Everytime Microsoft blunders, which is a lot and it is reported, it never fails that there will be numerous individuals proclaiming their switch to Linux. But I always feel like a lot of it is just simply clout, a pat-on-the-back feeling for deciding against the masses kind of feel.
And it always makes me beg to really see how those kind of people fare if they actually did switch and use Linux on a daily basis.
I’ll take anyone seriously if they actually switch and sometimes actually talk to me about how their Linux experience is going. Because more times than not, I always assume it’s some dual-boot user who could sneak their way back to Windows time to time and barely use Linux.
And I’ll see the statistics of the OS marketshare budge…slightly, for Linux. I’m proud that Linux at all that it is gaining more usage than it has before than where it had been 15+ years ago and earlier.
I don’t care the reason, I just want to share my love for linux with others, even if they don’t switch
Well, it is rebellious.
Here’s my analogy:
I’ve been in the culinary industry 37+ years and a lot of famous chefs have come and gone, a lot have been very disparaged by regular chefs in the industry.
But here’s the thing: those famous chefs promote your industry, which in turn offers you more opportunities. They should be embraced, and not shit on.
Anyone who shows an interest, even if it’s only ‘fashionable’ because MS fucked up again, should be given the benefit of the doubt and assisted (if that’s your thing) or encouraged to break away from the kings of enshitification.
A small act of rebellion can be revolutionary to the lives it changes.
I mean I did not post anything about switching but have commented multiple times. Fact is I should have switched awhile back as I already knew it had gotten to the point it could do everything I needed it to. Windows 11 was the tipping point. I could no longer delay and it was already a massive pain to block the telemetry and such especially since updates would regularly reactivate things…
Similar for me. I switched back in May of last year intending to dual boot as necessary until Win10 EoL, and it turned out it was never necessary.
The main thing anchoring me to Windows was gaming, and, despite hearing about it, I didn’t really understand just how good Wine had gotten since I last used it.
my reason is stupid and two fold. One is just pure laziness as I had a nice setup for my day to day on windows and it would take some effort to get going with linux. The other is I have been in IT and its kinda handy to use day to day what you have to work with or support (this includes my wife who I have not gotten off of windows). Once im working I should be able to buy a new drive and stop my last uses of windows since I have only done the super easy low hanging fruit.
Nah, being rebellious is cool.
I suppose I am one of those, although the process has been gradual over the last years.
Do I still use Windows? Yes - I earn a living designing and developing solutions in the ecosystem, although it is mostly on the corp server side of things. Azure can be easily managed on any of the three big OS’s.
Do I dual boot? Yes, but less and less. For gaming, flight sims are still not supported enough on Linux - to many extensions and add-ons are just not there yet. I am primarily on Linux though and all of my non-sim gaming on Linux nowadays. On my work laptop the Windows partition is bricked (as in Windows Update said bye-bye to it), so next re-install of Ubuntu LTS next year will see the Windows partition wiped.
Am I nostalgic about Windows? Not yet, after 1-2 years of Linux practically full time. Win11 is still on a downward trajectory. Linux is getting better with every distro release.
Have I gone more hard core in my Linux journey? I dabble in EndeavorOS, but mostly run Ubuntu. I am happy that it works. I am comfortable in the terminal so any DE works as long as it leaves me be.
Will I go back to Windows? Microsoft have a lot of work in front of them to regain my trust. It will be a harder switch with the Linux experience being as good as it is.
Do I have any sympathy for those who try and revert? Sure - change is difficult for many.
You tried flightgear yet? While not as pretty as MS, the physics, the controls, the thought…
It’s a great sim, and Linux native.
I have X-Plane 12 on Linux and am re-building an approximation of my MSFS setup. The main issues are
- Head-tracking is proving challenging.
- Streamdeck integration is a work in progress
- Navigraph integration is a non-starter. AIRAC updates are completely manual where there are apps on Windows.
- Many 3rd party addons for Garmin navigation are only available on Windows as they rely on the official Garmin trainer software.
