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Linux is awesome at home, but aren't y'all forced to use Windows at work? (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 week ago by PlutoniumAcid@lemmy.world to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I'm liking the recent posts about switching to Linux. Some of my home machines run Linux, and I ran it on my main laptop for years (currently on Win10, preparing to return to Linux again).

That's all fine and dandy but at work I am forced to use Windows, Office, Teams, and all that. Not just because of corpo policies but also because of the apps we need to use.

Even if it weren't for those applications, or those policies, or if Wine was a serious option, I would still need to work with hundreds of other people in a Windows world, live-sharing Excel and so on.

I'm guessing that most people here just accept it. We use what we want at home, and use what the bossman wants at work. Or we're lucky to work in a shop that allows Linux. Right?

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[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

If you have an AMD GPU and don't care about playing games that require kernel-level access for anticheat (ew), then Linux might just work better for you than Windows, for most games.

Like, getting Minecraft installed and working with mods in CachyOS just required installing Prism Launcher from the CachyOS repos (1 easy step) then launching it. I didn't even need to open a web browser to download an installer.

Heroic Launcher is amaze balls, too. It pulls all the free games I get on GOG, Epic, and Amazon (iirc?) into one library that looks and works like Steam's (amazing) library. So slick. (I think it's preinstalled in CachyOS, too.)

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I have an older 1080ti or something like that which is still running just fine. And with the current prices I’m unlikely to change that.

[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It will also likely work really well, apparently. I think you just need to be careful to pick a distro that comes with NVidea drivers, like CachyOS, and it will likely just work. Test with a live USB boot.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah, I think I’m mostly done with my current set of games, so maybe a good time to make the switch.

I think photography workflow might have some issues, but it’s probably manageable.

[–] definitemaybe@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I'm liking Krita and Photopea (web app), but I'm not heavy into photography. I haven't looked for a Lightroom replacement.

[–] CookieOfFortune@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

I’m aware of Darktable, but haven’t tried it myself.