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Delusional ,

It's almost like they're trying to make people switch to Linux and kill PC gaming altogether. Luckily gaming on Linux has come pretty far.

tron ,
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I was a late switcher as I had to wait for gaming support. Once I saw what the steam deck was doing and how amazing proton is, I pulled the trigger. It gets better all the time too, sounds like Nvidia users are finally gonna be getting proper Wayland in like less than a month too! It's been so smooth I was able to convince my wife to use it too. She LOVES Minecraft and after I showed her Prism Launcher she was sold.

arefx ,

I really wish the anticheat co.panies would get their stuff working on Linux. I know anticheats aren't 100% effective but they are necessary, if you think it's bad with them imagine without.

piccolo ,

Which anticheats aren't working in proton? Iirc the major ones work.

HeyMrDeadMan ,

https://areweanticheatyet.com/?search=&sortOrder=desc&sortBy=status

At least 132 games that theoretically should work, but because of bad/broken implementation don't, and 28 games where the linux community has been told explicitly to f- off.

piccolo ,

That's just a list of games not worth playing /s

moon ,

I love it, please keep destroying windows and let the holdouts suffer. Linux is the way

GiddyGap ,

I'd love to go to Linux, but I use so many apps that are only available for Windows.

piccolo ,

Other than Adobe shit. What apps do you need that can't either be replaced by a native app or ran in wine?

GiddyGap ,

Lots of proprietary apps for work. No-go for me.

piccolo ,

Personally i would use a vm to seperate work from Personal shit.

s_s ,

Windows is not a serious OS anymore.

NutWrench ,
@NutWrench@lemmy.world avatar

Is one of those "features" CoPilot? Because I did a search for it on my Windows 10 installation, and found several small bits of it, including a directory called "Microsoft CoPilot." It looks like a placeholder for a full installation, later on. I'm guessing Office 365 put it there.

Sam_Bass ,

Its not that 10 is more popular, its that 10 is less jacked up. Start jacking 10 and we'll all go back to 7

lost_faith ,

When I saw yesterday that M$ was doing a new beta for win 10 my first thought was "Well people don't want to switch to 11 cause of the garbage we keep adding? Let's see if we can get the same garbage in 10, then they will be willing."

Sam_Bass ,

Willing to what? Adopt a penguin?

areyouevenreal ,

Switch to 11

Sam_Bass ,

Nope. On second thought, downloading ubuntu 11.10

skyy ,

Start jacking up 10 and we'll all go to Linux

Sam_Bass ,

Millions already have

SuspiciousCatThing ,

Not 8?

Sam_Bass ,

If you wanna go 8, go ape

Mertn33 ,

It is malware, not software.

uriel238 ,
@uriel238@lemmy.blahaj.zone avatar

Can I opt out?

supercriticalcheese ,

it's Microsoft so probably not unless corporate account. You know the other solution.

Wirlocke ,

So they're ending support but will use the remaining users like test guinea pigs.

Great...

purplemonkeymad ,

So no change whatsoever then? Ever since it released windows 10 patch testing has been "release to end user and see what the complaints are."

xavier666 ,
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This is called the "RedHat CentOS" strategy

Cossty ,

They just want to make w10 as bad if not worse than w11. Because they want people say: I might as well use w11.

indomara ,

No fucking thank you, I have long since completely neutered my pc's ability to update. I updated enough to install drivers and get it stable, and that's it. I don't trust windows.

Cethin ,

So much effort to just keep using the same shitty piece of software.

FonsNihilo ,

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    Cethin ,

    If it really was less effort to move to Linux, a majority of people would have already.

    Oh yeah, because the customer is always perfectly knowledgeable and rational. People absolutely never spend more money to get an inferior product.

    Have you tried Linux recently (or at all)? Most distros hold your hand. If anything, most of them hold your hand more than Windows. The installation is very easy, and it doesn't bug you with a Microsoft account, MS Office, or One Cloud. It's not trying to sell you a bunch of shit you don't need because it's not profiting off of you. You just select what drive you want to install it on (assuming you have an empty one) and let it do it's thing, and you're done.

