Comment on Microsoft revives aggressive Windows 11 upgrade campaign with intrusive popups for Windows 10 users

• martinb@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Yup. Personally only use it for work. Linux all the way on all my machines

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  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I’ve never worked with Linux and I get so drained from work, that I don’t even want to look at a computer when I get home. Idk if I have the energy to learn Linux lol.

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    • captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I switched to Linux in 2014 mostly because Win 8.1 happened to me.

      Learning Linux MInt felt about like learning a new Windows version. Think about what it was like to cope with 7 if you’re used to XP, or 10 if you’re used to 7. It’s about like that. But on Linux, it doesn’t go through those dramatic pointless UI changes. Features get added, they sometimes change the default theme, but they don’t drastically change the workflow from one version to the next. If anything, the UI felt more familiar to me than Win 8.1 did. Coping with things like the new way file systems are handled can be a thing, but as I was already playing with Raspberry Pis and had learned how to type cd and ls in a terminal I was kind of okay with that.

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    • martinb@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Install mint (cinnamon). Very easy to use for starting. Will make computers fun again. As for games. Most work fine but ymmv

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      • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I’ll have to look into it once I get a Steamdeck. I won’t need to game on a computer at that point lol. What kind of specs should my computer have in order to run mint well? I know Jack shit about Linux other than the Arch btw jokes and the penguin mascot.

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• ALostInquirer@lemm.ee ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Microsoft fucking sucks, but I want people to know ways around stuff so they aren’t wasting time and money if they don’t have to.

  What is the way around Microsoft accounts during 10/11 setup?

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  • LaunchesKayaks@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    10: put no@thankyou.com as the email and whatever the fuck you want as a password. It’ll give you an error then let you proceed with local setup. That’s if it forces you to connect to the Internet. I prefer saying I don’t have Internet and choose the limited setup option.

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