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Windows 11 is an insult to the user's attention.

@anyone frustrated and willing to try Linux, give Fedora Linux a go. It's a really solid pick for first time users and has great security defaults.

Some people will be nervous because Fedora used to be a 'slightly harder' distro but this is no longer true IMO and I would actually consider it easier for many cases (in particular: stock GNOME is way more consistent than Ubuntu gnome).

If your friend is nagging you to start with an Ubuntu distro, Kubuntu is a really good one for ex Windows users. The KDE desktop actually pioneered some of the desktop patterns that Windows has adopted (and of course vice versa).

As an ex Windows user, I like Linux Mint.

I used to recommend Linux Mint (and have converted some friends with it!) But no longer do so, as their attitude to security is a bit lax.

One issue I often lament is that their main desktop environment, Cinnamon, is still on X.org only. This would be fine if they sorted the processes being able to see each others windows problem, but they haven't AFAIK.

Fedora has ads too. Firefox is bloated with their search engine, bookmarks, and unique useragent string.

Fedora has ads?

Edit: Somehow missed your details of Firefox - that kinda makes sense IMO, since those bookmarks are useful for a new user and help them find the community.

I have been happy with Ubuntu Budgie - https://ubuntubudgie.org/

Long time Windows user, a few months ago switched to PopOS and love it. The window tiling feels natural and I'm surprised at how good the hardware compatibility is.

I just can't switch my home PC, because I play games and these are sometimes a PITA to get working on Linux even nowadays (in the Steam Deck age).

I went Kubuntu, even on my gaming PC, decided to cut my losses as far as any games that don't work, and it has been worth it. I'll never return to Windows. Proton + Steam + Heroic has made so many games easily playable and installable, and my game backlog is so big, that I'll always have something to play. (I don't play any games with anti-cheat issues on Linux, only play a few multiplayer games at all)

Sure, if I need a deep-level photo editor like Affinity Photo (or some other occasional-use tool that does not have what I consider a good enough equivalent on Linux), or a situation where I'm bought into ecosystems and particular tools somewhat (music production - plugins + Studio One) I may turn to a secondary machine with another OS. But these are very specific use cases.

For 90%+ of my daily home PC use, it is all Linux.

I am so glad to be out of Microsoft's realm for the most part now. It feels good not dealing with the BS of Windows. Computing is enjoyable again.

If Canonical ever crosses a threshold where I feel like they're becoming too much like the corporate operating systems, I'll switch to something else, and switching will be relatively easy.

Great stuff making the switch! And yeah a lot of the time you will at least need access to a proprietary environment for That One Program.

I've completely given up on left-clicking the start button. Right-clicking it gets me to most of the important system stuff (shut down, terminal, settings), and for third-party apps not pinned to the taskbar, I just use the keyboard to search.

Why not give up on Windows and switch to any of popular Linux distros?

MacOS is also really good if you don't want to fiddle too much... so long as you're okay with the hardware options.

Use open-shell instead and customize it to your liking https://open-shell.github.io/Open-Shell-Menu/

Bought my first Mac this year, sick of Microsoft injecting adverts everywhere. Integrating teams into everything, have the learnt nothing from Skype.

I really love your comment since you’re championing macOS instead of Windows due to the advertising present in the Windows ecosystem. At the same time, Apple is heavily expanding their advertising presence across their platforms. I’m certain that Apple’s advertising will be less obvious, but it’s still going to be there nonetheless.

We’ll see with apple. Hopefully they won’t be as obnoxious as Microsoft. Windows is getting so bloated with adverts, teams integrations. Most of the OEMs hardware is junk with a load of spyware installed for good measure. Linux may be the last bastion of the free world.

If you don't wish to use iCloud, but do use the App Store, you may find this work around helpful.

https://osxdaily.com/2021/10/30/dont-use-icloud-how-to-remov...

It's not a lifetime commitment

Joke's on Apple, I'm still on El Capitan.

Linux Distros are the only way to get an OS without advertising built in.

Tell that to Canonical: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1434512/how-to-get-rid-of-ub...

The fact that this plus that one time years ago when they added Amazon search to the main menu (uninstallable with one command) are the worst things that thousands of angry FOSS extremists have found, shows you what a great and ad-free OS Ubuntu really is.

The cool thing is not only was there a lot of push-back on this sort of behavior, which is great, make sure you let companies know you don't like being turned into the product. but linux itself is pretty great at avoiding lock-in when a company does this. not only are there 50, "almost but not quite the same" distributions you can trivialy switch to, there is probably a distribution whos mission statement is "X" but without the ads.

I understand your decision. But still switching from one proprietary OS to another does not help in long run. There's no guarantee that Apple will not become another adtech company. Linux seems to be the long term fix for all of us.

Doesn't Apple do similar things, trying to get people to use iCloud?

Oh Microsoft!

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