    FonsNihilo ,

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    Cethin ,

    So if you don't have a clue, do you buy the expensive yet inferior product for ease of use, or spend hours learning stuff you don't want to, to get the free, and better product?

    If you are willing to learn how to hack Windows to work the way you want it to, the better solution is to switch to Linux. The person I replied to is knowledgeable enough to disable his computer's ability to update. They are not an average user. Any user who can manage what they did will have a trivial time switching to Linux.

    No, no Linux distro holds your hand like a OS that comes preinstalled on your PC.

    No shit. It holds your hand more than what this user did, and it holds your hand more than installing Windows, which you'll need to do for 11 to switch. It being pre-installed is exactly the same as someone installing it for their parents, or whatever you said in your other comment with a negative connotation.

    I don't know why people always need to boil things down to what the absolute dumbest least technical user who doesn't have help can do when they weren't what's being discussed. This was a user on Lemmy who has modified Windows to not update. They are spending more effort to stay on Windows than it'd take to switch to Linux, like I implied with my first comment.

    FonsNihilo ,

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    Cethin ,

    I feel like all of your arguments are just from your experience only.

    Personal experience and those that I've heard and seen, sure. As are all of our opinions. I saw the other day someone using Debian (I think, maybe it was another distro) while avoiding the terminal. You can't even do that with Windows.

    96% of people haven't, because they don't want to.

    That is not an accurate statement. The vast majority haven't even considered that there's another option, besides Mac maybe if they're aware of that. It's like saying 99% of people aren't billionaires because they don't want to be. They didn't make a choice.

    For your car analogy, I agree with it. It's pretty accurate. The issue is this person was doing fairly serious maintenance of his automatic car. He wasn't just driving it around because it's easier. They spent time gaining knowledge and experience because they're automatic was breaking down in a way the manual wouldn't have had issue with. They wouldn't have much trouble making the switch.

    FonsNihilo ,

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    Cethin ,

    All of that, just to have a Linux server that could natively handle the default windows file format.

    All of that has nothing to do with standard operation of Linux. I also switched from Windows, and I haven't reformatted two of my drives. They work perfectly fine. They are NTFS. I have used them on Ubuntu, Fedora, and now Garuda. I didn't have to install any other packages or anything for them to work. Debian probably just doesn't include it by default, but every distro I've tried does. Linux doesn't natively support many things, which is why distros include a lot.

    The average Windows user switching their computer will probably choose a desktop focused distro that will include this support by default. It won't be an issue, and if it is then it's only a time-sink, not difficulty, as you move files to storage temporarily while you reformat.

    I won't even start on all the small tedious things I have to on Linux VS doing the same thing on Windows. (I wish g hub was able to run on linux)

    Yeah, some things are annoying, but some things suck on Windows too. Have you ever edited your registries on Windows (I'm sure the answer is yes.) It's not a fun process, and you can fuck things up easily. There's no need to do things like that on Linux.

    As for G-Hub, yeah it sucks it doesn't work, but there's Solaar that does most of it, just in a harder to use package. That's a choice by Logitech to not support Linux though, not a difficulty intrinsic to Linux. They will support it if more people change over.

    FonsNihilo ,

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    Cethin ,

    Where did I say Linux doesn't have flaws. You're just here arguing that it can't be useful to a person who is already clearly technically savvy because you have some issue with it or something. You needed to come here and argue with me that it isn't perfect for literally every person because I brought it up as an alternative for someone who is clearly capable of learning it.

    Everything has flaws, and that's especially true for large projects, like Linux, Windows, or Mac. The difference is that with Linux you don't need to fight it with things like the OP had to do where they disabled updates, presumably through registry edits.

