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My family is swapping to Linux!! Finally!! (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 months ago by to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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Windows has gotten so bad that my family, who has been reticent about the switch since 2004, has finally given in and is swapping! So far I got them to agree with ChromeOS Flex (booo, but still better than windows) and Bazzite!

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[–] 3 points 2 months ago (4 children)

WARNING they may suffer from less bugs, less annoying updates, better performance, less spyware and functional package management.

Before anyone says anything I am aware there are trade-offs due to switching from what you know.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (3 children)

    Are you sure it would be less bugs? I havent been using windows for like 2-3 years, but it cant have gotten that bad, right?

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago (1 child)

    I was part of tech support for work until last year.

    My list of ridiculous bugs is quite long.... Even down to basics like the microphone, using Microsoft office at all, windows explorer, and opening teams had bugs where people's work laptops were unusable for day to day tasks.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 months ago*

    I guess the base version of windows is relatively ok but Microsoft Office and Overdrive/SharePoint are both completely unusable. Which is insane considering they are industry standards.

    Although Linux seems to be generally much more stable in my experience. Of course it depends on the distro.

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