Comment on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change massively, gets enormous backlash - Neowin

• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Why have windows calculator when you can have windows calculator guess what you want to calculate, get it wrong, spy on you, and use that spying to serve you targetted ads all at the same time? #innovation

  Ya know, I’m not a linux “supporter” in the traditional sense. I usually find it annoying when people hijack these threads to say they use linux.

  But man…even though I don’t have a clue what I’m doing in linux, I’d rather be on linux than windows 11.

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  • mrcleanup@lemmy.world ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    We have passed the point where it has to be complicated. If you choose something like Garuda, Bazzite, or Mint, it should be a pretty straightforward switch.

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And contrary to windows, it’s learn once, use forever.

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      • skribe@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Except all those times where you learnt how to do something when you set it up years ago, and haven’t touched it since because it just bloody works. Then when you need to upgrade to a new machine you have to learn it all again.

        Been using Linux for thirty years and it still happens.

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    • Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I’m on ZorinOS, which I’m told is very similar to Mint.

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      • ChunkMcHorkle@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Zorin is working out really well for me, esp on my older machines with slower processors and less RAM that choke a little on fuller distros. I enjoy the KDE Plasma distros, for example, but they’re a little too heavy for my older boxes and I was getting a lot of video stutter and unexplained shutdows, etc. I don’t get that with Zorin or Mint. For me Mint works just as well as Zorin and picks up all my hardware just as handily, it just feels a little basic for what I’m used to. But Zorin hits just right in every direction for my needs. It’s a good distro for Windows noobs, that’s for sure.

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  • cygnus@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s OK, you’re on Lemmy, we all use Linux here so you’re among friends (or bitter enemies if your distro of choice is Ubuntu)

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    • Lydia_K@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

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  • nova_ad_vitum@lemmy.ca ⁨10⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    A good low (basically zero) risk way to start is to flash an image of say Ubuntu onto a flash drive. They’re usually bootable. So you can boot into Linux right off the flash drive.

    This obvious takes a performance hit compared to actually installing it, but it’ll let you confirm that it actually works on your hardware.

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    • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      And IIRC you xan choose to just keep it (so install it) right from there.

      You can also load it up, and then do wild stuff and install, upgrade things (which will disappear ofc.).

      That USB boot is crazy cool if you think about it IMO.

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