Lee DunaMar 4

Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS

https://lemmy.nz/post/34997955

Windows 12 Reportedly Set for Release This Year as a Fully Modular, Subscription-Based, AI-Focused OS - Lemmy NZ

wow… OS Subcription-Based with AI? you’ll own nothing, and you’ll be happy

Show threadmczollyMar 4
Yay! More Linux users!
Show threadDigitalAudio
Ugh. I’ve never wanted to use Linux and can’t afford a Mac, but with this situation, Linux is all I have left. Which I do find annoying but I just can’t keep justifying using Windows.
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Show threaddeadbeef79000Mar 4

Pick a popular distro and live boot it to play around. No commitment necessary and you might find that it’s fine for your needs (YMMV of course).

I use Fedora professionally and Ubuntu at home, they are both far more respectful of your time and ownership than windows had been for years.

Microsoft isn’t going to move any way other than in a user-/owner-hostile direction any time soon.

Show threadmczollyMar 4
It’s a super rewarding experience, it’s a breath of fresh air after windows forcing shit on you 24/7. Nowadays for a somewhat advanced user it’s a really easy switch, unless you are locked into specific software.
Show threadJackMar 4

Whatever live Linux distro you test, make sure to start with one that has a desktop environment called “Xfce”, “Cinnamon”, and/or “KDE”.

Other desktop environments (the user interface) like “GNOME” are kind of like Windows 8, which some Windows users dislike.

Show threadDigitalAudioMar 4

The problem is that I’ve been coding on Windows (and occasionally) Mac for the good part of 8 years and I’ve just become used to the bullshit here. I really hate the idea of having to get used to a completely new brand of bullshit. And I don’t mean corporate bullshit but rather OS jank.

But yeah, thanks for the suggestions. I think I’ll start figuring out some way to migrate all of my stuff. And the C++ legacy libraries and other more complex things.