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

I’m in the EU and use Windows 10 LTSC so I mostly clear off of this bulshit. A few months ago I bought a cheap refurbished laptop to use occasionally and decided from day 1 it would be Linux Mint only since I only use it for the basics.

A few months later and I’m surprised how far Mint came. It’s so easy to use. Customizing it was a bit harder but nothing major. And to my surprise…even games. I threw a couple of games at it and everything the computer can handle would run. I was from the time where gaming on Linux was a no-no.

When LTSC support goes, I’ll most likely go full Linux. The only problem is the Adobe software but maybe I can fix that with a virtual machine.

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AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

…decided from day 1 it would be Linux Mint only since I only use it for the basics

What kind of out of the ordinary things cannot be done with it?

I switched from Windows 3.11 and I’m still puzzled by this.

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- Nastybutler@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I always love when people pretend to be mystified that someone has trouble running programs on Linux when I, a non Linux user, see plenty of examples of people having trouble getting programs to run on Linux scrolling through “Everything” on Lemmy
  
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  - AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Well, some people want to run programs on Linux that were written for other operating systems.
    
    As it happens, it can be done, but it’s not the simplest way to do things.
    
    It’s like buying a PlayStation and complaining it won’t run Super Mario properly.
    
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    fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    What if those are the basics?
    
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  - curry@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    We need to remind ourselves that there’s an entire generation that has grown up with smartphones and only touching a laptop or a desktop pc on occasionally. For them, windows or chromeOS alone is a challenge. Linux is just an isekai waiting to happen when you cross that bridge of no return.
    
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- Hackworth@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  Cannot be done with Mint? I’ve OS hopped every few years - currently running Windows 11 at work and Mint at home. I much prefer the Mint install. That said, I’m a video producer - and video production just isn’t there yet on Linux. CUDA’s a pain to get working, proprietary codecs add steps, Davinci’s linux support is more limited than it seems, KDenLive works in a pinch but lacks features, Adobe and Linux are like oil and water, there’s no equivalent for After Effects… I don’t doubt that there are workarounds for many of these issues. But the ROI’s not there yet. I’d love to see a video production focused distro that really aimed for full production suite functionality. Especially since Hackintoshes are about to get even harder to build.
  
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  - AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    I guess that’s a valid edge case. Although I thought that some professional editing suites had been ported (not Adobe’s, obviously).
    
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- noughtnaut@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  The way your comment reads, you’ve been using Windows 3.11 these past decades. 😂
  
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  - geophysicist@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Why fix what isn’t broken
    
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possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
With the craziness around Adobe products you might want to move away from Adobe at some point as well.

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- spirinolas@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
  I do, unfortunately there are no efficient alternatives.
  
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InternetUser2012@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
I tried that LTSC a couple years ago when I had a Nvidia card and I couldn’t get a driver install that would let me play the new release games.

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