That sounds like a faulty install or machine. Win11 has issues but that's not a regular experience that you're describing

Lmao epic, thanks windows

Hmmm. I don't really like Windows myself and haven't setup a machine without for me in one a decade. But neither my work "development" laptop (in quotation marks because I'm not a developer) nor a mini PC I installed for my dad ever had bluescreens. They can still happen, of course... but it almost seems to require effort with really bad drivers or broken hardware.

The obvious Windows issues nowadays are a different category from 20 years ago in my opinion.

The only real advantage of local AI is privacy and that it's much cheaper if you use it a lot.

The only consumer use case I see in the wild with some real momentum behind it is role play.

All the local AI communities I browse are 50% people trying to find usecases for it at their job (like me; unsuccessfully I might add) and 50% people interested in role play.

People will apparently spend thousands to jerk off to a soulless machine demon simulacrum shell of a human.

To be fair, I can see the appeal of local AI for video games, like RPGs. There is this really fun game called "Suck Up", where you are a vampire trying to convince AI to let you inside their house. That is the one real "killer" application I see atm.

I personally see a lot of other useful usecases for local AI, but from my experience at work, I would estimste it will take another 5 years until any of it is anywhere near consumer ready.

If case, power supply and storage are still okay, just reuse them and save a not insignificant amount of money.

It depends. Microsoft has recently enabled compilation options for their binaries that will make them incompatible with older CPUs: https://www.guru3d.com/story/windows-11-24h2-new-cpu-instruction-requirements-impact-compatibility-on-older-hardware/

Granted, these are quite old nowadays, but they could enforce newer instructions as well, like AVX-512.

Anyone who is just starting out with Linux and doesn't want to put in a lot of effort should definitely choose Mint over Arch. If you really want to learn the ins and outs, Arch is great. If you just want a usable computer, Mint is your daddy.

For those that are interested in Arch (btw), but don't want to install manually.

Even Ubuntu is fine as a gateway drug. Or Pop Os! Don’t be afraid to recommend easy solutions to Linux beginners who otherwise might not be interested in learning the internals.

Thats fair, i also did it for the memes.

On Lemmy it does feel like preaching to the choir but thats no excuse to not have included both.

I wasn’t really. Read the rest of the comments.

But on another note i went straight from windows to Arch as a complete linux noob and never looked back.