• blackjam_alex@lemmy.world
    6·
    30 days ago

    Sorry but using less Windows via dual boot setup > Not using Linux at all.

    Whatever works for people is the right choice.

  • finitebanjo@lemmy.world
    6·
    28 days ago

    You can dual boot Windows. I’m giving everyone here express permission. You can even mass grave up an LTSC copy of windows 10 for a couple of years, it’s all cool.

    Just be aware! Windows updates do fuck around with the hard drive partitions and MBR, so your copy of Linux might get bricked or partially overwritten once in awhile.

  • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
    1·
    29 days ago

    When Linux can actually do everything I want to do I’ll gladly stop using Windows. It’s not there yet and a lot of what it can do is still janky.

    • djsoren19@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
      2·
      28 days ago

      Sometimes I just wanna play games at home, not fight for several hours just to get NVVM compilation failed :( It’s really cool that so much is working for people on Linux these days, but it doesn’t seem to be working for people like me stuck with a Nvidia card

    • Dicska@lemmy.world
      1·
      29 days ago

      There are applications that still don’t have a proper Linux port, or any at all. Or maybe the ones that exist are cumbersome to use. I really hate that people downvote you for pointing this out. If you were wrong, Linux would have a much larger share already.

      I understand that some people have alternatives for everything they use; I’m happy for them, and I wish to be them. But assuming that if I can do everything I want on Linux in the same quality/convenience/whatever, then others must, as well…

      • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
        0·
        29 days ago

        Yeah it’s pretty frustrating to hear so many touting it as a replacement and then being met with hostility when you try to adopt it yourself and run into problems. Like I expect there to be some friction moving to a different system but when you’re hitting roadblocks every step of the way on what to you are everyday tasks in Windows it gets tiresome quick and I haven’t even tried to game on it yet.

        • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
          0·
          29 days ago

          but when you’re hitting roadblocks every step of the way on what to you are everyday tasks in Windows

          Did you buy hardware with Linux pre-installed?

          We need to be better about clarifying that, for apples to apples experience, it’s best to buy hardware with Linux pre-installed.

          Or is AutoCAD one of your everyday tasks? We all have different definitions of “everyday”, but I haven’t had an issue web browsing on Linux in ages.

          • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
            0·
            28 days ago

            Did you buy hardware with Linux pre-installed?

            No, It’s not like there’s an abundance of options for this around. Especially if you want something with a graphics card and you want to lay hands on it first to make sure the construction isn’t shoddy. I just did a brief search for laptops with Linux on them and options were extremely limited. This is an unreasonable expectation to have as things stand.

            Or is AutoCAD one of your everyday tasks?

            Not every day but often. I’ve tried FreeCAD but it runs like ass on every system I’ve tried it on, and by ass I mean so slow it’s completely unusuable. I finished the entire design I was wanting to do in Fusion360 in the time it took to get a single rectangle sketched in FreeCAD last time I tried it.

            We all have different definitions of “everyday”, but I haven’t had an issue web browsing on Linux in ages.

            If web browsing is your only need then you can do that on a toaster. It’s not a good metric to suggest switching to Linux for most of the people looking to get off Windows. Another example of a recent problem I had was I couldn’t open pdfs off my network storage because the application didn’t understand the SMB in the path. Then there’s the fact that my secure boot enrollment randomly disappeared which somehow prevented it from booting regardless of if secureboot was on or not and I had to start from scratch with a new install just to get going again.

            • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
              0·
              28 days ago

              No, It’s not like there’s an abundance of options for this around.

              Agreed. It’s getting better, but there’s a long way to go.

              But putting a new OS on something is always going to be a worse experience than pre-installed.

              For folks that can find and but something pre-installed that fits their use case, things are very nice, now. Considering most users who just want to surf and stream, it’s a really good percentage of folks.

              AutoCad / Not every day but often

              Lucky guess, I suppose - but yes - that’s a more common complaint, and still an unsolved problem. I wouldn’t consider it a typical user’s issue. I understand how that doesn’t help you.

              Another example of a recent problem I had was I couldn’t open pdfs off my network storage because the application didn’t understand the SMB in the path.

              I’ve had mixed-to-bad luck with SMB, both on Windows and Linux. For a counterpoint, SMB has been utter shit on Mac, for me. Buy I agree, Linux SMB support should be made better, if possible.

