Windows 10 clean install is fine. I don't do anything serious on my PC, just edit videos and play emulated games.
For your work usagea, just install latest version via LAN, keep updated manually, make sure you have good routers. You can't expect your normie employees to use Linux for day to day clerical use..gray market licenses are plentiful so you don't even need to have a contract with MS
Hell I'm a power user and you'd have to pay me good money to use linux in any average use case. I might use puppy linux or mint to diagnose a broken system or recover files if I can't do it via recovery but daily use? No way.
No, it's not fine, it was never fine, it's clear that MS was started with a single purpose in mind, and they're very close to it.
Little by little they keep limiting the control you have, until the point you'll have no control at all, want to get the latest software? you need the latest windows version, want to get the latest windows version? you need the latest hardware, oh and btw, said latest hardware has "secure" boot enabled, which can't be turned off.
Want to run linux? you can't, not anymore, it's not signed and trusted by Microsoft you see, want to use the ad free, non tracking open source browser? ahhh too bad, it's not signed either.
What's that? made a post somewhere that goes against the allowed group think? your microsoft account is suspended, you can't use your PC anymore.
After all you've seen in the last 2 or 3 years, do you doubt any of this? do you really need convincing that microsoft is part of the whole shit?
Unless they start losing market, that won't be stopped.
You can't expect your normie employees to use Linux for day to day clerical use
Why not? it's as easy to use if not more easy than windows for that stuff specially, what do they use? internet browsers? word, excel? there's literally no proprietary software of daily use without a open source counterpart
are they all as full featured? maybe not, but for " day to day clerical use" they're more than good enough
Hell I'm a power user and you'd have to pay me good money to use linux in any average use case. I might use puppy linux or mint to diagnose a broken system or recover files if I can't do it via recovery but daily use? No way.
You haven't even tried, linux is fantastic, you literally have control over everything, only you'll need to use the terminal for most advanced configurations (varies depending on distro)
No stupid registry to deal with, every single configuration is a text file, easily readable, system is highly customizable, it's a breeze to set up hot keys that work system wide for anything, hardware support is great
Are there quirks? yeah, but they're very worth to deal with to get rid of that MS garbage.
I am on a similar page, I've tried making the swap to Linux around the time of WinXP (The best version of windows that I would still use today if not for other constraints). Aside from the steep learning curve, I was almost always just going to windows emulators and if the program didn't work like that, then I had to boot into windows to use that program. After about a month or so I just fell into using windows because of the hassles and ultimately deleted the whole partition.
As for Windows 10, unless you're on the 'corporate' version where you can turn off the analytics, it effectively turns your computer into spyware that is constantly sending data to MS servers. There are no options to turn these off, and given 'Cortana' it might be making the computer as much of a spy as cell phones.
That's going to be the challenge, and with Windows so deeply embedded into the corporate world, it will take a serious shift for anything to change. I'm not even saying that Linux is better (in many ways it is, but not without drawbacks that often more than offset).
Yeah, I get you. I got my corporate license and haven't had an issue across my builds. Analytics, cortana, user experience, msoft account, all deactivated in spite of updates
I had a panic attack where I almost lost my license, but a few phone calls and everything was fine
You should try again, it has all improved by leaps and bounds
Also before trying to run anything through wine, try looking for an open source alternative instead, you'd be surprised of how many good ones there are.
Btw wine is not an emulator, it's a compatibility layer.
That was something I intended, I saw linux mint and it seems that most of the issues I struggled with in linux are at least reduced, it appears more stuff uses the GUI. The command prompt is one of the major hurdles in getting adoption into linux, where even if one is used to a 'DOS' command-line tool, it's like learning a new language.
The actual thing holding me back is the laziness of backing up a computer that I've been using for a number of years while sorting stuff better to make it easier to find.
I know there are plenty of good freeware/open source options, and I've found that many times the open source software is superior to the paid programs. The open source equivalent to Solidworks appears to be equivalent to solidworks, includes many of the features of 'Revit' (3D system, but for a building layout of equipment that might be designed in solidworks) and includes the simulation software that Solidworks has only available as a paid add-on (at significant price). At which point, I would be limited in the capacity to convert from one to the other, and it's back to linux being only usable at home.
The command prompt is one of the major hurdles in getting adoption into linux, where even if one is used to a 'DOS' command-line tool, it's like learning a new language.
