Linux may be on to something

I'm still getting a legacy PC for win 7, but I think Linux can run on any modern PC. I think Linux also is way more versatile than it was in the beginning. I've used windows all my life and fear the change, but Microsoft has forced me into this with their forced crap like tpm snapshots, one drive, copilot etc. It feels like a federal wiretap. Linux is free too and with a couple of add ons ons I think native software can launch similar to windows. **** Windows 11, the ad obsessed most invasive crap is ever to exist.

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Convivial · 26-30, F

I have a10 year old Microsoft surface pro 3...
I loaded cinnamon mint onto it without a problem... All hardware detected and works straight away, no messing about... The one thing I miss from ms is access

twiigss · M

I moved to Linux mint 3 weeks before win 10 support ended. My PC can't run win 11, I can't afford a new PC, and don't want to be tied into forced updates, copilot, being screenshotted every 5 minutes, nope.

The only thing I need to do is to get an AMD GPU but my case can't handle anything longer than 290mm. The AMD 9070 RX is 310mm so will have to look around at various cards to see what will fit.

Apparently, Linux works better with AMD than Nvidia, but when you ain't got the money....

whowasthatmaskedman · 70-79, M

I am now a Zorin (Linux ) user, on Desktop and laptops, having converted from Windows 10, refusing to go to 11. I wont lie. Its a learning curve. But glad I did it..😷

dirge · M

linux can run on older or most newer hardware (sometimes it takes a while to get drivers for the news of the new). windows won't run on anything that doesn't have the TCM hardware ... I think that's the acronymn. trusted compute module. anyway, it's more secure, more versatile (always has been; you just got locked in by available software). native windows binaries from windows to linux can be tricky. not impossible, but I'd say it's not for the weak willed.

Worldreject · 51-55, MNew

@dirge I just found out too that reaper daw can run on linux, even oberheim vst!

unregisteredhypercam4 · 22-25, M

Been using linux for almost a decade now! Only go back to windows to run programs that absolutely "can't" run on linux (dual boot). Currently very happy with debian but ubuntu/mint is probably the best for beginners.

Worldreject · 51-55, MNew

@unregisteredhypercam4 is it really hard at first to run software?

unregisteredhypercam4 · 22-25, M

@Worldreject Only hard part is that it's different. Some DE's come with a graphical appstore, but the commandline packgage manager is extremely easy to use. As long as you have a gui, you can just click to run exactly like on windows and mac.

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Worldreject · 51-55, MNew

@jshm2 sure, until the next update turns everything on again. I've had it with Microsoft s bs

Adeptlinguist · M

Try Fedora!

Worldreject · 51-55, MNew

@Adeptlinguist that's the one I had in mind!

Elessar · 31-35, M

@Adeptlinguist Something like Zorin is easier for someone migrating to it first

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