do you use linux or windows? i use ubuntu!
Linux for gaming Linux for servers Linux for desktops/notebooks Linux at work Linux for mobile
On laptop Arch Linux with KDE because all is automatic, on gaming PC Arch Linux with i3wm because games and all runs so fast and so well.
GNU/Linux only, with KDE Plasma for desktop as possible. Using it on work laptop (Kubuntu), home laptop (openSUSE Tumbleweed), PC (openSUSE Tumbleweed, also used for gaming), Steam Deck (Arch-based SteamOS). I don’t use spyware/adware so Windows is out of question for me. Also it is not free as in freedom and opensource.
Linux, but sometimes I have to use Windows.
Windows. Albeit 11 sucks so much that I fully intend to give Linux a shot at my next hardware upgrade.
Running windows mostly because I really don’t want to fight or research, etc… after doing just that 40hr+/WK. You folks have me convinced it won’t be the hell past experience made it to be.
Laptop runs debian but I don’t use it much.
I use both
Windows at work and Arch at home.
windows ftw (forced through work) linux btw (because tortuous work)
I use Fedora 40, with KDE spin since I’m not a fan of the GNOME UI. I actually have windows on a sperate SSD on standby just in case I need some program that won’t work even on WINE. The user experience is much better than windows, no random bugs/inexplicable disconnection of USB devices, No ads, No random bloatware that can only be uninstalled through the terminal like edge, The right-click menu doesn’t take 6 seconds to load for inexplicable reasons & it doesn’t raise the temperature of my PC by 10C because I opened my web browser or VSC
Are there seriously no lemmy users on a Mac? Lol.
I use Debian.
My work computer is a MacBook since I need it for JAMF stuff but all my personal machines are Linux or dual-booted w/Windows
Are there seriously no lemmy users on a Mac?
Artist are probably still on Reddit to access the larger user base.
I bought a old Imac at a thrift store and put XFCE on it. It was a great machine until the power supply finally gave out. I would do it again if I had the chance.
For anything non-gaming I use Linux.
For anything gaming I still use Linux.
You had me in the first half. Not gonna lie.
Windows. /s
The diagram of Linux fans and Lemmy users is pretty much a single circle.
I use arch btw.
I also use Arch, btw.
I use doors btw
I use Kubuntu btw.
I can’t get SteamVR to work in Linux unfortunately, it’s the primary thing preventing me from deleting my Windows partition
What issue do you have?
Fedora KDE on home computer
Manjaro KDE on wife’s computer
Endeavor Sway on small laptop
MX Linux XFCE on GPD Pocket
Fedora GNOME on work non-sanctioned laptop
Ubuntu WSL on work sanctioned laptopManjaro
I highly recommend avoiding manjaro like the plague, their team is incredibly incompetent (see: https://manjarno.pages.dev/ ), I say this as someone who has given people manjaro for years and regretted it, I was also their it person, manjaro regularly broke every few months and gave people a very bad taste of linux
for example, why are kernels given version numbers in packages? This caused 3 separate peoples computers to break multiple times. Everything good about manjaro comes from arch, everything bad about manjaro comes from the manjaro team.
Y’know how it’s not rolling release because they delay packages by 2 weeks? They actually do no testing in this time. How do I know this? They pushed an update that caused steam to uninstall your desktop environment. Famously covered by linus tech tips… this is something that should have easily been caught, and yet the two week window did absolutely nothing.
the truth is for manjaro there is no real usecase, there’s no set of desires that align with manjaro being the best choice for you. I am not asking you to switch away from manjaro, but I do not think we should ever recommend it to anyone, and on your next machine, I recommend trying the arch installer.
But if what you’re looking for is an easy pre-setup arch, use endeavoros
If you want something simple and up to date, use fedora kinoite
If you’re a power user and want to configure every little thing about their system, use arch or nixos
If you don’t care at all about updates and want the most rock solid system possible, debian.
Been 100% Linux for over 3 years. All my servers, my fancy gaming PC, my personal laptop, my side business laptop, my work laptop, my Steam Deck, all Linux.
No dual boot, I have a single Windows VM on my work laptop to test Windows apps because my workplace is a Windows shop.
I don’t miss Windows even a little bit. I am so much more free and enjoy computing way more now.
