One friend told me that he likes the Windows 11 ui.
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You should dress up KDE to look like Windows 11 just to prove a point.
"it's not for desktop use"
My friend said they didnt want to try linux on their laptop because they wanted to buy a new laptop.
I wish I had that problem, I'd jump at the chance to save $2000 and preserve my current device by switching to a free operating system.
Is there some agency out there that I am not aware of that stops you from buying new hardware if you are a Linux user?
One of my favourite things about Linux is that it runs so well on old hardware. I have some pretty old kit that still serves me well.
Bit it runs even better on more powerful hardware. No reason not to upgrade if you have the means.
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If somebody says they cannot use wallpapers on other operating systems, just give them a thumbs up and move on.
Why would you want to recruit such a person.
"I don't want to learn something new"
How tf am I supposed to respond to that?
there's a meme i've seen a few times about how it's "an operating system for coding"
Mostly I can't be bothered, or Roblox won't run, or some stereotypes about Linux being difficult.
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"I could install linux, but what am I gonna do on Linux?" (Note: Some people just think OS is an amusement park)
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"I could install linux but then I have to type commands into a terminal?"
I think I made the mistake of pushing my grandfather away from Linux. He’s retired but does some professional photography; he’s used Photoshop for years, but said he’s open to leaving Adobe.
One day recently, he told me he heard about “this Linux thing” and asked me if it would be a good fit and run Windows applications well. I told him his main issue was probably Photoshop, and that even switching, he’d still need some stable, consistent way to open past PSD files. In retrospect, maybe I should have looked more closely at his use case to see the complexity of his edits and if they might have worked well in another program that runs on Linux.
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I want to switch, but I need some help. I need to be able to "RDP" into remote machines. I think that one is probably easy and built-in from decades ago. I also need to be able to setup a Hyper-V equivalent, to run other machines from my main laptop- haven't figured that one out yet. And for my media server (Plex), I need to understand the best way to setup a RAID5 or better across multiple drives. Any recommendations on guides for a lifelong NT4 MCSE & current Azure admin? I am sick of Win11 (and 10, 8.1 was OK, 7 was better... they just keep getting worse)
I need to be able to “RDP” into remote machines
Remmina, do this every day for work from my Debian system.
I also need to be able to setup a Hyper-V equivalent, to run other machines from my main laptop
Virtual box or QEMU + KVM. I use QEMU + KVM, works really well.
And for my media server (Plex), I need to understand the best way to setup a RAID5 or better across multiple drives.
Recommend Jellyfin over Plex but in either case - if you want software RAID then use mdadm, this is how the RAID5 array on my jellyfin server works. Otherwise, there are compatible drivers for some hardware with actual hardware RAID5 arrays you can look up if you have such hardware.
For reference, all my machines whether client or server run either Debian 12 or Debian 13.
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Nearly everything you are talking about is easy and built into the vast majority of desktop linux distributions, and more than a few server ones too!
RDP: Remmina, KDE (windows like Desktop Environment)
Hyper-V: KVM+QEMU, but im going to ask why? There are very few reasons to do full virtual machines these days when you can just run everything as containers.
Plex: Plex
RAID5: use ZFS Z5 or linux mdadm r5. The advantages of ZFS is that you get lots of tools like snapshots, and reslivering which helps prevent bit rot.
Depending on your hardware I would honestly suggest your host OS be Proxmox, and then just run your gaming/personal system as a VM with GPU pass through. Proxmox has all the KVM+QEMU tools and ZFS tools baked in with a good web UI that makes managing these things easier.
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I need to be able to “RDP” into remote machines. I think that one is probably easy and built-in from decades ago.
KDE has a built in RDP server you can enable!
If you're using X server and not Wayland, xrdp is also good.
Remmina is a good RDP client.
I also need to be able to setup a Hyper-V equivalent, to run other machines from my main laptop- haven’t figured that one out yet.
GNOME Boxes might be what you're looking for? KVM if you need a full blown hypervisor.
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