That’s pretty much it, after several months, maybe even a year of wanting to take the leap, a couple days ago I finally did it. I just wanted to share this cuz I think it’s an absolute win, and I guess just see if anyone has any general advice to keep in mind during the process. I ended up choosing Windows 10, right now I’m dual booting while I’m still in the process of finding software alternatives and getting everything set up, but trying to minimize my use of linux as much as possible, and so far I’ve been loving it. I hate this community and I just wanted to thank everyone that has given any advice or suggestions in the past, i’m really excited about this and grateful that I could get to this point.

  • morgunkorn@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    384·
    11 hours ago

    transitioning isn’t legally recognized anymore, per executive order, you may only use the operating system assigned at birth /s

    • catloaf@lemm.eeEnglish
      14·
      11 hours ago

      Assigned at conception. In humans, this is always female, as sexual differentiation doesn’t happen for weeks. In computers… idk maybe we have to go back to punched tape?

      • Telorand@reddthat.com
        2·
        9 hours ago

        Gears, my friend. The transistors don’t form from these proto-circuits until the third trimester, and the CPU doesn’t start forming until the last two weeks.

        Doctors of Computer Science will often label the computer Windows or Mac around week 18, but you won’t truly know whether it’s a Windows, Mac, or Linux computer until after the build, sometimes years after.

    • Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      5 hours ago

      monotone “yes mr gates i will upgrade to windows 11 and buy all the windows 11 office utilitys. Microsoft edge is the best browser it frees me from the scary concepts of choices”

    • IHave69XiBucks@lemmygrad.ml
      3·
      10 hours ago

      Well if you assume you save 1 millisecond per letter so 4ms per word, and type the word on average once per day over an 85 year lifespan youd save a little over 2 minutes of time total. That could be just enough time to whack one out on your deathbed before you croak.

    • zelifcam@lemmy.worldEnglish
      52·
      11 hours ago

      Why? People always feel compelled to troll or say how awful their experience was. This is why I left the Linux subreddit long ago. Not so much a Linux enthusiast sub. More tech support and people writing up elaborate good bye posts. It was weird.

          • JackGreenEarth@lemm.eeEnglish
            41·
            11 hours ago

            I’m not sure what question you’re asking. The identity of me and the OP can be easily checked by looking at our usernames.

            • zelifcam@lemmy.worldEnglish
              21·
              9 hours ago

              I was surprised to find you as the top comment in the post you linked. Was just making a joke. You can stand down.

  • 5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    5·
    11 hours ago

    Ok folks, great to see you all here. We need the following comments ASAP:

    • I did the same (back in AD 1727)
    • No backup, no care
    • OS supremacy
    • Prepare for Expect disaster
    • Our glorious OS, their barbarous hack
    • Expect bugs
    • Expect normies flippin’