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    Installing OS, 10 years ago:

    Windows: click a couple of buttons enter username and password

    Linux: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github

    Installing OS today:

    Linux: click a couple of buttons, enter username and password

    Windows: Terminal hacking, downloading shell scripts from github.

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    [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Love Linux, but had to wipe it from my system due to frustrating incompatibilities with my NVidia setup. I will pick Mint back up when I get another PC though, with the goal being to keep a Windows setup only for gaming and nothing else.

    [–] sleepy@lazysoci.al 4 points 4 months ago (2 children)

    Dualbooting with nvidia atm. Using other drivers than the nvdia one in linux. Most things work except a few games. Highly recommend it

    [–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 5 points 4 months ago

    I waited to install Linux until I put in another drive to dual-boot, and proceeded to never go back to my windows install.
    I was surprised at how easy it was to get things running, and any difficulties I had were mostly the result of me assuming things were more complicated than they are and not looking for simple solutions.

    [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 4 points 4 months ago

    Word.

    I ran a dual boot setup for about six weeks, but the performance issues and bugs just got too annoying over time.

    I'm planning to get a new PC later this year for gaming. Just gonna wipe windows off this one and make it my "all other stuff" system when that time comes. :)

    [–] zod000@lemmy.ml 2 points 4 months ago (1 children)

    That sucks, I guess I have been fortunate that my I haven't had any major issues with either of my Nvidia cards using the proprietary drivers. Are you using the 4000 series cards? I haven't tried them as my 3070 is still doing fine and has been since release.

    [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

    It may be due in part to age. Partly why I'm replacing my laptop is that gaming hardware stayed pretty accessible for three years, but this year has leapt forward significantly and my laptop isn't keeping up as well as it used to.

    It'll be a perfect PC for non-gaming though. :)

    [–] Avatar_of_Self@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

    Just a heads up, if you use an AMD GPU, the drivers are built into the Linux kernel itself by AMD engineers (and others helping/supporting/contributing to the kernel like themselves). So you don't even have drivers to install, unless you're one of the 10 people that want to use AMD GPUs for Machine Learning. Then you'd do a quick install of AMD PRO (those are proprietary so that's why they aren't built into the kernel).

    [–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

    That's good to know for the future. Thanks!