>cures your distro hopping

I just wish I could play league on linux bros, that's all it would take

>>105650810
>giving chink companies full access to your pc
based zoomer

>>105650802 (OP)
Nice kde theme

>>105650810
You could do it for years, they even had special wine versions compiled for lol and lol only

It's so clean and runs faster than any linux system I've tried

>>105650802 (OP)
>starts your distro hopping
ftfy

>>105650802 (OP)
$139 is about $140 more than I'm looking to spend

>>105650802 (OP)
you're*

>>105650802 (OP)
>ads are baked into the operating system
>wants you to be connected to the internet and create a Microsoft account to install
>OneDrive is integrated into the OS and if you aren't careful, Windows 11 will make your Desktop, Documents and Pictures folders redirect to OneDrive and many people won't even realize it
>Microsoft Recall AI creepware takes frequent screenshots of your desktop activity and stores them for processing
>opens links in Edge even after you set your default browser to something else
>searching your computer from your taskbar also searches Bing, and those Bing links also open up in Edge whether you like it or not

>>105651182
None of those apply to LTSC

>>105651207
**msmpeng.exe's in your path**

>>105651182
All this trashware, what's not to love :)

>>105650810
quit.
>>105651049
pretty sure you cant anymore.

>>105651056
True. For as much as /g/ likes to rant about bloat in Windows, modern linux desktops are significantly worse in every aspect. There isn't even static linking for applications. UniGetUI is the best graphical package manager.

I personally use 10 right now because 11 24H2 is kind of buggy. Windows is the best desktop OS there is, which is why 95% of Steam users are on it. Linux killed it's chances with Wayland, it's a drama cult, development leads nowhere, it's all reinventing the wheel.

>>105651300
>Linux killed it's chances with Wayland
there is a cure for that

>>105651125
>free install and a github script
cope

>>105651182
>>ads are baked into the operating system
click remove from list lol
>>wants you to be connected to the internet and create a Microsoft account to install
Shift +F10 OOBE\BYPASSNRO
>>OneDrive is integrated into the OS and if you aren't careful, Windows 11 will make your Desktop, Documents and Pictures folders redirect to OneDrive and many people won't even realize it
uninstall onedrive lol
>>Microsoft Recall AI creepware takes frequent screenshots of your desktop activity and stores them for processing
turn off recall in settings lol
>>opens links in Edge even after you set your default browser to something else
this doesnt happen
>>searching your computer from your taskbar also searches Bing, and those Bing links also open up in Edge whether you like it or not
regedit

all of these things take less time than debloating any popular linux DE or setting up a minimal DE on another distro and making it usable

>>105651405
>this doesnt happen

Click on a link in the weather widget or any other widget in the widget menu and it opens Edge. Same goes for web links in the search menu.

>>105650802 (OP)
why do you need other people to validate your choices? windows fucking blows these days, just accept it and stop coping

>>105651405
how about I install an os that doesn't require me to do street fighter button combos in the terminal to remove features that shouldn't have been there to begin with?

>>105650802 (OP)
Ive been using mint for the last 7 years. Thats longer than ive used any windows distro. Kill youraelf or buy an ad bahkmut

>>105651610
>kde
>even more slow and bloated than microshit

whatever floats your boat lol

>>105651555
>click the thing in the thing you can turn off
settings>taskbar>turn off widgets

>use Windows 11
>get malware

>>105650810
you should consider it a boon that you can't.

>>105651368
not legal. M$ could easily unleash a shitstorm of legal consequences on a whim at any moment.

>>105650810
https://www.nvidia.com/geforce-now/

>>105651207
If I wanted to install a server OS, I'd just install Debian or Ubuntu.

>>105651839
Riot took their games down from GFN. There is literally no way to run their games on Linux anymore.

>>105651839
how bad is input lag on this shit?

>>105650810
What about Dota 2? That runs natively on Linux.

>>105651776
>windows users trained to run random exes from random sites and auto approve all UAC prompts
I mean, what did people expect?
at work I made some Rust program and users aren't even warned when they SINGLE CLICK the exe in Edge's download list. It just runs.
do the same with some random .NET shitware? you get some scare ware screen about how evil and malicious it is. Windows is a fucking joke IMO full of competing and moronic corporate "needs."

>>105651877
Ah, that kinda sucks. I haven't played LoL in 2-3 years so I haven't noticed.