The list goes on, but at least X-Plane is a first class citizen on Linux. My controllers work out of the box with only minor deficiencies (drivers for announciator lights are missing).
The work is proceeding, but as the license for X-Plane is valid in Windows as well it’s too easy to just have everything work there.
sometimes people need time, it’s ok to prepare yourself for the switch by slowly going foss, for example. a lot of them end up switching eventually.
Well I switched before it was cool.
I don’t see what’s wrong with dualbooting. I was using only linux full time for 4 years, until one of my favorite online games started using anti-cheat. Some people might say that i should’ve just given up the game, but i chose to dualboot. And now i just bought an LG OLED C5 as a gaming monitor, realized hdmi 2.1 isn’t working with amd on linux, so i switched my dualboot around where windows now uses the bigger SSD, cause i have to pretty much play everything through windows for the best experience. It sucks, but linux is still there for productivity, and general tasks that i don’t want microsoft to snoop in on. Windows is purely a gaming system for me now. Using the right tool for the job and all that.
Sure but now you’ve gone from not using windows to mostly using windows.
Windows never has been the right tool, or even a tool for that matter. That Microsoft managed to convince people that it was actually a usable, efficient and safe system has been one of the biggest marketing tricks, ever.
The simple reason why some hardware may still not work right on Linux can be traced back to that same Microsoft marketing.
My hope is that with this next wave of people swapping over to limit that companies (both hardware providers but also companies in general) finally start seeing the light and make the switch as well
In case anyone is interested, the whole HDMI 2.1 fiasco can easily be worked around by using DisplayPort. Assuming your monitor doesn’t have DisplayPort, you can buy an inexpensive active adapter that supports HDMI 2.1, where you have DP to your GPU and HDMI out to the monitor. This might sound undesirable but IIRC HDMI outs in intel gpus are actually going through adapters internally so it shouldn’t really make a difference.
EDIT: found the source for Intel GPUs using a built-in converter: https://community.intel.com/t5/Graphics/HDMI-2-1-UHD-144Hz-Arc-A750-A770/td-p/1452946
TV’s usually don’t have DP unfortunately, including mine, and even the best adapter that i found recommended was janky at best, so i figured i’d rather put up with windows nonsense when i want to play a game.
Yeah that’s a weird thing
Monitors always have HDMI and Display ports, video cards usually have display ports to HDMI in a 3:1 ratio, but then TV’s only have HDMI, wtf?
mind telling me what adapters you tried? I haven’t faced this problem myself since I’m 100% DP, but if it does come up I’d like to know what’s what
It was one from cable matters, but i didn’t try it myself, just read all the experiences online. They already make it clear themselves on the product page that vrr doesn’t work, which is a dealbreaker for me personally. Some people claim they got everything working including vrr after flashing a custom firmware, but they still have to replug the cable everytime after they boot before it works, and even after the firmware flash it still doesn’t work for everyone. i think this is the cable. They link it at the top of the thread.
Nothing is wrong with it. Anyone who does it longterm, knows how hectic the stress of maintaining two different ecosystem becomes. You do what works best for you! Gaming has come along way on Linux but still Nvidia users see 20% less performance on X12. I know that want more user to come to Linux so more development will shift the market share. Also, some photos and video and software edditing requires mainstream. Shine you Dual Boot. I’m always running at least a second VM myself to have an isolated sandbox for my P2P.
I’ve never perceived it as rebellious.
Why should it bother me? It’s not like I have Linux corporation stock. I’m just a longtime happy user.
No.
No, why would it bother me.
Some people need to voice their opinions loudly, some don’t. Doesn’t matter much for me.
The number of “I’m switching to Linux” comments or the change in frequency however is a reasonable indicator for public opinion (under the assumption that there is no sudden global increase in extroverts needing to voice their opinion loudly…).
Nope. Changing to another OS isn’t a commitment, people are free to do so (and announce it) as they please.
Are you, perhaps, thinking of irresponsible pet owners?
