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    [–] tomyhaw@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (10 children)

    I tried Mac os and I thought it was cool until I got docker and it made me make an account. It also in order to change things in the desktop environment you had to pay for apps and I'm cheap. Windows is annoying to me after being on Linux for so long even if they have wsl. My computer broke and I ended up needing Linux to make an old MacBook we had work again is the only reason I switched originally. Developing software I appreciate that the ide and terminal are super convenient to use. Normal people for Linux.... Nope. Getting my Bluetooth to work was a 3 hour journey. Normal people use their PC that much in a month where as I use mine 12 hours+ a day.

    [–] MashedTech@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

    I use podman like a normal human.

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    [–] tourist@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (8 children)

    I skimmed an article on enshittification yesterday

    It mentioned Windows

    Can something be enshittified if it was shit from the start?

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    [–] Ofiuco@lemmy.cafe 2 points 1 day ago (5 children)

    I still alternate because not everything works as it should on Linux.

    I usually host a local mumble server, I haven't been able to make it work, same for ZeroTier and xlink kai.

    DRG crashes constantly, seems I need a new GPU... I don't have that kind of money and I won't have it for a while.

    I'm still looking for a music player that has an UI like MusicBee, specifically its file explorer because I have my own organisation and most players just shove every album together (Elisa comes closer but it isn't the same).
    Along Music Bee I have a plugin that searches for missing lyrics (lrc). On the same line, I don't know if there's something like mp3tag so I keep going back.

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    [–] Taewyth@jlai.lu 4 points 2 days ago

    I was planning on switching this year anyways but windows filling out a driveiI configured specifically to not get any data and then complaining about it led to an early switch.

    Well to be fair I was using Debian on a second computer for years, but now my main one also runs Fedora

    [–] doingthestuff@lemy.lol 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    I've been moving over a few machines but some software isn't easy to just switch. I have at least a dozen more to move, and a few machines I'm going to keep on Windows for now.

    have you tried bottles? I've great luck with using it for windows only software and it's way more user friendly than wine by itself.

    [–] a_cuddly_fox@lemm.ee 1 points 1 day ago

    You could dual boot, or virtualize a few machines.

    [–] westyvw@lemm.ee 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    So true. Windows XP was the one that made me bail. I can't for the life of me understand what is taking everyone else so long... Its been all down hill since win 2000.

    I agree with you in principle, but I kind of liked XP. It had some great features for retro gaming, which I don't recall seeing before then.

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