Is it really this easy? I want to side load linux onto my desktop so i can start transitioning over (especially because i have an ancient laser printer with linux drivers in the box, that windows 10 wont support!)
I basically only use foobar, firefox, and gimp as it is
It depends on your technical knowledge and the distro you choose. But I would say it’s that easy
Can’t actually buy MacOS, you have to buy their hardware. For the time being connecting with an Apple Account is still fully optional.
I got macOS running in a VM on my Linux desktop. But then I didn’t want to connect my main iCloud account because I have heard they may ban you if you they detect you are doing stuff like this.
Without an iCloud account I can’t really do the stuff I actually would want to use macOS for, like using Apple’s movie editing software, or making iPhone apps with XCode. The default mail app is nicer than any alternative for Linux I’m aware of, at least.
I see four Linux logos and one of them looks suspiciously out of place
Lol, $100 would be a deal now. It’s $140-200 for Windows 11 depending on if you get Home or Pro.
I looked up how much it would cost to get a Windows Server license to run in a VM on my linux server, and that’s a minimum of $500 (but possibly more depending on factors that are irrelevant as an individual). I decided I’d run unactivated Win10Home instead with some registry hacks to make things auto-start the way I want. If that stops work, I guess I’ll just stop doing automated Windows CI.
I love Arch, but it’s disingenuous to say that the install process is as easy as Install? Done.
Idk archinstall is pretty straightforward if you choose a DE. No harder than installing windows if you haven’t done either before.
Help documentation and available of “support” (friendly nerds) to chat to is better than windows too.
I think that would be a fair argument if the meme was claiming it was low/zero effort, but it’s just about freedom so it flies
Yes installing Arch is as easy as counting to 10
@yogthos With Apple you’ll probably have to buy a whole new computer from them
Windows does this too where they just stop supporting older hardware. I find the worst part is that new versions of Windows/MacOS are largely just random bloat that nobody asked for.
@yogthos It’s honestly reprehensible.
indeed
Apple is actually pretty nice with how MacOS gets installed. Macs themselves have a recovery thing if you want to reinstall. If I remember correctly it is hardcoded with a version that came out before the device was released, but can automatically detect and verify a newer installed version.
They get ya by tracking every last program you open, being hostile towards user choice, and charging you hundreds of dollars for $50 of storage.
Pop os implement rexocery partition too which u can use to reinstall all os
This is slightly different but that’s only because Apple has the monopolistic advantage of they made the device.
That’s correct. Apple has near the same setting but it doesn’t belong into this meme, which is more like m$ vs. Linux
Linux installs have gotten so quick and painless over the past decade or so. Usually just following a GUI, waiting like 5 minutes for the install, and suddenly you’re booted into a fresh desktop.
On LTT there was a race and the person who chose to install Linux had a huge head start as the install only took a few minutes. While Linus took forever to install windows.
I forget the outcome of the video, but I wish he would show more support for Linux on his channel.
After you get decently experienced with Linux, you’re tempted to move to a “difficult-to-setup” distro for fun and more flexibility. Nothing wrong with normie distros, but these advanced distros are really good - you can strip down “bloat”, pick your own init system, your own login daemon as well as your own job scheduler.
The prompts to upgrade Office 365 every time my gaming PC updates really hurts after using a Linux machine all day
