Thread 725247593

>current windows install is getting slow and bloated
>windows defender is constantly deleting files without my knowledge, so my whole install is a jenga tower ready to collapse
>decide to factory reset windows
>go through setup process
>"Let's add your Microsoft account"
>no option to use local account, so I'm forced to comply
>type in email and password
>freezes
Sometimes I wish I bought an AMD card so I could use Bazzite, but then I'd have to buy an AMD card.

>>725247593 (OP)
I don't use windows or shitty consoles

>>725247593 (OP)
When I got a Deck.

>>725247593 (OP)
>Sometimes I wish I bought an AMD card so I could use Bazzite, but then I'd have to buy an AMD card.
Got no issues with Mint and my 2070.

>>725247593 (OP)

Try using Chris Titus's Windows Utility

>>725247818
wintroons pretending nvidia doesn't work on linux is funny to me, it's one of their most pathetic copes

>>725247593 (OP)
>how terrible Windows is
yeah
>console players have a point
uh...?
I went from consoles to Windows to Linux.

>>725247981
They literally say on the Bazzite page that Nvidia has problems with it. Maybe you're using a poorfaggot 1440p monitor and that's fine, but I'm rocking a 4K LG OLED hooked up to my PC, and that's specifically where they specify there's issues.

>>725247593 (OP)
>"Let's add your Microsoft account"
>no option to use local account, so I'm forced to comply

There's a way to create a local account during the setup process. Do a search for "windows 11 local account during setup"

>>725247593 (OP)
...you can use nvidia on linux

>>725247593 (OP)
Linux exists

>>725250195
Your monitor is forcing you to "rock" windows? Throw it in the trash.

>>725247593 (OP)
Back your important stuff up, wipe your drive, and install Linux. Now.
But you won't, instead you'll sit here day after day on Vietnamese noodle making boards, wallowing in your tech illiteracy.

>>725247593 (OP)
>no option to use local account
Lol skill issue. I'm using a local account on Window 11 pro (which I got for free of course) RIGHT NOW. It's actually amazing how often pc gaymers are complaining about shit that there is a solution for already. They're just too lazy/stupid to figure it out.

>>725247593 (OP)
>>windows defender is constantly deleting files without my knowledge

Learn to use windows

people who don't know how to use computers shouldn't be allowed to use computers

>>725254932
>i got windows 11 for free with ads, bloatware and datamining, but it's totally free guys !
you think you're smart but you just got fucked by microsoft in a different way.

>>725254867
It's not the "monitor" (I'm using a TV hooked up to my HTPC anyway).
The issue is the fact that the Bazzite page lists 4K not displaying properly on gamescope with Nvidia, also HDR not working.
Trust me, I'd love to switch. I hate this shitty OS with every fiber of my being. I play on my Steam Deck most of the time purely to avoid it. But HDR+4K are dealbreakers for me on a 4K LG OLED.

>>725257289
>The issue is the fact that the Bazzite page lists 4K not displaying properly on gamescope with Nvidia, also HDR not working.
sounds like a compositor issue, try the GNOME variant of bazzite. and HDR should be working unless it's an nvidia issue.

Works on my machine

>>725247593 (OP)
the only "people" pushing for pc gaming are pcvalvepoopjeets and microshartjeets

so true, that's why everyone on /v/ uses Linux.

>>725257865
this, linuxfags are all trannies, every single time. You will never be a woman.

>>725247593 (OP)
install gentoo

>>725257865
It takes more tinkering to get Windows to work and that's if you trust random Pajeet scripts.

>>725257950
Lauren's only 5'10". While that's a good 2 feet taller than most of the "men" on /v/, she's short.

>>725257779
>xbox is dying
>playstation is porting all their games to pc
face it, the end of consoles is nigh. never been a better time to play games.

>When did you realize console players have a point
Never happened.

>>725259001
>>playstation is porting all their games to pc
Nigga where is Bloodborne? Where is Demons Remake? Where is cool PS3 games like Puppeteer?

>>725247593 (OP)
HELLO SAAR VERY GOOD UPGRADE NO MORE USING OF WINDOWS 10 SAAR YOU MUST REDEEM WINDOWS ACCOUNT SAAR

>>725259069
pretty sure you can emulate ps3 these days. anyhow i don't get fomo from exclusives, if it doesn't work on my linux machine, too bad.

