Why #Linux is Great (Despite the Challenges)

Linux gives you #freedom, #control, and #performance — even for #gaming. With tools like #Proton, #Wine, and #Lutris, thousands of #Windows games now run smoothly on Linux.

You get a #fast, #secure, and #customizable system without background bloat or forced #updates. Sure, setup can be tricky at first, and not every title works perfectly out of the box. But the learning curve pays off: you gain real control over your system and understand how it works.

The #community is active and helpful, and performance often matches or even beats Windows in some games. Once you're in, there's no going back.

Linux makes gaming smarter, cleaner, and yours.

Well this is cool! A migration tool for Windows refugees that installs Kubuntu and migrates all your files directly under Windows, and once it's done and a reboot later, you're in Linux! Neat

https://youtube.com/watch?v=PMoXClh8emw

Tal dia com avui de 2000 ens arribava "Kiss: Psycho Circus - The Nightmare Child" per "Windows" . #KissPsychoCircusTheNightmareChild #Kiss #Windows #Shooter #Videojocs #Gaming #VideoGames #RetroGaming #ClassicGaming #RetroGames #VideojocsAntics

Windows: Microsoft stellt das Windows Subsystem for Linux quelloffen - Golem.de
https://www.golem.de/news/windows-microsoft-stellt-das-windows-subsystem-for-linux-quelloffen-2505-196361.html #Microsoft #Windows #WSL

Before you advocate #Linux as an alternative for #Windows, it has to be fit for purpose first. This requires understanding and empathy for your (potential) users, which I am not sure a large chunk of the community is capable of.

I wonder how differently #retrocomputing history would have gone if #Microsoft had developed a 32-bit multitasking #MSDOS.

#Windows certainly would have been different if it ran on top of such a thing.

There is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS-DOS_4.0_(multitasking) but it's not 32-bit, and good luck running multiple programs with only 640kB of memory.

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#montage #windows
#urban #wildlife
#light #light
#paris #shadow

We're pleased to #announce that as part of the wider @Endof10 campaign #dublinlinux will be hosting an #endof10 event with @tog 13 September 2025, details on https://endofwin10.ie/ #linux #opensource #windows10 #windows #microsoft #ireland #dublin #tech #computers #laptops #technology

Kann es sein, dass der "alternative" #DNS Server, der in #Windows einstellbar ist gar nicht alternativ (also wenn der primäre versagt) ist, sondern beide in einem mehr oder weniger zufälligen Verfahren gefragt werden?

Habe hier gerade so einen Fall, der das vermuten lässt...

Ist Windows wirklich so?

#Windows

Tuesday 15 July Linux install parties in #Canada and #France (all times local)!

* #VanLUG Linux Link @ #Surrey (#Vancouver #BritishColumbia), 17h30-19h30

https://www.meetup.com/vanlug-bc/events/308064078/

* Rencontre et atelier d'installation de Linux, #Grenoble, 19h-21h

https://www.agendadulibre.org/events/32051

For details and more events worldwide: https://endof10.org/events/

This is the data Windows collects about you - Neowin
https://www.neowin.net/news/this-is-the-data-windows-collects-about-you/ #privacy #windows

In my quest to move away from #Windows and #Microsoft, I bought a used Windows 10 laptop that I will use to learn what I need to know about Linux. I plan to set up the laptop to run both Windows 10 and Linux and then use it to get some hands on experience with Linux.

I have several friends and family members who have Windows 10 computers that are not upgradeable to Windows 11. I hope to get all my Windows computers converted to Linux and also help them convert their computers over to Linux in the next several months. This laptop will be my test case.

I'm a little nervous, but am looking forward to success with Linux. Wish me luck! (and I'll appreciate any tips or advice experienced Linux users have for me)

If you're not using UniGetUI for all your Windows package management needs, you really ought to be.

There are still nuances for gamers to switch from Windows to Linux.

Yes, there are less nuances than past decade, but there are still.

*Linux is like Ice Cream*

https://www.optoutproject.net/linux-is-like-ice-cream/

Like ice cream, the #Linux operating system comes in different flavors.

Imagine you'd never tried ice cream before, wondering -- Do I go for Vanilla, Strawberry or Chocolate?

Yes, the afficionados have their own crazy flavor combinations and are proud of them. But you don't have to do that. You can just start with #Vanilla or #Chocolate and that is fine.

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Hey hey.

Yet another post about #VCFWest because the maps and layout just went up.

I’m all the way at the end of the main hall, exhibit 1/The Aero Aesthetic. Come on by on August 1-2, come get your streetpass on if you have a 3DS. Or get a 3D-printed bauble. And maybe play some games or confess your love to whoever’s sitting on one of the other machines via AIM.

https://vcfed.org/events/vintage-computer-festival-west/vcf-west-2025-layout/

(Boosts appreciated!)

#Windows (11) people, a question: Is there a way to make an app remember the last place I saved something? Example:

- Windows + Shift + S to screencap something
- Click Markup & Share to edit it in Snipping Tool
- Click Save button
- Drill down to a folder (in OneDrive)
- Save

But next time I take a screenshot and click Save, Snipping Tool defaults to a different folder. Whyyy

Is there a way to make it remember the folder I drilled down to?