Hey everyone,

I am exploring switching over to Linux but I would like to know why people switch. I have Windows 11 rn.

I dont do much code but will be doing some for school. I work remote and go to school remote. My career is not TOO technical.

What benefits caused you to switch over and what surprised you when you made the switch?

Thank you all in advanced.

  • MyNameIsIgglePiggle
    3·
    1 year ago

    Ha! I ran a little computer shop for 6 years starting in 2008 and never knew about the f6 floppy until today

    Well TIL

    • JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone
      3·
      1 year ago

      Yeah, it was nicknamed the F6 floppy because Windows XP setup would say “Press F6 to load a SCSI driver” and you would hit that, select the driver from your floppy, and continue setup.

      I’ve even seen vendor’s websites call it F6 Driver because the unofficial name was so ubiquitous

      • MyNameIsIgglePiggle
        1·
        1 year ago

        To be fair I remember that prompt, and if I was playing around with some fancy new HDD configuration and the customer bought in a job as “install windows because I can’t even” the ball would have dropped on the first go and I would have worked it out pretty fast I reckon. No way I would have jacked up the price on your dad.

        • JustARegularNerd@aussie.zone
          1·
          1 year ago

          Yeah, I work at a (much more legitimate) computer shop and we wouldn’t have up charged on that either. What we quote is what we quote, even if it blows out to 10 hours instead of 1, that’s on us not on the customer.

          That computer shop my Dad went to, he learned afterwards from study mates that the shop had done that to multiple people for various different jobs, and they’re constantly changing names but I’m pretty sure it’s the same business running even today.