Thing is windows command prompt is a major POS if compared to Linux bash terminal, it's day and night, working with the terminal is a breeze, it autocompletes pretty much everything, suggests installing a new tool when you type in a command which is unavailable, among other things.
besides, like you said, much can be done using the graphical interface, for the few things you may have to use the terminal for, if it's something you have to do frequently, you can always create a script (as simple as pasting the command in a text file and saving with a .sh extension), then , using the gui on mint, set up a keyboard shortcut to launch said script
Windows 10 clean install is fine. I don't do anything serious on my PC, just edit videos and play emulated games.
For your work usagea, just install latest version via LAN, keep updated manually, make sure you have good routers. You can't expect your normie employees to use Linux for day to day clerical use..gray market licenses are plentiful so you don't even need to have a contract with MS
Hell I'm a power user and you'd have to pay me good money to use linux in any average use case. I might use puppy linux or mint to diagnose a broken system or recover files if I can't do it via recovery but daily use? No way.
No, it's not fine, it was never fine, it's clear that MS was started with a single purpose in mind, and they're very close to it.
Little by little they keep limiting the control you have, until the point you'll have no control at all, want to get the latest software? you need the latest windows version, want to get the latest windows version? you need the latest hardware, oh and btw, said latest hardware has "secure" boot enabled, which can't be turned off.
Want to run linux? you can't, not anymore, it's not signed and trusted by Microsoft you see, want to use the ad free, non tracking open source browser? ahhh too bad, it's not signed either.
What's that? made a post somewhere that goes against the allowed group think? your microsoft account is suspended, you can't use your PC anymore.
After all you've seen in the last 2 or 3 years, do you doubt any of this? do you really need convincing that microsoft is part of the whole shit?
Unless they start losing market, that won't be stopped.
Why not? it's as easy to use if not more easy than windows for that stuff specially, what do they use? internet browsers? word, excel? there's literally no proprietary software of daily use without a open source counterpart
are they all as full featured? maybe not, but for " day to day clerical use" they're more than good enough
You haven't even tried, linux is fantastic, you literally have control over everything, only you'll need to use the terminal for most advanced configurations (varies depending on distro)
No stupid registry to deal with, every single configuration is a text file, easily readable, system is highly customizable, it's a breeze to set up hot keys that work system wide for anything, hardware support is great
Are there quirks? yeah, but they're very worth to deal with to get rid of that MS garbage.
I am on a similar page, I've tried making the swap to Linux around the time of WinXP (The best version of windows that I would still use today if not for other constraints). Aside from the steep learning curve, I was almost always just going to windows emulators and if the program didn't work like that, then I had to boot into windows to use that program. After about a month or so I just fell into using windows because of the hassles and ultimately deleted the whole partition.
As for Windows 10, unless you're on the 'corporate' version where you can turn off the analytics, it effectively turns your computer into spyware that is constantly sending data to MS servers. There are no options to turn these off, and given 'Cortana' it might be making the computer as much of a spy as cell phones.
That's going to be the challenge, and with Windows so deeply embedded into the corporate world, it will take a serious shift for anything to change. I'm not even saying that Linux is better (in many ways it is, but not without drawbacks that often more than offset).
Yeah, I get you. I got my corporate license and haven't had an issue across my builds. Analytics, cortana, user experience, msoft account, all deactivated in spite of updates
I had a panic attack where I almost lost my license, but a few phone calls and everything was fine
You should try again, it has all improved by leaps and bounds
Also before trying to run anything through wine, try looking for an open source alternative instead, you'd be surprised of how many good ones there are.
Btw wine is not an emulator, it's a compatibility layer.
That was something I intended, I saw linux mint and it seems that most of the issues I struggled with in linux are at least reduced, it appears more stuff uses the GUI. The command prompt is one of the major hurdles in getting adoption into linux, where even if one is used to a 'DOS' command-line tool, it's like learning a new language.
The actual thing holding me back is the laziness of backing up a computer that I've been using for a number of years while sorting stuff better to make it easier to find.
I know there are plenty of good freeware/open source options, and I've found that many times the open source software is superior to the paid programs. The open source equivalent to Solidworks appears to be equivalent to solidworks, includes many of the features of 'Revit' (3D system, but for a building layout of equipment that might be designed in solidworks) and includes the simulation software that Solidworks has only available as a paid add-on (at significant price). At which point, I would be limited in the capacity to convert from one to the other, and it's back to linux being only usable at home.
Thing is windows command prompt is a major POS if compared to Linux bash terminal, it's day and night, working with the terminal is a breeze, it autocompletes pretty much everything, suggests installing a new tool when you type in a command which is unavailable, among other things.
besides, like you said, much can be done using the graphical interface, for the few things you may have to use the terminal for, if it's something you have to do frequently, you can always create a script (as simple as pasting the command in a text file and saving with a .sh extension), then , using the gui on mint, set up a keyboard shortcut to launch said script