Way back when, I loved Windows XP. I was always dorking around with it, seeing what I could do to personalize and customize it. I had that mindset until Windows 11. I just couldn’t anymore.
So I finally tried Linux. It turns out, this is exactly what I wanted back in the XP days. I just never had the need to try it. Now that Microslop has forced my hand, I’ve experienced the environment outside of windows. As such, I really don’t see what they could possibly do to bring me back.
I’m definitely going to join the Linux master race when I have time. I only get about 3 hours a month on my laptop at the minute and Windows is just scary now.
I cant use the Office package because you need a license, my wife logged in with hers because she gets it as part of something else bundled with Netflix or some shit, but that locked me out of my emails somehow, and I cant get the excel file I saved because apparently it saved on her cloud account which for some reason is inaccessible.
I swapped over when Windows 10 went EOL, haven’t looked back since.
The vast majority of what I do on my PC is browsing, media consumption or gaming. All three work just as well (if not better) for me.
LibreOffice does take some getting used to as the shortcuts and options are different to Excel - but it supports every function I’ve come across so far.
Give it a try, you can use a Live ISO to launch the OS from a flash drive to give it a try before committing to an install - both Linux Mint and Pop OS are meant to be great introductions for regular users. I wanted to predominantly play games so I went with Bazzite initially before switching to CachyOS.
Don’t stress too much about what the various distributions are, just think of it as a pre-set selection at a restaurant.
Way back when, I loved Windows XP. I was always dorking around with it, seeing what I could do to personalize and customize it. I had that mindset until Windows 11. I just couldn’t anymore.
So I finally tried Linux. It turns out, this is exactly what I wanted back in the XP days. I just never had the need to try it. Now that Microslop has forced my hand, I’ve experienced the environment outside of windows. As such, I really don’t see what they could possibly do to bring me back.
Not having any alternative for specific professional software categories is pretty fucked up tbh.
People pushing Linux always forget this one major issue.
I’m definitely going to join the Linux master race when I have time. I only get about 3 hours a month on my laptop at the minute and Windows is just scary now.
I cant use the Office package because you need a license, my wife logged in with hers because she gets it as part of something else bundled with Netflix or some shit, but that locked me out of my emails somehow, and I cant get the excel file I saved because apparently it saved on her cloud account which for some reason is inaccessible.
Just fuck it.
I swapped over when Windows 10 went EOL, haven’t looked back since.
The vast majority of what I do on my PC is browsing, media consumption or gaming. All three work just as well (if not better) for me.
LibreOffice does take some getting used to as the shortcuts and options are different to Excel - but it supports every function I’ve come across so far.
Give it a try, you can use a Live ISO to launch the OS from a flash drive to give it a try before committing to an install - both Linux Mint and Pop OS are meant to be great introductions for regular users. I wanted to predominantly play games so I went with Bazzite initially before switching to CachyOS.
Don’t stress too much about what the various distributions are, just think of it as a pre-set selection at a restaurant.