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I bought a new computer with Debian 13 pre-installed after using windows for 25 years.

Here are my observations so far:
>not a day goes by without updates
>installing software that takes a minute to install on windows, in some cases takes me weeks of wrestling with package versions to install on Debian
>when finally installed the software may stop working after package updates and whatnot
>some software when installed doesn't work well at all and has terrible scaling issues
>audio of my microphone turned to shit

Overall I am feeling that maybe I should have tried MacOS. I didn't want to switch to Windows 11 for privacy reasons.

My computing needs:
>general office use
>accounting including specialized accounting software
>photo and video editing
>web browsing etc
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macos is just a locked down linux I think you would like it, it is also ROCK SOLID stable, I am writing this on a macbook air, my first apple computer, that I've had for two years and I have not done a single reset in that time, and it remains performant and silky smooth
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>>107181631
I bought the PC in question from a company that specializes in privacy stuff and they did HAP disabling of the Intel ME, which was a big selling point for me as a tin foil hat schizzo

But now I learned that it may be all for nothing as it has huge firmware risks so you may lock one bqckdoor while opening another.

Smh
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>>107181616
You were filtered by Linux for lack of skills, congrats. So just use BigMacOS for your faceboob browsing.

Next thread, please.
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>>107181654
Don't pretend you have magical skills that make any of the issues I mentioned not to exist. I am just being honest and I did manage to use it, just with a lot more effort than someone who is more experienced. You are not God
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>>107181631
>macos is just a locked down linux
What is locked down in macos? Ricing potential?
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>>107181616
>general office use
OpenOffice

>accounting including specialized accounting software
Run through Wine

>photo and video editing
GIMP [spoiler]HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHA[/spoiler] and Kdenlive

>web browsing etc
Firefox

Are you just retarded? Ah, well you are a wagie, after all.
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>>107181705
>/g/ doesn't have spoilers
FFFFFFFFFUUUCK
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>>107181705
Op here. I used gimp already on windows because I am frugal and it's free. I needed to follow YouTube tutorials though for basic stuff. Nevertheless it works well if you can understand it
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>>107181705
kys tranny
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>>107181674
>not to exist
He may as well be God compared to you, ESL poop-flinger. POST BEEF SAAR, OR I WILL NOT BE DOING THE NEEDFUL REEDEMING THE GOOGLE PLAY CARD
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>>107181674
>weeks of wrestling with package versions
no anon, you are retarded and.the other anon is right.
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>>107181676
To be fair most linux users are striving to look as great as macOS. it is never the other way around. Most ricing is just cope for not having enough money to get a mac with superior UI. Its the equivalent of car fanboys wanting a manual transmission while real car enthusiast with money, are too tired of a manual and just want an automatic.
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>>107181616
>Wrestling with package versions
Install Ubuntu
sudo snap install XYZ

done easy as
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Another Linux hate thread, this is posted multiple times a day. I wonder who's behind it.
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>>107181616
>I bought a new computer
>My computing needs:
>>general office use
>>accounting including specialized accounting software
That's a work computer. You only buy that yourself if you're running your own business. Even then it shouldn't be the same computer that you use on your spare time. It's easier for Linux to replace your spare time computer since commercial software companies are sometimes lagging behind on Linux support.
>>107181767
>it is never the other way around
That's because cuckOS doesn't let you change anything other than the wallpaper (for now, be glad you are still allowed to do that).
>inb4 w-w-well I wouldn't even w-want to *inhales copium*
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>>107181616
Debian is shit. Use Arch or CachyOS, there's no need for any other distro.
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>>107183340
>grooming adults
Archfags are getting desperate
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>>107181645
lmao
you got rinsed by some tranny/jeet in a basement selling you old hardware for 4x its value
and then you got filtered by the thing you told yourself you needed

comedy gold
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>>107181674
literally the only problem you encountered that I have ever had on linux is the poor mic quality
still clueless as to why but i never looked into it much
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>>107181616
>Debian
>Daily updates
D-, bad bait, see me after class
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>>107181705
>>accounting including specialized accounting software
>Run through Wine
haha good one

a lot of accounting stuff (sage, quickbooks) works in browser anyway
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>>107181616
>>not a day goes by without updates
aren't you in control of that? stop updating every day.
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>>107183384
I ran into the same mic issues, it's seriously irritating.
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>>107181869
>You only buy that yourself if you're running your own business.

I do
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>>107181674
I'm on trixie and I've yet to have a single one of your issues (ya fakn liar)
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macOS without the bullshit is what linux should have been
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>>107181616
>installing software that takes a minute to install on windows, in some cases takes me weeks of wrestling with package versions to install on Debian
What's even the point? Why do so many people write this? Anyone who uses linux knows it's not the case so it's obviously lie. Windows is what is difficult to install software on. You need choco which requires installing for certain software. For other software you need vcpkg, which needs to be installed first. To get things to work normally, you need msys2, which needs to be installed manually, which only works within the msys2 terminal and therefore doesn't work various tools so no actually you can't use msys2 figure out another way to get it to work. Using R? Install Rtools, a wrapper around msys2 to get things compiled. For other stuff, just download multiple GBs of vscode and random development tools. Everything listed is controlled by APT on debian and works as is.



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