do you use linux or windows? i use ubuntu!

  • Lettuce eat lettuce@lemmy.ml
    27·
    1 month ago

    Been 100% Linux for over 3 years. All my servers, my fancy gaming PC, my personal laptop, my side business laptop, my work laptop, my Steam Deck, all Linux.

    No dual boot, I have a single Windows VM on my work laptop to test Windows apps because my workplace is a Windows shop.

    I don’t miss Windows even a little bit. I am so much more free and enjoy computing way more now.

    • Blastboom Strice@mander.xyz
      4·
      1 month ago

      Ay, recently jumped on debian!

      Running debian on a vm, till I get familiar enough to fully replace my win10 os (probably in 9months max).😄

  • gerryflap@feddit.nl
    15·
    1 month ago

    Both. I’d prefer Linux because it respects me as a user, but unfortunately too much stuff constantly breaks to fully convert. The moment I can play Assetto Corsa with all my mods using my wheel in VR I’ll consider fully switching. Many other games already work though, so I’m slowly converting to using Linux as my default and Windows as the exception instead of the other way around.

    (I use Arch btw)

      • gerryflap@feddit.nl
        2·
        1 month ago

        Forgot the number, but one of the most common Logitech ones. Right now I’m not even getting past the first hurdle though, which is getting Assetto Corsa with Content Manager and mods to start. I spent a few hours on it and then decided that I had better things to do with my time

  • deadcade@lemmy.deadca.de
    10·
    1 month ago

    Linux, it fits my needs better on desktop, and is much less painful to troubleshoot than Windows, with more freedom and control than macOS.

    • N0x0n@lemmy.ml
      4·
      1 month ago

      I do use a Mac and I hate it… It’s a birthday gift from my family, because owning a Mac makes the “man”…

      Uuhg, I always need to learn things twice… First how it works on Linux and than how to reproduce the same on Mac…

      There are to many shitty workarounds that do not behave the same way Linux does even though it’s UNIX based.

      • .plist files comes to mind
      • how to make a samba share mount on boot/access
      • Default’s to zsh
      • Shitty default terminal and dumb keyboard shortcuts…
      • Default applications are useless… (Thanks homebrew 👏)

      I fucking hate it… And after 4 years of intense use I still do not understand why people would willingly buy something like that closed crap ecosystem. Maybe just a hipster thing…

    • Doomsider@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 month ago

      I bought a old Imac at a thrift store and put XFCE on it. It was a great machine until the power supply finally gave out. I would do it again if I had the chance.

      • DJDarren@thelemmy.clubEnglish
        2·
        1 month ago

        When I was studying radio production at uni back in 2010, the Adobe Audition editing suite was rammed full of 2009 iMacs, all running WinXP. It was a bit of a headfuck for a moment, but iMac hardware was second to none, the uni must have got a decent discount from Apple to buy that many, and at the time Audition was Windows only.

        And to be fair, they made for excellent editing machines.

    • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      1 month ago

      Are there seriously no lemmy users on a Mac?

      Artist are probably still on Reddit to access the larger user base.

    • ditty@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      1 month ago

      My work computer is a MacBook since I need it for JAMF stuff but all my personal machines are Linux or dual-booted w/Windows