Glad you made the switch to FREEDOM. Devuan woulda been a better route because its debian based but glad youre on a distro without shitstainD.

As for JMO78, you need to shut up you wintoddler. Go suck on your microslop pacifier and stay away from linux users. I hope you never switch from winblows because we dont want crybullies like you in our space.

Great article. Glad you rid yourself of the Systemd plague. Always choose FREEDOM.

An article that only gives a few vague sentences about what's wrong with Windows 11 is not even close to sufficient for justifying a cause to switch.  The author clearly wanted to write a long piece about his experience installing Linux.  Big whip.  Waste of time.

Quote from: hydrangea on January 05, 2026, 15:45:51Using linux is cope, everything is broken, nothing works, driver hell, and when you do need something to work you need to litterally fix it yourself...

1999 is calling and wants its FUD back.

I've been running Debian for decades and have never experienced any of the problems you mention.

Nice article, thank you for sharing.  I think we have some common traits when it comes to computers, for example: using Greenshot in Windows, supporting complete open-source transparency, and preferring the low bloat + performant + easy-to-manage Linux distros.  I appreciate your explanation of Artix, so that is one I will try.  I would also recommend Lubuntu to you and others...that is my go-to.

Give OMARCHY a try! It uses hyprland and is so much fun. It's also based on Arch.

Funny how he complains about software and system stability on Windows 11 and ends up on Arch. Arch isn't exactly stable and bad updates are common.

We all complain but in the end the result is the same. The majority of PC gamers will stay on windows for 2 reasons:

1. Retro game compatibility

2. Online multiplayer anti cheat

There are old game mods or patches that are no longer in development but still fairly popularly among their respective communities in online multiplayer circles. They were designed and mostly tested for windows. They likely do run on linux but you may run into unexpected behaviour, additional bugs or crashes due to lack of testing.

Then there's the obvious more modern online multiplayer games with their kernel anti cheats that break Linux compatibility and cause issues.

If there was some kind of universal compatibility layer like proton but for online multiplayer servers and anticheat that could solve this, I think people would switch in a heartbeat, at least I would.

If you only game offline, on single player, idk what you're doing still on windows. Same if you don't game at all.

Waiting for A to respond to this Linux thread. =P

Nothing against Linux on the desktop I myself have dabbled in several distributions trials over the years to see if I can switch from Windows. In the end I ended up moving to Mac OS mainly because I feel Windows was going the wrong direction after many decades of using it. My issue with Linux isn't the OS but rather what can run on the OS as is the case always. But I have no issue with anyone who can switch to a Linux distribution and find alternative applications that work for them. I unfortunately never felt comfortable with anyone who of the alternatives and Mac OS has mostly offered them as the same as in Windows.

For decades we have been ripped off by Microsoft's monopoly when we were forced to pay Windows without even being given the option to refuse paying for them every time we bought a PC. Only recently other option became more popular, and some OEM's started giving the option to NOT include Windows.

This article expresses the author's opinion, and he has every right to have one. But I am socked to see so many bullies with Stockholm syndrome defending their corporate overlords!

Been using Linux since 2008 and I have to say -- first with Ubuntu -- maybe a different distro would be more fitting for normies, like Ubuntu, but Arch definitely isn't, because repairing (or even reinstalling) it 0.5-3 times a year is going to be required.

One more news source to exclude and ignore. Congratulations.

JMO78 is cooking. His response is better journalism than the actual article itself, lmfao. Please hire him. -^_^-

This isn't journalism so much as a personal rant dressed up as advice. The piece relies almost entirely on anecdote, makes sweeping claims without evidence, and then jumps straight to "you should too" as if one individual's experience on a niche, non-systemd Linux distro is remotely representative of the general user base.

There are no benchmarks, no comparative data, no discussion of software compatibility, enterprise use, hardware support variance, or the very real trade-offs most users face. Even the privacy claims are asserted rather than demonstrated. That might be fine for a personal blog, but it's weak coming from a site that presents itself as a hardware and technology review outlet.

Linux can be a perfectly good choice for the right user. Declaring Windows 11 "garbage" on the basis of a single frustrated setup, then recommending an advanced distro to everyone else, isn't insight. It's just confirmation bias with a headline.

Pretty arrogant to presume moving to Linux would be equally successful and pleasant for everyone because it was for you.

I have never experienced your problems with Windows 10 or 11, I create these issues when I tinker with registry hacks, group policy, permissions and security settings. I have had several minor issues from Windows 11 updates, but nothing affecting usability. It is puzzling to me that people won't learn the changes to the Settings menus or changes in Windows interface and take the time to learn about the inner workings of Windows so moving to Linux is the easier choice.

Much of Windows 10\11 telemetry can be disabled in Services by disabling 'Connected User Experiences and Telemetry' and 'Inventory and Compatibility Appraisal service' to keep Microsoft from inventorying your PC, also keeping your data collection on "required data'. Given the vast quantities of our data that is collected, Microsoft's telemetry through  Windows 10\11 is trivial. Copilot can be disabled in group policy (in Pro or higher versions) and since I avoid Edge browser like the plague it is a nonissue.

You give out more personal data on the Internet and in real life than Microsoft ever collect!