Yup! Just installed it on my laptop after several tries running into bugs during install. My desktop is next, but I’m not ready for the headaches of figuring out a dual-boot yet. I’m mentally preparing for it, though, so fingers crossed.
So I might as well ask beforehand: Does anyone have a preferred tutorial for it? I prefer a recommendation to going in blind.
Hello. Not really a tutorial but a bit of advice: get a new internal SSD from Amazon and install it on that, leaving your Windows drive alone. It is a lot less of a headache if Linux is on a dedicated drive.
I don’t think it needs a tutorial, it’s automatic. but some advice:
- don’t delete any partitions, shrink them if you need space. who knows if windows needs it to boot
- either have 2 ESP partitions (requires motherboard support), or use a different disk for linux. if windows and linux share an ESP, windows updates can somehow fuck up the linux boot chain, which is wonderful because everything is placed in per-OS directories. you don’t have to order from amazon
- disable fast startup in windows (control panel, energy settings, what does the power button do menu), because it’s hibernation every time
- disable hibernation, or handle with care. you shouldn’t boot linux while windows is hibernated: changes the ESP and windows filesystems might haven’t been written completely, also windows will do unpredictable things if these get changed while it’s hibernated. linux kernel updates and efibootmgr changes could also make windows to drop its hibernated state and not load it
- if you use multiple disks, consider creating a linux filesystem there. ext4, btrfs, whatever, former is fine if you don’t know the difference. ntfs filesystems can be accessed well (except symbolic links?), but it’s slow, cpu-heavy because of an implementation detail that makes it maintainable
I wonder if SteamDeck counts toward desktop share here? It kinda is a desktop OS, even though it’s mainly used on a handheld device. Either way, I think that contributes a lot to normalization and stability of the ecosystem, if not device count.
The big factor though is probably just a shrinking market. For people that aren’t computer nerds or businesses, it’s getting less likely they own a laptop or desktop, and more likely they think their phone is good enough.
Only if Steam Decks are being counted by StatCounter
I’m just bitching, but I had to put windows on one of my machines for the first time in just over 10 years (since I was a kid) and I absolutely fucking hate it. slow ass, bloated, clunky ass OS. garbage software.
Use the IoT LTSC version and install it using Rufus. Zero bloat, very fast, no clunk.
Is IOT LTCS version legally available for consumers? Or only for businesses?
I bought a cd key for like £4 from one of those dubious cd key sites. It worked flawlessly. I don’t know how legal that is exactly (the internet isn’t exactly clear on how those sites obtain keys), but tbh it’s good enough for me and has no risk of malware. I figure Microsoft could easily block such keys if they wanted and they haven’t.
Just a tip: If you installed Pro or better you can use Group Policies (gpedit.msc) to strip the OS bloat down slightly more than the Home versions. Education and Enterprise also have the telemetry spyware completely removed. But they have a few extra things you’ll probably never use and you’ll want to disable (like their terrible Remote Desktop stuff, Work Folders, etc.)
(I dual boot for gaming. So I know the pain.)
as soon as I’m done taking the cysa+ exam I’m going back to arch. I can not stand this. but thank you for the info! I’ll dig around and see what more I can do to make it a bit more bearable.
Oh, in that case, I assume they have you running Pro or Enterprise? If so, ignore what I said about disabling the Remote Desktop and Work Folder stuff. Work Folders especially though, they’re a complete pain (or were) and used pretty frequently. So you’ll probably be working with them a bit.
nah I don’t think so. like literally as soon as I get done with the exam, it’s so over for windows.
im sure most of yall know but it was new to me that you can use some terminal commands while installing to activate pro edition and ms office pro and other stuff fairly easily https://github.com/massgravel/Microsoft-Activation-Scripts
MAS <3
Bonus: If you use the new TSForge method, it’s a permanent hardware registration. Meaning you’ll never have to activate Windows again, just connect to the internet and it’ll do it’s thing when it calls home.
It also has ESU support for Windows 10, so you can register for the extended security updates after it reaches EOL completely free.
Linux Mint runs so fast on my laptop that was struggling to boot Windows 11.
Also, no driver issues yet! Whew.E: I spoke too soon, the wifi turns off for reasons.
That’s me now! Yayyy!
I think a big part of this is PC builders choosing an OS. There is so much content on YouTube about switching to Linux, and people have experience with the Steam Deck as well, which also factors in.
Okay Linux users, no snark about this distro is better than that one. We’re all just one happy family.
It really could be more if the linux user community could agree on things and stop gatekeeping - which seems to be the only thing most online active linux users can agree on “ermagerd eternal september” 🙄
Anti Commercial-AI license
You know they steal books by the library right? How is this line supposed to do anything? It reminds me of the Facebook copy and paste spam like “Don’t make my photos publicly available” after the person already uploaded a million photos on their page
You know they steal books by the library right?
