β² 276 βΌ Me in the comments of any windows fuck up post (lemm.ee) submitted 2 years ago by Nom@lemm.ee to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world 23 comments fedilink hide all child comments It's from an old game
[β] SkyNTP@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 years ago (3 children) The only thing holding me back now is inertia with compatibility to extensive software/game collection. But yeah, about to jump ship. permalink fedilink source hideshow 6 child comments replies: [β] DmMacniel@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago Baby steps. First FOSS Apps like Libre Office, Kate, Krita, then dual boot, then you delete the Windows partition :) permalink fedilink source parent [β] Nom@lemm.ee [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) The only thing that used to hold me back was Notepad+. Try using sites like Alternativeto.net to find and test the open source alternatives to what you use on windows first to see if they're good enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Nutteman@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) What functionality does notepad plus have that you can't find elsewhere?? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Nom@lemm.ee [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I did find it, thus the past tense. I used Notepad+ like I use a browser, with lots of tabs open and having the sessions carried over to the next run of the application. Let alone the line listings on the side and it being a pretty good xml & html editor. Besides it's open source so what's not to love π€·ββοΈ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Nutteman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I see. What alternative did you end up with? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Nom@lemm.ee [S] 1 point 2 years ago Kate. It's honestly overkill for what I do, and Xed(Mint default) has come a long way. permalink fedilink source parent [β] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago For me I thought compatibility would hold me back but I never used the windows partition in my dual boot so I ended up deleting it after a reinstall permalink fedilink source parent
[β] DmMacniel@feddit.de 13 points 2 years ago Baby steps. First FOSS Apps like Libre Office, Kate, Krita, then dual boot, then you delete the Windows partition :) permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Nom@lemm.ee [S] 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) The only thing that used to hold me back was Notepad+. Try using sites like Alternativeto.net to find and test the open source alternatives to what you use on windows first to see if they're good enough. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Nutteman@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) What functionality does notepad plus have that you can't find elsewhere?? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Nom@lemm.ee [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I did find it, thus the past tense. I used Notepad+ like I use a browser, with lots of tabs open and having the sessions carried over to the next run of the application. Let alone the line listings on the side and it being a pretty good xml & html editor. Besides it's open source so what's not to love π€·ββοΈ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Nutteman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I see. What alternative did you end up with? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Nom@lemm.ee [S] 1 point 2 years ago Kate. It's honestly overkill for what I do, and Xed(Mint default) has come a long way. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Nutteman@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago (1 child) What functionality does notepad plus have that you can't find elsewhere?? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Nom@lemm.ee [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I did find it, thus the past tense. I used Notepad+ like I use a browser, with lots of tabs open and having the sessions carried over to the next run of the application. Let alone the line listings on the side and it being a pretty good xml & html editor. Besides it's open source so what's not to love π€·ββοΈ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Nutteman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I see. What alternative did you end up with? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Nom@lemm.ee [S] 1 point 2 years ago Kate. It's honestly overkill for what I do, and Xed(Mint default) has come a long way. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Nom@lemm.ee [S] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child) I did find it, thus the past tense. I used Notepad+ like I use a browser, with lots of tabs open and having the sessions carried over to the next run of the application. Let alone the line listings on the side and it being a pretty good xml & html editor. Besides it's open source so what's not to love π€·ββοΈ permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Nutteman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I see. What alternative did you end up with? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Nom@lemm.ee [S] 1 point 2 years ago Kate. It's honestly overkill for what I do, and Xed(Mint default) has come a long way. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Nutteman@lemmy.world 1 point 2 years ago (1 child) I see. What alternative did you end up with? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [β] Nom@lemm.ee [S] 1 point 2 years ago Kate. It's honestly overkill for what I do, and Xed(Mint default) has come a long way. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] Nom@lemm.ee [S] 1 point 2 years ago Kate. It's honestly overkill for what I do, and Xed(Mint default) has come a long way. permalink fedilink source parent
[β] programmer_belch@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 point 2 years ago For me I thought compatibility would hold me back but I never used the windows partition in my dual boot so I ended up deleting it after a reinstall permalink fedilink source parent
