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minus-squareBluDood@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45arrow-down1·1 year agoI got that popup the other day. I’m this close to switching to Linux
minus-squarelemme_at_it@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down1·1 year agoMicrosoft IS the malware
minus-squarefrunch@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·1 year agoThe malware’s coming from inside the operating system 👀
minus-squareberrodeguarana@lemmy.eco.brlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·1 year agoThis is the epitome of what the Linux community loves to read on the internet. Got any distros in mind?
minus-squareRooki@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·1 year agoKubuntu should be solid. Not to hard to install and yeah.
minus-squareMadex@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17arrow-down1·1 year agoAh mate, 2 months in going full endeavour OS, not looked back. Not perfect, but very close to now and all my devices run it, its amazing.
minus-squareCeeBee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year agoI switched to EndeavourOS a few months ago after using Kubuntu exclusively for almost a decade. I’m never going back to Ubuntu.
minus-squareMadex@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoOut of interest do you feel that Kubuntu and whatnot feels very much corporation run now - like its coming close to Microsoft version of Linux?
minus-squarejoel_feila@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agoKde neon user here, so kubuntu with latest kde apps. No not even close. I can turn off any reporting and tracking. Yes cononical is moving more and more towards snaps but i can always just download and use the deb or flatpack
minus-squareMadex@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoRemind me, snap uses that partition for the application right? Sorry I’m sort of catching up on a few years out.
minus-squareRodeo@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoBut then you lose the benefit of the package manager, which is like 99% of the convenience.
minus-squarecman6@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoOr there’s ReactOS: https://reactos.org/gallery/
minus-squarejoel_feila@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoLots of linux communities on lemmy.
minus-squareiByteABit [he/him]@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoI remember feeling like this, then I made the switch and I haven’t thought about it again
I got that popup the other day. I’m this close to switching to Linux
Microsoft IS the malware
The malware’s coming from inside the operating system 👀
This is the epitome of what the Linux community loves to read on the internet. Got any distros in mind?
Kubuntu should be solid. Not to hard to install and yeah.
Ah mate, 2 months in going full endeavour OS, not looked back. Not perfect, but very close to now and all my devices run it, its amazing.
I switched to EndeavourOS a few months ago after using Kubuntu exclusively for almost a decade. I’m never going back to Ubuntu.
Out of interest do you feel that Kubuntu and whatnot feels very much corporation run now - like its coming close to Microsoft version of Linux?
Kde neon user here, so kubuntu with latest kde apps.
No not even close. I can turn off any reporting and tracking. Yes cononical is moving more and more towards snaps but i can always just download and use the deb or flatpack
Remind me, snap uses that partition for the application right?
Sorry I’m sort of catching up on a few years out.
But then you lose the benefit of the package manager, which is like 99% of the convenience.
Or there’s ReactOS: https://reactos.org/gallery/
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Lots of linux communities on lemmy.
I remember feeling like this, then I made the switch and I haven’t thought about it again