>using windows in the big 2026

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>>727775221
>can't even run literally the most popular game of all time

>win10
>no issues for years
>upgrade to 11
>bricks my pc and requires a reinstall within a week
>another update removes wordpad, the one fucking windows program I actually use
>there's now for some reason a 2% chance my pc reboots when I alt+tab

>>727775104
there's literally no reason to downgrade from windows 10

Linux is free, faster, better.
>but muh online slop with spyware embedded
Yawn.

>>727775275
Only children and pedos play that garbage.

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>>727775275
>fortnite can't run on linux
sign me the fuck up, which distro should i get?

>New case
New mesh filters prevent dust from getting inside, plenty of space for wire management
>New monitors
More energy efficient than in the past, higher refresh rates, last longer before burning out
>New windows
Runs slower, full of bloat garbage you don't want, worse aesthetically than past versions, only reason it has compatibility is Microsoft forbidding updates to the better versions of Windows and not sharing with other OSes

>>727775275
>operating system is so good that the main opposition is actual spite from retards like timmy and kikes butthurt over not being able to install kernel spyware
quite telling isn't it?

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>>727775345
Yes but which Linux distro?

>>727775275
>someone implies not using Windows
>suddenly /v/ likes Fortnite
lmao

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>>727775475
take your pick

>>727775475
Mint if you're coming from jewdows
Arch after a couple of years using Mint and only if you want to have more control over everything

>>727775104
I will simply not pay for digital goods

>>727775104
>all the gaming support you need
>want to play game from 2000
>click .exe
>it doesn't work
Nice
>Linux
>add the game in lutris/bottles once
>it works 100% of the time

>>727775676
namely?

>>727775104
>paying for windows in the current year
Surely nobody's that stupid, right?

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>>727775104
I just like being able to change my window borders.

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>>727775104
>/v/ about Windows 11 once Windows 12 is out

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>>727775275
Fake news because it works on my phone which uses android (most popular linux distro atm).

>>727775556
Why are so many people using Cachy? At that point why wouldn't you just jump to Arch proper

>>727775104
Those cheap keys can stop working out of the blue. A W11 Home key costs here 145€ and pro 260€

>>727776778
because you gain nothing by going to the base arch itself
it's as functional as arch with more friendly foundations and those cost you nothing

>>727776918
...In that case, why not use Fedora?

>>727775346
That's roblox, retard. Fortnite is unc central now

>>727777176
because arch is a better base and you can enjoy it without wanting to install arch without archinstall

>>727775317
>debian
>no issues for years
>switch to windows 10 ltsc 21h2
>winNT doesn't come with x540 drivers
>serverNT refuses to install i226-v drivers
>DDA doesn't even work and freezes Hyper-V
>default install leaves 'fast boot' option on which fucks up wifi for my debian install.
>automatically installs the bootloader to my nvme, despite C: being on a sata
>give up and install 11.
>DDA and paravirtualization just werks
My only gripe with 11 is that windows doesn't seem to be able to separate my quad port rtl8111h m.2 nics, despite linux being able to; they're all on their own iommu group, but windows complains about about traffic redirection. I don't think its the pci switch - my x540s are quad ports too (two x540-at2s joined with a pex 8724 chip) and dda can separate them fine.

>>727775556
Why do some of them have the sex quotes around their names?

best linux that doesn't use systemd?

>10$
You did not buy Windows

>>727775275
Nobody who wants to play Fortnite is going to be using Linux.
The real problem with gaming on Linux are classic PC games.

>>727777669
rolling releases, they get tiny updates every day, up to you if you want to install them, they don't have a version number listed next to them
the ones without are fixed releases that update on a specific cadence

>>727775556
>m-mint is dying guys!!

>>727778247
it's not exactly growing, it's all just old versions updating
nothing is really growing besides bazzite and cachy

>>727778395
Just installed debian on all my computers and 6 vms btw

>>727777777

>>727775104
I use linux, tho, so no loicense fees for me.

>>727775104
Anon, the image says go fuck yourself and implies that he won't shell out even 10 bucks for windows.

>>727777969
Fair point, but to be honest, it's a crapshoot if an older PC game works on modern Windows as well. A lot of PC games were coded in a way that didn't take into account future changes to Windows or were just hacky as shit.

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>>727777721
Install bentoo :DDD

>>727777721

Gentoo w/ openrc. Join the superior init gang.

>>727776691
I fucking hate Windows 10 too, and moved to linux instead of it.

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>>727777969
I've had less issues just telling Lutrix to run shit for me than trying to juggle VirtualBox/PCem/Dosbox-x on Windows trying to run Win98 era obscure games.

>>727775104
>he thinks money is the issue
dumb stupid poorfag

Is there any reason to swap from Linux Mint? Like something cooler?

>>727782325
If the application installs are working fine, not really.
You can try another DE, like xfce, but it's an application you install in your current linux.

>>727782325
arch based shit for faster updates and access to aur

>>727777721
void

>forces AI
>forces dogshit MS apps
>embeds required functionality like webviewer into dogshit MS apps making it unable to uninstall without convoluted workarounds
>fucked up permissions depending on version of OS
I've used windows since 95 and can just deal with it but the last decade of updates have been nearly all hostile to average users. The ONLY thing MS does decently as a package in their OS is defender

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Not using your tranny OS

>>727775275
sounds good to me

>>727775626
Fucking this. We would live in a better world if this was law.

