Windows 10 support is ending soon bub
its time to switch to a superior, white man's OS (Linux)
what have you been playing recently fellow Linux Chads?

>>716256128 (OP)
Based aero theme enjoyer and linux word spreader. I've been playing
>Nioh
>Katamari Damacy
>Marvel Rivals
>Empire Earth

Point me to the one that supports gacha games without the needs to use launchers and my cactus is yours.
Also nice theme.

>>716256679
>Empire Earth
holy fucking based i completely forgot about that game, havent played it since childhood

>>716257059
well if you are a complete newbie I strongly suggest Bazzite
>without the needs to use launchers
launchers like Lutris and Heroic are somewhat necessary but they are there as a convenience to make it simple to install anything from official to pirated very easy, they arent bloat like Epic, EA, Ubisoft and similar launchers
people said that their gacha shit works with no issues with Heroic launcher

>>716257059
>gacha
I kind of like it that linux does not support shitty games like fortnite, valorant and gacha. It deters pests and insects like you.

>>716257508
Interesting i tried Mint in the past and it was exsausting everything was slow as fuck (maybe my older pc was just too shit for it)
>>716257509
whoa how original how many of other negroes.jpgs do you have care to share more ?

>>716257832
>Interesting i tried Mint in the past and it was exsausting everything was slow as fuck
i actually had THE EXACT same issue with Mint on this very laptop, never happened anywhere else, installed Mint on multiple machines with no issues except this laptop with that exact same issue of everything being super slow
Installed CachyOS and everything worked flawlessly and 10x faster than on Windows

>>716257142
yeah same, just recently reinstalled it but i played EE3 more so i might install that

>1600x900
Poor people make me sad

>>716259579
its an old laptop

LTSC is supported until 2032.

>>716258027
Does Bazzite support custom themes like yours ?

O also i think i once seen some custom Windows OS builds that were on net how are they ?

>>716259694
Get on my level, scrub

>>716259802
Post specs
>>716259767
iot ltsc is the one i (>>716259798) use on my main

>>716259893

>>716259798
>>Does Bazzite support custom themes like yours ?
yes this Aero theme is made for KDE Desktop which Bazzite uses(if you choose, but its the default)
>also i think i once seen some custom Windows OS builds that were on net how are they ?
if you mean like Tiny11 and similar
eh, can be hit or miss and they can pose a security risk
>>716259802
i have triple monitor setup on my desktop with three of the same monitors and not 5 different ones

>>716257059
As the other anon pointed out, Bazzite is a good choice if you're mostly gaming with it. Another very beginner friendly distribution is ZorinOS, which works and looks fairly nice right out of the box.
Mint has always been a recommendation for beginners but I feel it's starting to get left behind recently

>>716256128 (OP)
>what have you been playing recently fellow Linux Chads?
Touhou 8 and Gradius V

>>716256128 (OP)
For a moment there I was wondering how you managed to get a screenshot of my desktop from 2012

Please tell me
what problems does Windows 11 have?

And is there an alternative to Linux?

>>716259997
Sowwy bro but by using light theme you automatically lost so W for MEEEEEEEE
CPUs seem similar while your GPU is better (other than that i dont know how to read othr shit) i got RX6600 from some crypto miner while cpu was bought brand new.
>>716260175
Yeah idk where but i readt that Mint is ?outdated? now and some other shit but i forgot where (it was after i installed it on other PC)
>>716260495
MacOS lol

>>716260495
>what problems does Windows 11 have?
bloated as fuck, artificially locked down (TPM, Secure Boot, CPU req), telemetry OUT THE ASS, performance hog, SHIT unfinished mobile UI
>And is there an alternative to Linux?
as in?
you have FreeBSD and MacOS, but atm Linux is your best alternative for Winbloat

>>716260840
I'm sure all those are fixed in the LTSC de-bloated edition

>>716261001
>I'm sure all those are fixed
not even close, some maybe, its a bit more debloated but it still has a shitton of telemetry baked in

My main desktop will begrudgingly upgrade to Win 11 come October, but my old ThinkPad x220 laptop I use at my bedside will be moving to Linux.
I just haven't decided on a flavor yet, I was considering Bazzite despite not intending on using it for gaming, but some bedside emulation might be comfy.
Giving it a Win 7 Aero theme like OP would be extra comfy though, this thing was made to run Win 7.

>>716260840
I would like to have an Apple Mac

And why is Windows 11 artificially blocked and bloated?

