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Year of Linux on the Desktop (lemmy.world)
submitted 10 months ago by Limonene@lemmy.world to c/linuxmemes@lemmy.world
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2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He's running Windows 7 right now, so I'll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

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[-] Oszilloraptor@feddit.de 58 points 10 months ago

"I don't worry about missing security patches. I just have 5 anti-virus tools running simultaneously, they keep me safe."

[-] meekah@lemmy.world 39 points 10 months ago

Or those people who actively avoid patches in general, because "they make my device slow"

[-] de_lancre@lemmy.world 23 points 10 months ago

I mean, they do make your device slow. That why tools like InSpectre exists. For some old cpu's like my notebooks one it can be up to 20% performance impact, so if you not planning to use it with internet (or at least as main access point via browser) ever again, why not get yourself free performance?

[-] meekah@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago

sure, if you actually plan to take the device off the network, it should be fine. but that's definitely not what most people who complain about that will do.

[-] 3ntranced@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

And all of the anti-virus tools are 50 updates behind so they're essentially non-functional bloatware even moreso

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