Sadly it is not about learning Linux but getting the software you use on a daily basis natively supported by the OS, that is why Linux is still not there for me yet.
What do you use on a daily basis that’s not supported? I see this kind of comment all the time and nobody wants to tell me!
Its almost always tools and programs used in their professional life. The 365 suite, adobe suite, fusion 360, simulation programs, …
Yes i know there are free or alternative options, but they are never as good or powerful as the full on suites that have existed since the dawn of time.
Ive been running linux ( dual boot with windows ) on my work laptop for 9 months at this point and i love it. But sometimes, i do have to boot windows for one of the professional suite programs.
Fair, but in the context of gaming I doubt there are that many people gaming on their work machine.
Depends, im a power user that does all kind of things on my pc. Gaming but also other workloads, so ill be dual booting with linux as my main soon anyway.
But for pure gaming, ye linux might do depending on the gamesYeah, I’ve been spoiled because most of the heavier workloads I do is all programming related and Linux tends to be better there.
I have had issues with Autodesk products, but I’m able to get 99% of what I need with freecad.
If you have a large work budget, then Siemens NX (version 12 or less) runs on RHEL or SUSE.
Microsoft office suite? Adobe, most DAWs. PCVR.
There are alternatives for some of these things. IMO libreoffice is good, but buggy compared to the MS office suite.
Libreoffice rules
It’s the best office suite for Linux, I just think MS office is a better product. Maybe I’m wrong and it would be great if I was more competent with it.
Honestly, I’ve just switched (after 27 years of windows) like two months ago, and I don’t miss any of that old crap. Not once have I thought “damn, wish I could have this software under Linux”, because there was always an alternative.
Arch btw.
onlyoffice? it saldy uses chromium embedded framework tho.
Some people were saying MS Office will still run in the browser though and that’s 90 percent of my use case these days to be honest.
Yeah that’s fair. I’m very into hotkeys and macros to speed up my workflow, so the browser doesn’t do it for me.
I do main Linux (OpenSUSE Tumbleweed), but its not a machine I use for doing serious work.
I can tell you my issues, so far.
Logitech G13 left hand kb - no drivers, Steam VR library 20 some of 90 some games come up in steam, Microsoft intellipoint trackball, only left, right, and wheel work but cannot program the other 2 buttons, no BlueStacks - simple to use phone emulator.
Haven’t gotten any further as if VR library is not available there is no point getting rid of windows, and I really want to get rid of windows. I just don’t have the drive I used to, to fix, look up hints, tinker with my os and reinstall new ones. It has to just work. I have Kubuntu installed on a 4tb sata ssd, rtx 4070ti super, Ryzen 7 3800, 32gb ram. In the last month steam VR made some strides as setting up was as seamless as windows, but as I stated I am missing 2/3 of my VR library
Yeah, my SteamVR library is why I keep a Windows virtual machine around.
I have faith steam will continue to improve proton to the point of “it just works”. As well, any new purchases of hardware will be Linux ready.
I must say Linux HAS gotten more user friendly over the last 20/30 years, and the GUIs have gotten more stable. My first Linux distro was red hat enterprise Linux, and then I hopped around to fedora, then mandrake and mandriva, a buddy suggested slack at one point, then I found Ubuntu, and now Kubuntu, I prefer the gnome environment but kde plasma seems to work better. Wayland is also long over due.
Oof that’s quite the haul. Thanks for the write up though.
I will keep testing and one day I will be joyous. Linux is so close, just a few more years™.
Poor hdr support is one for games and shows.
For games at least (haven’t tested for films/shows as I do that on my TV), HDR support is there. I‘m running nobara htpc, which has everything necessary already set up and any game I ran in gamescope so far worked perfectly fine in HDR.
Okay. I can see that being an issue. I’m fine without HDR but I know people who aren’t.
Literally unusable!!!
I use Figma (a UX design tool). It has browser support but I prefer the native app experience, I’ve seen there are Linux versions on GitHub but I heard they have some compatibility or performance issues sometimes and I need it to be 100% reliable as it is for work. I also use some Adobe products sporadically (Illustrator and Photoshop) FOSS software doesn’t make the cut for professional use, even if they do nearly the same, since you need standard industry tools.
I also like gaming and even though Linux is almost there (I love my Steam Deck) I see so many people struggling here and there and I really don’t feel like tinkering, I already tinker enough on Windows to get my games working properly.
But all in all I’m still interested in Linux and keeping an eye on it and might pull the trigger some day even if is only for personal use/tinkering :)
That’s where I am, I’m looking at switching my gaming computer over to fiddle with it, see what’s going on.
