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[-] HC4L@lemmy.world 57 points 9 months ago

I switched to Linux myself but can we please stop lying about Linux being a drop-in replacement? There is enough sofware that does not work.

[-] TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.world 42 points 9 months ago

A lot of Linux users here think the conversation begins and ends with game support. A lot of us use our computers for work and there is a lot of productivity and creative software that does not play nice with Linux. I've probably said this a dozen times here before but I'll say it again: Not all of us use our computers solely for gaming.

[-] SnotFlickerman 15 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I'm a Linux user and I think the conversation should be:

More than half (over 60% ackshually) of Windows PCs in service are still Windows 10. Windows 11 barely cracks 34%.

People should boycott this and demand that Microsoft offer long-term support for Windows 10 like they did Windows 7 and stop trying to force Windows 11 on consumers through dark patterns like this. We have a year to make a huge about this deal in public spaces. This is the kind of thing the reddit userbase used to excel at getting word out about. Enough public outcry over a year could force the issue.

They made their own bed with the arbitrary TPM 2.0 requirement. They can drop that and they'd probably have more adoption of 11 overnight. These are business choices Microsoft is making, while ignoring the reality on the ground for a lot of people who never upgraded to something with a TPM 2.0 chip. It's a choice to and a dark pattern to push them to upgrade.

I am kind of sick of the Linux users acting superior instead of being helpful to people stuck with Windows due to work environments, too.

[-] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I'm a Linux User (fuck windows) but I'm stuck with the wife wanting to use windows. So yeah I'll always be on the lookout for helpful ways to keep that shit software from causing security problems in my home network.

[-] ElectricAirship@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 9 months ago

Have you tried Bottles and/or Wine?

I've never had a problem running anything from the Adobe or Microsoft Suite for example, in fact I think they run waaay smoother on linux

But yea I get it, a lot of people associate compatibility with gaming only.

[-] peanutyam@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Really? So I could use my Wacom Cintique and my 2024 versions of Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Animator on Linux then? Because I use them to make a living and if I cannot use them on Linux easily then there is no point.

As a former Linux user from the early 00’s the biggest hurdle was art software and convincing Linux users that Adobe software means more than just Photoshop…..

[-] pandapoo@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Absolutely. Especially software that has to interface with specific hardware, which often times can have issues working properly with Windows VMs.

I can just dedicate some old hardware for baremetal Win10, but not everyone has that luxury.

[-] AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

There is enough sofware that does not work

What Linux software doesn't work?

[-] HC4L@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

You took this out of the context it was in.

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