• Cevilia (they/she/…)@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    17 hours ago

    Pro tip: If you must use Windows, pick Windows 10 IoT Enterprise LTSC 2021. Most things still run on it, and that baby’s got no user-facing slop and five more years of support in it. Mass Grave dot dev.

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        14 hours ago

        I’m a Linux user but not everyone has that privilege.

        I just want everyone to have an OS that works for them, and I’m getting kinda tired of that being a hot take.

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          13 hours ago

          I can understand that point. But putting more effort into making windows half normal and kinda usable seems like wasting time, Its an uphill battle that you are loosing anyway at some point.

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            Sometimes linux is just not possible with the hardware :(

            I tried my best, but neither my SP7’s touch screen or pen functionality work properly with linux (even with the linux-surface-kernel). And there’s still no good alternatives for SPs in the market either, for tablet+computer+works properly for art (at least any I could ever afford)

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              6 hours ago

              The Framework 12 actually seems really ideal for this, being that it has a 360 degree hinge and works properly with Linux.

              It’s also expensive as fuck, but then, you can repair and upgrade it, and I’ve heard Surface tablets are an absolutely miserable experience to try repairing. So up to you if the upfront cost is worth less pain down the road.

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          I like you.

          I’m as much a nerd as the next, but I also play a lot of different games, with a lot of different people on different platforms, and that’s not feasible (yet) on anything other than windows.

          I hate it, but it is what it is.

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      16 hours ago

      +1 massgrave. Got the extended support for my regular W10 pro. After that, it’s going to be debian if - fingers crossed - nothing breaks. It’s a 6700K build.

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        11 hours ago

        Going to Linux is probably the more sustainable solution (I ended up on Ubuntu and my 4130 is happy enough) but you apparently might be able to convert-in-place to the IoT edition, if that’s the route you’d prefer to go down.

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      11 hours ago

      I put Windows 11 on it’s own hard drive, so it couldn’t corrupt the rest of the system.