Yeah, there is a whole load of Steam games that will only play on Windows systems. I’m looking forward to testing the new implementation of WINE and see if it measures up. If so, I may be dumping Windows 10 for a Linux flavor. Though I don’t know if I can get the Windows XBox app to work on WINE. So that’s a consideration.
I switched to Nobara a few weeks ago and gaming isn’t really an issue. I still have to get Cyberpunk running when heavily modded tho. The Xbox Cloud Gaming app is available through an Electron PWA using Lutris: https://lutris.net/games/xbox-cloud-gaming/
On my Windows 11 machine I just uninstalled Copilot via the normal app uninstall process. Unless I’m misunderstanding, I don’t think it’s tied into the OS in any fundamental way. I assume most debloating scripts include the step anyway.
Kinda crap that it’s installed by default though.
Enjoy it while you can. Recall is going to be a hard dependency of the new file explorer because of… reasons.
Gonna get to enjoy some reg edits on that machine then!
Edit: So I just looked at that machine that is set to take all new updates, and it doesn’t look to be installed like it is for that guy in the video. However, it looks like this machine hasn’t picked up 24H2 yet, which is strange as I thought it was meant to be worldwide now?
MS really can’t make stuff easy.
If you have any anti-cheat software on your PC, then the update is paused. Basically because it fucks it up.
With anti-cheat being one of the major things causing games to be Windows dependant, that is hilarious.
Imagine jumping through all those hoops because Microsoft sabotages your property against you, when your could just use Linux and have it respect your rights as its owner instead.
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I uninstalled copilot after an update installed it, on win 10
Can’t wait to see what industries that handle sensitive data will do when Recall becomes an integrated part of Windows 11. They might have no choice but to migrate to Linux.
They will pay for enterprise licenses and be able to disable and delete it.
Only us plebs get whipped.
Exactly. Group policies give lots of control to mass enable/disable features.
It’s one of the reasons to pirate Enterprise Windows instead of Home/Pro, so you can write your own group policies for your own device.
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There are registry keys you can use to completely disable Copilot.
on windows 11 the story is different its a dependency of file explorer
Copilot as well? I thought it was that recall thing that was part of explorer
Oops I got copilot confused sorry
Thought I’d missed something, TY. Just give it time and they will integrate it if enough of us keep removing it
Ngl I Don’t want Microsoft to use my personal images and train them on ai I donno if they do that
i just updated. https://www.startallback.com/ fixed most of my issues along with https://www.oo-software.com/en/shutup10
shame we have to do it, but even with Linux I have to do a bunch of stuff to make it more usable though at least it wont spy on you by default
The LSTC edition has a few more years in it… but I wouldn’t do MASS in a GRAVE… ehr, I mean - fuck.
Look, just search for “MassGrave” on GitHub.
doesnt the ltsc version target enterprises and stuff and you cant just use your home/pro license you need a whole diff license and many anticheats and steam will end support for 10 once it ends support
…did you search “MassGrave”?
oh yeah ik but i meant legit ways
LTSC is “only” available through an enterprise licensing through Microsoft or its partners, which means you can probably ask a company or organization for one of their volume keys, and will probably be the only Windows where you can permanently disable Recall…
Like seriously, I had problems disabling telemetry in Windows 10 Pro because it kept re-enabling them, but not in the LTSC version.
ohhhh i thought you pay for it normally it kinda makes sense tho but yh
Copilot is not an issue, it’s Recall that could send screenshots of all files and folders to Microsoft.
Even if they don’t send data, it is a treasure trove for a hacker to get. Such a terrible idea MS came up with.
Honestly I downgraded to 10 earlier this year. Then the windows 11 update came out that boosts Ryzen performance, well my happy ass couldn’t miss out on them gains. So back to 11 I went.
My PC is pretty much strictly used for gaming so more power is more power.
I immediately de-bloated once I was updated.
Good timing honestly. The only reason I kept a Windows machine around was for gaming. Now we have much better support across the board.
Keyloggers have been present since (at least) win 7. You’re all way too late.
The invasion of Crappilot is so close!
Can’t really move to Linux if I have to make software for Windows since the majority of people won’t move to Linux.
app support on linux aint half bad but definitely there is alot of professional apps missing
Go to press Windows + W and see what happens on Windows 11
Okay?.. like, I get the point. But you’re telling me Linux does literally nothing you don’t want out of the box? It’s like saying “Run
sudo rm -rf / —no-preserve-rootand see what happens on Linux.”
I just had to use a Windows machine 10 minutes ago for the first time in 3 years. I hated it. I won’t be doing that again until I have to.
Yeah because everyone knows once a company drops LTS the software becomes completely unusable!!!
Lack of security updates should be a concern to you, yes.
