• Gormadt
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    821 hours ago

    Funnily enough I could say the same about Windows

    That thing has broken itself more times than I can count but my 2 linux machines (I still have 1 Windows machine) have been rock solid for 2 years now

    The most only reason I have the last Windows machine is because I’ve been lazy about switching it lol

    • @[email protected]
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      320 hours ago

      It really depends on your needs for sure. My linux systems have been rock solid. Been windows free for years. But i absolutely know people who have workloads that break seemingly weekly on linux. Like say example android emulation. Easy on windows, bluestacks. On linux? Lots of options from waydroid to blissOS on qemu but they break fucking constantly

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        149 minutes ago

        While I can’t speak for others I use Waydroid and it is pretty solid.

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      321 hours ago

      I I believe Linux appeals to a specific group of users. Personally, I rely heavily on Microsoft Office. Unfortunately, LibreOffice and OpenOffice don’t meet my needs because they often alter document formats when I share files across different platforms.

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        115 hours ago

        Yeah my Windows system has my Lightroom install and my Fusion 360 install, part of my laziness is that I hear that you can get both to work but I haven’t bothered to shift over and make the attempt at getting them to work.

        The open source alternatives for those 2 just aren’t there for me.

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          147 minutes ago

          You can get Fusion 365 working but it is a pain and I wouldn’t recommend it.

          What you could do is setup Windows in a KVM VM with some sort of graphics acceleration. With guest addons it will be like native.