If you’re already with Linux, this is not for you. This is for people who’re indecisive or been contemplating for long about whether to make that jump.

For me, it’s a matter of a few things. I’m on a Windows 10 version that guarantees me until 2032 of support. That means I would effectively skip Windows 11, like I already mostly have and potentially skip Windows 12 if that turns out to be a shitty choice. I’d be coming in right in time for whatever Microslop shits out for Win13.

Should Windows 13 suck, I think that’s a consideration. Another consideration is when Valve keeps dropping support for certain Windows versions of Steam. Because I know for a fact they will drop Windows 10 support entirely one day and then Windows 11. I believe it is really stupid that they do this.

By the time my Windows 10 version expires, I’d be getting older, which means I’ll probably care less and less about computer-related things. Going to Linux wouldn’t be a problem since I’d be doing barebones things like browsing and checking e-mail.

And I’d also hope that by 2032, Linux would have better development like easier access to proprietary drivers and software among other things.

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    2 days ago

    Wat? I’m on bazzite tbf, a locked garden where you’re not allowed to do anything Advanced tbf, but I literally just right click create shortcut. Or if I want to pin it… I right click “add to task manager”

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        7 hours ago

        I’ve installed a number of different things on my PC. Almost all are still just self contained .appimages which I don’t even need to create a shortcut of, I can just keep the app image where I want it and use that.

        Now I haven’t had the need to pin any app images to my task manager, so I can’t speak to that portion. Personally speaking it is just a non-issue for me is all.

        The only time I’ve ever added any programs go lutris/steam is when its not a native Linux program, and in that case, yeah, I expect to do some fiddling because it wasn’t meant for Linux in the first place. This also has the added benefit of letting me use controllers