Linux @lemmy.world sharpiewater @lemmy.world 3 mo. ago

I finally deleted windows on every computer I own

A while ago I installed Arch on my new laptop, as an alternative to windows. I managed to get everything i needed to work on arch work with the exception of some programs that do have debian support. So, I deleted windows from my old desktop, and I am installing Debian on that. In other words I will now be daily driving Arch and Debian on two different computers. I have escaped the windows hell.

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Congrats on making the leap!

Just out of curiosity, are you willing to share some/all of the things you're still having to resort to dual-booting with Debian for?
- not dual booting, they are running on completely different computers. But my main problem is a program called Hamachi not working correctly. I use it for "lan"-gaming with friends on games with dead servers.
  
  Hamachi could be replaced with your own WireGuard VPN server, just your friends would have to set up their clients.
  
  Hamachi
  
  Now that's a name I haven't heard in a long long time
  
  Use zerotier one, it's much better.
  
  Definitely try Zerotier
Welcome to the club, it's so much better over here :)
Glad to hear another success story of someone who dropped Windows.

I dropped Windows on all of my machines over a month ago. My 2 desktops and 1 laptop I own are on Arch. I can't fully escape Windows completely due to music production software I use due to lack of support for the hardware on Linux. (Thanks Line6...) So I run a Windows VM in QEMU with USB passthrough, but with no network access.

I wrote an alias to count days its been since I switched to Linux full time.

It wasn't a difficult switch for me. Even with the learning curve. I actually enjoy the tinkering and learning aspect.
Welcome! I made the switch a little over a year ago and have been loving it. Honestly, it is such a breath of fresh air. I do hate my job more every day now though, since I am stuck on Windows there... lol
Congrats, it's a great feeling to finally be free :) I was wary when I did it too, but I knew I literally never booted into Windows anyway. And I never regretted it afterwards. Never went back.
While I only have one PC I did write over my old Windows drive about a month ago, I haven't loaded into Windows 10 in nearly a year and I fear how many updates it would have forced upon me at once...

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