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Post by Aj_June on May 18, 2020 15:05:31 GMT
I shifted to Linux more than a decade ago and that used to be my only OS till this corona thing arrived and I had to work from home. Some of my office applications are not supported on Linux and so I am forced to use Windows on my laptop while working on company app. But as soon as I am done with office work I switch to Linux.
That said, I know that many people can't use Linux because many apps or software they love are not supported well by Linux.
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Post by mslo79 on May 18, 2020 21:24:32 GMT
Aj_JuneI used Windows as my primary OS from basically 1995 through 2018 as it was in Jan 2019 I switched to Linux Mint as my primary OS. in fact, I don't have Windows installed on any of my computers (my old computer which I bought the motherboard in March 2006 can't run Windows 10 64bit anyways as it requires nx-bit which is not supported by the motherboard even though it appears my CPU is okay with it. while Windows 10 32bit will install, it's not stable and while Windows 7 64bit works fine on it(as it's nice and stable), it's no longer supported by Microsoft in Jan 2020 which basically means Linux is the only real option on that). well technically I do have it installed in a virtual machine on my primary PC (which is running Linux Mint v19.3-Cinnamon) but I don't use it much. but on a laptop I got cheap a while ago, which has a underpowered CPU, the overall performance difference between Windows to Linux is quite a bit as on Linux Mint it's usable where as Windows is too taxing on the limited CPU resources. so for those who have a decent CPU, Linux or Windows will be okay, but if you have a clearly underpowered CPU, Linux is flat out superior in overall responsiveness of the system. so basically in the four total devices I got (two desktops, two laptops) the only one that can run Windows 10 well is my primary desktop and the other desktop, like mentioned above, can't run Windows 10 and the two laptops while Windows 10 installs and technically works, it's too slow to be usable. but one of my laptops, which is the worst overall one I got Pi-Hole running on it as it's a network wide ad-blocking system connected to the router so any device connected to my router gets some level of ad-filtering without anyone having to install anything on their devices. but like you say... it boils down to what kinda of software people use whether Linux is a option or not and for many people it's not a option. but if someone just does fairly basic stuff and not too much beyond that, or don't mind tinkering with things a bit, Linux is a solid choice and as a bonus it's pretty much virus free unlike Windows. so the average person using Linux online is generally safer since it protects them from themselves as they can't just load it up with a bunch of random junk software etc.
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