    Some people talk about people recommending Linux are loud (it's FOSS and we're on a FOSS platform, so it's appropriate), but the fact some people just have to come and say "it isn't perfect, so you can't recommend it" is insane.

    areyouevenreal , (edited )

    I am sorry but you aren't good at tech stuff if you are having these issues. It's common knowledge that macOS and Windows don't use the same file system, why would you assume Linux is any different? macOS meanwhile can't write to Windows partitions at all by default. Windows can't even read Linux ones. Linux is actually the good guy here, it can read and write to Windows partitions, and even read macOS ones I believe.

    Backing up all your stuff before formatting or reinstalling is common practice. You tried to get away from that by using multiple drives without actually thinking through the consequences.

    Also using Fat32 is a terrible idea. Use ExFAT, or better yet just use a real Linux file system and be done with it. Honestly you could have stuck with NTFS and it would work better than trying to use FAT32.

    This is like amateur hour for running servers.

    Up until this point your arguments sort of made sense. You do tend to run into more issues on Linux than Windows, primarily because of the lack of support from third parties but sometimes because of Linux distro shenanigans too, and the community is kind of toxic. But my god this last couple comments reframe it all. Your trying to do things beyond your understanding then blaming Linux when they go wrong. By the sounds of it you aren't even running RAID or have any kind of data integrity/bit rot protection.

    FonsNihilo ,

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    areyouevenreal ,

    Is anything I have said actually wrong? Do you actually have any idea what you are doing?

    areyouevenreal ,

    So why is it manual cars are disappearing if it is the better way to drive?
    Well a few reaons:
    While easy to drive, it is hard to learn, and there is alot to learn, don't ride the clutch, how to start moving on a hill, how to start smooth, you have to constantly be changing gears in traffic, more prone to bad shifts, the car requires more attention, ect, ect.

    Then why does most of the world use manuals? Automatics are mainly a thing in the land of bald eagles and school shootings. Across the rest of the world the manual is still more popular. The fact that so many people can only drive automatic tells me that maybe some of those people shouldn't be on the road, and that maybe Americans are too dumb to drive real cars.

    We live in a reality where Linux is more popular, just not on the desktop. Most smartphones run Linux, and do most smart appliances, servers, and embedded devices. So no Linux isn't harder to use, desktop distributions not run by giant corporations are harder to use for some ineffable reason. Really Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSUSE, Debian and so on all need to take a page out of Linux Mint, Chrome OS, and so on and become more user friendly.

    indomara ,

    I am the user above, and the writing is on the wall - I am aware that I will need to switch to Linux when I can no longer make w10 work for me, or when it is no longer supported by the games and programs I use.

    The reasons why I don't switch now are more complicated. I use a Lenovo Legion Slim 5 as my daily driver, as I was in an accident and can no longer sit at my desk with the pc I built. This laptop is on a rolling desk over my bed.

    Anyway, while some Lenovo laptops support Linux, this one does not, and my reading tells me that I may have difficulty with certain things. I may have trouble with drivers for the graphics card, I may have trouble with adjusting the monitor brightness or the second monitor, I may have trouble with sound. or even the keyboard.

    There are github pages devoted to helping with utilities to fix many of these problems, but they definitely require troubleshooting, thinking, and planning.

    I have also had a friend who recently switched to Linux, who tried to stream a game for me. Before he switched his streams were flawless, this time we spent a while figuring out how to get his game audio, then the stream quality was abysmal, freezing, and in the wrong resolution, so he played while I googled solutions he could try on the fly.

    Streaming games through discord on Linux is apparently a whole thing. That more than anything keeps me on win10, because I cannot play most of the games I used to play, they require too much movement, so my husband or friends will stream for me.

    I am hoping things become easier as more users join Linux before me.

    This is all a long winded explanation that I am sure you didn't ask for, but I just wanted to let you know that sometimes even people with a somewhat good grasp of tech have reasons keeping them from switching.

    Cethin ,

    I'm sorry to hear about your situation. It sucks the some systems aren't supported. It's very rare, but I guess you may be in that small group. I'd bet some people could help you make it work, but it may require extra effort. The great thing about Linux is you can make almost anything work if you put in the effort, but if the tools aren't already made that'd mean doing it yourself, which probably isn't an option.

