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[-] DmMacniel@feddit.de 21 points 7 months ago

Nobody should be forced to run Windows!!!

[-] RowanBird779 9 points 7 months ago

honestly windows 10 ltsc isn't that bad...

[-] Lumelore 10 points 7 months ago

You can always dual-boot if you want to use Linux but need Windows sometimes.

[-] RowanBird779 5 points 7 months ago

you're not wrong, I just never liked dual-boot.

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 7 points 7 months ago

Double your RAM, and then spin up a VM for windows.

[-] RowanBird779 4 points 7 months ago

i already have the max ram this laptop can support :c (8gb)

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

Are you sure? Often RAM support changes after later BIOS updates. And sometimes it’s undocumented but supports more than the specs say.

[-] RowanBird779 4 points 7 months ago

it's a limitation of the chipset, this laptop can only take 8gb of ram

[-] Zachariah@lemmy.world 6 points 7 months ago
[-] RowanBird779 4 points 7 months ago

also should mention that it's a dual core from 2010... I can't see that ending well ;p

[-] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 5 points 7 months ago

What are you needing windows for? If you don't mind me asking, I managed to get all of my windows softwares and games to work on Linux flawlessly (except for Ms office but I'll get by using Libre office and only office)

[-] RowanBird779 8 points 7 months ago

I mainly use Photoshop (it runs great on this old thing) and that doesn't run on Linux. I don't use gimp because it lacks features (mainly content aware fill) and it doesn't run as well.

[-] snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Ive been using Photoshop CC6 on my Arch over wine for about 2 years nowand it runs mostly great. Some occasional jank, especially when resizing windows or undocking toolbars, but other than that it works! I think you can even get the later versions working, and its only the installer thats bricked. If you ever wanna try again, I've found best performance running it in Bottles with Soda fork of wine, and the portable version of CC6 from rutracker, the Xpuct release I believe

[-] RowanBird779 1 points 7 months ago

In my experience, wine is super hit or miss, either it works great or it doesn't work at all unfortunately.

[-] snekmuffin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 7 months ago

Yea, it takes some messing around to get working, and sometimes it wont work at all. It does get progressively better with each update though, so its worth trying again once every so often :v

[-] RowanBird779 3 points 7 months ago

it's kinda like reactos :p it works, until it doesn't, and then it breaks catastrophically

[-] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

What about Photopea? Have you tried it?

[-] RowanBird779 3 points 7 months ago

I've heard of it but never considered it.

[-] ColdWater@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago

You should try it, it's pretty close to PS

[-] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 1 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If anyone would find it helpful, you can do minimal rice for windows >:3

WT - terminal
Komorebi - hyprland
yasb - sidebars
Sigma file explorer - file explorer

this post was submitted on 13 Jun 2024
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