows me that stuff next to each other out of box on Ubuntu. It just doesn’t have drive letters.
  
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  - lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Nemo can as well. I forgot how, but it’s in there.
    
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