• Sagrotan@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    You can remove Windows completely from your life with very little effort, no matter where you live and it’s free! In the world of today there is no need whatsoever for that exploitive and in short bad OS anymore.

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      1 year ago

      Agreed, I hate how people blindly use Windows because “that’s what my shitty HP laptop shipped with”

      • Stantana@lemmy.sambands.net
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        1 year ago

        If it’s been a while you could try again as the kernel gets updated with support for various hardware.

        One of my laptops was awful with Linux but after a good while I tried reinstalling a fresh distro and it ran like a dream.

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        1 year ago

        I mean some stuff is still running windows 98. What programs are you really needing to run?

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            1 year ago

            I think almost every Microsoft product has a FOSS alternative (that works in windows usually too) if you want to get away from them. GamePass/The Xbox app/Windows store doesn’t, but that’s almost it. If there isn’t an alternative, it’s not unlikely that it’ll work through WINE. What software specifically are you looking for?

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              1 year ago

              Microsoft office and games with anticheat are two big categories.

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            1 year ago

            God I love people that pretend switching to Linux is for everyone. They’re the same dipshits that install Mint on their grandmothers machine without asking, then get defensive when she takes issue with it.