Linux. Couldn't be arsed dealing with Windows.
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Ditched windows several months ago now :3
MS-DOS. Just joking, Linux, obviously.
Linux for laptops. Windows for desktops.
Linux is not 100% there for me to really use. It never really was. I've sometimes tried to go through a folder of all of the setup files for programs and utilities I commonly use on Windows. I just know for a fact that while Linux has open source counterparts to some of them, they don't for all of them. Even if Linux did, it always feels like I have to take an extra step or two, to run it as opposed to on Windows by simply clicking it to run.
Then it's a matter of driver support as well.
Then it's the relentless browbeating from Linux fanboys that just turn me off from considering going full Linux. I keep envisioning this scenario where someone is calling tech support for like an audio issue and the support guy is going "I see, well...all you have to do is...GO LINUX!" he shouts in the ear piece at the caller. He would repeat "GO LINUX!" over and over until the caller hangs up, while he's still on the line, drooling over himself as he mumbles "Linux...." while imagining the Tux penguin, Torvalds and other open source figures. Eyes glossed over.
That's the kind of fanboyism I can't stand with Linux.
Linux desktop and laptop
Linux, but sometimes I have to use Windows.
Dual booting WinOs 11 and OpenSuse Leap 15
I only use OpenSuse rarely tho.
Need Win11 to run stuff like Ansys for college.
I like that you're asking this on Lemmy, home of Linux lovers.
Both. I have a desktop running Ubuntu (though I am strongly considering switching to debian) I use that for most computer related tasks and activities. I also have a gaming laptop running windows I dig out for some VR (it has a better gpu) and professional gigs like design or video editing.
I would install linux on the laptop, but I can't live without a few programs I have never successfully gotten running under linux (Resolve and the affinity suite). I could dual boot my desktop into rock linux (which is the only "official" resolve distro) and try to get affinity running under wine. I have been out of work for a few years though, so removing windows from the laptop isn't a high priority.
Linux for 10 years now.
Linux Mint
Linux Mint, Debian edition for my PCs, Debian for my servers.
Edit: Win11 at work.
I use all 3, ordered by how often I use them: Linux > MacOS (hackintosh) > Windows
Windows, but I'm looking to get a laptop I can dual boot into Linux. The pipeline strikes again.
Mainly linux but i have windows for when i need to scan something or run programs that won't start trough wine. Mainly the driver for my hp printer since scanning doesnt work with hplip
I can't get SteamVR to work in Linux unfortunately, it's the primary thing preventing me from deleting my Windows partition
What issue do you have?
Using the Index, SteamVR keeps throwing a display not found error for the headset. Tracking seems to be registering but the screens remain black. I saw some people say that replacing the trident cable fixed this issue for them, but I am doubtful since it just works in Windows. I tried the stable, legacy, and beta versions of SteamVR, all to the same effect. Also tried changing the amount of displays connected and what port the headset uses. I imagine it's some sort of display driver issue (Nobara linux, wayland on nvidia) but I have not been able to figure it out.
As much as I'd like to use Linux, I use windows because I need OneNote, Teams and Office.
Windows, namely because Paint Tool SAI only runs on Windows...
I use both
Windows at work and Arch at home.
Windows. Albeit 11 sucks so much that I fully intend to give Linux a shot at my next hardware upgrade.
Running windows mostly because I really don't want to fight or research, etc... after doing just that 40hr+/WK. You folks have me convinced it won't be the hell past experience made it to be.
Laptop runs debian but I don't use it much.
Right now trying out Arch to get rid of my windows machine. It still has a lot of quirks but its fine so far. Most alarmingly i still have to find out how to make it use my grapics card properly.
Windows. Can't be arsed to deal with Linux.
I was dual booting windows NT4 and Slackware 3.0. A lot of my old 3.11 and 95 software didn't work on NT4, so eventually I stopped using it.
I've moved on to Arch Linux, now, but the software I use to sync my palm pilot doesn't work. It's available in the AUR, but it won't build.
My primary machine is still Windows, but pretty much all of my other machines run some version of Linux. The only reason my primary is winows is because I do a lot of 3d modeling and gaming. (Yes I own a steamdeck and it works really nice, but some of my fav's still refuse to just click the "let anticheat work on Linux" button.)
I use Debian testing (Linux) for the most part. I maintain a Windows VM for Apple Music.
Switched to Mint for desktop. Been mostly fine. Getting it installed was surprisingly harrowing. Annoyed that most mod tools for games are targeting windows. I guess I have to figure out wine and its whole prefix system.
Desktop:
Windows. Got the thing a few years ago and didn't bother installing Linux since I was still new to it and didn't have the drive to learn enough about Linux to go through with it. Haven't done it now because I'm probably upgrading in less than a year and no point since I can just use it for experimenting with server stuff.
Laptop:
My last couple laptops have ended up with Linux on it. On my absolutely shitty pawnshop laptop I broke something in windows, making it so I couldn't do a lot of admin things since there was technically no admit account. Didn't feel like paying for a fresh installation on the shitty thing, so I instead switched it to Ubuntu, which I had in a thumb drive because I was trying to follow a guide telling me how to fix my windows issue, which didn't work at all.
My current store bought laptop runs a Debian fork that I wanted to try, MX. I quickly ran through the win11 setup process before removing that bloatware OS off it. Now I have things set up in a way that works just right for me, despite not being able to figure out why the headphone jack has a problem where it'll only play very staticy, very low volume sound at max volume depending on how loud the original audio is. I've given up on that, though, because I'm not smart enough to figure it out and have already switched to a wireless bluetooth set that works.