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Finally nuked my Linux install. Where to go next.
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Debian user, former Mint user, former many other Linux user. Unless there was a coincidental hardware fault, a Timeshift backup would have prevented all this angst. 
Now, one is either into Linux and uses the video editing tools available or, they are not. If they are not, then pretty much the Linux box will likely be used as a basic PC to cruise the net, make purchases, gaming (big time gaming), etc. I like Linux but if you really want to do Video and the sort...you should use a Mac. IMO
Now, one is either into Linux and uses the video editing tools available or, they are not. If they are not, then pretty much the Linux box will likely be used as a basic PC to cruise the net, make purchases, gaming (big time gaming), etc. I like Linux but if you really want to do Video and the sort...you should use a Mac. IMO
Well, Linux is great and has great hardware support. And it is not perfect and sometimes it lacks drivers, sure. But it is not his fault, neither it is manufacturers' fault. A company seeks profit and targets specific users with his products. Often this means poor Linux support as the company is not interested in techie users and only supports Windows. And the Linux community can not deliver instantly support for every new device. But it will. An example: Six months ago I bought a Samsung Galaxy Book 4 with Windows 11. I tried booting Debian Stable but it did not boot. Then as Debian is rather conservative (and I like that), I tried Fedora which is cutting edge and everything worked out of the box, everything - keyboard backlight, wifi, sound, special keys... Then I tried Debian Testing and everything worked on it too. Now this laptop is dual-boot machine with Windows 11 and Debian Testing.
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I gotta say, things where probably leaning towards user error and skill issue for me. Shoulda used backup (always found the system as a tester that I kept testing until I broke it with an update) I didn't update as much as I should have. Didn't know what I was doing. Possible hardware fault and or gremlins....
So how's windows 11? Haven't really used the system like I thought I would. It tends to go coma instead of waking from sleep requiring holding down the power button to shut off. Heard this could be a windows issue.
Haven't done much with the box so far...
So how's windows 11? Haven't really used the system like I thought I would. It tends to go coma instead of waking from sleep requiring holding down the power button to shut off. Heard this could be a windows issue.
Haven't done much with the box so far...
performance wise it would obliterate it in terms of CPU, memory speed and storage speed.
So how have things been so far with my W11 test drive? Meh. In all actuality I haven't done much with it like I thought I would. Actually wasn't sure about the whole experience and that's kind of hampered the test drive like I thought it would so have done minimal installs mostly stuff I'd use on Linux anyway besides DPP (canon raw converter) and that's clunky. GIMP 3 a bit clunky also.
However some of Microsoft's and W11 nuances are starting to make an appearance, like game pass popping up and the tamagotchi attention grabbing junk in the left bottom corner that once housed the start menu button is constantly "it's going to rain! It's going to be dry it's going to temp one way then another" etc. a big deal? Not really but the thing is now starting to hang on shut down requiring holding down the power button. No updates in the pipeline that I could see, it did force one a few days ago.
Haven't even launched a new game I got probably because I'm not sure on this thing.
The whole experience so far has just been meh and if the thing borked or something I don't think I'd miss it. Not saying I miss Linux and want to go running back to it, I have thought about trying it again. Definitely not married to this windows box...
Macs are on sale... 🤔
However some of Microsoft's and W11 nuances are starting to make an appearance, like game pass popping up and the tamagotchi attention grabbing junk in the left bottom corner that once housed the start menu button is constantly "it's going to rain! It's going to be dry it's going to temp one way then another" etc. a big deal? Not really but the thing is now starting to hang on shut down requiring holding down the power button. No updates in the pipeline that I could see, it did force one a few days ago.
Haven't even launched a new game I got probably because I'm not sure on this thing.
The whole experience so far has just been meh and if the thing borked or something I don't think I'd miss it. Not saying I miss Linux and want to go running back to it, I have thought about trying it again. Definitely not married to this windows box...
Macs are on sale... 🤔
Yeah, there's a number of win11 oddities. I've gotten used to the start menu in the middle, but for some really stupid reason the Run program (win+r) pop-up is on the far left. I use the run program heavily for work, and in windows 10, it was aligned to the start menu now its not.
Take a look at Stardock's Start 11, that gives you a lot of control of the look, feel and location of the start menu, and the taskbar.
you can google "how to stop windows 11 ads" Truth be told, I've not looked into it too much, but there's quite a few steps to take to close it down.
then there's O&O shutup10++ This gives you a ton of control regarding the telemetry being sent back to the mothership and what runs on windows 11. Its a powerful tool, so keep that mind.
Take a look at Stardock's Start 11, that gives you a lot of control of the look, feel and location of the start menu, and the taskbar.
you can google "how to stop windows 11 ads" Truth be told, I've not looked into it too much, but there's quite a few steps to take to close it down.
then there's O&O shutup10++ This gives you a ton of control regarding the telemetry being sent back to the mothership and what runs on windows 11. Its a powerful tool, so keep that mind.
Well, trying to take a little bit of a deeper dive into the W11 box. Currently got adb set up and trying to update my rooted pixel 8 pro. The adb commands are backwards and I'm very rusty... Will see if I turn my phone into a more expensive brick I mean it is Friday the 13th after all 😆
BTW it's not that the start menu got moved , it's just the constant attention the new bottom left hand corner wants. Can tune it out however. Did come across a video basically stating M$ was going to start blocking unsupported hardware.
So far I'm still meh about this box. Do miss a couple Linux features. On the Manjaro box if I wanted to send an image over Bluetooth, I'd just right click on it, pick share and Bluetooth would come up. On the windows 11 box, got to click the Bluetooth icon in the system try, send , find the image to select check authentication wake up my phone and get it to look for the computer then send. A little more finicky but manageable I guess.
Kind of miss the photo workflow on Linux a little bit. A couple other things also.
A bit torn on which direction to take. I do feel one miss click on the windows box and there goes more data. Trying to keep things minimal on the rig. Actually have the thing set up almost like I had on my Linux set up and I barely use the windows only programs anyway.
BTW it's not that the start menu got moved , it's just the constant attention the new bottom left hand corner wants. Can tune it out however. Did come across a video basically stating M$ was going to start blocking unsupported hardware.
So far I'm still meh about this box. Do miss a couple Linux features. On the Manjaro box if I wanted to send an image over Bluetooth, I'd just right click on it, pick share and Bluetooth would come up. On the windows 11 box, got to click the Bluetooth icon in the system try, send , find the image to select check authentication wake up my phone and get it to look for the computer then send. A little more finicky but manageable I guess.
Kind of miss the photo workflow on Linux a little bit. A couple other things also.
A bit torn on which direction to take. I do feel one miss click on the windows box and there goes more data. Trying to keep things minimal on the rig. Actually have the thing set up almost like I had on my Linux set up and I barely use the windows only programs anyway.