Personally, I’m not brand loyal to any particular OS. There are good things about a lot of different operating systems, and I even have good things to say about ChromeOS. It just depends on what a user needs from an operating system.

Most Windows-only users I am acquainted with seem to want a device that mostly “just works” out of the box, whereas Linux requires a nonzero amount of tinkering for most distributions. I’ve never encountered a machine for sale with Linux pre-installed outside of niche small businesses selling pre-built PCs.

Windows users seem to want to just buy, have, and use a computer, whereas Linux users seem to enjoy problem solving and tinkering for fun. These two groups of people seem as if they’re very fundamentally different in what they want from a machine, so a user who solely uses Windows moving over to Linux never made much sense to me.

Why did you switch, and what was your process like? What made you choose Linux for your primary computing device, rather than macOS for example?

  • Mwa@thelemmy.clubEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    Here are the following reasons why i switched to Linux:

    • feels Sluggish to use,especially starting with Windows 10 and it got worse with 11 (And this is on a i3 12100f + 16/8gb ram + gtx 1650 and i only used 7,10 and 11 )
    • Shoving AI Slop with copilot.
    • Forcing/nagging a Microsoft account (ik I have one but why can’t I sign in later or whenever I want to)
    • Little flexibility and portability.(side note: i like how i can use Linux on my RPI5 Backup pc aswell :D)
    • Buggy,especially with Vibe coded Windows 11.
    • Bloat,especially with preinstalled apps you cannot remove .

    And that’s what I can remember