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[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 36 minutes ago* (last edited 35 minutes ago)

I've used Linux on desktop, servers, and embedded devices regularly, but my mobile laptop has always been Windows. There were just enough times when a commercial OS was the only working solution to something even if Linux was great for 95% of other things.

What was the real push for me was how bad Windows 11 was. I have simply opted-out. Not quite two months ago now, I've changed that. I bought a M2 Macbook Air and run Asahi Linux (Fedora Remix) as my primary with the ability to dual boot back to OSX if I need a commercial OS. I've only had to boot back to OSX one time (and it really was the only solution). Asahi on M2 isn't perfect but I'm quite happy with it.

[–] MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca 3 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

I took the plunge during the holiday interregnum.

A lot of stuff was stunningly simple, some frustrating hiccups/learning experiences here and there but I think all the games I checked are working.

I still have to do some work to figure out how to get mods working (not usually a dealbreaker but I've heard they really improve Fallout NV and I've been itching to try it) but goddamn it feels awesome to finally leave windows!

[–] sidebro@lemmy.zip 1 points 35 minutes ago

Modding manually is a breeze, it's when you need different sorts of managers or script extenders that it can get a bit wonky. Welcome to the party!

[–] Admetus@sopuli.xyz 5 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 1 hour ago) (1 children)

When I was chatting to someone about building my 'mid' gaming pc, we got chatting about RAM and I said I've got 16GB set up. His reaction was 'only 16 gig?'

Well yeah, my OS is only using 16% of it at startup compared to you know what. (the repeated number 16 is a coincidence, it IS using 16%)

[–] rem26_art@fedia.io 1 points 57 minutes ago

I built my mom a cheap PC like 7 years ago right before work from home took off, and at the time it was running Windows 10, but as time went on, it became apparent that the 8GB i built it with somehow wasnt enough so I upgraded it to 16GB. Fast-forward to now, where she's now running Linux because her work didn't want to support Windows 10 WFH anymore (but somehow also supported Linux clients??), and she doesn't even use 8GB of RAM, even with integrated graphics.