>>716257059
people actually play gacha games? I thought they were just for making thinly veiled porn threads

>>716256128 (OP)
A fellow aerothemeplasma enjoyer I see

>>716261185
>I would like to have an Apple Mac
braindead choice
>And why is Windows 11 artificially blocked and bloated?
ive told you why its blocked
if you really are asking why/how its bloated maybe you should use something like Mac or even a Chromebook

>>716261280
Blue Archive would be a great VN if you removed all the gatcha and gameplay

>>716256128 (OP)
I'm fully prepared to switch when I have to, so in another few years.
But using linux extended the lifetime of my personal work laptop by like 5 years, so I'm fully on board.

>>716256128 (OP)
CachyOS is the one you want.

>>716261280
Every year millions of people buy brand ""new"" Fifa,Farm Sim and other shovelware trash like that.
Gacha games are kinda no different (they are free at least)

>>716261467
1% performance improvement sometimes none at all isn't worth it go with a main distro

>>716261418
I don't understand all the disapproval of poor Windows 11.

In what sense is it bloated, what are its latency issues, and what processor and RAM do they need to run Windows 11 properly?

>>716256128 (OP)
Factorio
P99
Atlyss
Raging over Nvidia Driver issues
CP2077

>>716261506
sport games i can understand to a degree, sports do attract the lowest of the IQs, but they can be played in couch vs mode which is how my friends play them, they literally dont even know what player cards are and id wager that majority of fufa players dont, most of them are idiots that love to play that solo or in couch mode against others

>>716261506
>the most deranged normalfags rebuy the same game over and over again every year
>therefore it's okay for me to waste money on chink gambling slop + coombait
>it's free** even though it isn't and I dump hundreds of dollars into this trash
you are mentally ill, legitimately

>>716256128 (OP)
I just realized I'm fucked, I don't have a single device in my home that is "officially supported" by Windows 11. I don't use Windows as my main OS so it snuck up on me. I'm not really in the mood to buy a new computer just for Windows 11, when I don't really care for windows to begin with...

>>716261592
>1% performance improvement sometimes none at all isn't worth it go with a main distro
It is for that and many other reasons. All accelerations done to Arch have been done by the Cachy team. Valve merges their changes and kernel mods into SteamOS. Cachy pulls obviously some SteamOS enhancements and enhances them further. You have one of the best maintained package repositories of ANY distro and if you want AUR is already added to repos by default. If you're using Arch, and if you're a gamer you are, it is literally the only sensible option. Even Bazzite does all its gaymen shit by taking the optimizations Cachy does. It is also the most popular distro right now which is both deserved and helps in deciding what to go with for level of support.

>>716256128 (OP)
>what have you been playing recently fellow Linux Chads?
dota 2, emulated games, uma musume

>>716257059
uma musume, unless you consider steam a launcher

>>716261725
Seeing things that arent there is a sign of mentall illnes are you aware of that ?
>>716261902
horse racing dosent appeal to me.

>>716261001
Windows 11 has a dedicated, hard coded at the registry level keyboard shortcut for Linkedin. It cannot be removed or overwritten by any means.

It cannot be debloated or de-telemtried.
Windows 12 will just be worse.

>>716261648
>In what sense is it bloated
oh man...it comes with a fuckton of pre-installed ad applications like ClipChamp and similar shit, ton of MS included apps are also bloat that takes up space and resources
you are either very young or just that UNINFORMED but my suggestion is just to look up resource usage of regular Windows 11 vs Debloated Windows 11 and see for yourself how much of a resource hog it is
they have artificially locked it to not allow CPUs below 7th or 8th gen intel and 2nd gen ryzen
which are perfectly capable of running it and it was proven that they are, its just microsoft decided they dont want to add support for those

>>716260495
I installed W11 on a PC the other day and the settings app was bugged on day 1
Apparently Microsoft has spent the last few years jacking off

>>716261815
The guy that got Bazzite recced would then CachyOS be maybe better since Arch is one of more popular distros or ?

>>716261815
Haven't looked into the linux scene for years now. I ran mint the last time.

But I thought the reputation of Arch was that it was for power users who already know linux quite well and can deal with not having driver support for like 90% of shit.

What is the difference of me switching to bazzite linux or staying on an unsupported win10?

