• MasterNerd@lemm.ee
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    11 months ago

    Kinda weird that they’re calling it an OS, but ig they’re just trying to cater to the windows audience

  • GustavoM@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    “But can Linux install things via a single .exe file? HAHAH EAT IT NERD!”

    - 10’ish years ago past me, before discovering the magical wonders of the package manager

    • RQG@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      I found since people are used to app stores, I’ve had a much easier time convincing people to try out Linux. My mom even said that she always wished her windows PC had a proper app store.

      • grue@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        11 months ago

        I think it’s still important to explain the key difference between an “app store” and a package repository: the latter isn’t a “store” because everything is free.

      • bellsDoSing@lemm.ee
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        11 months ago

        Honestly, if all you’ve ever experienced in regards to terminals is windows CMD, then you really haven’t seen much. I mean that possitively. Actually, it will give you a far worse impression on what using a Linux / Unix terminal can be like (speaking as someone who spent what feel’s like years in terminals, of which the least amount in windows CMD).

        I suggest to simply play around with a Linux terminal (e.g. install VirtualBox,.then use it to install e.g. Ubuntu, then follow some simple random “Linux terminal beginner tutorial” you can find online).

        • Kühe sind toll@feddit.de
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          11 months ago

          The Windows Terminal is absolute Garbage. I tried to use it for some very simple stuff and it was such a trash experience. It just feels wrong.

  • glibg10b@lemmy.ml
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    11 months ago

    Windows 11 takes your money, gives you ads, sells your information and ignores your bug reports and feature requests

    KDE is free, ad-free and open to contribution

    I think we have a clear winner here

    • CaptnNMorgan@reddthat.com
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      11 months ago

      But can it play Starfield with an Nvidia GPU? I originally had popos on my PC until Starfield came out, I had to switch to Windows to play.

      • Holzkohlen@feddit.de
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        11 months ago

        I mean Starfield was just terrible optimized for Nvidia at launch and still isn’t ideal no matter what OS you use.

    • desconectado@lemm.ee
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      11 months ago

      But can it run proprietary software used in the industry? From Excel to Photoshop, if you are in a collaborative professional environment, you can’t run away from those, and don’t tell me you can use the alternatives in Linux, because no, you can’t. This is not linux fault, but it’s still an issue you can’t handwave.

      I love linux, but you can’t expect people to adopt it just because it’s objectively better than windows.

      • cannache@slrpnk.net
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        11 months ago

        Meh I had a dual boot machine ages ago. Still here collecting dust. Basically I only switched to use the Linux for down time, movies, and study, most day to day tasks from engineering software to anything I considered important enough that you do not want the results hacked or broken I would use Windows.

        I think of modern machines kind of like a hammer. These days almost nobody actually remembers the guy who made the first hammer, or who discovered fire, but there’s a price tag for the bow, the paper and the hammer, not so much the making of the hammer, because the actual skill involved or required to learn about it has become challenged if not cheapened to the degree that there are now multiple paths to obtain or create a hammer, yet the benchmark quality of the hammer as well as the process for creation itself as a whole is now more of an authority than the actual original statue or monolith of “hammer man” himself.

        This is why I think the many flavours of Ubuntu including the many esoteric Linux distros are still interesting but still lack the diversity of use and specialization. The fact that whole blockchains are built for XYZ while sitting around pumped then dumped to trading at cents with no use goes to show how cloud computing systems and lower level computing is still very disconnected and becoming further thrown aside to uphold ponzi schemes.

        I’ll give you an example, more money is wasted on onlyfans per year than for people trying to use system XYZ for solving problem A, or curing cancer. Consider that to be one of the “good” reasons many men and women are so misogynistic, even without looking down on sex workers.

      • Opafi@feddit.de
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        11 months ago

        There are enough web based office instances running for Linux to be functional in that regard.

        Photoshop on the other hand…

      • Holzkohlen@feddit.de
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        11 months ago

        You just gotta make an effort. The one who are too lazy will never be free of Microsoft’s clutches. Which probably just means pretty much everyone will stick to windows.

  • jayandp@sh.itjust.works
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    11 months ago

    What’s the current reliable KDE Distro? I’ve been rolling with Kububtu for a while now, but Ubuntu’s Snap mandate has been getting annoying.

  • Rubezahl@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    Can I use MS Office natively with that? Also, can I use it as a non-techie lay man in a way that is similar to the way most office bottom-feeders use Windows?

    I know there is Open Office but I am lawyer and the free office alternatives just don’t have the rich formatting options I need to do my job. I have tried and they just won’t do.

    • Liška@feddit.de
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      11 months ago

      Just out of interest: What are the specific formating options / features you’re missing to be able to perform your job?

      • allywilson@sopuli.xyz
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        11 months ago

        raises pendantic finger Ah-hem, sorry, but KDE Plasma isn’t an OS. It’s a desktop environment. For an OS bundled/built-around Plasma then Kubuntu or KDE Neon are both Linux distributions that would better fit that description.

  • Konlanx@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    Maybe I can just post here and get a good explanation?

    I have been using PopOS for a while now and I am super happy with it, but last time it tried to switch from Gnome to KDE I ended up with a black screen after boot and had to reinstall from scratch.

    Does anyone have a good writeup on how to do it properly?

  • Max_Power@feddit.deEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Yeah like they (the Windows sheeple) celebrated a CLI package manager as if it was their best invention since sliced bread. Every Linux user was like yaaawwwn… “finally”