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		rpigab on Oct 16, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Windows 10 warns me to use a "Microsoft-verified" ... I've kept Windows only for gaming and specific software, today most software is multiplatform or has a web version, and Steam uses WINE/Proton which makes probably over 90% of my game library playable, and for the rest there has many alternative ways. It's only been a few weeks, but I don't have Windows installed on any of my PCs now. It's a shame that I still need lots of fiddling to figure out Nvidia drivers and why Wayland is not there yet, so for now I have to use Xorg, but for experienced users, it works really well. I really wish it could be the same for newbies tough.

fsflover on Oct 16, 2023 [–]

Newbies need to buy Linux preinstalled, which is for some reason very hard to find in shops.

mcv on Oct 16, 2023 | [–]

True. What we need is a hardware manufacturer that pushes it the way Apple uses their hardware to push Mac OS. Like System76, but bigger.

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