>>725259219
I mean you can also emulate Bloodborne but that's besides the point. Sony is hoarding the cool shit, the fuckers.

>>725247593 (OP)
>I'm retarded
that's cool, no need to make a thread about it

>>725259279
the only way you're getting ports of old games is in a "remastered" package where they can double dip on sales.

>>725258858
>It takes more tinkering to get Windows to work
if you can't get something as easy as windows to work, who should take your advice?
>jeet scripts
you should really check the repos of the crap you're installing to your system, you'll find that many jeets work on Linux as well. What is more blind than the trust you put into your package manager? dumb nigger

>>725247593 (OP)
I haven't used windows in 6 years by now.

>>725257865
>>725259082
I feel like it's only a matter of time until 4chan synthesizes the tranny and the Indian into a single stereotype
I'm not sure what it'll look like except that it will be horrifying and annoying

>>725247593 (OP)
I feel like having a PS5 for competitive multiplayer slop and a Linux PC for the rest is probably the best setup now.
>>725250195
>>725257289
Don't use Gamescope then? Desktop Bazzite works fine on Nvidia. Gamescope is designed for handhelds and HTPCs anyway.

>>725259582
how's android working out for you?
>>725259630
>Don't use Gamescope then
gamescope is pretty fucking sweet for old games, also nice to have around for anything that likes to have an english keyboard.

>>725247593 (OP)
Just use ame playbooks you dumb zoomer

>>725247593 (OP)
I didnt because I didnt upgrade. Kek imagine inflicting your own wound

Works on my machine.™
Looks like PEBSAK.

Windows 10 can be raped hard enough that none of the telemmetry shit is a real problem, and you can do it by double clicking an exe
Linux niggers will swear up and down that memorizing 20 commands to install chrome is a perfectly fine user experience
>HEH CHROME IN LE 2025 NOT MY LIBRECHROMIUM-2000-BETA-RC112 FROM SOME DOGSHIT P2P SERVER THAT WORKS 12 HOURS A DAY
See? Annoying cunts in an infinite fart sniffing loop

>>725257289
Isn't Fedora and its derivatives a corpo shit which is not much better than jeetdows? Why would you use that?
On most distros "problems" with nvidia cards amount to things like 3% less performance.

>>725257865
What's funny about this pic is windows 11 needs more tampering and setup than linux to not be an abomination that constantly steals your data and wastes obscene amounts of your processing power.

>>725260703
>>725260810
We get it, using a mouse is hard for you :(((

>>725260981
the problem is that windows will just reintall all the bloat each time you update.
these debloaters also come with 0 warranty, if it breaks some part of windows, if it makes you more vulnerable to malware, if it bricks your windows install, it's your problem.

>>725254932
In microsoft america, a product is you!

>>725260981
>windows users have to learn to code run random scripts off of github

>>725261898
the scary part is how easy it is to buy stars on github.

>>725260810
>play any multiplayer game
>have to launch windows anyway

>>725247593 (OP)
the windows logo is literally just 4 squares now. not even tilted or anything just 4 squares of the same size
i thought the logo couldn't get any more shittier but there we are

>>725247593 (OP)
I just booted Windows again after being on Linux for 4 days and now this process called vmmem keeps lagging my shit just randomly booting up a VM that I haven't used for weeks so I had to disable wsl and reboot
fuck windows

>>725247593 (OP)
What do you mean you’re forced to add Microsoft account

>>725260981
Windows telemetry is baked in :(

>>725261454
>these debloaters also come with 0 warranty
Except the good ones like Chris Titus' outright tell you what will break your system or not and let you just click "Essential" to get rid of the stuff that's bad but won't break the system, same with O&OShutUp10. If you aren't doing stupid stuff like removing the Game Bar, Edge, or Microsoft Store you won't have any issues whatsoever because it's not load bearing like those three are.

You have to intentionally be trying to break your system when it comes to his tool, and his is arguably the best one available.

