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1w ago

It always seems like its time to move to linux

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perhaps it only 'always' seems to be that way because you haven't yet done so..
complete the task so you can change tunes to..
"why tf didn't i do this sooner?"
- Word!
  edit: oops, no pun intended. Just a shoutout, like "well said!"
  
  Powerpoint!
- Yeah, for me, the big thing was that I only found out you could test-run Linux without installing after I had made the decision to install it. Of course, having no real clue what I'd get into massively delayed the decision...
- I'll do it. There's no need to keep reminding me every few years.
  
  I keep saying the same thing, lol. My latest distraction is the Talon Win11 debloat tool. (Also works, mostly, on Win10)

Number of ads my OS shows me: 0
- That's the worst thing about dealing with Windows machines at work: it's not just the browser that needs an adblocker!
  And I'm not going through 20 laptops to disable that (is it even possible) unless I get paid for it.
  
  Remember when a "pop-up blocker" was a browser plug-in because the browsers didn't yet consider it a competitive feature?
  (Well, okay, Opera and iCab did.)
  
  I installed with a local windows 11 account using Rufus and I have no ads. Also went back to old taskbar using StartAllBack. It's just a good old windows box again. Really works nicely.
- Yes but you are missing all the hot singles, and only getting the neckbeard ones.
- Number of ads my Win11 shows me: 0
  Answer: Live in Europe.
- Amount of ads my operating system shows me: 1. I've got Ubuntu on an old laptop because I couldn't get Debian to install and I didn't know much about Mint at the time So I've seen a couple Ubuntu Pro popup ads.

The best time to move to linux was 10 years ago. The second best time is now.
- Does that mean I shouldn't have switched in 2007 and instead waited eight more years?
  But then I'd have had to use Windows 8
  
  I had win 8.1 for a long while. It really wasn't bad. Win 11 is what finally pushed me away from Windows.
- I did both of those.

- I've never goten this meme. Was the astronaut on the left supposed to gave been kept away from any windows or views of earth the whole time?
  
  The actual history of the meme... it started as an MS paint sketch where they were looking to a flat earth. With just the first saying "WTF it's flat" one behind saying "sorry fam". The more popular follow up was one where they were looking, except the only land mass on earth was a giant state of ohio, and second astronaut responded with "always has been".
  Oh as far as the idea that they didn't look at it in transit, no idea... though I suppose it's more reasonable that this is the first spacewalk or whatever. Would imagine most the trip up, you'd be looking ahead rather than back at earth. Also I suppose depends on the subtletly or lack there of of what earth is "all".
  
  Here you go
  https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/wait-its-all-ohio-always-has-been

I would, but my crippling WinRAR addiction keeps me on WinXP
- 7-Zip for 32-bit Windows means MS DOS bro... its time to move on up
- That's because you have WinRAR sarcasm edition! A very good release!
- At this point, something tells me you could find a compatibility layer for WinRAR support on some dingy forum which has heavy peepshow vibes. Never underestimate people's fetishes.
  
  I mean pretty sure winrar runs just fine on WINE.
  Though perhaps it's about seeing how many years into the 40 day trial you can go.

Screw Linux desktop, let's make this year The Year of FreeBSD Desktop.
- You joke, but it's not that bad at all.
  Think they finally fixed wifi too.
- I used FreeBSD desktop around 20 years ago. It was alright. It just took a lot of time setting everything up from source.

When you are suffering vitamin deficiency it is always time to get those vitamins in.
When you are sleep deprived it is always time to go to bed.
When your teeth are rotting it is always time to clean them.
Your condition will get worse until you make use of the remedy. And the reminder to make use of the remedy will stay the same as long as the condition lasts. Just as Windows is getting worse and worse the only remedy is to use another OS, but some people choose to help themselves sooner than others.
- Thank you for that talkin to, daddy. I needed that.

Not when you're on Linux...
- It’s time to try that new distro or window manager you keep seeing on YT all the tine.

It's the year of the Linux desktop after all, like every year.
- Well, with general enshittification, Steam’s progress and W10 sunsetting maybe it will tick up the charts a bit more this year. I have laptops and home theater systems and have converted several in the last six months. Mostly Mint and EndeavorOS so far, but I’ll also load up Manjaro and Fedora on the last couple to see how I like them. Linux has come a long way.

It's a pretty easy move, tbh. Start with a user-friendly distro and don't look back. The only Windows install I have left is my work laptop and I absolutely hate it.
- Ironically, managing multiple windows across several virtual desktops really sucks on Windows. That’s the number one issue I have with my work computer. Everything else is actually quite tolerable.

I kind of did and it took a distro or two... But arch (EndeavourOS) is keeping me on track with all tasks I need to perform at work (one program is wine based, and office is dealt with just fine with libre - I'm a high school teacher by the way) and well ... I used the command line to use ghostscript and OCR some documents. This was all right inside Linux by the way, no downloading extra packages. It worked goddamn fine.

After you move to Linux, you end up continuing your journey to different Linux flavours

Each day it becomes easier and easier to use Linux (e.g. Linux Mint or ZorinOS) when compared to Windows.

Closed source is garbage. Long live Linux.

Unironically: Every year is the year of the linux desktop.

2025 is the year of Linux on the desktop

I'll have you know the last good version of windows was Windows RG.
Never forget.

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