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After 40 years of being free Microsoft has added a paywall to Notepad (www.tweaktown.com)
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[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 20 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Linux

End of conversation.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 15 points 4 hours ago (5 children)

I think that's the start of the conversation. Which Desktop Environment?

[–] EarlGrey@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 1 hour ago

I want a clean, advanced, well designed desktop and Im okay with redoing my work flow

Use Gnome

Gnome is cool but can it be slightly more Windows?

Use Cosmic (PopOS)

I want lots of customization, advanced features, and a traditional windows desktop metaphor

Use KDE

I want Windows and don't really care about customization

Use Cinnamon

Dude the Windows 9x look was fucking dope

Use Mate

Im installing this on a potato

Use XFCE

[–] kava@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Gnome is an opinionated desktop environment and that turns some people off. But it's bold enough to make some design decisions and have a limited scope. KDE tries to be another Windows alternative.

Of course, you could go with a tiling window manager but my vote goes to Gnome. I've had a very smooth experience on Gnome for the last couple years.

[–] Mic_Check_One_Two@reddthat.com 1 points 16 minutes ago

Yeah, Gnome is like the Apple of the Linux world. The devs have the same kind of “we know better than you do” mentality towards design. The issue tracker is a lot of “hey the OS won’t let me do [edge-case scenario that an OS should be able to do, but which most users won’t bother with]” followed by the devs going “Gnome isn’t designed to support [edge-case scenario]. Bug report closed.” Like the devs have a very “it’s not a bug; It’s a feature” mentality, and anyone who runs into that bug must be using the OS “wrong”.

[–] JaddedFauceet@lemmy.world 8 points 3 hours ago

I really like my KDE plasma

[–] mazzilius_marsti@lemmy.world 8 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

IMO:

  • want to show off? i3wm with gaps and rofi for menu launcher. Add it some transparency effects too.

  • want the MacOS style? Gnome. Default on a lot of distros.

  • want something stable? XFCE. Install and forget.

[–] Brumefey@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

Things preventing me from moving to Linux : video games and Adobe Lightroom.

[–] Jthyme@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Most video games work through proton on Steam. Lightroom has a web app you can use instead.

[–] DFX4509B_2@lemmy.org 6 points 2 hours ago

Plus RawTherapee and DarkTable are pretty good, and actually free, Lightroom alternatives to boot.

[–] dick_fineman@discuss.online 2 points 3 hours ago

...my cracked version of Adobe CS6

[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 1 points 4 hours ago

Well… it just removes so much toxicity from the outset