Who steals books from the library? The Creative Commons Org? I tried looking it up online and can’t really find what you are referring to.
Do you mean that they literally take books from the library and never return them, or do they copy library books an slap a new license on them? Are the books that they do that to in the public domain?
who
People who make AI models
steal
they steal data for AI
by the library
“by the ___” is an expression for quantities
Ah, I see what you are saying. Thanks for taking the time to explain.
I guess I’m confused what that licence has to do with AI though.
I know onlinepersona put AI on the end of that link, but from what I can tell it’s just a normal copy left license.
I guess some conceivably could put such a licence on an AI generated thing, but I’m not sure they would be able to enforce it unless the model wasn’t trained on stolen data.
They might be able to copyright the prompt though.
Idk, we will probably have to rely on the courts to determine something like that, which means we will get the worst possible outcome.
You know they steal books by the library right?
It’s a little badge they like to wear.
Used to be a lot longer and more annoying.
Thanks Microsoft!
Dozens of us!!
…but this is actually good news. I’m glad to hear it.
I am the 5%!!
This is really market share against Microsoft, not Mac. For good reason too, Microsoft is working very hard to ruin their company. They’re losing a lot of ground to Mac as well, especially in the small business sector where many things are web based now anyways. Run an MSP and we’ve had quite a few clients get fed up with inconsistent updates and repeated dumb problems… looking at you WSD and printing.
where many things are web based now anyways
Wait, Randall knows about xmonad?
I don’t know about xmonad, but let’s assume Randall knows everything.
Oh don’t worry. Apple has been working very hard on enshitifyjng their OS. They just don’t get reported on as much as Microsoft.
I worked for an MSP that supported an all-Mac environment. Got real tired of telling people that their problem was a well-known bug in Mac that Apple has ignored for over 10 years and would probably never be fixed. I had to give that explanation a lot, for many different issues.
At least with Windows people expect problems like that. Mac people refuse to believe anything could possibly be Apple’s fault.
I had a Mac user chew me out for putting on a non-Apple mouse that JUST DOESN’T WORK ON MAC!!!1! Found out that he’d used the non-Apple mouse fine for about a month, then changed his desk to one with a glass top, and wasn’t using a mousepad. So the laser just shot through the clear glass and did fuck-all. Didn’t even have the decency to look abashed when I tossed a magazine down as a mousepad for him until we could get him some artist-approved mousepad bullshit. Fucking ad agencies are full of twats.
They went from 98% to 70%
70% is a lot but the completion is starting to slowly gain up. If companies like Google and Apple made something good Microsoft would be in serious trouble.
Apple did by releasing ARM based CPUs for desktop. This means they also change to MAC OS. Hence no longer 98% market share.
Now the future is ARM, desktop, laptop and mobile. Windows have hard time bringing over all their legacy software over to ARM. Their legacy compability is their biggest strength that they now have to get rid of or rebuild.
Looking forward, analysts predict Linux could hit 7% by 2027 if trends continue, driven by AI integrations in distributions like those from Canonical
Or rather, by their optionality. Some people want those tools, some don’t want to touch them with a 3m pole; Linux can appease to both, unlike Windows is doing.
Looking forward, analysts predict Linux could hit 7% by 2027 if trends continue, driven by AI integrations in distributions like those from Canonical
Sure. That must be the reason.
Glad they mentioned distros to avoid for their AI integration.
People gagging so hard on the AI dick that they try to reason that people going to open source are doing it for AI… What a world
Gotta shove AI into everything to prevent the bubble from collapsing.
certainly not like I specifically switched over to avoid having an AI automatically launch on start-up without my permission.
I was wondering if Linux would break 5% in global stats. Can I expect that? I am still not sure.
“surge”
my god we’re talking about reaching a whopping 5% marketshare, can we please fucking stop it with the soyfacing until it’s at least 10%?
going :OOO over 5% feels so incredibly sad, it’s like bragging about your wealth because you found a coin under your sofa
Is it… dare I say it… the year of the Linux desktop?
Always has been! 🚀🔫
We’ll see at the end of the year. Don’t celebrate too soon.
Well it’s fucked now, I thought we all agreed not to say it and see if it made any difference
Shhhhhh! You’ll jinx it!
The year of the linux desktop will only happen if no one said that year is the year of the linux desktop
Half Life 3 confirmed!
It’s the geek version of The Game. Also, I just lost.
🌎👨🚀🔫👨🚀
Businesses still use it. The EU gov is switching to Linux, or maybe just once country, but you get the point…
