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Leave Windows 11 Idle For 24 Hours, It Sends Over 3000 Telemetry Pings To More Than 100 Different Servers. (www.youtube.com)
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[–] 15 points 4 months ago (4 children)

There is zero reason to use Windows now. Linux has gotten so good that even a noob can install distros like Ubuntu and Mint. I have Linux running as my main on an old Zephyrus laptop after it arbitrarily installed W11 without my permission or prompting. Windows is spyware and gets isolated in my network.

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  • [–] 10 points 4 months ago (1 child)

    zero for you perhaps, but I unfortunately need Adobe InDesign and Illustrator (and Photoshop but that has more alternatives), or similar software that has the many professional features I use

    also need my games and mods to run on Linux... currently ProtonDB says my Steam library is 51% platinum and gold, and then I haven't even addressed older or online games

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

    I have to use those tools for work (more so in the past), but I’m on macOS for that stuff. That’s a cost-prohibitive layer though. There’s AffinityOnLinux, but I’ve never used it myself. Raster and vector editing are areas have been sadly devoid of comparable software on the Linux side.

    Edit: small edits for clarity.

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  • [–] 8 points 4 months ago* (1 child)

    I'd recommend putting more time into switching to Linux instead of pirating Enterprise versions of Windows and then installing and configuring a bunch of third-party software that is supposed to stop Microsoft from doing all the Microsoft things we don't like. That seems like it's a lot of work and effort too, plus they are actively hostile towards users instead of just "not ready".

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  • [–] 4 points 4 months ago*

    Windows: constantly having to apply patches and run tools to combat the privacy violations.

    Linux: install once, run updates regularly, never have to worry about the constant privacy issues.

    I appreciate that those tools exist for de-bloating Windows, but that sounds like a giant pain in the ass.

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