>>725262436
>gamebar is essential
im never upgrading

i went back to windows after 10 years of exclusively using linux (arch btw)

>>725247593 (OP)
>console players have a point
they never do. everyone knows windows is bloated dogshit. they're just regurgitating what they heard from someone with at least two braincells

>>725260981
>his operating system doesn't just werk out of the box
wow you winjeets are pathetics

>>725262061
I don't play normalcattle games that want me to install a rootkit on my machine though.

>>725262061
Not CS2

>>725250195
>meme monitor
Get a proper 1080p monitor you retard. There is no reason to ever go higher.

>>725262436
edge isn't load-bearing for anything other than spying on everything you do.

>>725263490
>Everything that's better than what I've got is retarded
lmao poorfag

>>725247593 (OP)
>Windows is shit
Yeah it is. Use Linux.
>console players have a point
They don't lol and you need MS account for basic Xbox features too
>>725262061
Except for OW2, every Valve game, Star Wars BF (old+new), every EAC game that is on Steam etc...

I downgraded to 11 iot ltsc just to get over it

>>725264086
Edge is required for certain things to even open on Windows 11. I can't remember exactly what is tied to it but I know if you remove it it will cause issues down the line.

>>725250408
Shift+F10 during setup

Type "start ms-cxh:localonly" into the command prompt

Press enter

Create username/password

Disable any privacy options as needed

Profit

The wonderful thing about realizing gaming runs on shitbrick consoles is:
All of gaming runs on shitbrick PCs.
And also no console generations means literal decades of gaming that was meant for even weaker hardware than a current gen athlong

>>725264534
i've had this shit killed and its' folder neutered. it's not required for anything i use and it will stay gone.

>>725264586
saar... SAAR
DO NOT SPREAD THIS INFORMATION SAAR
I WILL HAVE TO SPEND ALL WEEKEND MAKING CODE TO CHANGE THIS SO IT CANNOT BE ALLOWABLE
DO NOT SPREAD THIS SAAAAAAAAR

>>725264795
>Jeetposting when retards are trying to keep people in the Microshart Ecoshitstain

>>725264845
Get a sense of humor.

>>725264950
That wasn't even a joke, what you were doing wasn't a joke.

>>725247593 (OP)
The Xbox tile UI somehow manages to be even worse, and has been worse since midway through the 360's life.

Dropping the blade interface was the beginning of the end for Microsoft's entire product stack.

>>725264997
I thought it was funny.

>>725247593 (OP)
I install ghostspecter ultralite with startallback

>>725250195
>They literally say on the Bazzite page that Nvidia has problems with it.
How about trying another distro, like CachyOS? Or EndeavourOS, if you want a more standard version of Arch?

>>725247593 (OP)
"NVIDIA does not work on Linux" is a meme, it has been more than fine forat least a year now.

Source: I'm running EndeavourOS with an NVIDIA card since last November

>>725264767
>it's not required for anything i use
Well that's great for you, but if you use the Microsoft Store, the search bar in the start menu (Even if it's not accessing Bing I believe), trying to open up PDFs without some other way to do it, or use widgets it will cause issues. Widgets at least install the random hooks necessary for that to work but the other stuff breaks.

>>725265595
Eh, I mean I can't speak for it since I haven't used them for years but I remember it being fairly true that the non-enterprise experience for Nvidia on linux sort of fucking sucked ass.

just use 10 LTSC IoT if you're not ready to switch to linux

>>725250195
You're poorfag
Extremely poor in smarts. Oticed that religious Nvidia fanatics are most often very stupid people, no offense

>>725247593 (OP)
>windows defender is constantly deleting files without my knowledge, so my whole install is a jenga tower ready to collapse
I haven't had a single file getting deleted by windows defender without popping out a notification telling me that it detected malware. And it's normally because I'm downloading a crack. What's a console player doing not buying every single game?

>>725247593 (OP)
Time to switch to and Arch like the rest of us OP

>>725264586
>>Type "start ms-cxh:localonly" into the command prompt
WTF, I thought only Linux users use a terminal?

>>725265630
>If you use the microsoft store
No need with winget and you can also now download installers from the microsoft store website straight without having to use the store
>The search bar in the start menu
No need to ever use that, at all
>Trying to open up PDFs without some other way to do it
If you install a different browser, you already have that different way of opening up PDFs
>Use widgets
Fucking yuck. Why would you.

