#switch to linux

[forcelinux]

Doesn't it suffocate you? How it seems like the only two options are Windows and Mac? Windows and Mac. The dichotomy between Windows and Mac.

But neither Windows or Mac are truly for you. There was once a time you were okay with using Windows, but you know that time is long gone. And to switch to Mac? You don't really want to switch to Mac either.

We both know Windows and Mac aren't for you. Switch to Linux. Customize your own experience the way you want it. Flash that iso and plug in that USB. Right fucking now. Do it right fucking now.

[eightglass]

OH my god i have to tell this story SO.

last night the 'cule was hanging out, and when the last one finally got there (one of our dorm rooms), the other three of us were already topless, and we were trying to think of something to do, when the suggestion came to "we should get her on linux :3"

in no time at all we had us three taller, topless tgirls all pressed against and looking down at the fourth, seductively whispering "you should switch to linux :3" "you should do it right now :3" "you know you want to, you know it would be better :3" "come on, all the rest of us have already switched over :3" into her ears until she started laughing hysterically

anyways. switch to linux :3

[cat-spleen]

linus! we need to put tylenol in the water supply! it's the only way to increase linux marketshare!

[prof-grace-aspen]

Hey, what does installing Linux mean for everyday tasks? Because what I've absorbed through cultural osmosis is 'Linux means you'll essentially be coding every time you want to do something' but you said Mint is really easy?

That’s absolutely not true.

Linux Mint is just like using Windows or MacOS. You have a desktop and icons and programs. Discord opens just like it does on Windows and MacOS. Same with many programs. There’s even an App Store where you can directly download a lot of programs. A lot of programs, on their website, will have a Linux download option.

Now—can you get into the weeds and play around in the command line window? Sure. But you don’t have to do that. You can just use Mint like any other operating system.

Mint is really easy to switch to from a “comfort” point of view. Folders, icons, apps/programs, it’s all the same familiar stuff.

Here’s what Mint looks like as a fresh install:

[5typesoftrash]

switched to linux. immediately love it. the only thing i'm struggling with is figuring out how to get a tts engine that can read web pages. anyone know how i can do that?

[girlwizardgirls]

am i a bitch if i respond to every "here's how to disable [annoying windows 11 feature] on your computer" with "switch to linux"

[nonameidk1]

My sibling's relatively new ASUS windows computer they got went mad and started lagging like hell whenever rendering 3D and rejected the GPU like a freaking immune system, and it had to be factory reset. Then a long time later it updated, went mad, and I ended up having to reset it again, but not before it permanently traumatised a USB device I was trying to backup their data to. We even ran the ASUS diagnostic thing in windows recovery. We decided that if something like this happens a third time, we would evacuate to a user-friendly Linux distribution on their machine.

Now I am trying to find good user-friendly Linux distros for my sibling for if this happens again, probably some relatively stable operating system with KDE Plasma like linux mint, gentoo, or linux from scratch

[definitely-zen-browser]

So it turns out the TPM 2.0 requirement for Windows 11 isn't just a completely arbitrary limitation designed to force people to buy new hardware.

Don't get me wrong - Microsoft is definitely trying to force people to buy new hardware, but it's also using the TPM as yet another way to spy on you!

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