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I'm switching on Saturday. (literature.cafe)
submitted 8 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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I've been almost-ready to ditch Windows for years. Now's the time.

My new neighbor is an old-school nerd. He hosts install parties at our local leftist third space.
He's going to help me switch to... not sure yet. Probably Mint. I can't wait. It feels as good as never giving a cent to Amazon, Uber, and streaming services.

Yay.

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[–] 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

The only thing stopping a mass exodus is that there is no single version of Linux that is just dominating. I know that defeats the purpose of Linux, but that is what the dumb masses (such as myself) want. We want easy, and we don't want to be special. If I have a problem I want a thousand others with the same problem, not my own little unique problem that I have to take hours away from my day to fix.

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  • [–] 3 points 8 months ago

    I'd say the stopping thing is a few multiplayer PvP games with anticheat, also some software that won't work in Wine (adobe products, corel products, microsoft products).

    Yes, I know alternatives exist (Krita, Inkscape, LibreOffice). No, they are not 100% drop-in replacements. I for myself love working in LibreOffice Writer, but when you work in a place where everyone except you uses MS Word and expects DOCX files, you can't "just" switch to linux without issue.

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