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ulkesh ,
@ulkesh@lemmy.world avatar

I’m not.

laurelraven ,

For work. And that’s only until I can get my workflow converted fully

Shanedino ,

On a more serious note as a windows user it just does a good enough job that I don’t want to put in any effort for something better.

pikachus_ghost_uncle ,

Same but the moment windows 10 shits the bed I may be looking at more serious alternate offerings.

possiblylinux127 ,

That is 70% of the world probably

noxy ,
@noxy@yiffit.net avatar

HDR and VR, that’s it. And everything that isn’t gaming happens on my Framework laptop running NixOS anyways.

Codilingus , (edited )

I haven’t left because W11 IoT LTSC exists. No AI, no store, options to disable all the telemetry, no bloat. It’s what a Windows system should be and is pleasant to use. Also Tidal music doesn’t have a viable Linux option 😢. Oh and Quest 2 PCVR streaming.

I also have a Bazzite install I hop on pretty frequently, and it’s getting rather close to me switching which one is my daily driver OS. And leaving a Windows Install for Battlefield. Valorant, and VR.

Edit: Also, it would be a huge shame for someone to waste their time looking for the IoT LTSC .iso on a website massgravedotdev.

stom ,

Windows 11 IoT Enterprise 23H2? Or the Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 24H2 Preview?

Codilingus ,

I just checked, I only see an option for W11 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2024.

Build 26100.1

stom ,

Thanks. It’s buggy as shit under virtual box sadly

JohnDClay ,

I hope fusion 360 gets a Linux version

barsquid ,

I will hope I can decipher FreeCAD’s interface instead.

JohnDClay ,

The problem is I’m addicted to Fusion’s generative design topology optimization. I haven’t seen anything else like it on the market, much less open source. It’s shapes are so cool and material efficient for 3d printing.

barsquid ,

Luckily I am not smart enough to know how to use the more powerful tools in Fusion, so I can still escape and not know any better

possiblylinux127 ,
  1. Learn FreeCAD
  2. Profit
FiskFisk33 ,

This looks interesting

github.com/…/Autodesk-Fusion-360-for-Linux

I haven’t tried it, but I think I will.

possiblylinux127 ,

You technically can run it in bottles but I know the UI can get messed up.

Maybe FreeCAD but professional “engineers” tell me that’s not a proper CAD.

Qwazpoi ,

I get cheap hardware. A hardware intensive OS seems stupid to me. I want my computer running the programs that I want, not wasting memory and CPU usage on the OS instead.

Plus I’ve gotten a notification on every laptop I own from Windows telling me to upgrade followed by something saying that they are below specs for the upgrade

barsquid ,

“Time to upgrade!”

“Ok…”

“Sike! Buy a new machine so we can force you to subscribe to it.”

pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

i was held back a while because no Roblox on Linux but I’ve resorted to using my phone if i really want to(ps: little mad at Roblox for killing off vinegar and the rest).

yamanii ,
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

sober.vinegarhq.org/-sober

Have fun.

pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

finnaly I don’t have to deal with using experimental Wayland to be unable to play Roblox because of internet issues, and a system update basically deleting waydroid.

mergingapples ,

Alright, as much as I want to give Microsoft the double birds and leave, way too many modding programs are .exe based.

And I just cannot yet be fucked to learn how to do per-app emulation. It scares me, things just sort of work here, and I can give them one and a half birds by removing almost all their telemetry garbage.

That being said I do really like the idea of Linux, I just want a little bit more idiot friendliness out of it

trashgirlfriend ,

HOW DARE YOU NOT WANNA SPEND 8 HOURS A DAY FIXING YOUR SETUP

mergingapples ,

Who the hell is down voting this? This couldn’t be more satire if it tried!

trashgirlfriend ,

People are silly

pewgar_seemsimandroid ,

apparently dankpods got a few mods working on beam ng.

rtxn ,

I have a Windows VM specifically for that purpose. Game directories are mounted as network drives. The only issue is that I can’t use hardlink deployment in Vortex, but Nexus is making a new app to replace it that might have a Linux-native release.

mergingapples ,

Mounting games to your virtual machine as a network drive? That sounds like a rather tricky workaround. Has it given you much trouble?

rtxn ,

I use Virtualbox’s shared folders, they appear as network drives in the guest machine. It hasn’t given me any trouble, but like I said, it’s limited to what you can do with a network share on Windows, so no links.

Cethin ,

Yeah, modding you mostly have to do manually, but it’s pretty easy. Most modern games that’s just moving a bunch of folders into a folder the game has. Nexus is working on a Linux version though so hopefully that’ll be ready soon, which should cover the majority of games.

