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I used Windows exclusively for 10+ years, and I still have to use it at work, but for me the experience is the opposite… Windows regularly causes issues, and it usually takes a lot of effort fixing them because it doesn’t give useful error messages and due to the OS’ proprietary nature. Almost every week some Teams meeting is delayed because some participant’s sound is suddenly not going to their headset. Another frequent problem I have at work is that networking for the virtual machines stops working either fully or partially, and IT’s solution is “just reboot your computer when that happens”. Or when I upgrade my computer, and Windows refuses to authenticate despite me having a valid serial number. At least Microsoft used to have good support that you could chat with, but it seems like they’ve replaced that with some interactive troubleshooter app (which btw. didn’t solve my issue, redirected me to a different online troubleshooter which eventually redirected me back to the first troubleshooter).

That’s not saying that I never have issues on Linux, but at least for me those are generally much easier to fix.

that's a very interesting point of view. I have faced the issues you are mentioning before, but I thought it was a hardware issue and it would go away with good hardware. Apparently not. Lack of actual error messages (with good details atleast) seems to be a very valid concern.

thank you for your comment, seriously, this was an interesting take.

I don't understand the downvotes, I guess for some tasks you need almost equal CPU but you are right, as in, if your computing power isnt' being sucked by power hungry and resource hungry machine, you can do more with less.

Haha... that should be the logo of Linux, do more will less

thank you for your comment,

this is a big one too. I love the feel of using FOSS software!

amen wo/man! I love Linux alright, but for the first few years, it's a lot of effort. You do learn stuff alright, but yeah, the effort is high.

https://youtu.be/jdUXfsMTv7o?si=aPzpD_44whs0Tg_P I love this guy, nice meme give it a watch

Many torrented apps : If you mean the *arrs etc, they go fine, better even (more contained, safer) in docker

yeah FOMO was there for a lil while only, do most apps run on docker/waydroid? just asking

I don't really care about MS Word, it would have been a good addition, but now I use Google suite (sorry libre)

Also, thank you for your reply! it's good

wait, you can run .exe files using docker? while being on linux?

I do need some apps alright. I mean, there are some apps on Windows for which we don't have a great replacement

1. Adobe
2. MS word (yeah, I don't like Libre and most of Libre Suit) it's not as good as MS suite, of c, but it's really bad.
3. Games ( a big one although steam is helping bridge the gap)
4. Many torrented apps, most of these are Windows specific and thus I won't have any luck installing them on Linux.

But yeah, I don't need Windows rn and even if I need it, I won't leave Linux

Yeah, I need new friends, I am gonna replace my best friend with you.

a quick question, how do you buy your laptop? I mean, do you buy it with DOS installed in it. I don't know which country you live in but, how do you get a laptop without paying the Windows Tax?

I am sorry, I know to buy the OS cd it costs money, but on a bulk it really doesn't cost that much. Or so I have learned. I mean, I have seen Laptops running DOS have roughly the same price as Windows PC. This only matters if you have want to go back to windows. Since almost all laptops come with Windows 11 these days, it really doesn't cost that much to have a Windows 11 laptop.

It says 145 Euros but when you actually make do the math it costs you a very small fraction of this amount when you actually buy a PC/Laptop.