2024 is the Year of Linux on the Desktop, at least for my boyfriend. He’s running Windows 7 right now, so I’ll be switching him to Ubuntu in a few days. Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

  • EddyBot@feddit.de
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    11 months ago

    it is kinda wild that people abandon Windows 7 because of Steam and not because Microsoft stopped patching it several years ago

    Ubuntu was chosen because Proton is officially supported in Ubuntu.

    I don’t think Steam actually recommends any distro since some time anymore

    • Takios@feddit.de
      3·
      11 months ago

      People don’t care about security until they get hit. Source: working in IT for 10 years.

      • hemko@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
        1·
        11 months ago

        And then suddenly they care a lot and do all the wrong things for wrong reasons because they know shit

        • Madlaine@feddit.de
          1·
          11 months ago

          “I don’t worry about missing security patches. I just have 5 anti-virus tools running simultaneously, they keep me safe.”

            • De Lancre@lemmy.world
              1·
              11 months ago

              I mean, they do make your device slow. That why tools like InSpectre exists. For some old cpu’s like my notebooks one it can be up to 20% performance impact, so if you not planning to use it with internet (or at least as main access point via browser) ever again, why not get yourself free performance?