I’m that guy.
Install Linux Mint.
Comment on YouTube is taking down videos on performing nonstandard Windows 11 installs
gigachad@piefed.social 2 days agoI am usually not that guy, but honestly, why not just install Linux Mint at this point
Mac@mander.xyz 2 days ago
SatyrSack@quokk.au 2 days ago
I cannot find this meme I know I have seen
Panel 1: “Installing Windows 20 years ago” screenshot of install wizard with just a couple buttons
Panel 2: “Installing Linux 20 years ago” screenshot of a busy command line
Panel 3: “Installing Windows today” screenshot of a busy command line
Panel 4: “Installing Linux today” screenshot of install wizard with just a couple buttonskuebic@discuss.tchncs.de 1 day ago
SatyrSack@quokk.au 1 day ago
Awesome, thanks! You should definitely post that to a Linux meme community or something.
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Because some people still require windows for what ever reason and also it’s fun to resist corporate bullshit by spitting in their face.
Personally I switched to Bazzite for my gaming rigs and Mint for everything else, but I wont judge anyone who wants to stay on windows despite the hostility microsoft has for its user base and I say more power to them.
Those who stand defiant in the face of overwhelming odds are exactly the sort of folk I like.
TheTechnician27@lemmy.world 2 days ago
“Resist corporate bullshit by eschewing the non-corporate option – which, because it’s open, gets better the more people use it – in favor of continuing to use the exact same corporate product but with an abstruse, hacky workaround that all of 0.001% of the userbase will use and will probably be plugged by this time next week. That’ll show those corpo fucks who’s boss. ✊Ⓐ”
chloroken@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
How is continuing to use their product (thus being farmed for telemetry and other revenues) defiant in any way?
The reality is you and others are afraid of change. There is no windows-only program I can’t run. Your defiance is futile and you’re the only one suffering, not Microsoft.
M0oP0o@mander.xyz 2 days ago
I get it but let me give you an example of the sort of thing Linux is dealing with:
I have a nephew who wanted a PC, and had a small budget (they where 11 at the time and I was not going to let them pay) so I used some parts around and made a not so bad mint machine. It worked very well but can not play fortnight (not an issue with mint or the hardware) or other such anti-cheat games. The child was ok with it but his parents got mad at me as to why I would not just “be normal” and put a real operating system on the machine. They tried to tell my nephew that he should not use his PC until they can bring it to someone that can “fix” it by putting windows on it (they are kinda asshats). Lucky for my nephew the place they took the PC said the same thing I did and that it would not run well with windows on it, but would do it if they wanted (they said no when they got the cost).
So the PC gets used and is enjoyed (it was the nephews birthday present from me), and used by his father as much as him. But all this time I am getting constant complaints about the “weird stuff” I forced on them, and that one day they will get him a “real” computer. Keep in mind my brother has a PC that is running windows that has more bloat and malware then you would think possible at this time (I think why he kept using his son’s) that was about the same in hardware (1060, am4 3600ish, 8 gigs of ram sort of machines). The mint PC was clearly better, and when their child started to point out how much more time my brother spent on his Linux computer then his own my brother just happened to “spill” a whole glass of water directly into his son’s computer. Then he hid the PC away and just blamed it not working on the “bad software” that it was running, and how it was a “trash” machine anyway. (I did get it back eventually, replaced the board and shipped it back to my nephew who is now using it again).
So the point of the story is this, would you if you had to deal with users (and lets assume you are not related to them) like this put Linux on their machines or just not want to deal with them and put a ripped and custom windows on it?
chloroken@lemmy.ml 2 days ago
I cannot relate in any way. I would tell these people to figure it out themselves and that they’re ignorant and ungrateful.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 days ago
There are no upcoming kernel patches that will fix the problem of people being ungrateful assholes.
EnsignWashout@startrek.website 1 day ago
In contrast, I set my nephew up with Linux Mint, and he is now slowly converting the rest of his family to open source solutions.
My understanding is that they keep having conversations about privacy news, and he keeps knowing a solution, which sometimes is Android or Linux based. So now his parents will ask me “Is it true the XY protects against YZ and is free?”
It’s been a pretty cool thing to watch.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Oof. Those parents are horrible. At least you tried to do the right think for the little dude.
Jason2357@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
If that story is at all true, I feel so bad for that kid regarding so much more than the OS on his computer. I honestly hope you have thought about the potential future circumstance that you need to take on an abused teenager.
devolution@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Is your brother a Trumpy?
prettybunnys@piefed.social 2 days ago
Can you run Battlefield 6?
Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de 8 hours ago
You should not install a game requiring kernel level privileges on a personal machine you use for anything other than gaming.
At this point, I recommend to go the console way (or dedicated gaming machine, which is basically the same at this point as you are not owning neither of them)
BombOmOm@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Why the hell do you want Saudi Arabia and Jared Kusher* to have kernel-level access to your machine? Why, why is that worth it for just a game?!
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I am not interested in playing any of those games.
sucius@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The last 2, you can
astagahdragonz@lemmy.world 1 day ago
The last time I try to run valorant on non standard windows 11 install, the anticheat refused to run. I’m not playing valorant, just helping friend with tehnical issue.
chloroken@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
Yes.
IdleSheep@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 days ago
Well I’m glad you represent everybody.
People who need to use software like the Adobe suite professionally? They should just abandon their whole career and not use Adobe. Being unemployed will really show em.
FauxLiving@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Every time this topic comes up, you’d think that all Windows users are all professional graphic designers who use AutoCAD and also play Valorant professionally.
relativestranger@feddit.nl 1 day ago
if you’re being paid to run windows software… that’s a little different.
chloroken@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I can run adobe software in Linux.
gigachad@piefed.social 1 day ago
I don’t judge, I just don’t understand. At this level, you need way more skills to keep your Windows account local than installing Linux with their GUI wizard. I understand some people need Windows professionally for Photoshop, but I guess the large majority doesn’t. If you reed this Windows used, now is the time. Trust me, you will experience a level of freedom and performance you would have never thought of.
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Hey I’m with you, at this point it seems like a losing battle to stay secure on windows and it will only get worse. But some people will want to keep using it for whatever reason. As long as I have the ability to assist them I will, freedom of choice is important even when the choice is a bad one.
NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
Heard good things about Bazzite, how does it work out with .exe game files off the internet etc?
Ive got a boat load of games that aren’t on steam/are from GOG or itch and run as their own files instead of being run off a service
the_riviera_kid@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I haven’t had any issues with any of the the games I play. For example recently I’ve been playing Driver San Francisco and all I had to do was tell my system to run it using proton and it plays, no weird configurations or workarounds needed. I have even had some games that were so buggy on windows they would randomly crash that ran like they were native on linux. RAGE for instance always gave weird memory errors on windows but on Bazzite it just worked. I am fairly anti social though so I don’t play any online games so I can’t vouch for those. I’ve heard older multiplayer games seem to work fine with a few work-arounds. If you look up guides on how to get things running on the Steam Deck they usually work for getting things running on Bazzite as well.
NihilsineNefas@slrpnk.net 1 day ago
To be fair, the last multiplayer game I was massively into was Warframe, but haven’t been on that in years at this point (if No Mans Sky doesn’t count lol)
I’ll probably end up loading Bazzite just because gaming and general browsing online is all I use my rig for these days (I may branch into freecad at some point for the fun of it but we’ll burn that bridge when we get to it)