As for running the games (not emulation, WINE stands for Wine Is Not an Emulator), you don’t really have to do anything. They almost all just work. You just click play through Steam (or whatever you’re using to play, Lutris is a good option outside of Steam) and they launch, just like in Windows. You can choose to tweak things, but there’s no real need unless you want to do something weird.

It’s more idiot friendly than you’d expect. You just have to enter it knowing it isn’t Windows, so some thing will work differently than Windows. If you expect identical behavior to Windows then it can be annoying. You had to learn Windows at one point too, and you’ll have to learn how your Linux environment behaves too.

I would recommend something with KDE (a desktop environment), because it’s easy to use coming from a Windows user. Maybe Fedora. Just try it with a live USB and see how it feels. You don’t even have to install it immediately.

mergingapples ,

That’s an idea, for sure… Ehh, why not, I’ll see if I have a big enough flash drive laying around that can do that.

possiblylinux127 ,

I personally wouldn’t recommend KDE unless you like customization and modding. It has lots of configuration options that can prove overwhelming. It also often prioritizes new features over completing existing ones.

possiblylinux127 ,

What apps?

Bottles works well for some things

mergingapples ,

I do not know what those are. So, another reason then: still ignorant

vinyl ,

I generally only use Linux for programming just because how convenient and straightforward it is, but beyond that I have no incentive to move.

I like KDE but the ui is jank af right now, after logging in, it takes a solid 1-2 min for the taskbar to actually popup, and opening file manager including any file dialogs takes about 5-10 secs which is pretty insane since I’m running on a pretty powerful PC with a Samsung 990 pro M.2.

For context I am using Endeavour distro with nothing else modified.

pathief ,
@pathief@lemmy.world avatar

Mate you need to debug your machine, that is not normal behaviour. I have endeavour on an old laptop and everything is fast.

vinyl ,

Yea no shit I have to figure out why it’s having issues, but my point is that I still have to jump through hoops just to figure out what’s wrong, I have a life to deal with besides being on my pc for hours on end

uranibaba ,

Just reinstall. Finding the cause takes too much time.

pathief ,
@pathief@lemmy.world avatar

If you don’t have time to tinker maybe consider another distribution more suited to your needs. Waiting 5s for every action is not a time effective solution.

ArcaneSlime ,

Yeah, that’s strange. I’m not running endeavor like you two but I’m running fedoraKDE, it’s lightning fast for me from boot to up and running, I don’t think it’s KDE I think your set up is off somehow.

possiblylinux127 ,

Why KDE then? There are lots of options depending on what you want. If there is one thing Linux has it is options.

Uli ,

Just built my first fully dedicated Linux machine. Still keeping my old Windows desktop around purely because I play League of Legends and they use a kernel level anticheat, so it won’t run on VM.

Fun fact, ever since Riot made it mandatory to install their rootkit if you want to play their games, every time I try to eject a flash drive, it says it can’t eject because it’s in use - even if I just plugged it in. And that’s super comforting.

DerisionConsulting ,

It’s not like Riot Games is fully owned by Tencent or anything…

But if you still want to play the game, having a computer that you only use for league, with nothing else installed, is the best way to go about it

Tlaloc_Temporal ,
@Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca avatar

The best sandbox is made of bare metal.

riodoro1 ,

They rootkit your personal device but everything in the name of addictive entertainment.

yamanii ,
@yamanii@lemmy.world avatar

Fair, addictive entertainment, Vanguard was the only anticheat that was able to ban people using dedicated hacking cards on their PCIe slot. I know it’s scary to have something like that on kernel level, but we only reached this place because cheaters are fine letting random hackers run kernel level cheats on their devices just to win.

possiblylinux127 ,

I’m just waiting for one of these companies to pull a Crowdstrike

possiblylinux127 ,

Windows 10 and Windows 11 are basically the same

Prove me wrong

drq ,
@drq@mastodon.ml avatar

@possiblylinux127 Windows 11 is Windows 10 with worse Start menu.

@cordlessterry

a1ba ,
@a1ba@suya.place avatar

@drq @possiblylinux127 @cordlessterry Windows 11 and Windows 10 are basically the same

Both are trash

Tlaloc_Temporal ,
@Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca avatar

I need to click twice to get to the 7zip options.

PrinzKasper ,
@PrinzKasper@feddit.org avatar

NanaZip is a fork of 7Zip that integrates nicely with the Win11 context menu

Tlaloc_Temporal ,
@Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca avatar

Ooo, nice fork.