>>725265630
>the search bar in the start menu (Even if it's not accessing Bing I believe)
nope. not sure why copilot symbol's still there, that's uninstalled too.
>trying to open up PDFs
that's a very flimsy excuse to keep edge around when every browser can open pdfs now. you wouldn't happen to be on microsoft payroll now would ya?

I'll never understand linux users complaining about windows being difficult to use or even tweak. Most of it is scripts with buttons that only enable the "recommended" stuff if you're too much of a retard. It's a weird double standard where if you spend 5 hours trying to figure out how to make your brand new chinese gamepad that mogs everything else behave normally through its wireless dongle on linux is a-ok because "i-it's a learning experience!", but when you spend less than an hour doing practically everything you would need to have a windows setup going without a hassle it's "please brain block out all of that information and act like it's extremely difficult and annoying to click on a drop down menu"

>>725266215
Ok, but hear me out.
NOT having to do any of that?
>Chinese gamepad
Oh, I see.

>>725265997
>No need with winget
Winget sometimes gets pissy about stuff on it but you're right.
>No need to ever use that, at all
If you want to quickly access a program it's solid, but it looks like based on >>725266010 it doesn't break it. Might have just been tied to online searching then, not local.
>If you install a different browser, you already have that different way of opening up PDFs
I know, I'm just saying it simply makes you deal with another browser or something like Foxit/Libre, that's all.
>Fucking yuck. Why would you.
Weather widget is pretty useful since you can constantly see how it is on the taskbar. Outside of that I agree.

>>725266010
>that's a very flimsy excuse to keep edge around when every browser can open pdfs now.
I agree, I'm just listing it as an issue that crops up if you don't have one yet, but most people typically already opt for something like Firefox.

>>725266251
Yes I limit my hardware options just to demonstrate I can use a different OS without issues myself too.

>>725265630
>>725266010
>>725266274

actually, i'm gonna have to figure out why this is still pulling web results when it's supposed to be dead. edge and webview are both uninstalled.

>>725266312
i fucking forgot my picture

>>725266286
I mean me personally I don't know why you'd willingly buy some chinkshit gamepad, you can get a dualsense on sale for like $30, and yeah it's got marginally shittier ergo than the DS4, but it's way better than chink crap that probably runs fine under SDL but the chinese are fucking retarded

>>725247593 (OP)
>I wish I bought an AMD card so I could use Bazzite
I use Bazzite with an Nvidia card and it just works.

>>725266476
Because it's better than a dualsense, and I already have a dualsense, and I keep that in my drawer gathering dust.
>3 times the battery
>more accurate capacitive sticks
>soft mechanical omron switches everywhere
>interchangeable d-pads
>lower wireless latency through a 2.4ghz dongle >doesn't require any software outside steam
>4 back buttons you can bind even mouse buttons to
>analog/digital trigger switches
The question is why the fuck would I go back to that crap you're recommending

>>725266476
>yeah it's got marginally shittier ergo than the DS4
DualSense ergonomics are significantly better than the DS4, what are you on about? It's way more comfortable. Its only flaw is the terrible d-pad.

sorry i am on cachyos with my 9950x3d

Is windows 11 really that bad? I switched from 10 to linux over a year ago.

Every time I encounter a problem in windows I commit a hate crime against an Indian.

>>725247593 (OP)
Skill issue

>>725266251
>why are you using X instead of Y
>you are using WRONG gamepad
Typical linuxtard behavior.

>>725260450
>open discover
>search chromium
>click install
very hard
less steps than installing it on windows

>>725257289
i had that experience too yeah. i dont think hdr even works at all

>>725267337
HDR works on KDE
Even with nvidia

>>725266993
+5% worse.
It's just that some people really ignore how fucking bad 10 was. They'll never remember the pain that it was handling sound drivers and latency, having it restart without your permission by default, having more difficulties overall trying to do simple things like removing cortana or delaying updates, it was a fucking mess. How half the settings were in old classic windows control panel sections but those got replaced by shit that was half baked. How every single update they would break any custom visual styles, so people stopped trying with those. And how after a while it would become impossible to update to a newer version if you didn't update at the right time. And people calling me left and right because "pls help I just turned on the computer and the only thing I can see is a cursor". 10 was a fucking nightmare. I don't think that the ability to more easily install the OS with a local account was worth all the pain and misery. That OS started a cancer that is often only attributed to 11 for whatever reason.

