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  • A new patch is being quietly pushed to Windows 10 (and 11) PCs
  • It’ll force upgrades in certain circumstances to keep the PC in support
  • This update will mean more nag prompts coming to your PC
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[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (26 children)

Anyone know where I can buy a gaming PC with linux preinstalled instead of windows?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Just build one, cheaper to boot.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Ew and buy components? No thank you, just mine, smelt, and build them, cheaper to boot.

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[–] [email protected] 13 points 2 days ago

At least when it came to a laptop, I bought mine without a preinstalled OS - that is far more common than preinstalled Linux.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago (2 children)

I built one — took about 4 hours once all the parts arrived. My first build. Installed Linux Mint from a flash drive and it worked perfectly. Ended up switching to Zorin OS later — also works fine.

I have been able to play every game I wanted, except one requiring a VR headset.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

System76, Dell, HP.

That said, I feel it's very worth taking an evening to backup and install yourself

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Steam deck maybe

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Finally, the year of the Linux desktop

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I've been hearing that since 2007

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago

Once Cosmic DE release, trust me bro

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 days ago

I actually had a nightmare last night that my computer updated itself to some horrid version of windows and I spent it all frantically looking for my windows 7 ISO and keygen among old backups to blow it away and start again.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 days ago

its bad enough i have to constantly kill the oobe crap every few minutes. glad i dont have that to pile on

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