fossilesque@mander.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 months agoWindows 10 only has a year of support: 12 months left to keep Copilot off your desktop or learn Linuxwww.pcgamer.comexternal-linkmessage-square235fedilinkarrow-up1559arrow-down147cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.bestiver.setechnology@lemmit.onlinetechnology@lemmy.mlpcgaming@lemmy.mlpcgaming@lemmy.ca
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minus-squaresmiletolerantly@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up29arrow-down1·2 months agoNo, you are right. In your situation, Linux is just not an option - yet. I think these posts are meant for the 95% of people that use a browser, and maaaaybe a mail client on their PC. Photoshop/Illustrator will only ever get ported if enough people have already made the move that Adobe can’t afford to ignore Linux any longer. That being said, if those requirements are just for work, what’s keeping you on Windows on your private devices?
minus-squareChuckEffingNorris@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·2 months agoThat’s a fair point, other than I do need to work at home on occasion! I’ll have a good think about it.
minus-squareWIZARD POPE💫@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 months agoYou could switch to Linux at home and just have a windows VM in case you need to do something for work urgently.
minus-squarezeekaran@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 months agoFor people just using a browser and mail, they could just use Android. Samsung Dex is pretty great as a laptop replacement.
minus-squaresmiletolerantly@awful.systemslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 months agoThe point is to ditch the dependency on a corporate Overlord, not to find a different daddy
No, you are right. In your situation, Linux is just not an option - yet.
I think these posts are meant for the 95% of people that use a browser, and maaaaybe a mail client on their PC.
Photoshop/Illustrator will only ever get ported if enough people have already made the move that Adobe can’t afford to ignore Linux any longer.
That being said, if those requirements are just for work, what’s keeping you on Windows on your private devices?
That’s a fair point, other than I do need to work at home on occasion!
I’ll have a good think about it.
You could switch to Linux at home and just have a windows VM in case you need to do something for work urgently.
For people just using a browser and mail, they could just use Android. Samsung Dex is pretty great as a laptop replacement.
The point is to ditch the dependency on a corporate Overlord, not to find a different daddy