Can't wait for the "FOSS enables the bad guys to download 2 marijuanas" headlines from MSM.
this post was submitted on 24 Nov 2025
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I'm far more bothered by them making Brave the built-in default browser, than I am by them charging for themes & tech support.
Charging for themes and tech support seems fine to me. As long as it's possible to do it yourself.
They need to make money, to continue the development and that seems a good compromise
The themes and tech support are totally fine to charge for (as long as they're original themes that the zorinOS developers made or contracted someone to make).
Brave browser as default is borderline as bad as just sticking to windows if the point of you getting away from windows is to dodge the shady stuff Microsoft has started doing.
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Just installed CachyOS. It just works.
Never going back
Use Cachy for a while. Not a single issue so far. Very good distro for people who want the OS out of the way. The perfect compatibility with Nvidia is a plus!
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I just installed Linux Mint on my dad's old laptop. He asked me to do it!
I checked and it could run Windows 11 with a RAM upgrade. But he wasn't interested in that.
He was surprised at all of the software installed by default. And mostly just uses the browser to read his Outlook mail....
Same dude!
I got games to run too, using Lutris. I can give you a few tips if you want. I put it on a thinkpad T470p.
I can probably run pretty much anything using Lutris. It can read any iso file and presumably even .exe files though I haven't tried it with exe's.
Still, most of what we need is available just in a browser or from open source, like Libreoffice.
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Penguin sounds intensify
More!! More! Everybody get others into Linux Mint and Pop OS Cosmic as well!! I am doing my part if we want better we must grow the community
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I am a macOS user for work and had windows mostly for games on my personal computer, when I got a new laptop last year it came with win 11… it was so annoying to need to skip literally ads for Microsoft services… that even being my “leisure” computer… I spent the time getting Linux Mint, deal with Nvidia drivers on Linux just to have steam there
The games I am playing recently are working great on Linux and my computer feels faster now.
This particular laptop had a problem with WiFi drivers and Nvidia drivers, but getting past this first setup, I must say Linux Destop is easier and fast to use.
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Someday Microsoft might realize that Windows should be rolling‑based, like CachyOS. By that time, it will be too late for them to catch up and bring everyone back to Windows.
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I downloaded Mint last week and started the installation but got cold feet when it came to drive formatting. I still want to keep my win10 operational in case I won't be able to run something on Linux.
I never actually used Linux before... I installed it 3 times before and always quickly went back to windows due to some compatibility or driver issues, but...
I am NOT switching to win11... It's enough that I am forced to use it at work. That system is so fuckin stupid... They took a lot of minor elements and just made each of them worse... I get that the sales department told you to shove OneDrive and Copilot everywhere, it's stupid and annoying but I get it, it's just plain old greed, but why can't the Calendar show the whole month and don't work on the second monitor?!? (Are you planning to add it as a paid subscription later?!?)
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
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I really hope these people don't accept that it's normal to charge for different desktop environments.
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also because w11 is filled with glitches and bugs to the brim.
Decade of the Linux Desktop. It’s here guys!
Swapped over to Mint a couple days ago, it plays ATOM RPG so I am contented with my slave jank.
How popular is it against other distros? First I've heard of it (admittedly doesn't say much since I'm used to the older ones), which makes me wonder how close to a million people did. Did influencers spread the word or something?
I've noticed Zorin does a lot of marketing and it comes in waves, you won't hear anything for months then it'll be everywhere for a few days.
Pretty sure 80% of them are just people distro hopping, we know the Linux community 😂
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So... a few months before this, Linux had been noted to have just tipped 5% desktop market share...
What's it going to be like now? 6%? 10%!?
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