Too bad it doesn’t fix the 17 other context options though. If I’m getting software specifically to circumvent W11, that means I can modify my installation. There’s so much more I’d do than a 7zip fork.

Sadly, most of my windows useage is going to be fleet machines, so even NanaZip is beyond my reach. W11 is still worse than W10.

possiblylinux127 ,

You can change that behavior in the registry

However, you do have a point

Infinitus ,

Have you ever tried installing 50 pc’s with windows 11 vs win10? A night and day difference. To clarify, win 10 is outrageously faster then win 11 where ms wants to have the system updated before you finish the initial setup. Whoever thought that this was a good idea should be fired.

EtherWhack ,
@EtherWhack@lemmy.world avatar

Win11 didn’t even know what to do with my Intel (of all brands) WiFi chip.

Win10, Kubuntu, and mint all detected it without needing to download and transfer the driver with my phone in order to start the updates after install.

Default_Defect ,
@Default_Defect@midwest.social avatar

Yet mine was detected immediately and without issue, more anecdotes please.

mrvictory1 ,

One of our controllers (Logitech G710) works OOB on Win10 and Linux but not on Win11, a GitHub guide is needed. Also don’t ask me how Win11 uses 10GiB RAM on fresh boot.

Gumus ,

There are only a few mouse models that fulfill my requirements and software support for them is bad even on windows. I’m currently on Razer and Roccat, the software is slow, heavy and convoluted, but it’s the only way to use the devices to their full potential. There’s no way to get the drivers for Linux and that’s a deal breaker for me.

jol ,

Is this for real or a joke? I can’t tell anymore.

DerisionConsulting ,

There are some mice and keyboards with proprietary software that only works in windows.

But unless you have a special input device because of a disability, not using an os because of a mouse/keyboard feels like a joke

jol ,

Like driving a shitty car because you really like a certain brand of seat covers.

pathief ,
@pathief@lemmy.world avatar

But don’t Razer products actually have a decent support on Linux?

jadedwench ,

I think this view is a little short sighted. I am glad that you don’t seem picky about your peripherals, but they are very important to others. As someone with a disability, if my mouse didn’t work on Linux, I wouldn’t even bother trying. I have spent a lot of money on peripherals and them working in Mac and Windows, but not Linux would be utterly rage inducing. It is irritating enough that I can’t adjust the dpi in Linux, but it is at least usable. I am still salty that every single pair of headphones I own use proprietary codecs that are not supported.

I absolutely do not blame anyone for not using Linux if their peripherals do not work. I get that it is the “fault” of proprietary drivers. Unfortunately, some devices are not popular enough or too difficult for someone in the Linux community to want to work on it. I don’t blame the community either. However, telling someone they can’t use their mouse or keyboard the way it was intended isn’t going to convince anyone to use Linux.

My point is, hardware costs money, is a physical device that you touch for hours at a time, and is configured to make your life easier. Tactile and ergonomic comfort is important. Macros, lights, and dpi settings are important to some people. For me, it is just dpi and smooth scrolling. Not everyone is happy with a cheap mouse and keyboard or wants to throw perfectly functional electronics in the bin.

ComicalMayhem ,

write a new driver for it

Kushan ,
@Kushan@lemmy.world avatar

Because the time to learn a new operating system is more than I have to spare. I’m approaching middle aged, windows is familiar and I just want to kick back and enjoy my games.

Linux hasn’t reached drop-in replacement on the desktop yet. The steam deck is fantastic and I have no problems running it stock, but desktop Linux? Nah. Why would I dual boot when I can stick to one OS that does what I want and need.

(Side note: I run Linux on my server and am quite happy with it).

ArcaneSlime ,

Windows changed shit up on me too many times, I kept having to relearn where the dick they hid the control panel, for instance. At a certain point I realized if I’m having to put in the time to relearn shit on windows every new version, why not just learn linux? At least I’m learning because I’m getting into something new and exciting by choice instead of being pissed I have to relearn it because some dickhead moved it around on me!

captain_aggravated ,
@captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works avatar

That was actually my experience. My Win 7 laptop died, I needed a new computer, bought one that came with Windows 8.1, and everything was different for no reason, down to whether you left click or right click on the system tray icons to get menus or control panel windows to appear. Switching from Windows 7 to Linux Mint felt like less of a jump, and the changes between versions of MInt aren’t that drastic; they don’t reshuffle the UI on a whim.

possiblylinux127 ,

Its kind of funny how resistant to change Linux users are. For instance, people are still pissed about things that changed 15 years ago

Presi300 ,
@Presi300@lemmy.world avatar

ngl, if you’re mentally ill enough to like valorant, you should stay on windows /s

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