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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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[-] user224@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 10 months ago

I do, in VirtualBox. I have a 20 year old printer, and the drivers don't work in newer Windows versions. I mean, at all. The installer crashes, and automatic driver installer only gets the scanner working.

Anyway, I don't use Windows. It works on Linux. Kinda. In Linux Mint, I just can't use high DPI, but I can scan, print, and see "remaining ink" just fine.
Manjaro is another story. Only "Normal Grayscale" works, hp-toolbox doesn't even show the color cartridge. So I just use Windows 7 with the drivers as the heaviest printer driver ever.

But when I have to use Windows (e.g.: at school), I prefer Windows 7. Windows 10/11 have really weird control, and they are SLOW. Also, when installing Windows 10 onto school computers, nobody bothered to install drivers.
I like the ThinkPad T440s laptops that are in one class. But after upgrade to Windows 10 they have some battery charging issues, and some of them just fail to boot from time-to-time. I use the last one with Windows 7 because it just works.

[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

You really should not be using Windows 7. If you need to for old software make sure it is isolated and doesn't have network access. It is very insecure at this point.

this post was submitted on 16 Dec 2023
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