>>725247593 (OP)
Windows 11 is trash but don't try to imply for a second that the ps5 UI is anything but unintuitive garbage.

It peaked at XMB and has only gone downhill ever since and everyone knows it.

Honorable mention to the fact that they removed the ability to easily transfer game save data to a usb drive with the ps5, the only option you have left is using their paid ps plus data cloud. (And no, the backup feature that completely overwrites your system is not the fucking same you stupid nigger.)

>>725266993
It comes with a embedded AI controlled by indians under a indian CEO who is known for increasing the companies profit via selling services, and the usual billion ways for them to force updates.
Its bad unless all you do is play games and browse social media, even then its scraping everything you do and monitoring you.

>>725264950
Says the botposting retard. You could be replaced with a machine and nobody would no the difference.

>>725267709
mad because bad

>>725267412
>>725257289
On my end:
-360hz monitor that requires DSC to be enabled with nvidia: Adaptive sync must be disabled or I'm prone to blanking out issues, hasn't been fixed by their latest update which is supposed to fix some VRR problems but this issue has been confirmed by some nvidia forum moderator and I'm hoping they listen to that poor motherfucker.
-HDR (OLED) on nvidia: On KDE plasma HDR works, though the calibration tool is a bit weird but who gives a fuck, it does the job. However outside of that, gamescope (the alternative that worked) crashes often, hyprland doesn't even know what the fuck to do with it, and GNOME is nonsensical (HDR works on games just as fine as on Plasma, but on desktop it will produce some nasty banding which means there's some color depth fuckery even when the output is 10bpc).
Sometimes I wish that nvidia followed through several years ago and tried to work on getting HDR to work on X11.

>>725266938
My ass I get hand cramps playing castle crashers with the dual sense, and not with the ds4.

>>725266993
Almost every single change they have made for the past 10 years have been making Windows worse. It's almost impressive how they can manage to fuck up everything they make. like a kid getting 0 points on a multiple choice test.

>>725267171
Well maybe if you didn't consult the list of "shit that doesn't work on linux" before every argument people would be more willing to tolerate the
>I have an all adobe workflow and play specifically only fortnite with some zero name chinese controller that uses NONE of the standards for handling input
People would take this kind of retardation seriously.

>>725268121
>VRR problems
Yeah :(
Maybe soon

>>725268817
For now what I do is set the monitor from 360hz to 240hz (which -is- noticeable, but not the end of the world and I can actually disable DSC) and make sure to set window rules to disable adaptive sync on fullscreen programs that don't need it (there's a few of them, like rawtherapee, web browsers, etc). And obviously set adaptive sync to auto as opposed to always.

>>725266993
I got Windows 11 ltsc iot or whatever recently and it’s fine. Basically just windows 10 but file explorer has tabs.

>>725268260
Different people have different needs and wants. This is a complicated thing for you because there's many more examples of hardware not working well or limited on linux than on windows.
All that gamepad does is kb input + xinput. This is somehow very non-standard and alien for linux. It shits itself and demands an explanation, whereas windows understands "ok so this is a keyboard and an old xbox controller" and doesn't fuck with it. Upon connecting it, without downloading any esoteric drivers, btw.
Which is funny because when a mechanical keyboard or mouse is connected, linux can't decide and adds them as both types of devices. I love going into my mouse settings on KDE and finding my keyboard showing up on the list before the mouse. Sure I'll disable mouse acceleration on my Akko piece of shit.
Nobody even mentioned adobe software or any multiplayer games anyways. But it's fine, live with so much freedom you have to adapt to flaccid standards everytime you buy any sort of hardware whatsoever.

>>725269471
You're a disingenuous fuck and nobody here is going to even for a moment pretend you're serious if you act like you use Adobe these days.
Not even the people adobe PAYS to use adobe products like using them.