>>105651888
I was playing League in a web browser and it was surprisingly fine. Apparently there's now a native GeForce Now app for Linux (or at least Steam Deck) which might be slightly better.
I had a baseline ping of 70-100ms to leauge servers when running it natively. nVidia's machines only had a 15-20ms ping, while my ping to nVidia servers was around 40-60ms. So, in my case the overall lag was actually better than playing the game natively. But the input lag is clearly there (40-70ms in my case). If you don't have a shitty internet provider it will be much better.
I wouldn't recommend game streaming if you're into highly competitive gameplay. But, if you're in the bottom 80% of players or if you're playing casually then the input lag literally doesn't matter.

>>105651905
LoL and Dota are vastly different games despite being the same genre. Some people just prefer LoL (or are already financially and emotionally invested into it and/or have friends playing it).

>>105651734

>>105650802 (OP)
So Windows looks like KDE now?

Why do you guys make these stupid threads? Do you guys have nothing better to do than lie about Linux all day and blow smoke up Microsoft's ass? Because they need that I guess? You guys repeat the same disproven shit on here every day. Legitimately go touch grass. Nobody cares you prefer Windows.

>>105652145
a lot of /g/ tards are mentally ill and live off controversial (You)'s.
the only fix is stronger moderation and enforcement of the rules on the books, but that will never happen.

>>105650802 (OP)
Why is Explorer extra hot garbage in W11?

>>105650802 (OP)
that's a nice Plasma rice, share dots?

>>105651207
Here's the deal: I shouldn't have to hunt down some specialist sweaty nerd flavor of Windows to avoid this shit.

OH BOY I SURE DO LOVE WAITING 5 SECONDS EVERY TIME I CLICK ON ANYTHING IN THE UI

>>105652184
you don't have to hunt it down, the windows general has links with hashes provided and it's no different than installing any other version of windows

it takes astronomically more effort to hunt down, install and configure a working Linux flavor and environment that doesn't have 2 year outdated packages, doesn't crash or have some bizarre problem every 2 days, or waiting 2 decades for some basic feature like thumbnails in the file picker

>>105652173
at least it has tabs now. lol

>>105652184
If LTSC, which is literally just Enterprise with less annoyances, is "specialist sweaty nerd" shit, what the fuck would you call running an Unix-like OS operated mostly through CLI that needs a Windows compatibility layer for half of your software?

>>105652184
on top of that, there is zero guarantees software will bother supporting it either, especially since it's objectively out of support (for all CONSUMER USERS and MOST ENTERPRISE users)

some update or faggy new game will break Win10 LTSC and you'll see seething jeets on this board pissing and shitting themselves in rage over it.
Ironically I still think Win11 is a net improvement in subtle technical ways, but retards (read: most wincucks) have this obsession with never upgrading, until they do and pretend it was always good.

>>105652288
I don’t use an OS like that. Linux is at the point where you could install it on your parent’s computer, add a browser shortcut to the desktop, and change LibreOffice’s icons to look like MS’ and they’d just think windows got a new theme. I can guarantee that nothing you use actually *requires* windows to run smoothly if it’s not adobeshit, fortnite, or autocad shitware

>>105652275
>you don't have to hunt it down, the windows general
Hey, jackass, I mean if I'm some normgroid buying a laptop off Amazon. I'm already here on /g/ and thus a sperg myself.

>>105652184
>hunt down
nibba doesn't know about massgravel where it links to a site where you can literally download every edition

>>105652357
>Xhe doesn't know about X sweaty nerd repository
You absolutely proved my point.

>>105652364
it's okay, you tried lol

>>105652352
Oh well it's even easier for them, they aren't schizo or criminals so they can just use whatever their pc comes with and they will never care

>>105652379
Even the hylics don't deserve this, anon.

>>105652389
they do actually, predatory consumerism is the society they built and now they have to live with it

>>105650810
Low iq

>>105652371
Your average normalnigger looks like this and says
>do I look like I know what an “eye so” is?
massgravel, rufus, and ltsc might as well be sorcery as far as they’re concerned, and they’re DEFINITELY not coming here for computer advice. If it’s not on instabooksnaptoktube it might as well not exist to them. You’re just in so much of a bubble you don’t realize this

>>105652397
They literally can't conceive of it; how can they defend against it? That's like abusing cattle.

>>105652350
I know Linux nowadays is Fisher-Price distros that try to hide Linux's inherent complexities. I was referring to the Linux used by nonretards.

