flathub.org/en/apps/com.protonvpn.www You are welcome :)
JPSound@lemmy.world 1 day ago
I’m installing Mint for the first time at this very moment. So far, it’s easier than I anticipated. Fuck You Microsoft.
Zink@programming.dev 23 hours ago
This is just how I felt when I first switched, also to Mint. I’ve experienced it a couple other times too when switching from some proprietary application to the FOSS option.
I like to describe it as feeling the different priorities of the teams working on each project. When one is made by passionate users who care about it being good software for its purpose, and the other is designed by a committee to hit as many different corporate metrics as possible, it shows.
Fusselwurm@feddit.org 12 hours ago
hit as many different corporate metrics as possible
ah yes. product roadmaps where every stakeholder gets their share except the users
Zink@programming.dev 10 hours ago
Well yeah their business isn’t to “serve users.” It’s to “farm consumers.”
That’s why I’m glad I do embedded systems in a niche industry. I’m not trying to drive engagement across the globe. I’m just making a device that serves the needs of a user who has other important work to worry about.
BCsven@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Windows 10 did that to us. My work workstation and my wife’s laptop suffered with W10, so I searched alternate OS and found Linux. Luckily our CAD software had a Linux version and I got productivity back.
My wife’s 2010 laptop on w10 was not usable. Its super fast with Linux. Faster than my work issued brand-new Lenovo laptop with W11. The only performance problem would be rendering video or other hardcore tasks.
poke@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
Protonvpn has a flatpack. Check your distro’s app store for it.
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 1 day ago
BASH will be your best friend for any Linux distro.
JPSound@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Ill definitely look into this.
ohshit604@sh.itjust.works 23 hours ago
Yeah, once you get the basics of BASH down Linux becomes really easy.
Open up your Console/Shell/Terminal and type “help” it will give you the list of commands to help navigate the shell.
yukichigai@lemmy.sdf.org 13 hours ago
It’s honestly surprising how bloated Windows has become, and for no clear reason either. Even with all of the obvious bloat disabled and resource-intensive features turned off there’s still a significant overhead, it’s just so constant that you don’t notice it. Then you load up Linux on the same hardware and realize what you’ve been missing.
ragas@lemmy.ml 11 hours ago
If you have a look at phoronix.com (probably the best linux news site) you can find loads of articles on linux gaining 0.2% of performance in some superspecific workload.
The Linux performance is what happens when thousands of people do these kinds of micro improvements for decades.
In comparison Windows is what happens if everyone follows the new cool trend and tries to lamd the next big thing.