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What operating system do you use on your main computer? (lemm.ee)
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[โ€“] 31 points 3 years ago (8 children)

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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  • [โ€“] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    theres wayyy more windows 11 users than linux users but this is the one place the "enlightened pc users" cam flex their ability to navigate a command prompt

    windows runs fine, plays every game, software is generally made for it, people who dont like it have a very niche issue with it which is fine

    but its a good OS if you just want to use your computer like a normal human

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  • [โ€“] 3 points 3 years ago

    that's ok we all have our reasons to use whatever we are using. Im using windows but dual boot arch sometimes for coding because I own a 9 year old nvidia card. Fuck you nvidia ! I will switch uninstall windows as soon as I have enough money to upgrade to an amd gpu.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago

    I use windows 10 simply because it just works for my needs. Its just customizable enough for me and I've tried Linux and it's too much effort to get everything I use working on there. I mostly use my PC for gaming anyways and then my laptop for work.

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  • [โ€“] 2 points 3 years ago

    I totally get that Linux is excellent, but the Linux community can be exhausting sometimes.

    "It's so easy to use these days!" is rapidly followed by "You just need to grep the package and recompile it for your kernel."

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