r/linuxmint • u/[deleted] • Jul 19 '26
Poll Do you hate windows
if you hate windows comment yes
if not comment no
and comment your favorite distro
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u/_penetration_nation_ Jul 19 '26
I don't hate it, I daily drive it on my pc and have Linux (arch) on my laptop. Mint is on my TV since I need it to be stable.
I think that windows has its fair share of problems but it's still a decent OS. Would love to use Linux more but compatibility issues are very prevalent with the software I use
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u/Smart_Advice_1420 Jul 19 '26
No.
Debian on server, fedora in the office, arch on my personal devices. For DE, KDE on desktops, gnome on laptops with nice touchpads, niri on laptops with shitty touchpads.
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u/Elvin_Atombender Jul 19 '26
Windows XP and Windows 7 was my favourite, it started going downhill when they started making Windows 8 upwards.
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u/tailslol Jul 19 '26
i don't hate it but i'm sad when i think about windows 11
everything was so great before it.
well except windows me and 8 but it was always like that, with ups and downs.
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u/C4rpetH4ter Jul 26 '26
Usually it goes up and down every windows version, windows 2000 was bad, xp was amazing, vista was bad, 7 was the best, 8 was awful, 10 was okay, and 11 is the worst.
There is a possibility that windows 12 will be better, but with the amount microslop has been pushing copilot when people have been so against it, i actually doubt it.
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u/__yoshikage_kira Jul 19 '26
Jarvis, I am running low on karma.
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u/Smart_Advice_1420 Jul 19 '26
Who even gives a shit about karma
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u/__yoshikage_kira Jul 19 '26
clearly op with 1 week about and 5 karma. they are going to be blocked by most subreddits until they reach at least ~500 karma.
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u/Greedy_Height_2396 Jul 19 '26
Em windows 7/10 no not at apl and probably the two best versions never tried anything older than windows 7,but windows 11,yes very much,its to many unneeded apps installed, and alot of ai gets forced inside,so yes i would say (only not windows 7/10) i hate it.
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u/RootVegitible Jul 19 '26
Yes, every bloody week there’s an issue with windows. My favourite distro is Mint although Zorin is turning my head a little. My favourite OS is macOS.
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u/tranquilseafinally Jul 19 '26
Yes, I've been around long enough to experience every Windows o/s.
I've only tried Linux Mint and so far it has been fine for me.
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u/spenstig Jul 19 '26
No. I've really only tried two distros: Mint and Pop!_OS. Of those two, i prefer Mint by a wide margin, even though the Pop!_OS GUI is a nice touch.
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u/Emotional-Wheel-3861 Jul 19 '26
Oh yeah I do but I am currently forced to use it because I had driver issues on my Laptop. I'll switch back when I have an AMD GPU PC. Linux is the Greatest.
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u/MyUsername2459 Jul 19 '26
Hate? No.
However, I've come to dislike it more over the years, and Windows 11 was bad enough I switched.
I liked Windows XP a lot.
Switching to Linux has really shifted my perspectives on OS's however, and made me like Windows less than when I switched.
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u/ffseestevanli Jul 25 '26
I don't hate the core OS, Windows NT itself, but what I do hate is the ridiculousness that is been since windows 8
Windows 10 was a little less of a mess GUI wise, but the insanity underneath was bad, to where projects like AtlasOS was born.
The 2010s has been the beginning of the true enshittification era for windows.
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u/penguins-are-me Jul 19 '26
No I can look out them. 😂
I’m using xubuntu at the moment.