              Then there’s the fact that my secure boot enrollment randomly disappeared which somehow prevented it from booting regardless of if secureboot was on or not and I had to start from scratch with a new install just to get going again.

              At least pre-installed Linux should address this, once hardware available catches up to your needs. But again, since you need more hardware, that doesn’t help you, today.

              Edit: To your point, I don’t disagree that web browsing isn’t the entirety of many people’s computer experience. It’s just funny to me how often AutoCad comes up. Maybe it’ll be a moot point someday in the next few years.

              • lightnsfw@reddthat.com
                1·
                28 days ago

                It’s just funny to me how often AutoCad comes up

                I suspect there’s a pretty big overlap between people willing to try jumping to Linux/wanting to get away from Microsoft’s bullshit and DIYers who find AutoCAD useful.

  • FrederikNJS@lemm.ee
    1·
    29 days ago

    ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ been daily driving Linux for at least a decade now…

    But I haven’t found a way to run my HTC Vive on my nvidia gpu and the updater software for my car on Linux… So I still have a dual boot for those

  • simop_jo@lemmy.world
    1·
    28 days ago

    I know it’s Linux memes but its better than using a bit of both instead of but trying Linux at all. We need more casual people to try Linux. Not just diehards.

    Edit: typo

    • DFX4509B@lemmy.orgEnglish
      2·
      28 days ago

      The Steam Deck is at least trying to attract the casual users in, and I feel like the Switch 2 getting hammered with bad press right now and getting destroyed by the Nintendo fanbase might convert a few people over to the Steam Deck too.

    • sheogorath@lemmy.world
      1·
      29 days ago

      Oblivion Remaster got me relapsing because I still had leftover game pass subscription. Forgive me my lord. And holy shit Todd managed to stitch Unreal Engine on top of Creation Engine, it’s black magic fuckery. Lots of esp only mods still work like wtf.

    • HereIAm@lemmy.world
      1·
      29 days ago

      I do unfortunately still use it for my VR sim racing. But half of that is because I got a quest 3 as an entry point for VR. I’d love to get one where you don’t have to fiddle around with video compression and WiFi latency.

    • gamer@lemm.ee
      1·
      28 days ago

      I copied those files into my home folder years ago and wiped the partition for good.

  • starman2112@sh.itjust.works
    0·
    29 days ago

    Hey Jesus can you help me get Disco Elysium running on Kubuntu? I would ask for help with Fusion360 but I would probably need your dad’s help with that

      • BoxOfFeet@lemmy.world
        0·
        28 days ago

        I tried FreeCAD last week, and it was absolute trash. Extruding individual curves from a sketch as surfaces? Nah. Extruding multiple bodies from one sketch? Yes, but you can’t select them individually for subsequent operations. Are there synchronous modeling tools? I couldn’t find any. Rotation is terrible no matter which option I tried. If only I could get my SpacePilot Pro working with it. Can you even do any advanced surfacing? I could go on and on.

        I was hoping for something akin to SolidWorks, which is kind of a second-teir modeling software in my eyes, but it was just a little better than AutoCAD. Maybe I’m just spoiled with NX. I just found it completely unusable.

        • Spider89@lemm.ee
          1·
          28 days ago

          FreeCAD has a… different workflow… than other CAD’s. It’s confusing at first, but once learned, it’s pretty easy to use.

          I have used FreeCAD in place of Fusion360 for school and I found it better. Of course, not everyone will have basic operations and a different tool has a new learning curve.

          Keep in mind that FreeCAD is also in development. No company (that I know) backs the development, making an open-source versatile CAD software takes a lot of time and has a lot of bugs/limitations.

          I know I shouldn’t say this, but hopefully all tools (even non-free) will be available under Linux.

  • GojuRyu@lemmy.worldEnglish
    0·
    29 days ago

    I dual booted my study pc. Well technically I did. I didn’t use windows for a few months without thinking about it and by then I was too afraid of windows corrupting my linux if I ever booted it. So I effectively just had a Linux machine with half half the disk space. Never had a problem with it though.

    • pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip
      1·
      29 days ago

      I was too afraid of windows corrupting my linux if I ever booted it. So I effectively just had a Linux machine with half half the disk space. Never had a problem with it though.

      That’s basically my story, as well.

      I eventually had a close call where Windows almost booted by misclick - and it scared me it was going to mess up the Linux install I actually use - and I decided the stress wasn’t worth it, to me, to keep a fallback copy of Windows around.