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   Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 02:24:12 JST Jason Evangelho

   I wrote this piece 6 years ago, and I believe most of it is still relevant today. But with Windows 10 going EOL next year, it's time for a fresh version of this article. I'm curious if you'd add anything else to it?

   https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2018/07/23/5-reasons-you-should-switch-from-windows-to-linux-right-now/

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 02:28:15 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Darth ŠČ! ✞

     @darth I despise that screen so much. But, I suppose it's a good education for future Linux users to have :D

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     Darth ŠČ! ✞ (darth@silversword.online)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 02:28:17 JST Darth ŠČ! ✞

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     @killyourfm I needed to help my daughter study ... Windows (yes, really) for school so I fired up my Win11 virtual machine and ... WORKING ON UPDATES ... so when we were finished I shut it down. Next morning we continued the study and what do you know ... WORKING ON UPDATES (yes, again!).

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 02:29:00 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Ernie Smith

     @ernie

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     Ernie Smith (ernie@writing.exchange)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 02:29:02 JST Ernie Smith

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     @killyourfm Definitely adding in more about Flatpak and Proton, which (for their own respective reasons) have changed a lot about the experience that makes it appealing to the average non-technical user.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 02:30:27 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Ernie Smith

     @ernie It's kinda blowing my mind that when I penned this article in 2018, Proton wasn't even released yet.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 02:43:21 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Aaron In Minnesota

     @aeischeid YES, thank you for the reminder about this! Also makes me about things like the Surface kernel project, the great work being done for ASUS laptops, etc. Appreciate it.

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     Aaron In Minnesota (aeischeid@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 02:43:22 JST Aaron In Minnesota

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     @killyourfm Firmware updates have gotten really good for a lot of popular hardware brands, a small nugget to include in the "updates aren't a headache" section

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     Aaron In Minnesota (aeischeid@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 02:44:28 JST Aaron In Minnesota

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     • Ernie Smith

     @ernie @killyourfm Yes, this. Gaming is so good, and easy on Linux nowadays.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 02:44:28 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Aaron In Minnesota

     @aeischeid @ernie Truly amazing how much this has improved in 6 years.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 02:49:25 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Aaron In Minnesota

     @aeischeid @ernie In truth, actually easier than Windows! Gaming definitely needs its own section now -- probably its own series of new articles.

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     Aaron In Minnesota (aeischeid@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 02:49:26 JST Aaron In Minnesota

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     • Ernie Smith

     @killyourfm @ernie If you have a AMD or intel graphics card that you will basically never even have to think about graphic driver install or upgrades cause it is all built in is maybe worth touching on. overlaps with that upgrades not headache and gaming is easy stuff

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 04:15:40 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • Reay

     @reay oooh, that's exciting! Will it be your first desktop Linux experience?

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     Reay (reay@beige.party)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 04:15:42 JST Reay

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     @killyourfm Timely. I just got a new (to me) laptop with Windows on it. No more excuses to not finally get a harddrive partitioned (that’s… that’s what one does, yes?) and get Linux set up with a dual boot option to dip a toe in.

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     Jason Evangelho (killyourfm@layer8.space)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 04:30:43 JST Jason Evangelho

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     • :spinning_pinwheel: PreCosmos

     @ReverseModule "Linux: Make Your PC Personal Again"

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     :spinning_pinwheel: PreCosmos (reversemodule@mstdn.games)'s status on Friday, 01-Nov-2024 04:30:44 JST :spinning_pinwheel: PreCosmos

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     @killyourfm My main reason for using Linux is that I can have my own personal workflow. Personalized and optimal for me. Whether it's TWMs or custom keyboard keybinds, immutable or classic distros Linux is so versatile and agile in its usage everyone can have their own personal workflow, so that using your PC is a joy and not a hassle.

     That's what sold me Linux initially and it still does so today.