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Why do people insist on using shity OS, is beyond me. Even macOS is far better than Windows nowadays.
I'm stuck because my SP7 didn't work properly with linux even with the surface kernel and there aren't any working alternatives (or at least what I can afford..) for what I'm using it for :(
I was forced to upgrade back to to win10 because win11 is so broken it was unusable.. the taskbar is forever busted and wouldn't even display all apps, microslop has no excuse, they build the SP7! And then made an os that doesn't work with it!
My coworker complains about Windows daily, I'm like " there are alternatives dude.". But he's adamant that windows is better. Some people like being abused I guess.
Because Windows is still the universial standard and MacOS requires purchasing new hardware
Also, people do not know what an OS is, let alone how to change it.
Most people understand that their OS is what comes preinstalled with their computer and thats it, they dont think about it and generally if asked would answer "of course its preinstalled"
Which is a reason to switch.
A closed source OS, as universal as windows, shouldn't be legal.
Switch now!
Edit: I mean, switch to Linux. Obviously macOS is closed source and not an improvement.
I think you mean switch to Linux. Because macOS is one step even more closed than Windows.
At least you can install Windows on other systems.
Oh 100%.
You can install macOS on other systems too. It's garbage and Apple really don't want you to do it, but it's possible if you hate stability.
Not anymore, they no longer support AMD64 cpus
They're used to it
All their apps work
They hate learning new things more than they hate the problems with 11.
I'm 100% linux. Have been for a long time. Your average person can definitely survive Linux on the day-to-day, but the first time they hit a problem needing kernel pinning, they're gonna have a high chance of switching
My laptop is still rocking Win10, and the moment they force it to update to Win11 against my wishes is the moment I jump to Linux, ready or otherwise.
But I know for a fact that Im not as patient with technology as Id like to be, and while I try to learn what I can and prepare myself for that leap, the only reason I haven't just lept yet is because I still find the amount of information I need to know (or think I need to know) overwhelming.
IMO: run a vm for now.
Getting experienced enough to run a vm is a small project. Very digestible.
The installs are REALLY easy-going these days. Run Debian, Mint, or Cachy or something equally easy going.
Get your browsers setup how you like them, get your mail working, If you run out of space or get tired of it, just delete it.
Slow experience over a long time will really make it easier then waiting until you have to learn it.
I was in a similar position to you and honestly there's very little to it. It's probably technically best to start with something really easy like Mint, but you can pretty much choose one at random and as long as you use the KDE desktop environment it'll mostly look and act like windows. You should be prepared to try out a few different distros depending on your needs and/or preferences, but everything is so streamlined that you only need a little bit of computer knowledge to switch.
Part of what I'd been struggling with is I'd gotten into game emulation as well as building up a library via Steam and GoG, and wasn't 100% sure how using Linux might make using what I'm used to harder to use.
So what have I done so far to combat this? I've been putting my emulators on consoles.
I started with a 60$ Wii, and an SD card from a digital camera I hadn't used since college (almost 10 years ago). After learning to set up a Wii/GameCube machine with some retro Nintendo emulators, I moved onto hShop for my wife and I's 3DS'. Most recently, I learned how to put custom firmware on my old PS3 slim (thank god the manufacturer date was just right, else I'd be using Ps3hen)
So, I suppose since I'm not nearly as worried about emulation, Steam seems to be more compatible with Linux by the day, and I suppose I did teach myself about emulation on console, maybe I'm closer to jumping than I think
Oh, you'll find it easy then, Linux is a walk in the park next to console firmware. Steam pretty much takes care of itself, and GOG is a little more complex but is largely handled by Heroic Games Launcher. Do check ProtonDB with regards to your favourites - generally it's only online games with kernel level anticheat that won't work at all with Linux, but there are a handful of others that aren't working yet - but personally I haven't had to do anything more than change the proton version in the steam settings to get a game working. Well, except Helldivers 2, but I'm pretty sure that's a cursed tangle of code that crashes on all operating systems.
Because it doesn't matter if 95% of the software you use works fine on Linux or Mac if you need that last 5% tondo your work.