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    Ich habe Windows durch Linux ersetzt und alles läuft großartig

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    4. PvtJet07 on

      Overall my switch has been going well, but I have two issues I’m not really sure how to solve (Zorin/Ubuntu)
      -If computer is suspended more than a few hours it locks up and can’t turn back on without being hard turned off and back on
      -Occasionally graphics start to lag, mouse slows to a crawl, whole computer freezes up, and it resets – when playing a game, watching a stream, or both

      Haven’t had time to really dig through forum posts to troubleshoot them but that’s my only linux complaint so far

    5. marginaliamonkeys on

      My dad was an engineer and in the early 2000s I remember him switching my parents’ entire business to run on Linux. Eventually he’d go on to maintain some of the parts of PyKDE because he “just thought it was fun.”

      He put Windows stickers on all of our trash cans and toilet seats and refused to buy me anything but a Mac for college (he tried to convince me to get a machine that would run Linux, but Apple was so much “cooler” to an 18 year old circa 2005).

      I have worked for Microsoft for a few years now (UGH, but at least it helped pay off my student loans) but am about to put in my notice. My dad isn’t with us anymore, but having grown up in a Linux household and having seen the Slopbeast from the inside I could not be more pleased more folks and organizations are moving to Linux!

    6. Mystrasun on

      I used Ubuntu back when it was new, but I was just a kid back then and I wasn’t ready for all the hoops I had to jump through to get my games working haha. I’ve decided to give Linux another go, and I’ve had a great time distro hopping through Zorin, PopOS, and now I’m currently experimenting with Fedora. Feels good to have a good old tinker with my PC again, and so far, I’m not missing windows all that much, but I’m keeping it dual booted just in case.

    8. Ciappatos on

      I’m still worried about missing out on some games, but probably the day my warranty expires I’m switching too.

    10. Piett_1313 on

      I got Bazzite on my laptop a few months back and love it. Going to get it on my desktop soon when I’ve got the free time.

    11. glytxh on

      My (kinda) Arch machine offers less friction than my old Windows machine, and it also plays video games without a problem

      I would have laughed you out of the room a decade ago if you told me this is ever going to happen

      I no longer own a Windows machine

    12. EdwinMcQ on

      2026 is also the year of flying cars, touch screen MacBooks, and lab grown meat.

    13. DescriptionOne8197 on

      I need to do this. The only windows machine I have is for running blue iris. Anyone know if it would be simple to get that working in a virtual environment or something.

    14. focus on

      Linux mint+cinnamon was my go-to 10y ago. I’ve been using Mac OS since then. What’s the best out there now?

    15. ghostfartsnear on

      Been using fedora the last year and only issue I have had so far is a noname label printer doesnt have a good working driver on it.

    17. some_one_234 on

      Not surprising. If more of the software I need for work worked on other operating systems (ie ios, linux, etc) I would abandon Windows in a second. It’s been a bloated mess for years and with the new emphasis on AI I’m hoping more companies make their software work on other systems

    18. kmaster54321 on

      I want to run Linux but could never figure out how to get my work apps working perfectly on it.

    20. faberkyx on

      Installed linux (arch) few weeks ago to give it a try (I use linux (server) at work daily) and after 2 weeks as much as I would like to use linux I gave up.. too many issues with everything unfortunately.. don’t have so much free time to spend days to make things work…

      setting up secure boot took few hours of painful tries, tried to get my logitech mouse and mkb to work with solaar …after spending few hours nothing was still working, next installed orca slicer for my 3d printer and after spending few hours with a long list of errors during intallation I got it working.. just for it to randomly crash from time to time.. discord works but my mic randomly disconnects after 15-20 minutes and have to restart it every time, tried many things nothing worked.. still disconnecting..

      Proton works amazingly though, have been playing arc raiders and it works flawlessly, got even some fps more but the game is also missing amd frame gen in the setting option (apparently a game bug on linux) other games I play like BF6 of course doesn’t work because of anticheat, same for Tarkov… ..the cad software I use, Fusion doesn’t exists on linux and ye there are alternatives but I cant spend days to learn another software again.. so it’s getting there but still can’t replace windows for me as a home desktop environment

    21. Mutex70 on

      Great!

      Competition is good for consumers!

      Personally, I’m happy with Windows (on the desktop at least), but I’m also happy that alternatives exist.

    22. RiflemanLax on

      I guess if I’m giving advice to new users that aren’t extremely tech savvy, I’d say try and start out with something less DIY than an Arch based distro.

      Mint (or LMDE7), Zorin, Ubuntu (or Kubuntu), or Pop OS are probably easier to work with as a new user.

      If you just need to work off Chrome, cool. LibreOffice covers the MS Office needs, and even opens those file types.

    24. Lillienpud on

      What about managing my itunes tracks to put them on my iphone?? Only reason i need windows.

    27. Blackstar1886 on

      90% of these articles end with „After a month or so I ended up going back due to X apps I couldn’t live without, but it’s really cool how far Linux has come!“

    28. FredFredrickson on

      I’ve been using Windows since 3.1, back when I was a kid and we got our first computer. I grew to like it over the years.

      I sort of liked Windows 8. I really liked 10. I like a lot of the changes to 11, even though I was sad to see the Start menu tiles go.

      The performance on 11 is terrible though, and I really, really, *really* hate the intrusive push for integrating „AI“ into the OS.

      I’m still sort of a Windows diehard, but I’ve never been closer to switching to Linux. I’m just tired of worrying about this Copilot/Recall stuff. Tired of Microsoft ignoring massive problems with the OS in lieu of adding shit nobody wants. Tired of poor performance.

      I have some software that would be hard to get away from on Windows… but if things keep going the way they’re going, I will be looking hard at alternatives.

    29. StreetInitial4538 on

      For work, Mac is the way to go. For leisure, gaming etc? If steamOS or another similar kernel can match windows anti cheat they’re done.

    30. throwaway_ghast on

      >I grab Chromium

      All that justification for moving away from Microsoft software, to go for Google software when Firefox and Librewolf are right there? Tech journalist moment.

    31. Mercury5979 on

      There are always flavors of Linux that work great and are easy to use. It always comes back to why your use your PC and do the applications you use work on a Linux system. I have 2 I pay for that always bring me back to Windows. However, I primarily boot to Ubuntu for day to day and Steam games.

    34. Sassquatch0 on

      Glad it works for them. Not all of us are so lucky.
      I’ve spent the last 1½ weeks trying to make Linux work & had to fight for every inch of progress – which hasn’t been much. I’ve reinstalled twice today, once Ubuntu & once Fedora, and it’s only 3pm.

      Last week it was Bazzite, which was a shit show for anything that’s not Steam.

      I know I’m a noob, but fucking hells…

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