Really the only things I’m still using Windows for are work (even if I replace my workstation with Linux, which I’m working on doing, I still have to manage the Windows servers), and simulator games (peripherals work in Linux but often need extra fussing to get them working correctly so for now I’m just sticking with Windows on that machine)
You know, I hate using my work laptop. It’s so sluggish and horrible to use with Windows on. And it’s always the Microsoft software eating up the memory. Teams and edge being the worse offenders.
For server use Linux has been a better option for decades. But, windows was still pretty decent for desktop use. But Windows 10 started a bad trend and Windows 11 has made it far worse. I don’t miss it. This system is dual boot, and I’ve not booted into windows on it, since November.
My work laptop is Mac, which isn’t much better when it comes to bloated MS shit, but that’s more the corporate world. If Linux would get on board with supporting corporate overlords spying on every minute of every day, we’d have shitty Linux desktop distros at work, too.
It’s just that, for what most of us want to do on our computers all day, Microsoft doesn’t offer anything. I can browse, I can run my home, stream movies, play games, and tinker with software all arguably better on Linux. Driver support being the only really spotty thing, but OS getting better at an incredible rate. And if I really fucking hated something, I give myself fair odds of being able to make myself a fix for it.
I remember when I first started playing with Linux, must’ve been around Windows 8? 7? I was like this would be great if I had nostalgia for Windows 3.1 and fumbling around learning DOS (or technically AmigaOS in my case) for the first time, but I wanted stuff to just work better and look better.
But Linux has caught up in every way except corporate bloat, and I love it for every day use. I have an SSD with my old windows installation laying around gathering dust. Thought I’d need it for emergencies. Haven’t had an emergency it would help with — ever.
I think baseline Linux is much less CPU and memory intensive (that is before you start running your own user stuff).
If I just leave normal apps running in the background I rarely hear my fans spin up on Linux. But on Windows, I can just boot it, login and then randomly the fans spin up and CPU usage in double digits. Why?
I would agree probably if we ran teams on Linux it would be a resource hog. But you know for work I setup MS SQL server on Linux, and you know even though so far as I can tell they’re doing more work on Linux to run it there, it seems to run faster and take less resources on Linux. That is subjective though, since I cannot tell if the usage level on the Linux SQL is comparable to the windows one. But from my limited uses it’s definitely lower.
If you start with the OS eating your memory and cycles, there’s less for the bloatware you have on a corporate machine to burn.
Been two years since I’ve touched Windows. Microsoft isn’t needed.
Just a few more games are needed and some applications and I’d be good to go as well.
Really the only things I’m still using Windows for are work (even if I replace my workstation with Linux, which I’m working on doing, I still have to manage the Windows servers), and simulator games (peripherals work in Linux but often need extra fussing to get them working correctly so for now I’m just sticking with Windows on that machine)
You know, I hate using my work laptop. It’s so sluggish and horrible to use with Windows on. And it’s always the Microsoft software eating up the memory. Teams and edge being the worse offenders.
For server use Linux has been a better option for decades. But, windows was still pretty decent for desktop use. But Windows 10 started a bad trend and Windows 11 has made it far worse. I don’t miss it. This system is dual boot, and I’ve not booted into windows on it, since November.
My work laptop is Mac, which isn’t much better when it comes to bloated MS shit, but that’s more the corporate world. If Linux would get on board with supporting corporate overlords spying on every minute of every day, we’d have shitty Linux desktop distros at work, too.
It’s just that, for what most of us want to do on our computers all day, Microsoft doesn’t offer anything. I can browse, I can run my home, stream movies, play games, and tinker with software all arguably better on Linux. Driver support being the only really spotty thing, but OS getting better at an incredible rate. And if I really fucking hated something, I give myself fair odds of being able to make myself a fix for it.
I remember when I first started playing with Linux, must’ve been around Windows 8? 7? I was like this would be great if I had nostalgia for Windows 3.1 and fumbling around learning DOS (or technically AmigaOS in my case) for the first time, but I wanted stuff to just work better and look better.
But Linux has caught up in every way except corporate bloat, and I love it for every day use. I have an SSD with my old windows installation laying around gathering dust. Thought I’d need it for emergencies. Haven’t had an emergency it would help with — ever.
I think baseline Linux is much less CPU and memory intensive (that is before you start running your own user stuff).
If I just leave normal apps running in the background I rarely hear my fans spin up on Linux. But on Windows, I can just boot it, login and then randomly the fans spin up and CPU usage in double digits. Why?
I would agree probably if we ran teams on Linux it would be a resource hog. But you know for work I setup MS SQL server on Linux, and you know even though so far as I can tell they’re doing more work on Linux to run it there, it seems to run faster and take less resources on Linux. That is subjective though, since I cannot tell if the usage level on the Linux SQL is comparable to the windows one. But from my limited uses it’s definitely lower.
If you start with the OS eating your memory and cycles, there’s less for the bloatware you have on a corporate machine to burn.
Same, except seven.