▲ 997 ▼ PC Gamers Abandoning Windows 11 for Linux with Higher FPS & Fewer Interruptions (www.geeky-gadgets.com) submitted 9 months ago by alessandro@lemmy.ca to c/pcgaming@lemmy.ca 229 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] MotoAsh@piefed.social 7 points 9 months ago (7 children) I did back in the XP days. Long, loooong ago... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 7 child comments replies: [–] flameleaf@ani.social 4 points 9 months ago (6 children) XP was alright, but I'm mostly just nostalgic for the aesthetic of 95/98/2000 Vista was the reason I switched to Linux permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 5 points 9 months ago* I'm mostly just nostalgic for the aesthetic of 95/98/2000 Boy, have I got some KDE themes for you! https://store.kde.org/c/2331481 permalink fedilink source parent [+] dissentiate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] flameleaf@ani.social 2 points 9 months ago I started with Ubuntu, switched to Mint and finally settled on Arch. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flameleaf@ani.social 2 points 9 months ago Hardware was definitely the issue. What got me to first install Linux was my wireless card just randomly stopped working. People were recommending that I do a full reinstall of Vista to get internet working again. I installed Ubuntu instead and never looked back. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 1 point 9 months ago Changing the graphics driver model at the same time as making the desktop graphically demanding was probably a bad idea permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flameleaf@ani.social 4 points 9 months ago (6 children) XP was alright, but I'm mostly just nostalgic for the aesthetic of 95/98/2000 Vista was the reason I switched to Linux permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 5 points 9 months ago* I'm mostly just nostalgic for the aesthetic of 95/98/2000 Boy, have I got some KDE themes for you! https://store.kde.org/c/2331481 permalink fedilink source parent [+] dissentiate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] flameleaf@ani.social 2 points 9 months ago I started with Ubuntu, switched to Mint and finally settled on Arch. permalink fedilink source parent [+] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flameleaf@ani.social 2 points 9 months ago Hardware was definitely the issue. What got me to first install Linux was my wireless card just randomly stopped working. People were recommending that I do a full reinstall of Vista to get internet working again. I installed Ubuntu instead and never looked back. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 1 point 9 months ago Changing the graphics driver model at the same time as making the desktop graphically demanding was probably a bad idea permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 5 points 9 months ago* I'm mostly just nostalgic for the aesthetic of 95/98/2000 Boy, have I got some KDE themes for you! https://store.kde.org/c/2331481 permalink fedilink source parent
[+] dissentiate@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 9 months ago (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] flameleaf@ani.social 2 points 9 months ago I started with Ubuntu, switched to Mint and finally settled on Arch. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flameleaf@ani.social 2 points 9 months ago I started with Ubuntu, switched to Mint and finally settled on Arch. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] Holytimes@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (2 children) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] flameleaf@ani.social 2 points 9 months ago Hardware was definitely the issue. What got me to first install Linux was my wireless card just randomly stopped working. People were recommending that I do a full reinstall of Vista to get internet working again. I installed Ubuntu instead and never looked back. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 1 point 9 months ago Changing the graphics driver model at the same time as making the desktop graphically demanding was probably a bad idea permalink fedilink source parent
[–] flameleaf@ani.social 2 points 9 months ago Hardware was definitely the issue. What got me to first install Linux was my wireless card just randomly stopped working. People were recommending that I do a full reinstall of Vista to get internet working again. I installed Ubuntu instead and never looked back. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Die4Ever@retrolemmy.com 1 point 9 months ago Changing the graphics driver model at the same time as making the desktop graphically demanding was probably a bad idea permalink fedilink source parent