>>725269575
Actual broken record, he keeps going on with adobe when nobody's mentioned it.
I use darktable (ooooh oooh it's open source software *gasp*) and affinity (v2 because I don't wanna fuck with canva). Keep going, it's funny.

>>725247593 (OP)
You seem to suffer from extreme skill issue, just stop updating your OS for no reason

>>725247593 (OP)
On W11 right now
Just upgraded from 10
I'm on a local account, works pretty much identically to 10 after debloating
With some added features, so I'm happy

>>725271906
post your idle ram usage before and after the switch

>>725269015
I do get that short blackout when switching from some fullscreen thing back to the desktop, but only with Adaptive Sync set to 'Automatic'. It doesn't happen when it's set to 'Always'.
4kx240 Hz, so it's using DSC as well

>>725272097
It shouldn't happen when using Always given it's not switching out modes.
What I find weird is that you wouldn't have it randomly blanking out at times. On desktop plasma VRR is a bit erratic. Depending on what content is being played on screen it either goes down to 48hz and makes the cursor behave a little bit unsmooth (sometimes it is, sometimes it isn't) and with dark decorations like what you're showing, there's some noticeable VRR flickering. I'm using an MSI 271QPX QD-OLED monitor myself.
I played a bit with custom EDID editing and VRR ranges but found nothing that would really solve this issue. EDID extraction on this monitor is nonsense and it requires switching to DP 1.4 (which with DSC, goes down from 360hz to either unusable color fringing nightmare 240hz or 120hz due to its low bandwidth). I'm guessing your monitor doesn't really have much trouble with 240hz max and doesn't trigger the blanking out unless on auto mode.

>>725271991
Can't do before but It's 6.1gb usage idle

>>725247593 (OP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEWb1otLVPo
https://github.com/Raphire/Win11Debloat
https://privacy.sexy/
https://github.com/ChrisTitusTech/winutil
https://github.com/ionuttbara/windows-defender-remover
Is it so hard to execute a .bat or just copy paste stuff in powershell?

>>725272493
>Is it so hard to execute a .bat or just copy paste stuff in powershell?
Yes, the main reason people are afraid of Linux is because entering something into the terminal is a thing you have / might want to do sometimes

>>725247593 (OP)
I don't have these problems since I'm not tech illiterate.

>>725263030
Linux has never worked for me out of the box, and I've tried a lot of distros. So shut the fuck up with your bullshit.

>>725272578
>sometimes
all the times

>>725272834
i don't go into the terminal because i have to, i go into the terminal because it's much more efficient.

>>725273034
Right, Linux is for people that like to do that
Windows is for people that want to forget about the OS after it's installed, which is why they get annoyed by windows popups

>>725273034
Efficient for what, installing packages? Besides a well made GUI will be 100x better for the average user if it is intuitive.

>>725273102
GNOME is for people like that
Way more distraction free desktop experience than Windows

>>725261454
>i'm too poor and/or stupid to use the edition intended for businesses
ms would be in for a world of legal hurt if they kept trying to sneak their spyware in on that.

>>725273240
Listen, I know you don't understand, but it's still a tinkerers OS

>>725247593 (OP)
my motherboard cannot install 11 so im safe until everything breaks at which point I will install linux. bill gates had his chance to be not a piece of shit.

>please wait 120 (again, loop. reported this 7 fucking times)
for fuck sake fix your website you useless cunts

>>725247593 (OP)
Console players are all zoomers and they don't know how to use a PC, only their phones.

>>725273432
GNOME is a desktop environment not an OS, and no generally speaking GNOME has less options than windows.

>>725273641
Stay in the same thread for 15 minutes and post more than once and the loop stops

>>725258868
Fuck, the chick on the left would be hovering around my groin then. Whos that

>>725247593 (OP)
>windows defender is constantly deleting files
You have to create exemptions for cracked .dlls, and if it's flagging compressed files, extract them on a portable drive and then create and exemption for the file it was flagging.

>yes; Windows is now poojeet coded cancer

>>725272665
his OS doesn't just werk
shameful. that was the only reason to use jeetdows. you were so proud about it too.
what's the point of using your shitty jeet OS anymore

>>725273809
The idea is also to play games

>>725274205
then install steam? it works on every distro.

