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IratePirate

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  • Consumer hardware is no longer a priority for manufacturers

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  • Great. Now they're building infrastructure and industry atop a stolen Trojan Horse, which may still bite them the moment the little oange man tells Nadella to flip the switch.

  • 'Stop the games': Hillary Clinton demands public hearing in Epstein probe

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  • Can we have immediate punishments broadcast as well?

    Sure. That public wrist-slapping will teach 'em and all around them!

  • House Speaker welcomes Trump call to ‘take over’ elections, claims Dem wins appear ‘fraudulent’

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  • VS Code for Linux may be secretly hoarding trashed files

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  • The only difference really is the occasional extension that needs a manual install.

    Well, that and the lack of telemetry and "phoning home" to Redmond. And that's a big one.

  • Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.

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  • Bazzite has closed source software preinstalled? Yikes

    I get the sentiment. That said, if you want to do "gaming", there's no way around proprietary software for the time being, since both titles and some drivers are and will continue to be proprietary.

    Regardless, running some FOSS is already better than none. So if Bazzite helps wean people off proprietary Windows, why not?

  • Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.

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  • Yes, Bazzite adds complexity due to its immutable nature.

    But then again, if you have driver issues on Linux (which has become reasonably rare these days), they're hard to resolve either way, particularly as a beginner.

  • Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.

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  • I went with Lnux Mint Cinnamon for the most part and Ubuntu GNOME in some instances. Either way, Debian-based systems.

  • Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.

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  • For most things, I'd agree.

    Yet, I found it tricky to get Optifine working on Minecraft (Vanilla, i.e. no Forge and such) since there seems to be no way to install JRE on the system. Had to work with a distrobox container, install JRE there and run the .jar file through it. I've managed, but beginners won't find this very "plug and play".

    So YMMV.

  • Windows 11 just lost 5% market share in two months despite Windows 10 losing support.

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  • Did my part. I've made it known amongst friends, family and colleagues that

    • support for 10 is ending
    • some machines won't support Win 11 for no apparent technical reason (just to make them obsolete and boost sales of new tech)
    • I'm willing to set up and support Linux systems for anyone willing to make the switch, thus possibly even prolonging the life of perfectly adequate hardware. (Only constraint: I declined switching people with strong software constraints that will not work or not work well on Linux and make them unhappy in the long run).

    There were plenty of requests, including a small business, some absolute power users and even somebody on the other side of the globe. Everyone got a transition period, and since that is done, all machines have been chugging along without much issue. Support requests are near zero (and I do keep asking).

    This may be my little bubble, anecdotal evidence and all that jazz. But from where I'm standing, this train has left the station, and it ain't comin' back.