>>716262065
>Windows 11 has a dedicated, hard coded at the registry level keyboard shortcut for Linkedin. It cannot be removed or overwritten by any means.
Wrong, I remove them on my work laptop so I can use my Hyper key bindings

>>716262364
If you have Nvidia then your shit is broken regardless

>>716261802
If you really needed a Windows machine, some cheap mini-pc like MSI, Minisforum, Beelink, etc would probably be fine.
Otherwise sounds like you should just go full-linux honestly.

I wonder if I could make the full switch to Linux, because I still use a legit CD install of Adobe CS4 suite and it's what I know, but stuff like Krita is good.

>>716262364
By the time you actually start noticing a difference W12 would be out, but considering Window's path it would be even worse.

>>716256128 (OP)
Too many images and games on my computer, I have no interest in starting over. I'm stuck on Windows 11.

>>716262743
Why not just transfer images and games to USB ?

>>716262715
Figured. I will let Linux do their thing and switch when i feel like a retard like me can use it comfy. Bazzite actually made me consider changing for the first time.

>>716256128 (OP)
>putting a Windows logo on your Linux desktop
Funny if joke, disgusting if serious.

>>716262360
Arch linux is a mess by default for sure. Mostly because of long standing performance issues they won't fix because it clashes with their "core philosophy" and how easy it is to break for end users. Driver issues aren't one of those issues. Distros like CachyOS, SteamOS, EndeavorOS and Manjaro are answers to the OS being complicated to get running. Cachy and Steam are the only ones that have done it flawlessly. CachyOS even supports DLSS on my 3090 out of the box. I didn't have to do shit, loaded in the proprietary drivers and everything was ready to rock and roll (other than clicking the install gaming shit button after installing the OS).

>>716262832
I would still encourage to give it a try in a laptop/virtual machine in the mean time, It's not really that hard and I honestly don't miss Windows, It's a relief not having to care about their practices.

>>716261802
you have two options
>switch to Linux
>switch to Windows 10 IoT LTSC
but do keep in mind that software companies are gonna drop support for Windows 10 regardless of IoT LTSC

>>716262743
>too many games
easy to reinstall and you are probably not even playing 90% of them
>too many images
create a NAS or buy an external drive

>>716262228
Bazzite is more idiot proof than Cachy. Look, if you're starting out, there's gonna be a lot to learn regardless of what you choose. Trying to pick the most efficient distribution possible for your use is impossible when you don't know anything about it.
Now it's a good time to take it slow, pick a beginner friendly distribution, throw it on a laptop or a desktop you don't use and see how you like it. The more you use it, the more you'll understand why people recommend certain things or not and you can always go back to Windows if you want.

>>716262856
funny if joke funny if serious

>>716260495
I was using win11 for 6 months. It literally eats 16 out of 32 gigs of my RAM AT IDLE.

Mint eats 2 gigs. 4 gigs if Firefox is open.

>>716264832
The only funny part is that it's going to make some computer-illiterate zoomie unironically think that CachyOS is "a Windows" and then lose his shit when he finds out the installer wiped his C drive instead of doing an in-place upgrade of his Windows 10 install.

>>716265197
What’s worse, that’s by design, Windows will try to use half or more of your RAM for background services, completely shitting the bed when you suddenly actually need to use it.

>>716256128 (OP)
I just installed the Icewind Dale 2 Enhanced Edition mod. Works well so far. Waiting for an openMW 0.49 package to go back to that.

installed mint 2 days ago, so far everything just werks I tried to open through steam, even older stuff like Recettear
mostly been playing Dragon Quest IX on melonds though so haven't tested much else

kept a drive with windows because I thought I wouldn't be able to do anything, I haven't booted windows since

I wish I could run BYOND. Fucking thing just shits the bed and crashes when I load into a game.

>>716256128 (OP)
I use linux, i like it, but for people of this board, Win10 ltsc is better, unless they're also into AMD videoshit.
Having to deal with nvidia bullshit breaking the whole arch update process and all that requires patience.

>>716265197
That's file caching, if you try to use the space being used by file caching, it will just dump everything and give you the RAM, with the downside of the things loading slower.
You can setup linux to do that too if you want.

>>716262087
So nothing a nob-autistic person in the first world cares about. Check.

>>716266664
Just take the tranny+furrypill and come over to SS14.

>>716266564
btw don't forget to deactivate hibernation if you ever log into Windows again, Windows does that shit and you can't access your hard drives from Linux after

I need Microsoft Excel for my job.

>>716268851
Use the online/browser version then

>>716266664
have you tried different versions of proton?