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makeshift0546@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

• lemongarlic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  Windows users don’t think about or even realize that other operating systems exist

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  • HieroProtagonist@lemmy.ml ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    THIS Windows user has used Linux and BSD sytems for ~30 years and still manages a fuckton off Linux servers as his dayjob. The thing is - and it is a somewhat invonvenient truth - that Windows 11 has evolved to a point where it works just really, really well when used on dedicated hardware.

    And Powershell is simply the better scripting environment, this is a hill i will gladly die on.

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    • lemongarlic@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      You’re a sysadmin or a software engineer, not a nob technical layperson like a teacher, accountant, nurse, web developer, etc. using a lenovo ideapad to do their taxes.

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    • zalgotext@sh.itjust.works ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Windows 11 has evolved to a point where it works just really, really well when used on dedicated hardware.

      In what reality? Because it’s certainly not the one I exist in

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      • HieroProtagonist@lemmy.ml ⁨9⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Is your reality the one where they didn’t imprison Trump?

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  • makeshift0546@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    Or they value an os that works out of the box with the vast majority of hardware. Even valve and steam is on proprietary hardware has a ton of issues. Windows is God awful but I didn’t have to run a script on every boot up to set my HDMI device as a default. Or have to reboot my device every time I turn off my TV because HDMI can’t connect. And none of my controllers, 8bitdo, ps5ds, xbox360, work wirelessly without latency issues 🤷‍♂️.

    The stubbornness of the community to acknowledge this continues to hamper improving the situation.

    I give money and use bazzite+ my steam deck to support foss, but I’m not blind to the numerous issues that need to be fixed before Linux is less ignored.

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    • lemongarlic@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Most people are also just not going to bother changing their OS lol. Most steam deck users are using Linux and most PC users are using windows.

      I think it’s like why people don’t change the engine in their car, sure you could could get a better one but most people are happy with their engine and don’t want to mess with it

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      • Warl0k3@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

        Wait you can get new engines? Sorry I’m being sincere & my engine is dying - is this actually a thing or is it a convenient metaphor?

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    • AnimalsDream@slrpnk.net ⁨12⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Wait, are you saying you have to run scripts to make hdmi default… on Steam Deck? Cause I have the thing in desktop mode, and every time I turn it on while it’s plugged into my tv, it automatically defaults to that tv no problem. What’s going on with your setup?

      Also wireless latency is a problem everywhere, with some controllers being better than others. Gulikit ES Pro works pretty well in my experience, but wired is always going to be faster.

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    • Delphia@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Amen.

      For every last ball ache I have about Win 10 and 11 is “well thats annoying” but they just fucking work.

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    • jjlinux@lemmy.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      What the fuck have you been trying that you have to jump through so many hoops? Hanna-Montana Linux? I get that some distros don’t work with some hardware unless you get down and dirty with some tweaking, but in my case, I only had that issue once with an Alienware laptop and Linux mint, because of the NVIDIA card, but that was 11 years ago. Never again since. How does that compare to having to hunt down drivers to make everything work in windows unless you purchase a computer with windows pre-installed for it to work ‘out of the box’. If you reinstall, good luck with that.

      And even if some distros don’t play nice with NVIDIA cards from first install, they will still give you a display to allow you to get it to work correctly, so there’s that.

      Honestly, by all means, stay on windows. I’m happy on the penguin side of things, you’re happy on the… whatever that side of the spectrum happens to be right now.

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      • makeshift0546@lemmy.today ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        Did you read? Bazzite and steamos respectively. Please tell me how I don’t know what I’m doing or imagining these things.

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• Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  You’ve never been to a LAN party when those where bigger. Completely unprompted, windows users will shit on mac and linux users.

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  • makeshift0546@lemmy.today ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You are barking up the wrong tree. mohaa, dota (the mod) big game hunters, ns, cs (again before the stand alone or steam).

    You’re friends were correct back then. Linux was mostly worthless unless it was your job. Triple so for gaming.

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    • Duamerthrax@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      I was playing UT2k4. Epic was linux friendly back then and I wasn’t interested in the other stuff.

      Also, I didn’t say I was a linux user back then. I just said that mac and linux lived rent free in their heads. It was the same as the console war bs back then.

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