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[โ€“] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Got a new laptop about a month ago. Put Fedora Bluefin on it immediately. Couple other computers/server have been running Debian flavors for year or two.

My main desktop is still Windows, but I literally never use it, especially since getting the laptop. I'll switch it over when I get time.

I'm still tied to windows for three apps. I've found a Linux replacement for one, I just haven't done the work to convert the database.

Another one I'm trying to run it's Android version in a waydroid docker, but I'm hitting walls, no time to dig deeper.

And the last one has no replacement, and it's too delicate to try emulating, I don't want to nuke the shared database it's attached to, it's not worth the headache. So I keep a Windows VM around for the once a month I need to use that program for ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

I'm purposely being vague about the programs, they are very identifying, but trust me there's no alternatives.

Even with all that, I'm not looking back, win11 sucks.

[โ€“] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I don't plan on doing anything until I have no choice but to buy a new computer.

[โ€“] r_deckard@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I've got a few computers - my daily driver is Win10, there's a media player still on 8.1 (only accesses music streams and it's not spotify, it's URLs like https://das-edge15-live365-dal02.cdnstream.com/a98345), the main pihole machine runs vanilla Debian, the backup pihole on a Raspberry Pi also running Debian, and a couple of older laptops also running Debian.

So no, I don't plan to upgrade.

[โ€“] stormdahl@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I've been on 11 since before it was officially released. Honestly never had any issues with it, but I'm interested in hearing what sort of issues anyone else might have had? Are we talking about privacy concerns, bugs or performance issues?

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[โ€“] MrNesser@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Installed kubuntu on the laptop so I can get used to it. Still trying to find a AV and firewall app I like

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[โ€“] SSNs4evr@leminal.space 3 points 2 months ago

I've enjoyed Linux since Windows MEllennium Edition convinced me that I didn't like paying a lot, in money and time, to be an unpaid product testing guinea pig. A work friend put Windows 2000 on that laptop when ME went bad. I used it until a got a blue screen of death one day, and switched to Linux. The 1st was a $230 ePC that could be had with Windows XP or XanderOS (a flavor of Linux). I chose the latter, and had a great time of it. I've since used Mint and Ubuntu.

[โ€“] Strawberry@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago

I'll have to use some sort of windows for VR, I need to investigate the various debloat options

[โ€“] dbkblk@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (2 children)

20 years for me (even thought I used Windows for a year in there). There's no point in using Windows at all, unless you're forced at work, or stuck because you don't want to learn an alternative tool.

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[โ€“] Moobythegoldensock@lemm.ee 3 points 2 months ago

Iโ€™m on 12, and will be upgrading to 13 when Trixie hits stable.

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