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    [–] AbnormalHumanBeing@lemmy.abnormalbeings.space 14 points 2 days ago (5 children)

    So, a few years back, when a good friend of mine tried out Linux mint, one of the main reasons he didn't stick with it wasn't even compatibility or anything (although he probably would have switched to a rolling release as someone who values cutting edge updates). But what ultimately made him return to Windows was something, I have been scratching my head on how to best handle it: The file system structure ultimately being too much of a change.

    Now, of course, if you are used to it, I wouldn't really call it better or worse - definitely more suited to what Linux ultimately is. But stuff like, "Where are the save games of my paradox games? Why is so much stuff in my user directory? Why is there no unified directoy for all the stuff I installed (including everything they use), like Program Files, but everything is scattered all around into different directories? Why was the path to my save games hidden in a dotfile-folder?" were examples of hurdles, where the current answer seems to be "you just have to get used to it".

    Now, I am not pleading to change the standard, there's good reasons for it. But are there good transitioning guides from Windows to Linux, that do a good job at explaining the structure of the file system? Because I remember, myself, only really getting used to it months into my Linux journey all those years ago.

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    [–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 11 points 2 days ago (11 children)

    This ethereal concept titled β€œWork” is pointing a pistol towards me.

    But yeah. Windows is trash. I’m going to go submit resumes and buy lottery tickets.

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    [–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    Fan control. MSI after burner. Nvidia drivers.

    Windows 10 gaming desktop

    Mint laptop

    [–] ShankShill@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    Fancontrol-gui, corectl, yeah nvidia drivers still suck but are improving.

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    [–] pixeltree@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 2 days ago (4 children)

    Fusion 360 for me. Freecads incredibly user unfriendly, openscad is missing functionality and performance, and blender isn't great for engineering modeling

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    [–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    I need to connect to my work machine with RDP and I tried using Remmina. Sometimes it works fine, but sometimes the special key stop working( ctrls + s will type s instead of saving) Also there are visual glitches on a second monitor. I had to switch back to windows.

    Can anyone recommend a different RDP client?

    [–] mittorn@masturbated.one 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    @Rusty @Kory Usually i using http://www.rdesktop.org/, but it is not actively developed now

    [–] Rusty@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 day ago

    I'll try it, thanks.

    [–] Simulation6@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 days ago

    Tax perp software was the only thing I needed it for in the last year. I haven't converted my gaming PC to Linux yet, but I don't anticipate an issue.

    [–] ftbd@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

    I keep a windows LTSC install around purely for Escape from Tarkov. Everything else I play works great on Linux.

    [–] GladiusB@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

    I did it as long as gaming kept me there. Now I can play pretty much anything on my Linux machine. Forza fucked up. But whatever. It's a not a game to die for.

    [–] Obnomus@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    Msm flash tool, I need windows for this

    [–] highball@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Msm flash tool

    If that's all you need. I bet you could just run it from WINE. I updated my PS5 controller using the PlayStation flash tool or whatever it's called. I used Bottles to do all the WINE stuff. Just installed the flash tool and it worked like it was Windows. Pretty shocked if I'm being honest.

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    [–] Damage@feddit.it 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)
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    [–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 7 points 2 days ago

    Sometimes it is easier

    [–] terminhell@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

    A few months ago I installed windows on a spare SSD. It's only purpose was for modded Skyrim.

    A few weeks ago I accidentally formated that drive. It was only mildly annoying. Then I remembered I was basically done with that playthrough anyways. The SSD still remains unformated XD

    [–] riquisimo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

    "Accidentally formatted that drive"

    Someone is playing with fire.

    Yep, that's me. Wasn't 100% sober at the time. Self inflicted I admit. Not the first time, won't be the last XD

    [–] kekmacska@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 days ago

    Only thing are my files, that are pretty tricky to transfer securely while maintaining compatibility (i dualboot)

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