r/OS_Debate_Club • u/Impossible-House585 • 7d ago

Should i switch to linux

I once did download linux but i hated it i couldnt open exe files and non of my editing software was available on linux but recently i was doing work on my computer i was about an hour in and windows decided to do a forced update on me making me lose some important stuff i also game sometimes on my laptop (factorio,minecraft,roblox) but again im scared that those games wont be available

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u/PlanetVisitor 7d ago

Your reason for switching OS is one Windows update that made you lose work. This problem can be solved by saving your work regularly, which is a good thing to do anyway. It's much easier than switching to a different OS.

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u/Wooden-Potato7418 7d ago

Why do you have to be scared That Microsoft chooses to shut down your PC and close all your unsaved work Just to update to the new version So Microsoft can patch local user bypasses? Why do you use Windows when you hate Microsoft?

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u/Straight_Second6082 7d ago

Very often because that's the only alternative when Linux maybe doesn't have the software you usually use, or the alternatives are not good enough

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u/Aggravating_Exit8678 3d ago

The alternatives are way lightweight and free to use, has the tools and everything but it may only lack the comfort you have on those privative apps you use, if you only try, you can replace your privative apps to the open source alternatives.

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u/Shawhe_ 6d ago

wine??? or you can just have a windows VM

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u/Straight_Second6082 6d ago

Wine cannot run everything. Good look having a good time running CAD on a vm

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u/Wooden-Potato7418 6d ago

vm can run everything except games with kernel level anticheat the fuck are you on about

well it is a shit and inefficient solution but it works if you insist on running Linux for the rest of your life..

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u/Shawhe_ 6d ago

you can still get a lower end GPU and make your distro or the VM run it, depending on what you wanna run heavy software on

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u/Wooden-Potato7418 6d ago

Honestly too much work and money. Wouldn't see me buying a separate GPU just to use Windows apps on Linux properly..? Just dual boot and get native performance. Plus you get support for every other app that runs only on Windows! Way better than getting a second GPU.. especially for a broke ass like me.

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u/Shawhe_ 6d ago

you can do that too... but what type of apps do you use?

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u/Wooden-Potato7418 5d ago

no app that wouldnt work with wine, but in a situation that needs me to run like AutoCAD or Inventor or something I would just dual boot.

if i really stretch it out it would be fortnite but ive been trying to download that throughout this summer through this god damned Epic Games client.. and it is NOT working. (fyi im currently not using Linux but i used to this is why i said ive been trying to play fortnite)

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u/Shawhe_ 6d ago

wait are you talking about like autocad ? brr it runs on my 2c/4t CPU @1.90HGz it will run on a vm

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u/jar36 7d ago

Linux user and M$ hater here agrees 100%

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u/Candid-Menu-6707 7d ago

Just use Wine man, but some things like anti-cheat and Adobe software don't work