legacyfan Posted February 27, 2023 Share Posted February 27, 2023 (edited) after years of using older versions of windows ive finally decided its the best time to move to linux with win11 still being terrible and browser support for older windows versions getting lower by the day ive decided to really get into linux as my main operating system from now on (but will stay on to help with questions and post) Edited March 2, 2023 by legacyfan 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vistapocalypse Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 What was the problem with Windows 10? It’s nearly 8 years old now, isn’t that “legacy” enough to suit you? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyfan Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) 2 minutes ago, Vistapocalypse said: What was the problem with Windows 10? It’s nearly 8 years old now, isn’t that “legacy” enough to suit you? I also have windows 10 still on a 2nd HDD for windows only application (but not as my main os) Edited February 28, 2023 by legacyfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mina7601 Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 Welcome to Linux world. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampei.Nihira Posted February 28, 2023 Share Posted February 28, 2023 (edited) My daughter's Linux pc died recently. She bought an all in one pc (very nice with wireless keyboard and mouse) with Windows 11. I don't like Windows 11. And probably Windows 10 will be the last Windows version I will use. I don't love Linux either but after the release of Windows 11 it seems like the lesser evil. So in 2025,Linux, will become my only OS (I don't even like dual boot). Edited February 28, 2023 by Sampei.Nihira 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyfan Posted February 28, 2023 Author Share Posted February 28, 2023 thanks for the support everyone it much appreciated (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroSkipper Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) On my old Windows XP computer, I installed a Linux distribution on a separate partition years ago. I decided to go with Xubuntu, a distribution for low-performance systems. With the installed boot manager Boot-US, I can select the desired operating system when I start the computer. For each OS, you can set in Boot-US which logical partitions are to be available. Linux as an additional alternative to Windows is simply great. My main operating system is still Windows XP and will remain so, though. Edited March 1, 2023 by AstroSkipper 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyfan Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) (Update) something happened with the wifi driver disappering mysteriously making it impossible to get it to reinstall or fix the issue along with linux somehow corrupting itself completely the entire linux install while in the process of fixing it. (I would definitely still reccomend linux but only for experts that know how to handle it) Edited March 1, 2023 by legacyfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Draker Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 3 hours ago, legacyfan said: (Update) I hate to have to say this after what ive said but my linux journey I think is already over something happened that it got corrupt and the wifi driver would not reinstall so I had to just delete the whole linux from my computer and I plan to go back to windows for now until the issues that are still there are fixed (but thanks to everyone supported me during this change) I'm sorry, you lost me, so do you still recommend it to others or not ? https://msfn.org/board/topic/184466-win7-die-hard-is-considering-linux/?do=findComment&comment=1239568 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyfan Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) with as much issues as I had probably no (my entire linux version got corrupted from my doing nothing that could of corrupted it) and the magically disappearing wifi driver issue Edited March 1, 2023 by legacyfan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.Draker Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 3 hours ago, legacyfan said: with as much issues as I had probably no (my entire linux version got corrupted from my doing nothing that could of corrupted it) and the magically disappearing wifi driver issue I see, well maybe need to edit that post then ? Not to confuse the others. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampei.Nihira Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Linux is boring (for me) to use compared to Windows. And it encounters more problems to solve than Windows operating systems. But at the age I will be in 2025 I will probably get used to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legacyfan Posted March 1, 2023 Author Share Posted March 1, 2023 1 minute ago, Sampei.Nihira said: Linux is boring (for me) to use compared to Windows. And it encounters more problems to solve than Windows operating systems. But at the age I will be in 2025 I will probably get used to it. eventually I might try again but for now I'll just stick with what I know (and what I'm known for) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sampei.Nihira Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 Yes you should try again without dual boot. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AstroSkipper Posted March 1, 2023 Share Posted March 1, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, Sampei.Nihira said: Yes you should try again without dual boot. I never used dual boot, i.e. two OSs installed in the same partition. I always use an independent booting of each OS. Each of my system partitions are independent from the others. Boot-US can be installed into MBR of your hard disk, floppy disk or bootable USB stick. If you boot into a OS, all other system partitions will be hidden. All my system partitions have been backuped by an imaging program. If something goes wrong in one of my system partitions and can't be fixed easily, I simply restore the saved image. Edited March 1, 2023 by AstroSkipper Update of content 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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