>>727782797
Which tranny OS are you using instead?

>>727775441
Slackware

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>Pays for software

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>>727775104
>Serviceable

>>727775104
If I could type a single line of code into powershell to get a new PC or a monitor I would. Unfortunately I can only get windows for free so I'll have to settle

>>727775104
>he's right you know
faggot groyper detected

>>727775104
I don't cry about windows at all because it's not on my machine eating up gobs of memory doing stuff I didn't ask it to like sending a bunch of my data home to data daddy.

>>727775104
>putting the dollar sign after the number
My jeetdar is going off

Windows takes forever to open anything. Folders and pics take a minimum 3 seconds to launch. On Linux it's instant.

>>727775104
I will never pay for something that I can get for free.

>>727777721
what's wrong with systemd? i don't use linux so i doon't even know what it is

>>727775275
>the most popular game of all time
You mean counter-strike? It has native linux client.

I'm not trans so I use Windows 11. Linux is really neat but not for me, sorry! I do support my Linux folx though.

>>727791107
>I am brown
sorry to hear that, hope you'll get better

>>727791107
so are you a chink, russian or a spic?

>>727777721
Artix or Gentoo.

>>727791164
Indians are by far the biggest user base for linux, though.

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>>727792106
they don't use linux and the sole source that claims they do is complete dogshit

>>727792106
indians are by far the biggest developer base for windows, followed by troons

>>727775104
Why should anyone have to pay for targeted ads and ai spying software?

>>727775275
You're on /v/, why would you need your OS to be able to play vidya? Fuck off to reddit with that juvenile bullshit.

>>727790859
it used to be an init system but now it handles lots of functions that relate to how your system is started and managed under the hood
unix schizos believe that everything should be splintered off into its own tiny independent programs because they need to tinker with even the most irrelevant shit

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I love my Linux gaming machine

>game causes computer to run out of memory
>Windows: window goes white and it asks if you want to close it
>Linux: need to restart the computer or hope it solves itself somehow
Why can't Linux devs just add QoL shit?

Lost all respect for linux when they stopped letting Russians contribute to the kernel. The concentration of troons in the linux community isn't helping matters.

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>>727792597
Wrong. On windows if game causes system to run out of memory Windows will just silently kill it. On Linux kernel kernel will also kill it as well, and if systemd-oomd is enabled you'll also get fancy desktop notification about killed proccess.

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>>727792716
>Lost all respect for linux when they stopped letting Russians contribute to the kernel.
They didn't stop all the Russians to contribute to kernel you retard. They just stop merging device and platform drivers for their electronics that is primarily used in military and public sector. Ordinary Russians can still send their contributions to other drivers/subsystems.

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I don't understand why people still using Winshit 11 after all that crape they've pulled. Are CoD, BF6 and Fortnite still that important to you?

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>>727793361
>BF
The one that matters works just fine

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>linux in 2025
it's not gonna happen freetards

>>727793361
riot games have loyalists too

If your PC has anything better than a 3050 in it then Linux isn't worth your time.

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Are there any distros with cute and/or funny mascots?

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>>727793801
>Linus Racemixing Tips was so retarded he had to ask Linus Torvalds himself to help him install Linux

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>>727793860
i have a 6700xt in my debian gnu/linux pc

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>>727793861
Not a distro mascot but KDE's Konqi is pretty damn fuckable

>>727777969
>The real problem with gaming on Linux are classic PC games.
Why does this constantly get posted by people who both don't play "classic" games or have ever tried to do so on linux?
Windows 11 is the one actively shitting on compatability, even 10 had issues with certain DX8 games but was still miles ahead of 11.

Admittedly, you can't beat Win7 as far as compatability goes, but linux being 2nd place is pretty good.

>>727783664
Reminder, they keep making every part of the UI an electron app.
Your OS's desktop will slowly become a browser addon because the "people" working at MS can't into real software development.

>>727775275
Don't forget Apex, COD, and BF6.

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jannies aren't gonna like this

>>727777969
>classic PC games
Such as?

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I've installed Windows 11 in his brains

>>727794061
Quite cute indeed

>>727775104
They should be paying me to use windows 11

>>727776362
why the fuck is this game getting so much attention all of a sudden

>>727794410
tiktok meme

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>he didn't switch to Linux so he can't play ToTk at 1440p/100+fps with full Nintendo Switch Pro controller support ootb (gyro, haptic)
Shame

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UE slop is also kinda works

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Actually I was lying
You can barely play Quake 1 in 40 fps on Linux

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why couldn't linus just make it werk

>>727795128
Aggressive shitposting aside, why would you lock Quake to 40 fps? Wasn't it made to run at 70 or 72 or something?

>>727775275
>can't even run literally the most popular game of all time
Roblox runs fine on loonix thoughbeit?

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>>727795251
Quake 1 was first released on MS-DOS and was meant to be played on Pentium 1 with no 3D hardware acceleration.

>>727778768
newfag