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So they kept the pattern huh? 1 good OS release, then 1 shit OS release that everyone avoids until the next good OS release.

Looking forward to windows 12. But if that turns out to be shit also then at least we have Linux.

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I literally can’t upgrade because of their new hardware requirements. My PC is plenty powerful for the tasks I need, what am I supposed to do, buy another one?

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Same here, I was like “wtf do you mean my hardware isn’t compatible? It’s 10 times faster than trashy laptops that come with Windows 11”. What I realized was I didn’t have some DRM shit turned on in my BIOS.

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I know this is cliche but try Linux when support is dropped, at least if your workflow permits it. Anything is better than sending a perfectly good system to the landfill…

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The shitty thing is that I have everything in my house just working right now. Media server, photo backup, drive pooling, snapraid, kids’ PCs, etc etc.

Can I do all this on Linux? Of course. Would it arguably be better on Linux? Yeah probably. Do I want to invest God knows how many hours/days/weeks switching things over, debugging issues on all my devices trawling through forums to find fixes…? Hell no.

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Just trying to help. I don’t really care for tinkering with stuff either but most of that stuff your talking about sounds pretty trivial on linux. Not trying to dismiss any of your concerns.

I understand how daunting it is to start from scratch though. I’ve done it twice, once when I switched to Mac OS and the second time to Linux. It’s always rough finding those alternative apps when your apps aren’t there and getting used to a new paradigm.

If you want to use the Mac in a way Apple never intended it was a royal pain in the ass to hack at it. And I didn’t switch to Linux for a long time because games and general polish. I blame x11 for Linux desktop jank but major desktops like kde plasma have their bugs too.

Nothing pissed me off more than being an honest citizen buying two copies of windows 10 at full price just to get treated like a freeloader or someone who downloaded a free to play game. When they required a Microsoft account I left.

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I’ve moved 3 PCs from WIndows 10 to Mint in the past year.

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Ditto bro. Trying bazzite on one now too. Need to move to AMD GPU.

Also dropped 3 rokus for LibreELEC

Also started investing in BD/dvds (yard sales)

It’s either open source or physical media these days brah. ( And jellyfin)

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Same but what is LibreELEC?

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EDIT: A linux distro just big enough to run Kodi

It’s pretty sweet homie! I have it tied into my server hosting Emby and Jellyfin, looks very similar to their respective apps. tied into most of the services (paramount+ for some dang Star Trek) and able to use my own pictures as screensavers and backgrounds. Tied into my home automation system for control from phone/remote!

and nobody building a profile of ads to try and swindle me at every turn

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A distro dedicated to running Kodi.

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I know this isnt popular on here, but its because Windows 10 is pretty damn great.

For damn near EVERYTHING 99.99% of users do 99.99% of the time it just fucking works.

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Windows10 is great, it just kinda works…but it’s still absolute shit. The amount of garbage that’s forced and still existing that you need to disable is absurd.

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Tell me how to disable onedrive and make it stop coming back

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