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[โ€“] backshift0022@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Windows 11. I'd love to switch to Linux but I have a few edge cases that keep me from doing that right now. I made the mistake of buying Forza Horizon 5 on the Windows store instead of steam. I know I can move my save over to the steam version and rebuy it, but I got the premium version and have no idea what DLC I need to buy again when I look at the store page. And I have an oculus quest which I use with Oculus Link to play PCVR games. There's ALVR to do it on Linux, but compared to link it's not going to cut it for me. Once I have a new VR headset (AKA when valve replaces the Index) and Forza horizon 6 is out/5 is EOL I'm more than happy to make the jump.

[โ€“] itsmikeyd@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

We have very similar stories!

[โ€“] tko@tkohhh.social 4 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] DAC_Protogen@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Fedora Silverblue. But since Fedora aims to include telemetry (although in a reasonable way) by version 40, I'll switch soon to something else. I feel it might be time to give BSD an honest attempt.

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[โ€“] thepiguy@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

I use arch btw. I am waiting for vanilla os v2 for my laptop though, I think it would be great for a device which I want to "just work". Rn it has Ubuntu with some dell repos which have not been updated since Ubuntu 20.

[โ€“] sekhethsis@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Gentoo on my desktop, and Fedora on my laptop.

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[โ€“] Stillhart@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Windows 10. No idea why anyone is using Win11.

I've tried Linux every few years for the last few decades and it's never been at a point where I can switch. I am in the process of trying again, however.

Started today trying to dual boot it on a Windows laptop that has a boot SSD and data HDD. Tried resizing the HDD and installing Nobara and can't get the machine to boot into Grub (the suggested fix on their site didn't work, possibly because of the two physical drives). Searching for a solution was fruitless and I'm honestly over it already. I want an OS, not a hobby.

The very definition of insanity right here. There is ALWAYS something that doesn't work and I'm not a fucking idiot but I'm not a developer either. Linux fans act like people on Windows have no excuse not to switch but I've been trying since the 90s and Linux just does everything it can to frustrate me. God knows how someone who's not tech savvy is supposed to figure anything out. /rant

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[โ€“] Hell@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Endeavour OS

[โ€“] Skimmer@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Fedora, pretty much everything I want from a Linux distro and desktop OS, fits my needs perfectly and what I would recommend most people.

MacOS. Looks like there's tens of us on Lemmy. Tens!

[โ€“] Tsuki@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

Linux. Pop!_OS

[โ€“] sudoreboot@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

NixOS. I distrohopped for years but now I've landed and it has been several years since I felt any urge to explore alternatives (maybe with the exception of Guix, which is basically the same idea but everything is in Guile Scheme (Lisp)).

I'm never going back to a mutable OS if I can help it.

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[โ€“] TheTechNerd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] weew@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Windows, because gaming. Sticking with 10 as long as possible (LTSC), maybe 12 will be worth upgrading to

[โ€“] Enlil@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Linux openSUSE

[โ€“] Kleysley@lemmy.fmhy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Linux (Arch with KDE Plasma)

[โ€“] avyrla@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Windows 10 primarily due to work requirements. I have a laptop with Xubuntu for personal use.

[โ€“] Invalid@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

I duel boot. I use Mint 99% of the time & Win10 for that 1% of software/games I can't get working.

EndeavourOS

[โ€“] Poe@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Linux Mint with gnome desktop

Ubuntu Server for my self-hosted cloud service

[โ€“] Firepotato@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] lemba@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Heavy gamer here. My main Distro is EndeavourOS, came from Linux Mint months ago. My homelab runs on Ubuntu Server.

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[โ€“] wortaggrobart@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Fedora Workstation. Everything just works out of the box, even AAC codec with Bose headphone.

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[โ€“] laurel@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] git_status@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] Granixo@feddit.cl 4 points 2 years ago

Windows 10 Home

[โ€“] Alkider@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Rocking Endeavour OS right now. It's been working well for me so far.

[โ€“] s20@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Nobara linux on my media center/gaming PC. The same on my laptop currently, but I'm a habitual distro-hopper, so I may be on NixOS or Vanilla or maybe Void next week. Whichever I happen to be on, there's a 90% chance I'll be using the Gnome DE.

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[โ€“] WheelcharArtist@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] TurianHammer@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

Windows 11. I don't especially like Windows 11 but dev and gaming is pretty great on Windows. Visual Studio is pretty important for me too.

[โ€“] daddyjones@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Arch Linux with Openbox

[โ€“] Clamor_@beehaw.org 4 points 2 years ago

I've been using windows for years now and I don't think I'll ever switch to another OS, Linux or otherwise.

[โ€“] minthenry@lemmy.one 4 points 2 years ago

Linux Mint with KDE Plasma.

[โ€“] thebirdwashere@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

Currently on ArcoLinux on both my desktop and laptop (although they both have windows installs that I basically never use except for the rare case I need windows software or games)

[โ€“] czarrie@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Currently Arch with KDE, switched recently from Gnome. Probably gonna swap to something a little more basic for the desktop environment, it's pretty but in the words of Peter Griffin, "It insists on itself"

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[โ€“] riskable@programming.dev 4 points 2 years ago

Kubuntu FTW

[โ€“] fratermus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 years ago

Debian Linux (stable)

[โ€“] rayman30@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago

On my main computer I use Arch. My laptop is a MacBook, so that one runs macOS.

[โ€“] vickyW@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Win 10 but I'm craving to install mint/endeavour.

[โ€“] ReakDuck@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago

Linux mint is great for a stable OS afaik, endeavour is excelent for cutting edge packages and AUR.

Depends on preference and needs so while I want to recommend Arch based, I shouldn't as I don't know if its the wrong decision.

[โ€“] dotmatrix@lemmy.ftp.rip 4 points 2 years ago

Win 11 because of games, music production and other windows-only tools (TIHI). Some flavor of Debian everywhere else.

[โ€“] Moghul@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago
[โ€“] shebpamm@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Dual boot NixOS for productivity and Windows for games. I do also have a macbook that I rarely use.

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[โ€“] Madiator2011@lm.madiator.cloud 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)
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