Renzatic on 31/5/2022 at 17:02
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The tweaking is mostly for hardware that doesn't work right out of the box. A lot of things mostly just work - probably more than on Windows, if I'm honest - but the things that don't work are generally much harder to solve, and tend to involve lots of googling and obscure terminal commands.
For example, Linux on my desktop has a weird bug where it doesn't turn the USB off when it shuts down the PC - so the keyboard lights stay on if I shut down from Linux, whereas they turn off if I shut down from Windows. Never did figure out how to solve that one.
This is true. I haven't had any problems myself, but for those people who do, fixing it isn't simply about downloading a few drivers. You'll be spending at least a good 20 minutes googling up solutions.
And in general, if you're wanting to get the latest and greatest hardware, you should wait for at least two kernel updates before committing to it.
As for your various programs, I use Lolipop and Spotify for music, Gedit (or Gnome Text Editor these days) can do everything Notepad++ can do, and I use the default media player for movies. 3D software? You've got Blender, Maya, and Modo, plus all the accessory programs like 3DCoat, Substance Painter and Designer, and the like. It does kinda suck not having GOG Galaxy anymore, but Lutris works just fine, since I never really used any of those extra features.
Don't know much about GIT Extensions, but I do know that GIT support is generally built right into Linux.
And Irfanview? I never really thought of it as anything other than a way to open images beyond the small amount of file types supported by Windows Image Viewer. If you want something that sorts and edits, GThumb and Photos do a good job of that.
Nameless Voice on 31/5/2022 at 21:19
It's also very much a case of what you're used to. When you're really used to using a program after many years of use, and you can't configure the replacement to do (something) that you always do in the old program, it can be very annoying. Could eventually re-train the brain with a lot of effort, but somehow that seems like more effort than to re-train to use Linux.
Starker on 2/6/2022 at 08:53
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Yeah, that's the problem. A new Windows PC will be decently fast when you first purchase it, but it'll gradually become slower and slower as the operating system gathers more updates. There's a boost in speed every time Windows releases a new major version, but it doesn't counteract the decline between versions. It's probably forced obsolescence.
I have been running the same installation of W7 for years now for everyday use and it doesn't seem to run any slower than the fresh new install I did on another computer the other day.
Harvester on 2/6/2022 at 17:17
Same here, my Windows 10 PC, quite an old rig (first generation i7), has always and still boots faster than my Ubuntu work laptop (which is about 2-3 years old). If it got any slower over time I'm barely noticing it.
Renzatic on 2/6/2022 at 18:22
I've never had many problems out of Windows 7,8 or 10. I've moved over to Linux not because I have some weirdo hate for MS, or am a huge FOSS supporter, but because there are a number of things I like about it more.
Jason Moyer on 2/6/2022 at 20:34
I upgraded to Windows 11 when my 10 year old Win7 gaming rig finally died in December, and other than the UI taking a bit to adapt to it's been fantastic. Super snappy and mostly stable. I've never had an OS take less time to load than the BiOS before.
Anarchic Fox on 3/6/2022 at 03:58
Apparently my experience is atypical.
Sulphur on 3/6/2022 at 05:34
Nah. Windows startup duration over time is dependent on various factors including how many applications start with Windows and run in the background, what those background tasks are (some of those Microsoft's own, like the search indexer) and what resources they're using. Typically it's been tied to hard disk churn, in my experience, which means that the mitigating factor is whether you're running the OS on an SSD or not.
Anarchic Fox on 3/6/2022 at 06:08
Welcome back!
henke on 3/6/2022 at 15:14
Sulph thought he could just slide into the Windows startup discussion like nothing had happened. Oh no you don't! WELCOME BACK BUDDY!
