: Workaround sent to the big OOBE in the sky with latest Insider builds
  • imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
    4·
    13 hours ago

    Great strategy to force users have a bad experience while your platform is in decline to a free and user friendly alternative. Very smart of MS, as per usual.

  • kablez@lemmy.ml
    1·
    10 hours ago

    Linux has been a superior OS for a while, especially since Steam’s efforts to port games over to it.

    Only reason many people hang on, including some in my household, is platform exclusive tools like Adobe.

    • 1984@lemmy.today
      2·
      11 hours ago

      About the same for me. Genuinely happy and cant understand why more people dont just install it. Its soo easy these days.

  • Carvex@lemmy.world
    41·
    1 day ago

    I use Lemmy and Steam games, someone please recommend a Linux OS and a browser to end this stupid shit for me.

    • VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      18·
      22 hours ago

      Pop!_OS, PikaOS, CachyOS, and Bazzite are the top gaming distros right now.

      I recommend Pop! if you have Nvidia cards. If you have AMD, any of them will work.

      PikaOS or Bazzite with the KDE Plasma desktop are going to be closest to Windows 10 in terms of how you use them.

      Pop! has a super different UI, almost Mac-like. But it’s based on Ubuntu, the most-used distro. Which means that if anything goes wrong you can search “[problem] Ubuntu” and get hundreds of solution pages.

      CachyOS is based on Arch, which is the big, scawy Linux that all the nerds say they use. It’s easier to break than the other ones, and won’t officially offer some of the apps that something Debian/Ubuntu based might have. I would recommend it when you’re looking to get a bit more technical.

      That said, I haven’t broken my install yet and CachyOS is like the fastest OS available right now. Serious FPS gains for a LOT of games compared to Windows, and even other Linux distros. I also have not had to sit and troubleshoot it over anything. I was shocked at how smooth it was for an Arch system.

      So, there’s not really a bad choice in those 4. I’d recommend Pop! if you never want to have to tinker, Pika or Bazzite if you want to feel like you’re still using Windows, and Cachy when you feel comfortable taking some training wheels off (and that could be right now!).

      For browsers, try LibreWolf. It’s a locked-down version of Firefox. Or just use Firefox. It ain’t perfect, but then again it ain’t Chrome.

      • _lilith@lemmy.world
        2·
        17 hours ago

        oh hey nice I haven been on Mint for awhile and my Nvidia card gives me no end of trouble

      • Scrubbles@poptalk.scrubbles.techEnglish
        3·
        22 hours ago

        PopOS vote from me. Very easy to get set up, especially if you have an Nvidia card. Flatpak is integrated to their store, it just works out of the box.

    • methodicalaspect@midwest.socialEnglish
      11·
      24 hours ago

      Linux Mint. If my 85-year-old dad can get used to it after over 30 years of Windows, you’ll be fine.

      /edit Also Firefox comes with pretty much every Linux distribution, but if you need something Chromium-based, I’m partial to Vivaldi.

      • starblursd@lemmy.mlEnglish
        4·
        24 hours ago

        Nobara and pikaOS also both good options. I use CachyOs on my main PC and nobara on my htpc and have had a very pleasant time with the distros and their communities. Just gotta leave windows at the door and be open to learning a new way of doing things. Best of luck OP

        and browser I love zen browser and have Vivaldi as my chromium browser of choice when some niche task needs it

      • Aurora Chrysalis@lemmy.mlEnglish
        1·
        21 hours ago

        CachyOS has recently stopped playing H264 videos on some websites after a system update.(on Librewolf and other browsers too). Installing ffmpeg4.4 will fix this.

    • poke@sh.itjust.works
      3·
      24 hours ago

      I’ve had a good experience with Bazzite. It worked out of the box for steam, and the “bazaar” app store built into it had everything I needed. Heroic is in there and good for handling PC games from other stores. Use Proton+ to get the latest Proton GE if you run into any windows game compatibility issues and it may solve them.

  • Doublenut@lemmy.zip
    8·
    20 hours ago

    Ok fine Linux it is. As a person who mostly uses a computer for 3D modeling, drafting and invoicing… what are my options?

    • guismo@aussie.zoneEnglish
      3·
      15 hours ago

      What software do you use?

      I worked with 3D for decades and Blender replaced almost everything. The performance is actually better on Linux. I personally use Linux mint, but regarding software it barely matters what distro you use nowadays.

      But support, compatibility, ease of use can vary a lot. I haven’t used another distro for many years so I can’t say much.

      If you rely on autodesk and adobe stuff you will probably suffer. But personally I would say it’s deserved because there are not a lot of companies more evil than them. The sooner you start trying alternatives the better.

      Invoicing I just used inkscape but it’s not great. Be prepared to make some sacrifices, but it’s all worthy to get rid of microsoft.

      • cyberwolfie@lemmy.ml
        1·
        11 hours ago

        Invoicing I just used inkscape but it’s not great. Be prepared to make some sacrifices, but it’s all worthy to get rid of microsoft.

        How is Inkscape used for invoicing? You cretate the invoice as vector graphic template and just replace the text?

        I don’t ever do any invoicing myself, so I am not clear on the requirements here. But a template in LibreOffice Draw could perhaps work for this purpose? There might be some way to programtically replace the fields, and if you store client and project details in a database it should eventually be a matter of choosing which client to bill for which project and click “Go!”. I would aim for such a self-made setup to be independent on any license-ridden software. But again, I don’t do this, so I might have missed some important part of the puzzle.