2mo ago

KDE creates a safe haven for Windows 10 exiles.

In the context of the @Endof10 campaign, we have created a new "for" page, this time "for Windows 10 exiles":

In it we explain how Linux with Plasma can help users escape the deranged cycle of having to buy a new computer every time Microsoft force-upgrades their operating system.

Windows11 #Microsoft #endOf10

@kde@lemmy.kde.social

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@kde@floss.social @Endof10 @kde@lemmy.kde.social
This action finally spurred me to install vanilla Linux with KDE, and wow. KDE is so good nowadays. Thank you for your great work!
- What's Vanilla Linux? Vanilla OS?
- Lovely to hear. Thanks! We hope you enjoy it and please give us feedback so we can improve.
- @marmarta @kde@floss.social @Endof10 @kde@lemmy.kde.social
Plasma ended up being my DE of choice a year ago. Native Wayland support, HDR and VRR, and general adherence to the same Windows paradigm for managing apps/desktop shortcuts made things easy. I don't think that design is wrong, and it's been plenty efficient. It was also the only DE at the time that seemed to be prioritizing matching Windows features where they were clearly strongest rather than trying to pretend Windows had nothing to boast about at all.
Now, if we could talk about letting me enable display outputs without using the terminal that would be greeeeaaaat.
- What do you mean by display outputs? Like what screens it uses? (That should be manageable with Win+P or the little monitor icon in the system tray.)
  
  I have a somewhat odd screen config and that doesn't always seem to maintain my display settings. The only way I've been able to get it to maintain screen position is by just re-enabling the output through kscreen-doctor.
@kde@floss.social @Endof10@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Usually I'm all in favor of campaigns designed to make people get rid of Windows I'm not a big fan of how the Endof10 campaign is run.
They do not recommend any specific distribution. Instead they literally say "Search for Linux distributions for beginners to get some suggestions."
A search query like this will make you end in SEO hell and you will not any good suggestions. Please actually recommend a few distributions for you campaign instead of leaving the most important step very vague.
On top of that it talks about Linux and not GNU/Linux, while also avoiding mentioning the issues of software freedom.
- For what it's worth, I just switched from Windows 10 to Fedora KDE Plasma and it's been perfect so far. Only hurdle was windows kept corrupting the flash drive I was trying to make until I figured out the right order to do everything. Now I can make it so that when I close a window it bursts into flames and disintegrates, awesome.
Its sorta funny but I like kde overall but the windows like distro I use utilizes gnome and my setup is lazy install and go. I think it would make sense for the distro to use kde mainly but I think the distro is sorta lazy and uses ubuntu with changing as little as they have to for what they want.
- So if you use a *buntu based distro, but prefer kde, why not KDE neon?
  
  so its a string of lazy. I don't want to change anything more than I have to with my out of box distro and I think they don't want to deal outside base ubuntu for their changes. Honestly I have no idea how they decide to do their distro but they make the gnome feel like windows and their claim to fame is a desktop design switcher to have it be osx and many variations in the paid version.
@kde @Endof10 @kde I've heard good things about a video editor called Kdenlive - maybe you could check it out? 😈
That's a great page. Very well done! I'm sure it'll help a whole lot of people. Thank you for making it and sharing it!
@kde@floss.social @Endof10 @kde@lemmy.kde.social Just terminal commands are gonna be a huge hurdle for Windows exiles. Had to have someone guide me through a bunch of code after the Nobara upgrade didn't install gpu drivers.
- That's one of the best things about Linux tho ... no matter what flavour you're using you can always find someone to help you with it.
So my PC will run W11 without a problem, but fuck that bloated mess. I have to use it on my work laptop and the number of times I’ve wanted to take a sledgehammer to it is innumerable.
I’ve settled on Bazzite because 90% of the time I’m playing steam games, but I’m having trouble understanding what (if anything) I need to do with my photos and music to migrate those over.
Also, I have 3 SSDs- 1 M.2 nvme for the OS, and 2 others for storage. After I back up my files to an external drive… and that’s where my knowledge of the process ends.
Anyone happen to know of any resources that can get me from the 1st grade understanding of Linux that I currently have to where I need to be to successfully migrate my PC?
- Bazzite has a guide on how to format and mount drives: https://docs.bazzite.gg/Advanced/Auto-Mounting_Secondary_Drives/
  Let me know if there's something specific you need.
@kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social Nice!
I would love helping to translate it to german, where would I head for that?
- @Numerfolt @kde@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social
  See: https://community.kde.org/Get/_Involved/translation
  Easiest way is probaly to contact somone from the german team in via mailing list. They can guide you through the process
- That is so kind. Danke!
@kde@floss.social @Endof10@floss.social @kde@lemmy.kde.social ok i love the spirit of this but did u need the word exile. like we live in a world where ppl are literally exiled from their actual homes
@kde@floss.social @Endof10 @kde@lemmy.kde.social but we can't explain how to get headless desktop working with kde and plasma, after like, 10 years
- Off topic much?
  
  @Bro666 no my point was kde is broke and people like you won't help, just be sarcastic and useless
  stick with windows the community is better

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