I mean, I would never call Windows a reliable operating system anymore. Whether or not reliability is important to you is your own business.

>>109143254
What makes Linux more reliable? Not bait, genuinely curious

If you're okay with having your entire computer existing on shifting ground, and being spied on (which you tacitly admitted to being okay with) then it's fine.
Most of us prefer to control our own computer though.

>>109143271
It updates when you tell it to, not when it wants you to. It's also more transparent as a result of it's open source nature as to what changes are being made. Sure you have to learn what all that is, but the knowledge is out there, and often there are sources that translate it for you so to speak.

Wanting more control and customizability over your system
Wanting to branch out into new hobbies that are just better on Linux like software development or various IT subjects
Privacy concerns
Hardware or software incompatibilities in Windows 11 (this was my initial reason for switching)

Oh yeah, you also learn a shit ton about how computers work by vitue of controlling your own system.
Also Windows 11 treats you like a toddler, and throws the proverbial bumpers up around everything.

Use it because you hate Indians and want nothing to do with what they create.

It isn't about privacy. Your CPU and chipset still run closed-source firmware, so Linux isn't actually more private.

There is no reason to swap if everything you do works on Windows. At the end of the day an operating system is just a tool for you to use to do the stuff you want to on a computer. You don’t need to make it your personality forever.

>>109143228
If you're thinking of switching, consider the friendly gnu/linux general thread on this board.
Try it first on an old laptop if you have one, or dual boot it on your current machine.
This way you can port your workflow slowly as you experiment with it and seeing what software you need and whether you can use it on linux or if alternatives exist. If you jump the ship entirely in one go you might have a pleasant experience but you also might have a horrible one, so slow is best.

>>109143462
>At the end of the day an operating system is just a tool for you to use to do the stuff you want to on a computer.
This may have been true one day when computers were used as a means to an end.
These days sadly people tend to have a consistent online presence, like a second virtual life, and that life is accessed through your computer, so having a good computer and operating system for managing what is becoming a more and more important aspect of modern life is actually important.
This is why people care about digital security and privacy more and more these days because we've been relying on the digital more and more.

>>109143228
>I'm using Windows 11 LTSC with further debloating
probably not a lot
to me linux feels a lot less web browser focused, i want a program i get it from bazzar or w/e is used for that distro and i dont have to go to the website, there are lots of neat programs that on windows you would never even install because its the kind of program to have loads of bloat and adware bundled with it
i really enjoyed actually having control without having to disable something, if i encounter a problem the help forums are not just jeets copy and pasting the google ai overview.

There's no reason to use CachyOS in and of itself - honestly just build your own kernel with their patches. The bore scheduler is okay I guess

>>109143551
>honestly just build your own kernel with their patches
I don't know how to do that shit man

>>109143692
ask antigravity or claude to do it for you then or read the wiki. this is /g/, not /v/.

>>109143699
My bad! Sorry for crowding your precious catalog with something besides AI slop

>>109143228
from my experience, linux is more optimized and stable and works easier for developers
cachyos is bleeding edge and intended for high end pcs so for your case it would work good, but from when I read the wiki it also expects you to know a bit about the terminal (90% of just copy pasting short commands). the install process is entirely GUI based but due to the nature of it being arch its preferable you learn a bit of the terminal (you could probably get used to it in just a week or less)

also: actually bother reading the things you do on your machine, wiki's are not that lengthy and have incredibly useful information (arch wiki and cachy os wiki, read the cachy wiki when your going through the install process to make sure you dont miss anything)

and when you run commands the output is telling you whats currently going on its not there just to look fancy, software on linux is also incredibly modular and installs various dependencies to work for one so before downloading a software through the command line skim reading through the dependencies it has to install is a good idea so that you know the extra things its installing

and before all of that you should think about everything you use on windows and find if that thing also works on linux, for majority of things it does but for more niche things it would be more complicated to do or not even work. some specific computer hardware like wifi cards also might have bad linux compatibility so its a good idea to keep a USB drive with windows on it in case one of your piece of hardware doesnt work and you end up needing to go back

>>109143228
Linux could be better in every possible way, but as long as you're still satisfied with Windows, there's no real reason to swap.

>>109143228
stop being a pussy and install cachyos. if an Indian can use it then so can you.

>>109143228
>I'm using Windows 11 LTSC
If you can't even be convinced to use Windows 10 instead, you wont be convinced to use Linux.
This thread is pointless and only exists as engagement bait for hyperbolic retards to try and grandstand against eachother.

>>109143551
More like there's no reason to NOT use it if it's just a patched Arch for your convenience.

Do you pronounce it like Catchy or like Cauchy?

Coochie

come for the speed boost/recovered resource (RAM/SSD space)
stay for the freedom, good vibes, non-jeetery, Valve interested in giving the best experience on linux
cachyos is a great choice for a noob. free speed boost over and above what you will already get on arch linux.

>>109143345
kek, this so hard

>>109143526
that sounds extremely gay just opt out of it like an actual functioning person

>>109143228
You should have used Alterra, she's faster.