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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (3 children)

How can I convince the GF to switch? She only plays The Sims and the occasional hentai game; her Skylake i5 and 1050ti are more than adequate for those tasks. Yet she refuses to try Linux; won't even let me install LTSC to buy some time.

I think she just wants an excuse to buy a new laptop. She's the kind of person who replaces her shower curtain every six months, rather than do the sane thing and simply wash it. I'll never understand such a wasteful mentality.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

There is nothing wrong if someone doesn't want to switch to a new OS. That being said, isn't her buying a new computer better? Old one becomes unused then.

Putting lightweight linux on an unused old computer and seeing it become better is like the standard procedure. You could even make a custom rice for her.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Bazzite and don’t tell her it’s Linux?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

This isn't helpful at all.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

As do I. Sorry, but KDE's HDR support is trash; half implemented at best (and it doesn't even support AutoHDR nor RTX HDR). Until that changes, I will continue to dual-boot Win11 and Arch.

Linux makes more sense for the GF than me, because her laptop has a basic 60Hz SDR display. It's the perfect OS if you don't have modern hardware.