Software compatibility between Linux and Windows is full of trades and it is arguable that neither is really ahead of each other. I have had some software work better on Windows and some software work better on Linux. But that is talking about after you have already got it running. It is undeniable that software is generally harder to get running if it doesn't come out of the little GUI app stores that your distros for babies have.

>it takes astronomically more effort to hunt down, install and configure a working Linux flavor and environment that doesn't have 2 year outdated packages, doesn't crash or have some bizarre problem every 2 days, or waiting 2 decades for some basic feature like thumbnails in the file picker
It's weird how Fedora KDE has none of these issues.

>>105652474
>Fedora
>not 2 year old outdated packages
pick one

>>105652288
>what the fuck would you call running an Unix-like OS operated mostly through CLI that needs a Windows compatibility layer for half of your software?
Omega nerd shit.

>>105652426
it's too late to defend against it, they evolved this way and it is irreversible, humankind will continue to consume at astronomical rates until depletion and then self destruct

>>105650810
Heroes of newerh had a native Linux client in 2011. It didn't deserve its fate, but should be in leagues place. The Hon devs were better engineers but worse salesmen

>>105652495
Fedora is a near bleeding edge distro? What do you even mean?

You mean
>makes you begin your distro hopping journey

>>105651838
Then pay boomer tax

>>105651776
You have to have an IQ of less than 80 to get malware on Windows.

>>105651056
Biggest lie i ever read.
Buy an ad

>>105651056
>runs faster
Does it really? I had to move from Linux to Windows for work and I noticed when right-clicking on the desktop that there's a solid 500ms delay before it shows the popup menu. On KDE it's basically instant.

Also it drives me absolutely insane that you can't just sit down at the lock screen and start typing your password. You have to click or press a key first to show the password input (so if you just start typing, the first keypress gets swallowed). Isn't Microsoft supposed to have actual UX professionals to design these things?

>>105650802 (OP)
>ui slower on a 3,5k modern pc compared to a ewaste haswell running w10
Lol. Lmao even @ your jeetware

>>105651905
>what about putting dog shit in your mouth? Have you considered that anon?

Works on my machine

>>105651300
And what of MacOS?

>>105653500
It works in everyone's machine, that's the thing about Windows, it just works.

>>105653358
Your PC isn't nearly as 'modern' as you think, rajesh

>>105650802 (OP)
more like inflicts

>>105655701
That would be autism

>windows >7
more like caused my distrohopping

>>105651182
>opens links in Edge even after you set your default browser to something else
I can't even find Edge anymore. I think I accidentally uninstalled it.

Enjoy your spyware, even with Enterprise LTSC edition and spending 100 hours disabling telemetry it will still phone home

I haven't booted Windows in over two months. This is the longest I've gone without using Windows since I built my first PC in the 2000s.
I have no reason to use Windows anymore. I can perform all my work and play all the games I'm interested in on Linux.

Come to Linux, anon.

>>105650810
play dota and quit bitching

>>105650802 (OP)
I'd rather chop my dick off than install W11

>>105651056
I use Windows and not even I could say this bullshit

>>105656883
>8 years ago

try again tranny

>>105650802 (OP)
>Mines data on you
>Ads
>Bloated
Gross

>>105656883
Use a decent firewall and none of what picrel said matters. Simplewall.

after transitioning, to arch with kde/wayland, i haven't felt the need to use windows again.

i do have a windows 10 ltsc enterprise dual-boot installation on my gaming pc, but i don't boot into that anymore/unless some game for whatever reason don't work good with proton / has mods that do windows specific shit.

am just done with windows, its constant enshitification, ads and spyware

>>105659014
>after transitioning, to arch

>>105659014
You could just set up Windows in a VM if you ever need it.

>>105657072
same
I'm actually considering wiping my windows drive and installing a different distro alongside mint, maybe arch or fedora

>>105651405
>If you spend 2 hours sort of debloating Windows it becomes almost usable.
VS
I spend 30 mins installing AND downloading the software I want and start jacking off at lightspeed to pictures of your mom's butthole on linux.

>>105651056

>>105651610
how do you get kde buttons in chrome/chromium?
also why kate over vscode? i have to install LSP for every language on my host, while in vscode i can just keep it contained within the application

>>105650802 (OP)
>cures your distro hopping

>>105651056
Open the explorer
or right click anything lol

>cures your distro hopping
This shit is legit just windows without the spy- and malware

>>105650802 (OP)
>pops up ads
>spies on you
>uploads "samples" to microsoft
>runs like shit
yeah I'll just stick with Linux.

