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What OS do you use on your pc and why? (lemmy.one)

submitted 1 year ago by tubbadu@lemmy.one to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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[–] JackFromWisconsin@midwest.social 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Right now use Windows 10 on my PC. Not interested in 11 at all. I've been thinking about buying an old chromebook and tossing Linux (probably Mint) on it. A friend made one of those and I thought it was really neat. Just gotta find the time, I suppose.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Be aware that

The storage is insane. Chromebooks you can afford have unupgradeable 128GB max
The processors are often pretty bad, no GPU and all
The keyboards are horrible. There are so many missing keys, will be horrible on Linux.
The BIOS is an intense hack. Having Tianocore on modern Hardware is for sure awesome, but if it fails there is pretty much noone to help you.
This hardware is often bullshit. Glued together, no replacement parts, ports soldered to the mainboard. I saw a video of a repairguy ranting and sent my Acer Chromebook back.

If you get an affordable one, do it! But dont waste money on that.