takes no time at all to change. my computer is more stable, runs faster and less system strain. things actually work like hdr, and sound management. no more PS4 controller becoming my computer’s speakers because I plugged it in and the os thinking it knows best. no more weird green tint because I turned hdr on. there’s a plethora of things that just work but wouldnt in windows.
after using Linux for about a week now… I honestly can’t think of a reason why I didn’t do this years ago. microsoft is just bad
Was the PS controller as a speaker a Windows thing? Damn that drove me crazy. At least for me it was so intermittent that when it did pop up it was absolutely maddening. So happy I’ve moved on from Windows.
I’m on Linux, but for Work I’m sometimes on Windows, and our teams calls are everyone trying to fix their sound because even with saved settings on which device to use Windows decides to change that for you.
I’ve given up on trying to configure Teams audio, it’ll just reset next update so why even try?
I found the WebEx Team app was really good.
I’m being the numbers are pumped up by Deck users who aren’t really using Linux for desktop use.
The extra 20% they knocked off a couple months ago probably helped boost those numbers too
Good job M$ by killing Win10!
W10 still has higher market share than Linux and most of the decrease can be seen in the W11 increase.
I’m part of these stats thanks to Lemmy, thanks guys!
There are dozens of
usthem!Sorry I don’t daily drive Linux, but I hate windows and I use neovim. Can I get a pass?
What’s stopping you?
Edit: Not trying to evangelise, gods I hate that about the Linux community. Just trying to see if I can help in any way.
I mean in a way the community tries to help the person realize they are suffering unnecessary pain by a mega corp, just its usually the wrong approach or a toxic one.
From a low pressure sales perspective the community should be phrasing it as questions that make the Windows user think about.
Like:
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if you stay on Windows what issues will you still face?
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Would moving to Linux solve those issues? Would the change over period be a roadblock, or can you see benefits you would gain.
I think it’s the “minimum effort required” barring people from switching. How much they can be complacent and tolerate the bullshit of a hostile OS they are used to.
Since Windows users will email photos to themselves to put it on another computer, instead of clicking share folder, I’d say you are correct on complacency and minimum effort.
From a low pressure sales perspective the community should be phrasing it as questions that make the Windows user think about.
Even aside from this, I think the bigger issue is that Linux evangelists need to be open to new/ignorant users, and casual users. So much of the Linux community is made up of die-hards who expect other users to be just as invested in it as they are. For example, I’ve tried Linux twice, and both times ran into issues with support for hardware (audio issues the first time, lack of support for my mouse the second). In both cases, I have a significant number of people making absurd suggestions, and expecting me to devote significant amounts of work or money to make my PC functional when I already had a functional OS. Comments to the point of, “just buy new hardware,” “just program the drivers yourself,” or “just hire someone to write the software for you.” were a significant part of the response. Unless Linux is my job or my hobby, these are not realisitc suggestions, and they make Linux look like a nerdy hobby rather than a Windows competitor.
Those are all terrible suggestions lol.
Yeah Linux users can be like overzealous sport parents.
Side note if you do run into hardware issues that is not as simple as installing a package, my suggestion is try another distro. And I have had zealous users get mad at this, but I went through the same situation. I have a 2010 laptop it would not run any Debian based distro or offshoots, and I tried 8-10. They all fail during install with error, or install then and fail to boot with bios/hardware bug. So I tried Fedora and OpenSuSE and those had no problems (rpm based). So whatever was in Debian mainline and trickle down could not deal with the bug. But Fedora and SUSE gave a warning of “BIOS bug, working around it” and boot fine. Oddly enough NixOS works also.
When I described this before, I did have a slew of people saying “you just don’t know what your doing”, or " Debian isn’t the issue here". Lol. Clearly I know enough to attempt 12 or more Linux installs, and having no Debian distros work does mean Debian is the issue.
People.
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Honestly the thing stopping me is I enjoy macOS. As soon as Apple enshitifies - imo they haven’t yet - I’m making the switch. But that’s only for my daily driver. Anything SSH I use runs Linux.
I’m just glad you have an up-to-date OS that works for you and that you enjoy. :)
Hijacking this to voice my frustration with audio software developers’ outright refusal to support Linux. I know there are a few solutions, but it’s like learning a new instrument and it’s hard to find motivation as it is.
Daily Debian since 2015, zero regrets.