>>105650802 (OP)
Windows 10 started my distro hopping. Windows 11 made sure I never go back to Microsoft products.

>>105660623
This

>>105650802 (OP)
>windows
yeah no mate

>>105650802 (OP)
RIP Skype. I miss the sexchatting with random SEA girls.

>>105650802 (OP)
>cures your distro hopping
Well why would you use anything other than windows since your entire system is backdoored to every 3 letter glowie agency anyway through intel me and amd PSP and it doesn't matter so you may as well use the one with the most ease of use

>>105650810
League sucks. Acquire some taste.

>>105660960
>it doesn't matter so you may as well use the one with the most ease of use
Which is exactly why I use Bazzite

>>105659983
>how do you get kde buttons in chrome/chromium
go to settings in your browser

>>105661201
is it the system title option? because it's nothing like on his screenshot, it shifts all the tabs down by like 15 pixels

>>105661533
Theme QT

>>105661554
yeah, it's set to QT.

>>105650802 (OP)
i wouldn't abandon windows if i could install windows 11 on old hardware that isn't backdoored by intel

>>105661575
>>105661554
i fixed it by installing chromium-qt5-ui (i had chromium-qt6-ui only) and switching to GTK. a little confusing, but now it works, thanks!

>pay $4000 for a PC once(including all accessories)
>free install windows
>never pay for any software again
>use any program or application you want
>use any os in the vm
>install and play almost every game and its updates for free and without any headache (thanks to fitgirl and dodi) on max settings
>play games of any platform except ps4, ps5 and switch 2 (for now)
>use firefox + ublock origin and never visit unsafe sites and install unsafe apps
>winget
>klite codec mega
>qbittorrent
>protonvpn
>parsec
>never face bsod or any other issues
Everything just works.

>>105662197
windows is a joke and you're stupid

>>105650802 (OP)
I just like not having to tinker shit, everything just actually works.

>>105662812
>I don’t like tinkering
>you want to use this OS? Okay you need to run this script on the install ISO, then say no to everything, pray to Redmond that they allow you to finish without creating an account, then once you’re in the desktop run these five debloating scripts (with full admin privileges of course) that disable core services and the slop that is forced by default and then be prepared to do it all over again when the next forced update completely undoes this effort
Or I could just put Mint on a USB stick and within 10 minutes I have something that just works. Hard choice, really

>>105662721
I have a 360 Hz 2k monitor and I use gsync. I can run The Last of Us Part II at 150 fps Max settings no dlss, but I run it at 30fps locked for a movie-like experience (24 fps seems too laggy) I am not a retard autist to notice 1ms worth of input lag, so shut up and keep deciding what package manager you wanna use lol.

>>105663035
>I didn't run any script to install the Windows iso
>I didn't run any debloating script
Why the fuck are you daydreaming?

>>105657631
what's education windows and why aren't you using a cracked enterprise version?

>>105663161
I installed it ages ago when Education was the best version and LTSC was not out yet

>>105652184
computers are for nerds, if you don't know how to do something as simple as installing an OS then you can sell your computer and get something like an iPad

>>105660623
>without the spy- and malware
it's a systemd distro

>>105650810
Good. Please stay on Windows with the rest of your ilk.

>>105652184
the work you have to put in to install ltsc is way less than you will have to do to get linux working

>>105650802 (OP)
> cures your desire to use a computer

fixed

>>105665838
>install Linux (Bazzite)
>it just works immediately

>install Windows ltsc
>fuck around with random script files to disable at least a part of the spyware
>still have an OS which delivers shit user experience compared to both Linux and MacOS
No thanks

>>105652678
windows is the malware retard

>>105668495
>you have to still fuck around with windows emulator and registry crap for obscure game
>in convoluted manner because each game has its own windows emulator prefix folder
lol

>>105665838
Took my 15 minutes to install archlinux via acrhinstall script on the iso, boot into gnome and start watching videos and listening to music. Then all i have to do is harden the firefox browser really, and that takes all of a few minutes with prepared user.js and ublock origin.

>>105669243
Would be funny if it were true

>>105650802 (OP)
I'm never going back
Linux is fast as shit

>>105658967
>>105656883
how do I confirm or deny this is happening?

>>105670125
It's funny because it's still true

>>105650802 (OP)
Id be fine with windows it if it wasnt for fucking one drive. How can you completely remove one drive from a windows pc?

