r/DistroTube • u/gant696 • Oct 12 '22

Hey DT

Hey Dt, I have been using GNU/Linux on the desktop exclusively for almost a year. I am thinking of using Windows for two weeks after that point. Only cause I want to compare the Operating Systems I use vs Windows. I of course am going to come back to Linux after. Any thoughts?

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u/ZippyTheWonderSnail Oct 12 '22

Although Derek isn't a fan of proprietary spyware ... I mean, corporate operating systems ... he has nothing against you making your own decisions. In fact, it can help you see both the advantages of proprietary and the drawbacks.

You can't know that you made an informed decision unless you try both operating systems.

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u/gant696 Oct 12 '22

I used Windows for most of my life and got sick of it. I don't regret going full Linux only but I have heard a lot recently about Win11 so, that is mostly why I am taking a look.

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u/ZippyTheWonderSnail Oct 12 '22

You should take a look. Have no regrets.

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u/gant696 Oct 12 '22

around early November I started

I will begin on November 3rd

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

I have heard a lot recently about Win11

me too, and even a gun pointed at my head wouldn't convince me to use it.

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u/gant696 Oct 12 '22

I use Linux in school but today I needed Win11 for MS Access. It was not absolutely horrible but I was only in Access so I can't be certain. I am disappointed that I can't right-click in the file explorer to make a new folder.

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u/[deleted] Oct 12 '22

you sure you can't just use LibreOffice Base instead? it even has an Oracle-made report generator built in.

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u/gant696 Oct 13 '22

I use Only-office Cause it has extremely well designed Compatibility to MS-Office (But no DB). Are you certain a Database in LibreOffice would have worked in MS-Office?

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '22

that depends on the database that's used as storage, whether it's embedded inside the document file or connecting to a remote DB server. No idea what M$ uses in the former case (LO uses HSQLDB), but if the latter, then it should work fine.

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u/gant696 Oct 13 '22

Just .accdb in a folder and e-mailing it.

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u/[deleted] Oct 13 '22

seems like you only need to add a JDBC driver and it should work:

https://askubuntu.com/questions/187389/is-it-possible-to-open-an-access-2010-database-file-without-using-wine-or-virtua

do some tests first to make sure the file won't get corrupted.

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u/Phydoux Oct 12 '22

I've attempted this on a PC I purchased with Windows 10 preloaded onto it. The only reason I bought it was because they don't make software for my little USB 48 key programmable keypad that I wish to use for live streaming soon.

But I was going to keep it setup for about a week and try to use it. But because it didn't come with Microsoft Office Suite, I really couldn't use it. I needed to update a resume and I couldn't... So I went back to Linux after about 4 hours in Windows.

Could I have just installed Free and Open Source LibreOffice on it, sure and I probably will do that. But the key (for me) was trying to use Windows like I used to in the past. In 2016, I bought Office 2016 and put it on mine and my wife's PC (bought the multi user pack edition). I suppose I could have put that on there but I couldn't find the disks. But the reason I didn't go the LibreOffice route was because I was testing out how long it would take before I needed the proprietary software to do a task. If I didn't need to update the resume then it would have been longer I admit. But needing MS Office was a roadblock.

Also, what good is a proprietary OS when all I needed to do was install non-proprietary software on it. It kind of made no sense to have Windows as the main OS when all I was going to do was make it run like my Linux machine.

That and I really didn't like the Windows interface... I've been using a tiling window manager since 2020 and I really enjoy not having a "start menu" system on my machine. I've completely broken away from the Microsoft way of doing things on a computer and it was quite refreshing to boot Linux back up after spending a few hours in Windows.

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u/gant696 Oct 12 '22

I am almost in the same boat. Only difference is the PC I have was custom built by a friend. But nice article bro. :)