• TCB13@lemmy.world
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    9 months ago

    Surface Laptop 3 running Kubuntu, such an improvement over what it was “designed” for.

    I’m sure it is an improvement until… you’ve to use Wine to run something Windows only or a VM and end up on the exact same spot as initially but with extra steps and less performance. 😂 😂 😂

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      9 months ago

      If every day is 1 min faster and 1 day a week is 5 min slower, that’s still a net gain. And that’s assuming that they need to run a windows-only app which a surprising amount of people don’t.

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        9 months ago

        Everyone does run into a Windows-only app eventually. It’s sad, it hurts but it is what it is.

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          You’re in a Linux community here man, you’re going to be outnumbered. I think people here genuinely don’t rely on Windows stuff as much as you think.

          Last time I needed Windows was a few years ago when I wanted to do a firmware upgrade to my guitar processor. In the meantime I upgraded to one that itself runs Linux :)

          I think lots of people exaggerate their need for certain apps. I understand if you need Photoshop for work because it may be the best tool for the job and an industry standard, but some people swear they “need” it when all they do is apply blur or red eye reduction to a picture once every 3 years. Nowadays you can probably do that in dozens of other ways.

          I’ve been Linux only since late 2015 and in this time I “needed” a Windows VM ~ 2 times, but ofc personal experiences can vary greatly.

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            @highduc @TCB13 GIMP now supports CMYK iirc so that excuse is gone and OpenOffice Calc supports PIVOT TABLES so I don’t want to hear finance dept tell me that one anymore :)

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          9 months ago

          Hasn’t happened to me yet. At least not enough that the trade off is anything other than totally worth it for Linux.

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          Windows only app… Name one that is actually useful and I bet there is an alternative.

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            9 months ago

            Unless you have to collaborate with others who use said Windows only apps and you can’t afford compatibility issues.

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              9 months ago

              Like what, what format would this be? Regardless every company I have ever worked for issue me a laptop with windows anyway, so why would the OS I choose to use on hardware I own be a factor for work? Even then, if they didn’t I don’t know of any format that I would need that would be an issue.

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                9 months ago

                Okay that’s fair, you don’t try to do any work in your Linux box and things work out. Great.

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                  Not sure about your life, but I don’t count things I enjoy as “work” especially when its not work. I enjoy using Linux, I enjoy my home lab why should I need to justify it when it brings me joy? Linux works for me and my workflow, just because it doesn’t work for yours, don’t try to shit on other people.

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                    9 months ago

                    No no, no justification required :). It isn’t also about working or not for me. It is just that there’s a bunch of people arguing around here that Linux (desktop) is great for every use case be it work or play under any circumstance, while it isn’t.

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      9 months ago

      Considering most proprietary software companies are moving to web technologies, I call bs on your take, sounds like you’re still mentally stuck in 2015.

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        Wrong. Autodesk, Adobe, Office (the real one, not the limited web experience), NI Circuit Design, Solidworks, want more examples? Sounds like you’re mentally stuck on a lifestyle that doesn’t include working at all.

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      9 months ago

      I don’t need it for windows applications, its basically something I can use for light photo and video editing and uploading to my server, all the heavy lifting is done on my PC which has windows because of adobe and better support for X264 and X265 when video editing.

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        9 months ago

        Okay that’s fair. So this this the solution, fallback to a second machine running Windows? :P

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          Well in that case; My windows PC falls back to a server running Linux as that’s where all my files are, where my docker containers and VMs all run off… I can spin up a new PC in minutes (windows or Linux) as everything is done off the server, including staging my devices.

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      9 months ago

      …yes, but that’s a minority of the time. Cumalitively the slightly bad experience averages out with the 99% of the time better experience to be solidly superior

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      9 months ago

      Except battery lasts more on Linux. Not to mention suspend ACTUALLY works, and won’t wake at random times while in your backpack and kill your battery before you can actually use it when you need it. Which Windows does. And yeah, most people do NOT need anything specific from Microsoft to be productive.