>>105656883
>muh spyware
Ah, yes, the call of the hypocrite. You own a phone that tracks you every second of the day, a credit card that tracks your purchasing locations, and a car that has a computer in it to track and control everything.

>>105670281
Windows 11 LTSC doesn't include OneDrive or the AppStore, it's why everyone sane recommends you use it. I use the most superior Windows 11 IoT Enterprise LTSC.

>>105651182
>>Microsoft Recall AI creepware takes frequent screenshots of your desktop activity and stores them for processing

NK does this with their web and phone related activities.

>>105670305
thanks, any way to remove from other versions?

>>105670339
For free? No clue. Just back everything up and install LTSC. It's why 95% of my programs are portable. I can just drag them back to a new install and not worry about configuring them again.

>>105670258
>it's true
and so is this >>105668495

>Linux
>Must use systemd
>Must use Wayland
>No global hotkeys
>Games run like shit on nvidia
>Juggling Wine prefixes
>Using launchers on top of launchers
>Download an entire OS to run one flatpak
>Fonts look like shit
>Highly internet-dependent
>Communist centralized package repositories maintained by literal-whos
>Outdated packages for stability, or rolling release distro that breaks your shit
>Worse battery life
>No suspend or sleep modes
>Krashes
>Network Manager can't reliably connect to WIFI
>GNOME and GTK are retarded, but the only option that has barely functional accessibility
>Every DE theme is soulless flat corpo garbage
I could go on. What a fuckin' waste of time.

>>105650810
>Wanting to play ASSFAGGOTS #0239854309834509583490
>Ever
SHIGGY DIGGY.

>>105659156
>Performance hit for gaming
Your next line will be: "So use KVMP."

>>105651405
>Shift +F10 OOBE\BYPASSNRO
That no longer works, Zoom-Zoom. You need to use "start ms-cxh: localonly"

>>105670652
>Must use systemd
I use dinit
>Must use Wayland
I use Xlibre
>Games run like shit on nvidia
works on my machine
>Juggling Wine prefixes
just add your game as a non-Steam game on Steam and enable Proton compatibility
>Using launchers on top of launchers
just Steam is enough
>Download an entire OS to run one flatpak
then just do like me and don't use fagpak. the AUR just werks
>Fonts look like shit
looks fine to me
>Highly internet-dependent
only for package updates, and it's the same on Windows
>package repositories
that's a positive though
>rolling release distro that breaks your shit
works on my machine
>Worse battery life
not on my machines
>No suspend or sleep modes
I don't even know if that point is correct or not since I've never used either no matter the OS
>Krashes
I don't use Plasma. xfce doesn't Krash
>Network Manager can't reliably connect to WIFI
works on my 5 machines
>Every DE theme is soulless flat corpo garbage
I like flatshit so it doesn't bother me

>>105651405
>turn off recall in settings lol
Or I can install Linux and avoid that spyware.

>>105651405
>than debloating any popular linux DE
You don't need to debloat Linux beyond Ubuntu, and if you're on Ubuntu: OH SHIT NAGGER, WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING!?

>>105670983
>GPU passthrough
>performance hit
wat

> installed arch 2 days ago
> everything just works
wew lad

>>105650810
Play heroes of the storm with wine like a real man. Winbabies physically disgust me

>>105671091
I didn't know Heroes of Might and Magic made a moba

>>105671003
>"works on my machine" the post
Good for you.
>Just...
You Linux evangelists are a bunch of liars, especially on this board. It's never as simple as "just..." How about I just run Windows and avoid all that bullshit? The ideological argument for free and open-source software is out the window because you willing run Steam, the DRM Chromium abomination launcher that everyone begrudgingly installed 20 years ago to play Half Life 2. Special snowflake.

>>105672443
I don't give a shit about free/open source. I have no issues using proprierary blobs and/or software like Steam. I just want something that works and Windows does not provide that to me. Linux could go closed-source tomorrow and I'd still use it for as long as it works for me. if it stopped working I'd just start using something else

>>105672462
Same. Linux is just so much better and easier to use than Windows it's not even close. I couldn't give two fucks if Bazzite goes full proprietary, I'll still use it because it delivers the best experience out there.

for real, if you know how to use linux, there's not a single reason to go to windows
i can't use windows without modding it, sos whats the point
i can just use linux, in any way i want, it doesnt stop me