>>109482350
>I am fucking tired. I have an entire folder dedicated to notes on tweaking Task Scheduler, Group policy, Registry edits, disabling telemetry, etc just to make windows usable.
https://revi.cc/
>There are NO drivers for my laptop
Bullshit.
>Half the shit I use doesn't have a Linux alternative.
What do you use?

>>109482350
honestly just buy a new laptop that has majority linux support. If you are so concerned about it.

>>109482361
I specifically still use w11 for foobar2k. That faggot will not make a linux version and I am not going to use some dumb shit wine bullshit to get it to run. it always breaks eventually.

>>109482350
>Another seething wincuck thread.
Do the world a favour and kill yourself.

>>109482410
It's not that deep dude. It's just an audio player. Just use a Linux specific audio player.

>>109482350
Install suse tumbleweed and since almost nothing will work OOB start searching for patches.

>>109482469
it is very deep because foobar is the best. I've tried the linux alternatives and they are dog shit.

>>109482350
> muh gaymes

>>109482361
>https://revi.cc/
Thanks, will check it out
>Bullshit
No bullshit nigger. On linux, all the FN keys are broken, I can't set power profiles or fan curves, I can't even turn off my keyboard lighting.
>What do you use?
Adobe shit, Autodesk shit, I know there are Linux alternatives but for some of them but even then the feature suite doesn't even come close.

>>109482350
>there are no drivers for my laptop
I dont believe you

>>109482350
>I have an entire folder dedicated to notes on tweaking Task Scheduler, Group policy, Registry edits, disabling telemetry, etc just to make windows usable.
Good thing you only have to do this once every 10 years

>>109482508
>On linux, all the FN keys are broken, I can't set power profiles or fan curves, I can't even turn off my keyboard lighting.
Which laptop you use? I have a HP gaming laptop and everything works out of the box surprisingly well.

>>109482529
>>109482509
>>109482479
proart PX13 drivers "linux"
In your search engine of choice, no drivers, all open github issues or "how do I fix this? (unsolved)"

>>109482350
After 30 years of free alternatives
>We still don't know what audio system we should use
>We still don't know what display server we should use
>We still don't know what widget toolkit we should use
>We still don't know what DE we should use
>We still don't know how to fix most DE bugs
>We still don't know what init system we should use
And the funniest one
>We still haven't figured out what's the best way to install software

>>109482350
get a different laptop

>>109482554
>>We still don't know what audio system we should use
Pipewire
>>We still don't know what display server we should use
Wayland
>>We still don't know what widget toolkit we should use
Qt if you're not gay
>>We still don't know what DE we should use
KDE
>>We still don't know how to fix most DE bugs
Yes we do
>>We still don't know what init system we should use
systemd
>>We still haven't figured out what's the best way to install software
Your package manager, or flatpak if that isn't an option

>>109482508
>No bullshit nigger. On linux, all the FN keys are broken, I can't set power profiles or fan curves, I can't even turn off my keyboard lighting.
nice, so you have some wack gamer laptop
what distro did you try? install Fedora since your laptop is new and Fedora has newer kernels, see if fn keys work
>Fan curves/power profiles
use GreenWithEnvy assuming you have an nvidia card
>Keyboard lighting
https://gitlab.com/asus-linux/asusctl see if this works

>>109482581
Based. Unlike GNOME and anti-systemd Jews

>>109482497
dude. foobar being the deciding factor on whether you use a superior operating system is top comedy

>>109482668
He said its that deep.

>>109482675
i will simply laugh then

>>109482589
I appreciate the help, and maybe it would work, I install Linux and I *still* have to keep this little folder on how to do this how to fix that how to configure blah blah blah which was my original complaint about Windows. It's a meta problem

>>109482692
>>109482668
you just don't understand how good foobar is because you probably jerk off to dog shit pop songs on spotify and other shit that is fed into your small brained asshole. i've got over 1tb of music that I've been hording since before you were born. kys!

>>109482350
>its so fucking locked down
Skill issue lol

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>>109482350
You do know they have photo viewers for Linux right? or does your secureCP drive not have linux drivers?

>>109482700
i understand your frustration and a lot of anons undersell how confusing switching to Linux can be for someone totally unfamiliar with it. you will have to tinker and it may take multiple tries, but give it a fair shot if you have the time.

good luck anon

>>109482720
weird post to schizo out on, but okay

>>109482715
>before you were born
it's a tech illiterate boomer everyone, hang this thread up.

posts like these are so good, man. it's just pure rapist rage. the sort of rage where you can tell the person is about to rape you.

>>109482350
>I have an entire folder dedicated to notes on tweaking Task Scheduler, Group policy, Registry edits, disabling telemetry, etc just to make windows usable.
use case?

>>109482893
this.
lmao

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>>109482801
just kill yourself man

>>109482350
probably bait but im confused
so just set up all the required BS and boot winpe and capture a wim then save it incase u need a reimage
or some other image capture

>>109482350
Buy a better laptop which supports Linux.

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>>109482350
I used to be like you,
run minimum windows 10 install on my laptop and main pc.

keeping notes, making scripts etc to have a perfect windows minimum install that gets out of my way etc etc

anyway I've been maining Arch on all my computers now, since 2021.
never been happier and yes I actually like computers and I read the fucking wiki and learned bash and systemd.

