aka @JWBananas
aka @JWBananas

I will go slightly out of my way to step on that crunchy looking leaf.

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Joined 1 year ago
Cake day: June 14th, 2023
  • JWBananas@kbin.socialtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•Those who tried Linux and went back to Windows, what caused you to go back to Windows?
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    1 year ago

    Nope. Been using the same installation of Windows 10 for years, and everything just works.

    Even swapped the SSD from one laptop into another one. Added a UEFI boot entry, and it came right up.

    I think the only problem I ever had was audio or Wi-Fi occasionally failing to work after resume. But that resolved itself after one of the major updates.

    The only annoyance I’ve run into is the “Let’s finish setting up your device” screen after feature updates. But you can disable that fairly easily.

    I mainly use it as a glorified Chromebook though. Browser, Windows Terminal + WSL, maybe the occasional Inkscape or Lightroom. All the “interesting” stuff happens in Linux VMs atop ESXi running on an old desktop.

    But for everyday use, it’s nice to have something that “just works” when I pick it up.

    I might check out Linux again in a few years though. From what I’ve read, PipeWire seems to be killing it in terms of progress on the audio side. So once the Wayland ecosystem matures, it should be fairly easy to get back that “just works” status with Linux.

    In terms of performance, the main issue Windows really has is disk I/O. But a modern SSD fixes that easily. I am using a second-hand, nine-year-old Dell Latitude laptop, and it does everything I need it to do. Boots up in seconds. Has to stay plugged in though.

  • JWBananas@kbin.socialtoLinux@lemmy.ml•why did you switch?
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    1 year ago

    I switched once in college just because I could. But then I switched back when Windows 7 was released.

    Then I switched again at work because our product ran on Ubuntu server, and I hate PuTTY with a passion, and it was just easier to manage Linux from Linux. But I switched back again when we were acquired by a larger company that required us to use more productivity tools that didn’t run well on Linux at the time and had to to “just work” (Skype for Business, Zoom, etc).

    These days I spend most of the workday in WSL via Windows Terminal. At home I run a handful of Linux VMs atop an ESXi hypervisor installed on an old desktop. But when I’m not working, I generally just stay as far away from computers as possible.

  • JWBananas@kbin.socialtoLinux@lemmy.ml•why did you switch?
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    1 year ago

    I switched once in college just because I could. But then I switched back when Windows 7 was released.

    Then I switched again at work because our product ran on Ubuntu server, and I hate PuTTY with a passion, and it was just easier to manage Linux from Linux. But I switched back again when we were acquired by a larger company that required us to use more productivity tools that didn’t run well on Linux at the time and had to to “just work” (Skype for Business, Zoom, etc).

    These days I spend most of the workday in WSL via Windows Terminal. At home I run a handful of Linux VMs atop an ESXi hypervisor installed on an old desktop. But when I’m not working, I generally just stay as far away from computers as possible.

  • JWBananas@kbin.socialtoAsklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's the point of buying new phones every years?
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    1 year ago

    I generally start looking to replace mine around the time that Google Maps starts becoming laggy. That’s usually around the 3 year mark for me. After 4 years things get pretty bad.

    Nexus 5 -> Pixel 2 -> Pixel 6a

    Practically every app update grows its respective compute and memory footprint. And over time, it adds up. Combine that with the big jumps in resource usage that come with OS updates, and eventually things just start slowing down.