    I'm not trying to say Linux is right for you, but Windows does not care about you either. They are leaving everyone behind if they don't follow along. I wish you good luck and good health!

    indomara ,

    I know, just today on my lemmy home page was a w10 user who had their desktop background image changed and the stupid search bar added to their task bar again after an update. This is why I don't allow my machine to update. It's rediculous!

    Linux will be so much better, but it will require some effort and time, and probably some help. I will have to get there, and once I do I know it will be a relief to have an OS that only does what I tell it to!

    Thank you for the kind wishes stranger. I wish you health and happiness as well. I am sure you will see me again after I have made the leap, with some silly question or another. :)

    FiniteBanjo ,

    Hopefully they will at least not shove things into the packages that ship to LTSC updates as well. They did that with cloud backups awhile ago and it pissed a ton of people off.

    mechoman444 ,

    Windows 10 isn't popular. It's just that windows 11 is crap in comparison. Release an OS that isn't predicated on what's good for ad revenue and Microsoft's bottom line and everyone will upgrade.

    zipzoopaboop ,

    Good god one drive is so fucking invasive in 11

    IMALlama ,

    It's pretty annoying in 10 too. I had a big scratch folder on my desktop and one day it decided to start syncing with one drive after a restart and one of those setup/welcome like screens.

    otp ,

    one drive is so fucking invasive in 11

    Which one? C? I think you can change it!

    Telodzrum ,

    One of the definitions of “popular” is going to blow your mind.

    JeffKerman1999 ,

    Well, it's popular not because of demand but because Win7 is ancient. In the old times there were utilities that copied win2k binaries into a winNT4 install to add features like new directX, I wonder if that is still possible on win7

    lud ,

    I have never understood why people still like 7.

    I thought it was decent when I last used it, but Win 10 is much better.

    7 is fairly ugly and has a lot of missing stuff for 10.

    frezik ,

    Microsoft made a big mistake with Windows 10: it basically works fine.

    SirEDCaLot ,

    That's when an operating system is supposed to do. They make mistakes when they make it worse.
    Usually, the operating system starts worse and eventually gets tolerable. That happened with Windows 10. Initial versions were far inferior to Windows 7, but now it's at a pretty good state.
    Windows 11 is a pile of fucking garbage. There is no compelling feature in Windows 11 that would make anyone want to upgrade. There are compelling reasons not to upgrade, such as advertising, menus that require more clicks to get the same shit done, forced use of Microsoft account, etc.

    There's also the fact that Windows 11 refuses to run unless you have a handful of specific hardware in your computer, such as TPM 2.0, and a relatively modern processor. There is no technical reason for this requirement, it was discovered very early on that if you override the check it will install and run just fine. But Microsoft seems determined to get people to throw away their older but still perfectly good computers.

    That is a very big part of why Windows 10 is still so popular. If you have a computer from six or seven years ago that you've upgraded once or twice, it's probably still perfectly good. No reason to throw it away for Windows 11 when you can keep on trucking with Windows 10.

    Excrubulent ,
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    I personally am quite grateful that my computer doesn't meet the requirements, because that means I won't be stealth-upgraded like happened with 10.

    JeffKerman1999 ,

    My wife's laptop was upgraded during a "maintenance window" one night. Now to downgrade I would have to wipe it clean and reinstall everything and restore backups.... Too much hassle and then maybe it will be upgraded again. Bios doesn't allow disabling tpm

    Mertn33 ,

    I was at a win 95 launch event for pc sellers back in the msdos era. Microsoft sales pitch was "put windows on the comps you sell and we guarantee your customers will keep coming back for upgrades". Shit hasn't changed 30 years later.

    SomeGuy69 ,

    That's what they'll try to end now with buggy feature bloat shoehorned in.

    Allero ,

    Same was said about Windows 7 as people protested the switch to Windows 10. New telemetry, aggressively forced updates, and other factors made Windows 10 a nightmare for many. Yet now, when Windows 11 is even worse, people start thinking of Windows 10 the way they thought of Windows 7.

