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[โ€“] toddestan@lemmy.world 220 points 2 months ago (40 children)

As someone who is lazy, I find running Linux to be less work than fighting with Windows.

[โ€“] DarkCloud@lemmy.world 48 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (10 children)

There's no struggle free OS, every OS has operations and processes that will need more detailed investigation, and hence read as "fighting with the operating system".

No design is intuitive to everyone, all the time, and in all situations. I'm sure Linux is fine, but let's be real, you know what I mean.

I'm glad that Linux is more intuitive to you than Windows. Good job finding it, and setting it all up ๐Ÿ‘

[โ€“] Dettweiler42@lemmy.dbzer0.com 32 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Honestly, a lot of desktop environments are designed to feel very similar to Windows. I tried Mint on a laptop and started liking it right away. The setup was put it on a flash drive, and run the installer. It took 20 minutes to nuke Windows.

My OS struggles come from trying to get windows-specific DAWs and CAD Software to work, which will hopefully come around as more people switch to Linux. I have some alternatives that I'm playing with right now.

[โ€“] AmbientChaos@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How tough was the DAW to get working? FL is basically the thing keeping me on Windows at this point

I haven't made any recent attempts to get FL Studio working again, but from what I understand, Bottles can set up an install pretty easily. Reinstalling your VSTs can be done through Bottles as well, so it's one folder containing everything.

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