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From: Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: MS is doomed... any year now
Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2024 20:17:05 -0000 (UTC)
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On 2024-04-30, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
> Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote:
>>On 2024-04-29, Joel <joelcrump@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Simon <SimonJ@eu.invalid> wrote:
>>>>On 2024-04-29, candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> My computer is far below the W11 specs, even if I /wanted/ to run it :P
>>>>
>>>>I don't know if I can or not, it has no interest for me. Just to see if I could
>>>>I got Win11 in qemu but it was a project and while I have the files I don't
>>>>actually use it. 
>>>
>>> I had Win11 on this box, it'd have been upgradable to 12, but bleh. It
>>> gets tiring, dealing with M$'s shit.  Just having the hardware to run
>>> the latest Winblows isn't automatically a good reason to.
>>
>>Agreed, when I bought the latest machine I made sure it was all Linux
>>compatible, then they sold out and offered a free upgrade, which I took and
>>ended up with an Nvidia GPU, so annoyed but entirely my fault. It works well
>>enough but I didn't want to support them by buying it.
>
>
> I actually prefer NVIDIA, even considering that its driver for Linux
> is proprietary, although my reasons for that may be outdated.
> Originally I didn't need a video card, I had an old 1080p monitor that
> was great with the Intel CPU video, but when I got a new 4K monitor I
> found the CPU video driver wasn't amazing with it.  NVIDIA offered a
> very basic but modern card, not too expensive, ideal for me as a non-
> gamer.
>

I would just like them to help more with the Linux drivers. I don't game to that
extent either.
-- 
Simon

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