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[–] 16 points 3 years ago*

Peppermint OS , perfect for just working , and customise. But with the rise of asahi Linux my next computer will be a Mac. I also have a Windows AME install I'm not using just in case I need it. For phones , graphene OS . The best there is.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago

    Puts chain mail on

    Sigh..

    Windows. Because gaming.

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  • [–] 5 points 3 years ago (2 children)
  • Gentoo with a custom tiling window manager written in x86 assembly in my free time.

    Just kidding, I use Windows.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    Fedora. I have yet to stumble upon stuff that doesn't run. I have no problems working nor gaming so no need (or wish) for Windows.

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  • Windows 10. I'm comfortable with it. I'm not sure what I'll do when the times comes to move to 11 because I don't like what I see going on over there. My main excuse was always comfort and gaming but the Steam Deck is showing me that gaming isn't as much of a barrier as it used to be.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago

    I use Arch btw

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago
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    Windows 11. Don't @ me, I don't have the mental or physical energy to deal with Linux. I've never had a Linux install that's had close to everything working, there's always a device (network, sound, graphics, usb toaster) that doesn't work and attempts to follow people's instructions to fix it either make it worse or just do nothing.

    Maybe I'm just useless or unlucky, but I'm due to die in a few decades and I don't have time to deal with that nonsense when Windows does everything I want it to.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Windows10, cause I'm a basic bitch. I've tried to run Linux a couple times years ago, but games not running properly and me not getting over the learning curve always got in the way.

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  • Fedora Silverblue and Windows 11 (for games I can’t get to run on Fedora).

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Same here. Tried so many different versions of Linux and none have been stable so back on Windows 11.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Most of the times it is not that it isn't stable, is more that you're trying to do thinks the Windows way but I get that learning the Linux way can be hard since most of the times it's not obvious or intuitive.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 years ago

    Sorry, but no. Putting that on the users is a no-go.

    I agree that Linux is generally stable - when it works (i.e. hardware well supported and the pains of installing and initial setup is gone). But the experience to get to that point is still far from polished, and that don't usually has anything to do with user expectations on how the OS should work.

    I've been using Linux on the desktop on and off since 1998 aproximately - way before it was "cool" - and that has always been the case - it was always "almost there, but not quite". That's not a knock on developers either (I'm a developer myself, just not on Linux) - Linux for server stuff is excellent and I've always used it for that, but user experience for desktop stuff always had wrinkles, and I understand how many user experience problems can be hard to solve for developers (who more often than not are volunteers) for many reasons, just let's not put that on the users: things are the way they are for reasons that, at heart, often go beyond users or developers - market, business politics, etc.

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  • [+] 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)
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    Arch Linux with Hyprland and no GUI apps except Firefox and Steam, I don't even have a file manager

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Fedora Silverblue

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  • EndeavourOS with KDE Plasma. Plus Tiny11 in a WM whem I need to run some Windows programs that don't work with Wine.

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    Arch Linux. Been using Linux exclusively for about 10 years now, in various flavours, and will never go back at this point.

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago

    Windows 10 IoT LTSC, without Windows Store and other WPA bloat.

    Strange that nobody else commented this

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  • [–] -1 points 3 years ago

    Artix Linux btw^2

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