Fuck Microsoft
Fuck Bill Gates
Fuck the new world order

you cannot stay on windows forever,
just make the switch.

>>109482350
>There are NO drivers for my laptop and everything is broken.
Huh i have seen people install linux on e-waste craptops before. No idea how true this is.

>>109482350
learn to use ntlite, you illiteral nigger

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>>109482547
>proart PX13
it doesn't even have a handle to toss it into the garbage with, why did you buy it?

>>109482350
yeah idk what to tell you, windows is pretty brutal best to set up a custom ISO yourself and strip all the garbage out of it. I had updates disabled on my 11 install but now they're back enabled after not using the install for a while and I know it's just gonna fuck my system up if I let it install so I'm just constantly re-running that chris titus wintool thing to uninstall them all and disable them supposedly although it still re-enables itself randomly now.

Once you get a win system good and solid it's pretty good but yeah arguably becoming not worth it.

>>109482410
>>109482715
What does foobar do that Pragha can't?

switch to Linux bro

>>109482350
>It's smooth but its so fucking locked down I just end up not being able to do shit. I can't play games either. And on Windows there is SOME way to use it without an account
you have to be retarded not to be able to disable that shit on a mac.

>>109483777
are you fucking serious. everytime you turds offer some linux alternative its usually shit and this one is shit. no i will not elaborate. why? i am sure their is some stupid bullshit that will work in some niche dumb shit way that isn't exactly the way I want it to be so doing that will have me waste 10-30mins looking through the entire fucking documentation. Just stfu foobar is still the best and will not and most likely won't be topped.

>>109484017
btw when i say "some linux alternative" I am talking about music players specifically.

>>109482350
>no drivers for your laptop
I know that laptops tend to be more difficult than desktops when it comes to compatibility but you must really be rocking some niche hardware for that to be true.
>>109482410
I am genuinely curious as to what makes foobar2k so great that you would suffer through Windows just for that, and what it is that all the other alternatives on Linux lack specifically. I've got a decent sized music collection myself but I always listen to it on my phone using an old version of Phonograph as my music player, I haven't really gotten into trying audio players on Linux yet. That's likely to change soon since my convertible laptop is going to be pulling double duty as an infotainment system for my car.

>>109484028
just use youtube music, free with youtube premium sub

>>109482410
AIMP works on linux,
the win version works just fine
and they have an upcoming linux native version

stop being such an autistic crybaby retard

>>109484407
not fucking happening. i tried AIMP its shit. doesnt come close to foobar2k.

I've been using mpv as my music player. with autoload script every directory is a playlist. comfy.

>>109482350
How about just... installing Windows and just using it. Insane, I know, but maybe...

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>>109482508
>FN keys don't work
That's really weird, I've installed Linux on several laptops and used different desktop keyboards with FN keys and never once have I had something like that happen. The other stuff like the fans and the lights I can see needing additional software to get working correctly but as far as I was aware I thought that FN keys were pretty much universal.
>power profiles
Now this one I have some experience with, I installed Artix on an adorable little Fujitsu Lifebook convertible laptop and I had to install a power profile daemon to get that functionality since it didn't come preinstalled.
>>109482547
>proart px13
>$2500 monster with 128 GB of RAM, beefy CPU and GPU
>convertible laptop with "art" in the name, supposedly made for "creators", but all the advertisement is screeching about its AYE EYE capabilities
>no mention is made whatsoever of its stylus capabilities even though it can use one and the form factor should imply that it's purpose built for that in the first place
This personally offends me somewhat, I'll confess.

>>109482554
>We still don't know what __________ we should use
Whichever one that you want to use that works best for you and your hardware, because it's not a monolith nor a monopoly like Windows. Each distro and package manager and init system and display server and desktop environment is purpose built with their own strengths and philosophies to fit the vision of their developers, that in turn will fit the sensibilities and preference of likeminded people. Having choices isn't a bug, it's a feature, unless you're a bootlicking normalfaggot bugperson that likes being told what's best for you of course.

>>109482350
Tbh I never even researched if my labtop was "linux compatable" i literally just installed linux on it. Just works. What type of shitbox labtop do you have? Only issues ive had have been power management, but I bought a shelly plug to fix it.

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>>109482581
And I wonder how long these programs will last before the "developers" suddenly declare them as "outdated" technology and that something better has to be developed
hint: ((((gnome)))) developers

>>109486085
>flamewar troll thread saved from page10 by jli right on schedule

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>>109482514
This. It's a small amount of tweaks compared to making (and keeping) linux usable, and if you do it properly you can forget about tinkering for as long as you keep that install. I don't understand the problem and I'm guessing op has calmed down about it by now and settled into his comfy IOT LTSC experience.

>>109482554
This. Whole civilizations were built faster than Linux. Maybe in the next century they will figure out how to install an application. Just one more format guys and Linux will finally be fixed!

>>109482350
Why don't you make your own OS instead of bitching on the internet?

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You sound like you're in a bad mental place OP. What you need is a therapist, not another registry tweak.

>>109484726
>Having choices isn't a bug, it's a feature
What if all the choices are equally shitty and none fit the criteria of the user? People just want one thing that works and not a million subpar options.