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Windows 11 vs Linux supported HW
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What barrier, it's totally easier to use than windblows.
My grandma never lived to see Windows or Linux. But my mom who's in her 80s learned Linux pretty much instantly when moving from XP to Mint.
You make a very valid point, I didn't think of that problem before. My mother learned how to use a PC back in 1988 when we had XT and Wordstar. It's obvious that she understands the basics of OS and filesystems, but I guess that skill is now becoming quite fringe.
you use a system like mint and it is as easy if not easier to use that windows and the local application search bar actually works decently and doesnt bring up a bunch of useless fucking web results.
This. so much this.
Won what, exactly? There are lots of different use cases. Linux, Windows and MacOS all have their place and their own little niches carved out.
Grandma uses Windows. Okay, that's cool. All my PC's and laptops run Linux (usually Debian). We can both be happy...
How about for gaming? I will admit that I haven't tried a distro in almost a decade, but I was hearing that back in 2010, and tried to migrate to Linux in 2014 and EvE Online refused to work on either Ubuntu or Mint
It has a Gold rating on ProtonDB, meaning it runs (using Proton) with only minor issues. And that's now true for most games.