Comment on Microsoft is bringing annoying Windows 11 Start menu ads to Windows 10

accideath@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• doingthestuff@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I have been installing Linux on a number of my work PCs that I manage. Most of them are pretty straightforward, office products, printing, web, basic video player. But my personal PCs have so many different programs installed for different niche uses that it’s been a massive roadblock to me switching over. I know it’s coming because I’m not moving to Windows 11 even though my PC is compatible in theory. But man is it going to take me a lot of time to figure out all of the different screen capture, video editing, audio extraction and editing, disc imaging, photo editing etc. I know I can figure it out, but it’s about the time. I have a huge steam library too,but most of that should work.

  Any of you playing Fallout London on Linux?

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  • grue@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    screen capture

    OBS (same as is popular on Windows).

    video editing, audio extraction and editing

    I basically never do that sort of thing, but if I needed to I’d start out with Kdenlive and Audacity, respectively.

    See also:

    itsfoss.com/best-video-editing-software-linux/

    itsfoss.com/best-audio-editors-linux/

    disc imaging

    For a task that basic, most of the time I just use dd.

    photo editing

    GIMP and/or Krita.

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    • SoGrumpy@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I wouldn’t suggest GIMP to anybody: Photopea. It is very similar to Photoshop and is a webapp.

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  • Valmond@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Was in the same place, got FOSS soft for almost everything so now I run Mint on my main PC and on my laptop too, with a little 100€ used think centre running photoshop (I’m starting to figure out krita/gimp but pixel editing is a bummer there IMO) and 3dsmax for when I need them.

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• net00@lemm.ee ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just install Linux, it’s not that hard.

  This is just but the small first step. I was basically checking what it will take to daily drive linux on my desktop, and there’s many little roadblocks that I’m just instead considering getting a Win 11 pro license next year and just turning off all the shit in gpedit.

  • No RGB software for my gigabyte mobo (openrgb doesn’t have it).
  • No AMD adrenalin unless I go with Ubuntu, which is just on the same path of enshittification as windows
  • No steelseries engine
  • No Sapphire trixx
  • No microsoft office desktop/onedrive (means I gotta find an office replacement that also works on my apple devices and syncs)

  Linux has come a long way, and it’s probably enough for some but it would be a massive headache for me still…

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  • accideath@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Yea, it’s definitely not for everyone yet. But the average user (who needs a browser, a file manager and maybe an office suite) has no reason to stay on windows besides the convenience of being installed already.

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  • acid_falcon@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You know that you dont have to pay for a Windows license right? You can permanently activate it (and any version of office) with a script. I found some article a while ago talking about it, some official Microsoft tech support used it because they were frustrated with Windows, so it’s legit

    massgrave.dev

    I do computer repair/tech support for just a small business. I haven’t used Windows on a a personal machine in a looong time, but that script helps me when I get stuck at work

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  • IAmNotACat@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    You can mount and sync your OneDrive files with rclone, which I think is much nicer than OneDrive.

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