>>725247593 (OP)
>October steam hardware survey showed only a 1% move off windows 10
I really thought it would be more, guess most people got the EoL support?

>>725262589
Far too complicated, it should just be a white square for windows 12, because modern windows are like that nowadays

>>725247593 (OP)
>Sometimes I wish I bought an AMD card so I could use Bazzite
just use CachyOS then

>>725276326
the people using windows 11 are on laptops and prebuilts for the most part
people aren't migrating because there's no use in throwing away a $2000 computer. the hordes of normalfaggots will switch in waves when drivers for W10 stop coming out, when more bloated jeetware that requires an RTX 20080 comes out, and when CEF/electron ends support for the OS (and steam stops running without requiring dirty hacks)

>>725265803
I just use arch-for-retards AKA Cachy OS, it's comfy.

>>725276606
I do expect in a year most people will be on 11. Unfortunate but until windows is actually challenged it'll continue its monopoly on the industry.

>>725276326
>I really thought it would be more, guess most people got the EoL support?
Nah you're looking at it all wrong mate. Once upon a time people actually updated their OS's, they knew how to install software, do basic computer shit. So when a knew OS came out, you actually had to convince customers to buy it and upgrade.

Now people just buy pre-built, disposable laptops for the most part that come with Windows pre-installed. They will "upgrade" to W11 when they buy a new laptop.

Microsoft will force the transition with hardware the same as they did with W10.

>>725247593 (OP)
why would console players even be part of that debate?

>>725276678
How does it compare to mint?

>>725276852
it's impossible to break their de facto monopoly without regulation
>vendor lock-in (software support. tons of proprietary APIs. wine is trying to get shit running, but it's a herculean effort)
>back-alley deals with OEMs (they get licenses for pennies on the dollar as long as they refuse to ship other operating systems, plus they make a killing by loading computers with bloatware)
>uncooperative OEMs and manufacturers (no datasheets, whitepapers, or documentation to write your own drivers. manfacturers HATE people writing and maintaining drivers btw)
>proprietary blobs (bits of machine code that contain crucial instructions to drive hardware). makes it impossible to write proper drivers, add custom functionality, etc.
>driver signature enforcement. GPUs and other pieces of hardware expect cryptographically signed firmware and drivers, so even if you manage to write your own drivers, they won't be loaded
>DRM. (((remote attestation))) (((TPMs))) and (((secure boot))) threaten your ownership over your data and devices. this shit happened to android, where you need to pass (((play integrity))) hardware attestation checks or a ton of apps will refuse to launch. this killed custom ROMs and OSs dead in the water

>>725278352
>>driver signature enforcement. GPUs and other pieces of hardware expect cryptographically signed firmware and drivers
forgot to say. this is the hardware itself refusing to run anything not signed by the manufacturer (e.g. NVIDIA GPUs will only load shit signed by NVIDIA). this lets them EOL your card with impunity
the OS demanding driver signatures it recognizes is a wholly separate issue

>>725277920
The main difference is, it's a rolling distro.
You get access to all the bleeding edge software because it's arch based.
Second biggest difference is package manager and AUR.
Basically you have easy access to a lot of software without the need of compiling it manually.
I don't GUI package installer because I still prefer CLI.
Default shell is fish instead of bash but you can easily change that.
You still have access to all the major DE flavours, out of the gate.
Installation is dead brain easy for both so if you have spare drive you should try it.

>>725247593 (OP)
Using a PS4 at my girlfriend's place is an absolutely horrible experience
It's like being forced to use W11 and not being able to use any of the MILLIONS of ways you have access to on windows to make it better

>>725279064
Using windows 11 at my friend's place is an absolutely horrible experience
It's like being forced to use linux and not being able to use any of the MILLIONS of ways you have access to on linux to make it better

Uhhh console bros the fucking PC retards are satirizing us...
>>725279906
>>725279906
Can we do something about it?? My blood is boiling reading this post

It's hilarious that in 2025 people still think you need a microsoft account to install windows

It's always been possible to set it up without an internet connection, or simply open the command prompt and run a command to skip that

It's literally a normie filter