• RustyShackleford@literature.cafeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I have an old ASUS laptop with a 670M on Windows 7, any prayer the jump to Linux for drivers will be smooth? 🤞

    I have an i914900KF desktop on windows 11 (I have to use it) and loathe the OS lol. Definitely need there was Lemmy for chopping down Windows 11 spyware crap.

        • mrvictory1@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 month ago

          Rest of the system should work with iGPU, if you aren’t interested in heavy gaming you can use Linux just fine.

          • xan1242@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            1 month ago

            I probably misremembered something then, 390xx it is then.

            But whatever it may be it is in the AUR 100%.

          • xan1242@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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            1 month ago

            It’s very good.

            Basically, there is one maintainer in the AUR (the name escapes me, jonathon I think it was?) who applies the necessary patches to the old NVIDIA drivers to make them run with a modern Linux kernel.

            Of course, there won’t be any Wayland support, but the experience is acceptable as long as you temper your expectations in terms of graphics API support. (No vulkan sadly)

            I hadn’t used it myself but I know a person who does and loves it. iGPU handles Wayland stuff while the NVIDIA is there for the heavy lifting in Xorg.

  • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I can’t believe I haven’t turned off recall on my latest computer. I need to harden it already… and make my transition to linux.

    • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Recall is opt in now though and iirc you also need an ARM computer with some very specific processor to be able to use it at all.

  • stupidcasey@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I feel Microsoft is in for a huge surprise when they end support for all versions of Windows except one that requires you to throw out your old hardware. At the same time, Linux is better than it’s ever been and is almost, if not just as easy to use as Windows. Not to mention, most work is done from a browser these days.

    • JackbyDev@programming.devEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I’m going to say there’s a 10% chance Windows 11 gets BIOS support (or rather drops UEFI requirement) and drops TPM/SecureBoot requirement in the next three years. I think that’s more likely than extending Windows 10 longer.

  • Skyline969@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Windows has been alternating between good and crap for decades. ME, crap. XP, good. Vista, crap. 7, good. 8/8.1, crap. 10, good…ish. 11, steaming feces. 12 will probably be at least half decent.

    • podperson@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Fake news. MS said that Win 10 was the last one they were going to make so all of those others you mentioned are obviously fake.

    • Malfeasant@lemm.eeEnglish
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      1 month ago

      I’ve had the opposite experience - 10 sucked, but I have no complaints about 11… Though it might make a difference that my experience with 10 was after my old (win7 vintage) laptop took the free update, while my 11 experience is based on a new laptop that came with it preinstalled…

    • dabster291@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      1 month ago

      10, good…ish.

      Windows 10 was never really good, its launch was very rocky. Most people just stockholmed their way into liking 10.

        • chakan2@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 month ago

          11 made me make that switch. My main gaming / media machine is still on W10 and will be until it dies. Then I’ll finally invest in figuring out gaming on Linux.

          But for day to day browsing and development. Ubuntu has been excellent and is much more snappy than windows. I also picked up a cheap ancient MacBook pro for interviews and it’s a solid machine as well.

          No regrets so far.

        • GHiLA@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          1 month ago

          The most Windows-like desktop(and more) on Linux is KDE, second maybe to Cinnamon, and XFCE if we’re talking XP-ish and classic.

          On Linux, your underlying system is not reliant on your GUI. They are not bonded in any sense, and the GUI can be any number of different programs, known as Desktops.

          You can run a Ubuntu system with the KDE desktop, or the Gnome desktop, Unity, or XFCE, or Cinnamon… or maybe two or three at once and choose at login! he’s a madman!

        • OnfireNFS@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I switched to Bazzite on my main PC at the start of September and it’s been great. I only use Windows for steam link vr streaming

      • SaltySalamander@fedia.io
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        1 month ago

        12 will very likely just be 11. They don’t do OS development like they used to. Windows is essentially now an OS that gets DLC every 6 months.

  • Remmy@lemmy.caEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Lately I’ve been using OpenSUSE GNU/Linux and so far I’ve been relatively happy with. The installation process is simple and concise, and the system is rock-solid and easy to use.

    • zyberteq@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Maybe I should try OpenSUSE first when I’ll switch my gaming desktop back to Linux. My first Linux experience was with SuSE 6.2 and that was very positive. Good to hear people are still happy about it.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      1 month ago

      One of us!

      I have Leap on my homelab and Tumbleweed on my desktop and laptop for >5 years now. It’s been awesome, and it’s my favorite so far from >15 years of Linux.

      Glad you’re enjoying it! Next step: get unreasonably obsessed with chameleons.

      • Remmy@lemmy.caEnglish
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        1 month ago

        I’m running Tumbleweed myself! Been very pleased overall. I believe OpenSUSE may have just cured my distro-hopping.

        • A7thStone@lemmy.worldEnglish
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          1 month ago

          I’ve distro hopped for over 20 years. I always come back to SUSE. SUSE 8 was the first distro I use and they just always seem to have some qol additions I’m used to.

  • r00ty@kbin.life
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    1 month ago

    OK guys, guess it’s time to upgrade to Windows 8. I bet it’ll be great!

  • kratoz29@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Wait, just now?

    Then why did I read online that it was insecure as hell to stay in Windows 8.1? (I was setting up an old lap for a mom’s friend, with 4 painful GBs of RAM).

    Also, doesn’t Windows 10 support supposedly end next year?

    I think I am not getting the kind of support that Windows provides.

    • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
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      1 month ago

      Microsoft offers a long-term support version of Windows called LTSC that’s stripped down, only receives security updates, and is supported for 10 years from its release.

      It’s only officially available to business clients, but with a little yar har fiddeldy dee, you too can experience extended support!

    • festus@lemmy.caEnglish
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      1 month ago

      The extended support updates aren’t available to end consumers but is a paid product for enterprises that need more time to update.