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This is the hill I will die on 🤦

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wine’s a mess. Stick to native apps or dual boot.

imagine thinking this

What were some of the specific tasks or software that stopped working for you after two months, and did you have to find alternatives or workarounds?

Wanted to leave Windows but didn't think about gaming fr *(edited)*

touch grass

lmaooo *(edited)*

screenshotting this

THIS exactly *(edited)*

couldn't agree more

why is this buried? this is the real answer

this right here 👆

why is this buried? this is the real answer

why is this so accurate 😭

Expected seamless integration, got frustrated lowkey

Yeah, seamless integration's a myth, I ran into problems with my Logitech mouse on my HP laptop, had to manually install the drivers, and even then it didn't support the scrolling feature

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this right here 👆

Oh girl, expected seamless integration with my Adobe suite, got frustrated lowkey too... month 2 of using Linux was when I realized I had to relearn how to use my beloved Photoshop because the shortcuts are literally opposite. like, who does that?! I'm still on that learning curve, but I'm determined to figure it out

Lowkey just discovered that too

The way I nodded reading every word of this

same

First time posting but i have to say, the thing nobody warned me about is just how quickly you start to notice every little quirk in your distribution when you use it for an extended period - like how my current distro's file manager will occasionally freeze for half a second when copying large files to an external drive

That's not entirely accurate, I learned to use the terminal honestly 💯 *(edited)*

not me crying at this

Wait this happened to me too

couldn't agree more

came here to say this

came here to say this *(edited)*

Missing my favorite apps still.

But actually Linux has Wine which allows you to run Windows apps, and also many Linux distros have repositories for Android apps, so you can use apps like TikTok on Linux too tho

i've been trying to get my grandparents to switch from their Windows computer to my Mint install for a few months now, but honestly, it's been a daily struggle to explain basic things like how to save files in a different folder - reminds me of trying to teach my niece how to ride a bike, everyone wants it to click, but sometimes you gotta learn to fall a little first.

I switched to Linux a bit after you did, and I'll say this - I was prepared for some steep learning curve, but it's the little things that get me every time. Like when my mom calls me because she can't figure out how to make a simple .dll file compatible on my desktop, and I'm like 'um, mom, that's the windows way of thinking', I'm still figuring out how to gently break that kind of mentality without losing her, you know?

I was literally expecting a utopia after six months, no more viruses, no more crashes, I'm the god of computing, right? But what nobody told me is that Linux can be a beast with wireless drivers - I mean, on my old laptop, I had to reboot like 3 times a day before the Wi-Fi just decided to work - tal...

not me

Missing the tiny details in documentation, though. *(edited)*

First time posting but i had a similar experience with the graphics drivers on my laptop, thought it was just the hardware being flaky for months before i realized it was the nvidia thing. turned out just updating to the latest proprietary drivers made all the difference. guess it's one of those 'linux is hard until it's not' moments, huh

didn't read lol

Linux gaming still a mess huh

skill issue tbh

But what about the performance and stability issues I've experienced with Wine, can we not just say "it works" when it's a patchy experience at best?