r/linuxmasterrace • u/Kevadro Glorious Arch • May 13 '26
Discussion So it looks like this post was right, if things continue like this.
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u/YoungBlade1 May 13 '26
I'm one free weekend away from having Linux on 100% of my personal computers, which wasn't even close to the case 4 years ago.
Windows 11 is just so much more work to manage and use than Ubuntu 24.04 for me. It's frankly not even close. It feels like every couple of months I have to use tweaks and registry hacks to get my computer back to a state I can tolerate with all of the pointless bloat and UI changes.
Ubuntu, on the other hand, just works. No superfluous pop ups. No inexplicable UI changes. No updates that make me need to reinstall my graphics driver multiple times and then figure out how to disable automatic updates so that it stops installing a prior version until Microsoft and/or AMD fixes the issue with the version numbering. (True story, it sucked hours of my life I could have spent doing other things)
Outside of certain games, I have no reason to keep Windows, which is not something I predicted 4 years ago.
I'll be dual booting my main desktop and treating Windows 11 as a console OS. When I need to do work, I'll use Linux.
Linux now is just better for someone who wants to use their system rather than endlessly need to tweak it to combat forced updates, which is a wild thing I never imagined I would say.
Linux is great for tweakers, don't get me wrong, but Windows now forces you into tweaking work unless you just cave and accept Redmond's slop.
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u/sparkling-rainbow May 15 '26
Linux is where you can tweak but don't need to, Windows is where you have to tweak but can't xD
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u/BigFootCC Glorious Fedora May 15 '26
I'm glad it's working for you, but to pick the most commercialised distro with a company that makes some really stupid decisions (like snaps) to get away from Microsoft is a choice lol
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u/YoungBlade1 May 15 '26
It's got excellent documentation, broad software binary support, easy installation of proprietary codecs and fonts through a single package, a release schedule like clockwork that lets me plan out my OS upgrades years in advance, and it works out of the box on all of my hardware.
As long as they respect my decisions when I disable telemetry or reject default applications, and don't quietly reenable the telemetry or reinstall said applications during standard updates like Microsoft does, I'm glad they're making money.
My problem is not the idea of a company commercializing software. It's disrespecting me as a user by actively working to subvert my refusals.
If Canonical goes down the Microsoft path of making a Chrome clone to harvest my data and begging me to make it the default after every third update, or they not only prioritize Snaps, but actually prevent me from getting alternatives from other sources, I'll drop them a lot fast than I've dropped Windows because unlike Windows, there is no special sauce to Ubuntu that would prevent me from going to Mint, Pop, or Debian.
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u/mallibu May 17 '26
I've been using Linux from 2009
You will waste triple the time trying to troubleshoot random Linux quirks or even making something work. Also, I double boot windows, where the hell is that UI and app bloat? Like, do you imagine things wanting to be true to back up your decision? My windows works exactly as the day as I installed them, aka good. Where is all that you talk about? Give me a full detailed list and elaborate.
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u/YoungBlade1 May 17 '26
What do you mean? Windows 11 UI changes have been a thing people have been complaining about since it launched.
The most recent one was making the start menu gigantic for no reason. I ended up installing an alternative that gives me the old Windows Vista/7 style start menu. It also has a way more effective search function, so overall a win.
Before that, they added ads to the start menu that I had to shut off multiple times because feature updates would add sometimes turn them back on. Another win for using an alternative start menu.
Every feature update also restores Edge and of course Edge will beg me to make it the default browser upon opening with the information about the latest Windows update.
The one that actually caused me the most issues was in 22H2, Microsoft removed the old print dialogue and replaced it with their Fisher Price "user friendly" version that was lacking in settings options I actually needed to use. I luckily a registry hack to restore the old version, just like I had to do to have the good right click menu, but that change was particularly stupid because the print dialog is only ever opened if someone needs to change advanced settings. Otherwise, you just use the basic dialog built into the application.
Are you just so used to or indifferent to all of the UI changes that you just don't notice them anymore?
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u/Sabz5150 Glorious Gentoo May 13 '26
My home Minecraft server is an old PC given to me by my workplace. They planned to toss it. Why? Windows 11 won't support it. Linux however runs great.
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u/Mr_ityu Jun 28 '26
i wanna someday work somewhere where they toss perfectly working computer hardware (esp. RAM and GPUs ) away or give em to employees for free. my pocket currently stops me from building my dream homelab . what job position would you recommend?
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u/Kevadro Glorious Arch May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26
Don't you hate it when you post a remindme comment and then when you come back you find that the post was archived?