    Essentially, Microsoft can make Windows worse and worse for as long as the previous iteration is better and people got used to it.

    Delusional ,

    That is exactly how I felt back then. Waited as long as possible to switch to 10 from 7 but then got used to it. Honestly I still think 7 was better. But no fucking way I'm switching to 11 with the way things are going at Microsoft.

    Usually Microsoft would have 1 good release then 1 release that is shit. Seems like it'll be straight shit from now on.

    glitchdx ,

    Shit, I'd still be using xp if they let me.

    ripcord ,
    @ripcord@lemmy.world avatar

    Having used XP recently, I...would not.

    iturnedintoanewt ,
    @iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee avatar

    Go 98!

    Crashumbc ,

    Everyone always forgets ME. :(

    coaxil ,

    As they should

    hagelslager ,

    For good reasons

    FrankFrankson ,

    What about BOB?

    Toes ,
    @Toes@ani.social avatar

    Windows 2000 was peak Windows.

    Plopp ,

    This is the correct answer. Win 2k Pro.

    Halcyon ,
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    Still a fan of Win 7.

    Defaced ,

    I'll just jump ship completely and use my Linux install 100% of the time. If I need to use a more mainstream OS for some stupid reason I'll just use my Mac.

    EeeDawg101 ,
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    Only reason I need Windows is for Flight Simulator. If it weren’t for that I’d be on Linux for sure.

    SupraMario ,

    Linux is still not there for gaming, that's what holds back most of the people who bitch about windows. People who just use windows to browse and do spreadsheets they don't care.

    JeffKerman1999 ,

    Yeah well, play the game that have requirements that you pc supports. It's always been like that.

    SupraMario ,

    Huh? I do play the games my PC supports, which is all of them, because I on windows still...

    discount_door_garlic ,

    I think PC gamers tend to overestimate their importance in OS distribution these days - gaming on Linux is just as passable these days as on Mac, and there's much more to PC use than only gaming for 90% of users.

    I feel that PC use is more complicated than gamers/productivity - but having switched over full time this year, Linux clearly has some work to do so the average user doesn't need to touch the terminal - but even compared to 10 years ago its infinitely more capable and user friendly.

    Customers of paid software need to start either voting with their feet meaningfully, or lobbying to get software support on Linux if they want it - complaining that titles aren't available for Linux and then continuing to suffer through windows instead of making that known to the devs is seen exactly the same way - a sale.

    I certainly miss some windows only software - but I'm not going to be held captive anymore for programmes I paid for, that refuse to consider my needs, when they are a part of my wider usage and expectations.

    SupraMario ,

    We don't, there are a ton of online games that will not work on linux. I don't know why this is hard to understand. I love linux, but I have my main rig for gaming running windows, because it's easier and games just work on it.

    Defaced ,

    Gaming is absolutely there, if you want to say something about anti cheat and whatnot that's fair, but my gamescope enabled, AMD fsr utilizing arch install is performance parity to Windows 10, if not more performant. I'm not giving up that performance gain for an insanely small handful of games. You do you I guess.

    Cethin ,

    Even for AC, most AC is supported. Battle Eye and Easy Anti-cheat both work fine (with the proton patches that should be automatically installed). Maybe there's some custom AC that doesn't work, but I haven't found it yet. I'd guess Riot's doesn't if you want to play Valorant or LoL and want to install their root kit. I've had issues with The Finals (who just took a long time to update EAC but works fine now) and Squad (which is using a depricated C function that isn't included in glibc anymore, but is included with the Flatpak version of Steam so it's still playable with that) but they're solvable. I believe that's all.

    lost_faith ,

    My VR library is only half on linux or less and 1 of my streaming QoL apps is not even in the list. After 4 days (non consecutive over a month or so), and several steam updates, I finally got room setup to run and installed a few VR games last weekend, now steam overlay would not load to start a game. I want to switch to linux fully, I have for 2 decades. It is getting there, but still many miles to go.

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